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10/6-Start Your Day Off Right Series 

Quote:

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

– Clive Staples Lewis

Story:

10/6–Most people are not in the arena of because they don’t want to fight or get knocked down, so they spend their entire life sitting on the sidelines. 

Discouragement is one of the main weapons of the enemy. It is one of the most used. 

Discouragement will catch a ride with you on the way to work. If it misses you it will be there when you get there. Then it will try to catch a ride with you on your way back home. 

Might I suggest to you that you make a list? Get a sheet of paper, preferably a lined sheet of paper. Draw a vertical line down the middle. On one side put everything good. Now, if you are not too ashamed on the other side of that vertical line put everything that is bad. I hope if you start with the good side first that you don’t ever make it to the bad side. 

They asked George Bernard Shaw if he had his life to live over who would he like to be. He said the man he never was. I don’t even know you but I know this about you that you have the ability to do more. The very fact that God woke you up this morning means that God isn’t through with you yet. I would read the Bible through five times but it will take five years and I’m already 60 years old. Well, how old will you be in five years if you don’t read it five times? 

Oliver Wendell Holmes said that most people go to their grave with their music still in them. The cemetery is richer than Fort Knox. In the cemetery are songs never sung, books never written, apologies never made and love never expressed. Someday Isle is a lonely place to be marooned. Millions of people are stuck on Someday I’ll do this that or the other.

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Scripture:

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Humor:

Church Sign:

An elderly woman had just returned home fron an evening church service when she realized there was an intruder in the act of robbing her home of it’s valuables.

“STOP! Acts 2:38!”

Hearing her, the burglar stopped dead in his tracks and stood motionless. The woman calmly called the police and explained what was going on.

As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar, “Why did you just stand there? All the lady did was yell a Bible verse to you?”

“Bible verse?” said the burglar, “She said she had an ax and two 38’s!”

10/8–And you know when you have done your best. At the end of the day you might try to convince yourself you have when you know, good and well, you haven’t, but it will not work. Your conscience will tell on you and let you know.

 You might fool me and I might fool you, but neither one of us can fool our conscience. It is more accurate than a polygraph test. Try as you might, you just can’t do it. There have plenty that may have tried, but I am sure none of them succeeded. God designed us that way, and God intended it that way. 

You may think you are smart, but you are not that smart. God is much smarter! Being honest with yourself and with your Maker is essential. You will never accomplish much if you are not honest. Plenty of people have tried to take shortcuts and beat the system but you will only wind up beating yourself. Do you part and let God do His part. 

It is like pitching and catching a ball with someone. You can do the pitching or the catching, but you can’t do both! You will just have to do your part and know that God will do his part. If you try to short change the system, you will only succeed in short changing your own self. Don’t try to tell God that you have tried to do all you can or know to do when you know good and well you haven’t. When I have done my best, I know that I have more than anyone else. It gives me confidence that I will receive that I am asking God for. When I haven’t done my best I know that too. You can’t fool God. 

You can’t spar with God either, because your arms are too short to box with God.

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10/5–Can You Spare A Minute?

10/5–A little girl had been told many times by a childless old couple that if she would come and live with them, they would get her everything she wanted-a pony and cart, a piano, and the like. 

One day when the couple had been particularly urgent, her father said, “Don’t you think you had better go with them?” 

The little girl looked at him in alarm and cried, “Why, Daddy, don’t you want me?” “Yes,” he replied, “but I can’t give you very much, and they will give you everything nice.” “But I wouldn’t have you!” she said as she snuggled up to him.

October 5 is the perfect day to pause and remember the incredible power of gratitude. Gratitude doesn’t change your circumstances—it changes you. It shifts your perspective from what’s missing to what’s present, from what’s wrong to what’s right, and from what you lack to what you’ve already been blessed with.

When you begin to count your blessings, your burdens feel lighter. Gratitude turns an ordinary meal into a feast, a house into a home, and a stranger into a friend. It’s not about having everything you want—it’s about recognizing the value in what you already have.

Keys for Today:

Start small. Write down three things you’re thankful for this morning. Look around. Gratitude grows when we notice the little things—sunlight, laughter, a kind word. Speak it. Don’t just feel thankful—express it. A simple “thank you” can brighten someone’s day.

Scripture Inspiration:

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Today, let gratitude guide your thoughts and actions. When your heart is full of thankfulness, negativity has no room to stay.

And here’s a smile for your thankful heart:

Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?

In case he got a hole in one!

So on this October 5, choose gratitude. It won’t just change your day—it will change your life.

October 4 is a good day to celebrate one of life’s greatest treasures—friendship. True friends are like anchors in the storm, encouragers in the valley, and cheerleaders on the mountaintop. They don’t just walk with us when the road is easy; they stand by us when the path gets hard.

A good friend makes your laughter louder, your burdens lighter, and your life richer. Friendship isn’t about how many people are in your circle—it’s about how much love, trust, and support flows within it.

Keys for Today:

Value quality over quantity. One loyal friend is worth more than a hundred acquaintances. Be the kind of friend you want to have. Friendship grows when we give as much as we hope to receive. Cherish the moments. Life is short; spend time with those who lift you higher.

Scripture Inspiration:

“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17

On this October 4, think of the friends who have made a difference in your journey. Take a moment to send them a message, say a prayer for them, or simply let them know you’re grateful. Friendships don’t just happen—they thrive when we nurture them.

And here’s a lighthearted smile:

Why did the computer go to therapy?

Because it had too many byte-sized problems!

So today, celebrate the gift of friendship. Be the kind of friend who shows up, lifts up, and never gives up.

Eccl 7:9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

10/4start Your Day Off Right Series 

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Story:

 Fill Someone Else’s Cup

There are people who want you to fill their cup one day and then they’re back the next with their cup again for you to fill it back up! They seemingly never think about filling someone else’s cup up. 

They are definitely on the Me channel and only thinking about themselves! 

Philippians 2: 3-4 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. 

If I put you up higher than myself, and you put me higher than yourself we should be eye to eye, and on the same level. If I fill your cup up then some of the overflow may rundown on to me! Start in today trying to make others your focus. It seems that nearly everyone wants to be served but few want to serve. 

To be the greatest in the Kingdom we must be first like Jesus, and be able to serve. To be great in the Kingdom you have to be willing to be servant of all. 

God loves humbleness and hates pride. Jesus was a King but took on the form of a servant. He left us the example to follow. That’s why Ok at the Lord’s Supper he girded himself with a towel and began to wash the Disciples feet. We have to lay our bib down to grab the towel.

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Scripture:

Acts 2:1-12

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

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