Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ. Again, thank you for visiting our blog site. I would like to take this time to invite you to our church, In His Presence Family Worship Center. It is a friendly church where the praise and worship is sweet and the word of God is preached with power and without compromise. Join us at four (4) PM at 154 Lexington Ave @ 30th Street. Our midweek bible study services are at Seven (7) PM. We would be honored to have you as our special guest. Make plans now to come and prepare to receive from God. You will not be sorry.
This is day number Four of our fast. Congratulations, this is a great reason to celebrate. You have made it to day number Four (4). Honestly, some of you did not think you were going to make it this far. Listen, you are doing great. Just do one more day. Don’t worry about the rest of the fast. Just do today.
Our next topic in the four points I shared with yesterday is “Plan Intentionally”. Let get into it.
Planning is preparing today for tomorrow. Jeff Henderson said it this way, “Great days typically begin the night before”. Great days typically do not happen by mistake. Also days that seem to be worthless usually did not have goals affixed to it. If you plan for nothing, you get what you planned for. Our late Archbishop Bill McKenley used to say, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. So if we manage for no excuses, then planning will become a new or revised habit in our process of “Renewing our mind”.
Even the Apostle Paul planed and set in order how services should be conducted. Let’s look at the text.
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1Cor. 14:26 ¶ What then is the conclusion, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, another language, or an interpretation. All things must be done for edification.
1Cor. 14:27 If any person speaks in another language, there should be only two, or at the most three, each in turn, and someone must interpret.
1Cor. 14:28 But if there is no interpreter, that person should keep silent in the church and speak to himself and to God.
1Cor. 14:29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should evaluate.
1Cor. 14:30 But if something has been revealed to another person sitting there, the first prophet should be silent.
1Cor. 14:31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may learn and everyone may be encouraged.
Planning not only leads to order but to success. A successful life happens because of a successful vision. A successful vision starts with a successful plan.
In the leadership course I am taking now, one of our lecturers, a man named Mark Riesenberg, who is an expert at Goal Setting and Time management, kept saying to us, “Don’t think it, Ink It”. Meaning that we should not be satisfied thinking of something, we should ALWAYS write it down. Always!!!!
I read a study down by some university, They asked a group of people, How many of you have goals? One hundred percent (100%) of the participants in the study agreed they had goals. Of the 100% that had goals, 3% said they have accomplished their goals. Of the 3% who have accomplished their goals, 97% of them wrote their goals down. So there was a real correlation between people who write down their goals and those who achieve their goals.
Plan Intentionally. Write things down. Plan a successful day, the night before. Renew your mind and form new habits. Renewal is a process. Are you up for it?
Remember, drink as much water as you can, and make a point of cleaning toxins out of you body during this process. You are doing well.
Also, plan to bring someone to church with you this Sunday. Go public with your faith. Ask several people to come to church with you. I believe there is a miracle for you, in your obedience.
Live Life on Purpose and not By Mistake,
Yours Because I am His,
Leo Colon
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