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Step Into July With Courage And Purpose

Absolutely! Here’s your motivational blog for July 1:

Title: “Step Into July with Courage and Purpose”

Welcome to a brand new month — a fresh chapter full of possibility. July 1st isn’t just another date on the calendar; it’s an opportunity to realign, refocus, and reignite the fire within you.

Maybe June didn’t go the way you planned. Maybe you stumbled, got discouraged, or felt like giving up. That’s okay. Progress isn’t about perfection — it’s about persistence.

This month, remind yourself: your story is still being written.

You have the strength to keep going, even when the road gets tough. You have the wisdom to learn from the past and the courage to chase your goals — even if they feel out of reach.

Take a deep breath. Let go of last month’s frustrations, and walk boldly into this new season with faith and determination. Small steps still move you forward, and every effort counts.

As you start July, speak life into your journey:

“I am capable.” “I am resilient.” “I am moving forward.”

Don’t wait for motivation — create it. Show up for yourself. Set one goal, take one action, make one decision that aligns with your purpose. The rest will follow.

You’ve got this. July is your month to rise.

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When You Try To Get Even, You Will Get Hurt

Some people love to get even. Clint Eastwood does it. Rambo did it. On the old television show know as AMOS AND ANDY, Amos was extremely distraught over a guy who kept poking his finger on Amos’ chest every time he spoke to him.

Either too small or too scared to challenge the fellow physically, Amos explained his game plan to Andy in saying, “I’m going to put nitroglycerin on my chest and the next time he pokes at me he will blow his finger off!”

When you try to get even—you get hurt. Relationships are built on the basis of love—which keeps no record of wrongs and forgives!

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Learn The Fast That God Approves Of

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Is 58:1-12. Cry aloud, spare not,
lift up thy voice like a trumpet,
and shew my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet they seek me daily,
and delight to know my ways,
as a nation that did righteousness,
and forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice;
they take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?
wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure,
and exact all your labours.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate,
and to smite with the fist of wickedness:
ye shall not fast as ye do this day,
to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen?
a day for a man to afflict his soul?
is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast,
and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;
and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily:
and thy righteousness shall go before thee;
the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer;
thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul;
then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
and thy darkness be as the noonday:
And the LORD shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought,
and make fat thy bones:
and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:
thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations;
and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach,
The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Start Your Day Off Right Series 1/14

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1/14–Start Your Day Off Right Series—

Quote:

1/14–As long as it isn’t true

Humor Quote By Dorothy Parker: “I don’t care…”

Story:

When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch) he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished. As Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line. 

“Excuse me,” Governor Herter said, “do you mind if I have another piece of chicken?” 

“Sorry,” the woman told him. “I’m supposed to give one piece of chicken to each person.” 

“But I’m starved,” the governor said. 

“Sorry,” the woman said again. “Only one to a customer.” 

Governor Herter was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided that this time he would throw a little weight around. 

“Do you know who I am?” he said. “I am the governor of this state.” 

“Do you know who I am?” the woman said. “I’m the lady in charge of the chicken. Move along, mister.” 

Scripture:

Philippians 2:1-4

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Humor:

Farmer Joe decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company responsible for the accident to court. In court the trucking company’s fancy lawyer was questioning farmer Joe. “Didn’t you

say at the sceneof the accident, ‘I’m fine’?”, asked the lawyer.

Farmer Joe responded, “Well, I’ll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the…”

“I didn’t ask for anydetails,” the lawyer interrupted, “just answer the question. Did you not say at the scene of the accident. ‘I’m fine’?”

Farmer Joe said, “Well. I had just got Bessie into the trailerandI wasdrivingdowntheroad…”

The lawyer interrupted again and said, “Judge, I am trying to establishthe fact that, at the scene of the accident, this mantold the highway patrolman onthe scene that he was fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he

is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question.”

By this time the judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe’s answer and said to the lawyer, “I’d like to hear what the man has to say.”

