Training For Impact

Judges 6:17 - And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Judges 6:14 - And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

Judges 6:13 - And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Day 7

-Find us faithful - Joshua knew his life was coming to an end. Recognizing that there was still much work to be done in claiming the land God promised them, he reminded the people that the LORD would help them drive out their enemies... Joshua's work for Israel was done. He had "wholly followed the Lord;" and in the book of God he is written, "The servant of Jehovah." The noblest testimony to his character as a public leader is the history of the generation that had enjoyed his labors: "Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that over lived Joshua."

About some who are remembered, this could be said, “For our tomorrow, they gave their today.”  

What would you be remembered for?

Day 6 -dauntless

... AS frances j. Roberts said “The coward seeks release from pressure. The courageous pray for strength.”

10 out of the spies spoke to their fears and looked down on theirselves and up to their giant enemies, but never beyond, to see the God who delivered them from Egypt with a mighty hand... THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) said “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”

... Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish and a plain path before their feet. B ut if we trust in God, He will never leave nor forsake us. Under all circumstances we may have firm trust in God, that He will never leave nor forsake us while we preserve our integrity.

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Day 5 – REMEMBER ME

... Wonderful! Even Joshua a great man of faith, had his moment of flaw! He had his moment when he had to battle with jealousy and envy... Proverbs 24:16 assures me that - The godly may trip/fall seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.

By God, I want to be remembered for good. I want to be on the right side of heaven’s history even if the world forgets me.

I want to be remembered as a man who never shied away from speaking the truth.

I want to be remembered as a man who never kept quiet in the face of injustice.

I want to be remembered as a man who never cringed in the face of tyranny.

I want to be remembered as a man who gave his all, and did his part for his generation.

I want to be remembered for failing a thousand times at all these but never giving up.

I want to be remembered as a man who wasn't loved by all, but loved by the few that counted.

I want to be remembered as a man who never sought to please everyone, for that would be an impossible task. I want to be remembered as a man who lightened the burden of the weary and put smiles on the face of the discouraged.

I want to be remembered for failing a thousand times at all these but always trusting God all the way.

Day 4 – THE ROAD TO SUCCESS

... Often the Christian life is beset with dangers, and duty seems hard to perform. The imagination pictures impending ruin before, and bondage and death behind. Yet the voice of God speaks clearly, Go forward. Let us obey the command, even though our sight cannot penetrate the darkness. The obstacles that hinder our progress will never disappear before a halting, doubting spirit. Those who defer obedience till every uncertainty disappears, and there remains no risk of failure or defeat, will never obey. Faith looks beyond the difficulties, and lays hold of the unseen, even Omnipotence, therefore it cannot be baffled. Faith is the clasping of the hand of Christ in every emergency.—Gospel Workers, 262.

.. John 15 - 4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. 5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned…

Day 3 HUMBLED TO ITS KNEES

.. The distance between a great victory and a great defeat is only one step, and often only a short one at that. One sad truth of reality in a fallen world is that we can be riding high on the cloud of some great spiritual success and the very next moment find ourselves in a valley of spiritual failure and despair.

The bible says in Ps. 27:14 "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Is. 40:31 "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings a eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."

DAY 2 – LIKE A NEEDLE TO THE POLE... “The greatest want of the world is the want of men—men who will venture all for the glory of Christ; men who are faithful to the call of God as missionaries to the unreached; men who do not fear to go to the ends of the earth proclaiming the everlasting gospel; men whose conscience is as true to the Word of God as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though faced with discouragement, loneliness, family pressures, illness and persecution; men who love God more than life itself” (JB Version).

... Will you be such a man? Will you be the one? You are the greatest want of the world today.

DAY 1 - The Race Is Not To The Swift

... Ecclesiastes 9:11 tells us, “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong…” This means that even if you are not the smartest, strongest, most knowledgeable or best looking in the natural, God can still give you good success when you depend on His grace.... The secret of true success, then and now, is complete obedience to God. We must believe that God is with us in every experience. As we obey his Word, he will give us the strength and courage we need to face whatever challenges come our way. New experiences can be frightening, but with God leading our lives, these challenges can be thrilling and rewarding.