I start my day reading my devotions. It is my way of communing with God and in doing so, I am amazed at how He responds.
(An excerpt from "Streams in the Desert")
We tend to find many ways of walking around emergencies instead of walking straight through them. So often we are faced with something that frightens or overwhlems us and seek to evade the problem with the excuse :"I'm not quite ready for that now." It may require some sacrifice, or demand our obedience in some area. Perhaps there is some Jericho we are facing, or we are lacking the courage to help someone else and to pray through his concern with him. Perhaps we have a prayer that awaits completion, or a physical problem that is partially healed and we continue to walk around it. Pay as little attention to discouragement as possible. Plow ahead like a steamship, which moves forward whether facing rough or smooth seas, and in rain or shine. Remember the goal is simply to carry the cargo and make it to port.
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