Start Your Day Off Series 2/24

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

2/24–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

Lives fall apart when the foundation upon which they were built needs to be relaid.

Story:

Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what’s good, what’s right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can’t fix, it’s over… leave it alone. You are coming into a season of greatness. If you water what’s alive and divine, you will see a harvest like you’ve never seen before. Stop water on dead issues, dead relationships, dead people, a dead past. No matter how much you water concrete, you can’t grow a garden.  T D Jakes

Scripture:

Mark 4:20

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Humor:

2/24

One Sunday a pastor announced to his congregation, “It’s a beautiful day to worship. My good people, I have here in my hands three sermons…a $1000 sermon that lasts five minutes, a $500 sermon that lasts fifteen minutes, and a $100 sermon that lasts a full hour. We’ll take the collection and see which one I’ll deliver.”

Stop Watering Things That Are Not Meant To Grow

Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what’s goo, what’s right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can’t fix, it’s over… leave it alone. You are coming into a season of greatness. If you water what’s alive and divine, you will see a harvest like you’ve never seen before. Stop water on dead issues, dead relationships, dead people, a dead past. No matter how much you water concrete, you can’t grow a garden.  T D Jakes

How To Get To The Next Level

Here are three things that just about anyone can do if they are looking to develop a new skill, improve on  an existent talent,  or compete  and perform at  a higher level.

  1. Seek Out Challenges. The  kind of growth and development you want exists only in that area just  beyond your comfort zone.  It is not so far out there that you’ll never succeed but close enough to the edge of what you know is possible to ignite  your creativity in interest. You must take a chance and possibly fail so you can learn something , pick yourself up and try again.
  2. Practice with intention.  It doesn’t matter how long you practice something if you’re not 100% present and focused on what you are doing . This means limiting distractions, phone, music, food, guests—that shift your attention away from the task at hand. 
  3. Manage your time according to research world class  violinists practice in chunks of time that lasts from 60 to 90 minutes.  The same is true for many  elite athletes.  After 90 minutes of deliberate practice where one

is focused entirely on their own craft or  sport, the mind  will eventually begin  to wander and the body will succumb to fatigue. Depending on what you are engaged in, a rest from six minutes to half an hour would be enough to recharge most people.

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Be Prepared Before The Moment Comes

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

Preparation isn’t flashy.

It’s quiet.

It’s often unnoticed.

And it’s usually done when nobody is watching.

But when the moment arrives — preparation speaks loudly.

🌱 The Farmer’s Lesson

A farmer doesn’t wait until harvest season to start plowing.

He prepares the soil long before there’s any sign of fruit. He plants seeds before he sees results. He waters and waits before he celebrates.

Life works the same way.

The opportunity you want…

The blessing you’re praying for…

The door you hope will open…

It may come suddenly. The question is: Will you be ready when it does?

📖 A Biblical Reminder

In Proverbs 6:6, we’re told:

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”

The ant doesn’t wait until winter to gather food. It prepares in summer. It works ahead of the season.

Preparation is wisdom in motion.

🛠️ What Does Being Prepared Look Like?

Preparation isn’t just about emergency kits and savings accounts (though those matter!). It also means:

Preparing your heart before trials come Preparing your attitude before criticism hits Preparing your finances before emergencies arise Preparing your body before illness strikes Preparing your spirit before temptation knocks

You don’t build strength during the storm.

You build it before the storm arrives.

💡 A Personal Challenge for Today

Ask yourself:

If opportunity knocked this week, would I be ready? If God answered my prayer today, could I handle the blessing? If I were asked to step up, could I confidently step forward?

Preparation builds confidence.

Confidence builds courage.

Courage builds success.

😄 A Little Humor

I once heard someone say,

“I’ll start preparing when I feel motivated.”

That’s like saying,

“I’ll start exercising after I get in shape.”

Preparation comes first — results come later!

🙏 Final Encouragement

You may not see immediate results from your preparation.

But one day, when others are scrambling, you’ll be steady.

When others are surprised, you’ll be ready.

When others are panicking, you’ll be prepared.

And when that moment comes — you won’t say, “I wish I had…”

You’ll say, “I’m ready.”

Start Your Day Off Right Series 2/23

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

2/23–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

2/23

Quotes:

2/23–Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a  helping hand to our brothers and sisters

2/23–Two friends were walking through the desert. At one stage in their journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything he wrote in the sand, ‘Today my best friend slapped me in the face.’

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to have a wash. The one who had been slapped got stuck in a mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him. After he had recovered from his shock, he wrote on a stone, ‘Today my best friend saved my life.’

The friend who slapped and saved his best friend asked him, ‘After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write in stone, why?’

The other friend replied, ‘When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.’” 

Scripture:

Proverbs 18:19

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city:

and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Humor:

Mom why do we have these big humps  on our backs the baby camel asked his mother.

They store fat so we can survive without water or food during long desert trips the mother camel replied. 

Why do we have such long eyelashes the baby camel asked next. To help protect our eyes  from the dusty desert winds. 

 Why do we have such odd looking feet? 

They are for helping us walk across the hot desert sand.

The baby camel contemplated everything his mother had told him then he said, if we have all these things for living in the desert why do we live in a zoo?

Start Your Day Off Right Series 2/22

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

2/22–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote: 

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us

Story:

2/22–A shop owner placed a sign above his door that said: ‘Puppies For Sale.’

Signs like this always have a way of attracting young children, and to no surprise, a boy saw the sign and approached the owner; ‘How much are you going to sell the puppies for?’ he asked.

The store owner replied, ‘Anywhere from $30 to $50.’

The little boy pulled out some change from his pocket. ‘I have $2.37,’ he said. ‘Can I please look at them?’

The shop owner smiled and whistled. Out of the kennel came Lady, who ran down the aisle of his shop followed by five teeny, tiny balls of fur.

One puppy was lagging considerably behind. Immediately the little boy singled out the lagging, limping puppy and said, 

What’s wrong with that little dog?’

The shop owner explained that the veterinarian had examined the little puppy and had discovered it didn’t have a hip socket. It would always limp. It would always be lame.

The little boy became excited. ‘That is the puppy that I want to buy.’

The shop owner said, ‘No, you don’t want to buy that little dog. If you really want him, I’ll just give him to you.’

The little boy got quite upset. He looked straight into the store owner’s eyes, pointing his finger, and said;

I don’t want you to give him to me. That little dog is worth every bit as much as all the other dogs and I’ll pay full price. In fact, I’ll give you $2.37 now, and 50 cents a month until I have him paid for.’

The shop owner countered, ‘You really don’t want to buy this little dog. He is never going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other puppies.’

To his surprise, the little boy reached down and rolled up his pant leg to reveal a badly twisted, crippled left leg supported by a big metal brace. 

He looked up at the shop owner and softly replied, ‘Well, I don’t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who understands!’”

Scripture:

1 Corinthians 12:22-24

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

Humor:

2/22–A couple of dog owners are arguing about whose pet is smarter. “My dog is so smart,” says the first owner, “that every morning he waits for the paperboy to come around. He tips the kid and then brings the newspaper to me, along with my morning coffee.” 

“I know,” says the second owner. “

How do you know?” “My dog told me.”