Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:24
An Everyday Prayer
Father, I am available today.
Help me add value to others.
Guard my heart, guide my steps, and give me the courage to obey.
“GUIDE MY STEPS”
There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.
Proverbs 14:12
“God’s impressions within and His Word without are always corroborated by His providence around, and we should quietly wait until those three focus into one point…And when the time comes for action, circumstances like glowworms, will sparkle along your path.” —Frederick B. Meyer, The Secret of Guidance
• God guides through His
15 …you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
- “Teaching” - It shows me the
- “Rebuking” - It shows me where I
- “Correcting” - It shows me how to get back on the
- “Training” - It shows me how to
31 …Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31,32
• God guides through His
15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Luke 5:15,16
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep… 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:14,15,27
So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families.
Nehemiah 7:5a
22 “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.”
Acts 20:22,23
• God guides through
Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”
Matthew 16:23
Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others.
Proverbs 12:15
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Proverbs 15:22
Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 11:14
• The
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5,6
“…even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.”
Psalm 139:10