Heavenly Father,
Today I will let go of my past, putting off my old mindset. Instead I will be made new, having a Christlike attitude Eph 4:22-24. I will be diligent in my work, giving myself wholly. I will make progress! I will persevere! I will be a witness to those around me 1 Tim 4:15-16. I offer my body to you today as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to you. I will not conform to the patterns of this world but I will be transformed by the renewing of my mind. I will testify to your perfect Will Rom 12: 1-2. As I submit myself to you, I will resist the devil and he will have no choice but to flee Jam 4:7. Everything is possible because I believe Mark 9:23. I will not grow weary in doing what is good! I will not give up! And at the right time I will receive my reward Gal 6:9. As I consecrate myself today, You will do amazing things all around me Josh 3:5.
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost AMEN!

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Julie Wicker

My son plays baseball. He loves baseball. He is passionate about baseball and sometimes he thinks he knows everything about baseball. I often remind him that it is important to remain coachable-capable of being easily taught and trained to do something better.
This makes me ponder. Does God view me as coachable? Do I humble myself and allow God to teach and train me to do something better? I love learning. I like hearing new insights and taking notes. But, do I allow God’s words to teach and train me? At the baseball field, I often hear coaches telling pitchers to follow through. Do I follow through? When I hear God’s words and take notes about it, do I then follow through? Do I change from His word and apply His message in my words and actions?
“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly or the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. “Psalm 1:1-6
I want to be coachable. I want to be a tree which yields fruit and whose leaves do not wither. I want to prosper for God. What about you? Are you presenting yourself to God as coachable? Are you ready to learn and apply His word for you today? God wants for us to not only hear his word and read His word, but to also learn and grow from His word. He wants us to be changed by His word. And as a result, we should be living our lives in a way that exemplifies His word.

Prayer: Dear Lord, open my eyes and ears to your words for me today. May I be humble and yielding to your message and may I apply your word in the way I live out my life. In Jesus name, Amen.

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15

May you feel His presence today as you present yourself to learn!

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Deborah P. Ard