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"You were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things." Mt 25:21 NKJV

In Scripture, to be faithful means to be steady, stable, dependable, and consistent. Do those attributes describe you? They should, because faithfulness pays big dividends with God. "A faithful man will abound with blessings" (Pr 28:20 NKJV). Jesus said, "Many are called, but few chosen" (Mt 20:16 NKJV). Why is that? Because talent may open the door and get you
the job, but character and faithfulness will keep you there. When it comes to faithfulness, God will test you in two was:  (1) Your faithfulness in someone else's vision. "If you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?" (Lk 16:12 NKJV). If you're critical, caustic, complaining, competitive, or constantly comparing yourself with others, you will be disqualified for what God has in mind for you. Faithfulness calls for serving with love and humility.
(2) Your faithfulness in small things. "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things..For to everyone who has, more will be given...but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away' (Mt 25:23, 29 NKJV). God wants to know He can trust you. You prove that by how well you serve others and by your faithfulness in small things. These are proven biblical principles that don't just work in spiritual matters, but in everyday life. So today, take a few moments to prayerfully ask yourself the question, "Am I faithful?"
When you are,
God will bless you. Steady, stable, dependable, and consistent

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"I press toward the mark for the prize." Php 3:14

Paul writes: "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect [mature], be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto you" (vv. 14-15). Paul describes the Christian as a marksman. In Paul's day, the mark would have been hit by an arrow, but in our
day, the mark could also be hit at a firing range. If you have ever fired at a target, you know this:  (1) Your aim must be unbroken by distractions. When you have the bull's-eve in your crosshairs, something as insignificant as taking a breath at the wrong moment can make you miss the mark. So what is Paul saying? Simply this: "Forget what's behind you and around you
and stay focused on winning the prize." He is not referring to your salvation. Jesus already purchased that and gives it to you freely by grace. No, he is talking about fulfilling your God-given destiny and obtaining the reward that waits beyond it. (2) Your bullet has to have the right amount of powder. Otherwise, it will start dropping off before it hits the mark. Are you getting the idea? Your powder is your power! And where does your power come from? The Holy Spirit! Jesus said: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem [at home], and in all Judea and Samaria [on the job and in your relationships], and to the end of the earth"
(Ac 1:8 NKJV). So the word for you today is-aim for the mark.
"I press toward the mark for the prize."

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"He…[died]……leaning on….his staff." Heb 11:21 NKJV
The Bible says, "By faith Jacob, when he was dying... worshiped, leaning on…..his staff." Picture this: Each time Jacob had an experience with God, he took a knife and cut a ring around his staff as a reminder of what happened. The rings started at the bottom and worked their way to the top. One would surely have symbolized the night he wrestled with God and his name was changed to "Israel...a prince..with God" (Ge 32:28).
 Another would have represented the night God showed him a vision of a ladder extending into heaven with angels on it. In short, Jacob's staff represented a lifetime of experiences with God. So, it's not surprising that he died worshiping God-and leaning on his staff! Now consider the story of the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4. Her son suddenly became ill and died. so Elisha sent his servant Gehazi ahead with his staff to let the woman know he was coming. But when Ghazi placed the prophet's staff on the dead boy, nothing happened. Only when Elisha himself came was the child restored (See 2Ki 4:32-35).

The fact is, you can't lean on anyone's staff but your own! You can't stand on anyone else's experience with God but yours. When it's time to face life's challenges-including death-you can only lean on the faith you have developed during your personal walk with God. That's why it's essential to be faithful and consistent in your spiritual journey. By leaning on his staff when he was dying, Jacob, in essence, declared,

"The God who preserved, protected, and prospered me thus far will take me the rest of the way."
What blessed assurance!

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"I felt a fire burning inside." Ps 39:3 CEV

David wrote, "I felt a fire burning inside, and the more I thought, the more it burned, until at last I said: 'Please, Lord, show me my future'" (vV. 3-4 CEV). Passion is like fire; unless you feed it and stoke it, it will die. Question: On a scale of one to ten, how wholehearted are you about serving the Lord? Before you answer, think about these Scriptures:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart…all your soul and. all your strength" (Dt 6:5 NIV).

"Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart" (Ps 119:2 NIV).

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" (Pr 3:5 NIV).

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (Jer 29:13 NIV). "Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you" (2Ti 1:6 NIV).

''Return home and tell how much God has done for you! So the man went awav and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him" (Lk 8:39 NIV).
 
"Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church" (1Co 14:12 NIV).

"To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works
in me" (Col 1:29 NIV).

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Php 3:13-14 NIV).

All these Scriptures can be reduced to one sentence: Be passionate about what God has called you to do.

Be passionate about what God has called you to do.

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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit —fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.

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On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

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“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

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Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:8-11

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Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. Proverb 12:2-3

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