Joe thanked the Judge and proceeded, “Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie into the trailer and

was driving her down the highway when this huge semi- truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn’t want to move. However, I could hear ol’ Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after the accident a highway patrolman came on t h e scene. He could hear Bessie moaning andgroaning so he went over to her. After he looked

at her, he took out his gun and shot her between the

eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me.”

He said, “Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot him, how are you feeling?

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This Sports Icon Didn’t Make the Team

If there’s one name you would not associate with failure, it’s probably Michael Jordan. But Michael Jordan’s story is one of overcoming, too. His path to success wasn’t easy and straightforward.

I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

Michael Jordan

When Michael Jordan’s high school cut him from the basketball team his sophomore year. He worked hard and moved his way up over the years, but he stayed humble. In fact, he attributes his success to failure.

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The Governor And The Lady In Charge Of The Chicken

Story:

When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch) he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished. As Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line. 

“Excuse me,” Governor Herter said, “do you mind if I have another piece of chicken?” 

“Sorry,” the woman told him. “I’m supposed to give one piece of chicken to each person.” 

“But I’m starved,” the governor said. 

“Sorry,” the woman said again. “Only one to a customer.” 

Governor Herter was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided that this time he would throw a little weight around. 

“Do you know who I am?” he said. “I am the governor of this state.” 

“Do you know who I am?” the woman said. “I’m the lady in charge of the chicken. Move along, mister.”

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Are You An Eagle Or A Chicken?

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Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God, the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary?
there is no searching of his understanding.
He giveth power to the faint;
and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.

Start Your Day Off Right Series1/13

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1/13– Start Your Off Right Series 

Quote:

1/13–Be The Kind Of Person

Be the kind of person that when your feet hit the floor each morning that devil says oh no, they are up

Story:

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Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures live on what was. They live on the past. They fill themselves with what is dead and gone. But hummingbirds live on what is. They seek new life. They fill themselves with freshness and life. Each bird finds what it is looking for. We all do.  

Scripture:

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Humor:

1/13 Humor

Humor

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The Little Boy And The World

A man was babysitting his little boy and he needed to do something so he got a . 0newspaper with the picture of the world on it and tore the newspaper into little pieces and told the little boy to put the world bac$k together. In just a little bit the little boy told his father he was through. 

The man couldn’t believe it. He asked him how did you do it so quickly? The little boy said on the other side of the world was a picture of a man.. I put the man together and the world came together too!!

When my Grandson was a little boy he would often ask his Mother “Mama, did you know”, and then finish his sentence with his answer. That particular day his mother, my daughter, seemed to be worried and he asked her “Mama did you know”?

     

He told her that God had the whole world in His hand! That simple phrase from a child lifted her heart and mind to the level it needed to be at.

    

 You can learn a lot from a child if you will just pay attention!

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Lessons From The Blind Beggar

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All of us had more reason to sing than he, but he was the one singing!

Their thoughts were occupied, their agendas were full and he was… well, he was a blind beggar.

His song was all that he had. Though sightless, penniless hobo, he still found a song and sang it courageously. (I wondered which room in his heart that song came from.)

The blind man could be the most peaceful fellow on the streets!

Faith is the bird that sings while it is still dark. 

And though I was the one with eyes, it was he who gave me a new vision.

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Learn How To Be Blessed

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Psalms 1–

Psalms
Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so:
but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:
but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

The Case Of A Woman’s Love Sparing Her Love’s Life

During the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, sentenced a soldier to be shot for his crimes. 

The execution was to take place at the ringing of the evening curfew bell. However, the bell did not sound. 

The soldier’s fiancé had climbed into the belfry and clung to the great clapper of the bell to prevent it from striking. 

When she was summoned by Cromwell to account for her actions, she wept as she showed him her bruised and bleeding hands. Cromwell’s heart was touched and he said, “Your lover shall live because of your sacrifice. Curfew shall not ring tonight!” 

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