If you can’t find five minutes, can you spare one or two?
Hey friends — can you spare a minute or so?
Let me ask you this: Have you ever felt like giving up was easier than going on? We’ve all been there — tired, discouraged, wondering if the effort is even worth it.
But here’s the truth: your breakthrough might be just one more step away. The enemy doesn’t fight what isn’t a threat. So if you’re under pressure right now, it might just mean you’re on the edge of something great!
Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
You don’t have to finish the race today — just keep moving forward. One prayer, one act of kindness, one moment of courage at a time.
You’ve come too far to quit now.
So keep going — because you’ve got this, and more importantly… God’s got you.
Each day we’re given is more than just another square on the calendar—it’s a fresh opportunity. A new page in your story. A clean slate. June 25 isn’t just a date—it’s a gift, and how you use it is entirely up to you.
Maybe yesterday had some disappointments. Maybe last week didn’t go your way. But guess what? You woke up this morning, and that means God still has a plan for you.
Don’t carry the weight of yesterday’s failures into today’s opportunities. Shake off the doubt. Step over the fear. Walk with your head held high, because the same God who brought you this far isn’t finished with you yet.
Ask yourself today:
What can I be grateful for right now? What’s one step I can take toward my goals? Who can I encourage today?
Remember, big change starts with small decisions—one moment at a time.
Quote of the Day:
“Don’t count the days—make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
So walk into this day like you believe in yourself. Because someone out there is watching you—and your courage might just give them the strength to keep going.
Sometimes we pray for God to change our situation… but what if He’s using the situation to change us?
Growth doesn’t usually come in comfort zones. It comes when we’re stretched, tested, and sometimes even frustrated. You may not like where you are right now—but trust that it’s shaping you for where you’re going.
[Scripture:]
Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
So today, instead of asking “Why me?”—try asking “What are You teaching me, Lord?” That shift in attitude could change everything.
This has been your “Can You Spare a Minute or So?” – now go make today count.
There will be days when progress feels invisible. You wake up, give your best, and still wonder if it even mattered. But don’t let those quiet days fool you—they matter more than you think.
The greatest breakthroughs often come right after the greatest resistance. Think of a seed underground. For weeks, it’s unseen. But it’s pushing, stretching, growing in silence—until one day it breaks through the soil into the light. That day is only possible because of all the days it was working unseen.
You’re that seed. Keep pushing.
You may not see the results yet, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening. Your faithfulness, your discipline, your commitment—it’s planting roots. Strong ones.
Here’s your encouragement today:
💡 “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
Take a deep breath. Stand tall. Walk forward.
One small step today might be the reason you’re able to run tomorrow.
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?
Life is a pressure cooker. The pressure keeps mounting and building until you can’t take it anymore. You are ready to explode, blow up. Everywhere you turn there is pressure. The greater the pressure, the more things cook on the inside. There are pressures because there are more variables in your life. There are more people and more responsibilities. There are more people who need you than ever before.
There are more people who have your phone number, both home and cell, your email address, etc. Your world is bigger, you know more people.
External pressures you can separate from, but internal pressures are difficult …. your marriage, your children, etc. External enemies are one thing, but internal things are connected to me.
You can kill the wolf, if you don’t kill the wolf it will kill you. You can’t kill what you are connected to…. your marriage, your child, etc. The internal pressure keeps mounting and you try to say “I’m fine, I’m just fine”, but all the time you are dying on the inside. The pressure is killing you. You’d probably be shocked at the people reading this that are smiling, but on the inside, they are about to explode. The things you can’t talk about, the secrets that you have held inside for so long. All the while the pressure is building on the inside until it has reached the dangerous levels. When you are responsible people count on you, and when they count on you it brings on responsibility and pressure. We would also be surprised at the depressed people reading this.
The world has pressures and some of them kill themselves. Children of God have pressures and it kills them. We wake up tired because all night long the issues have been churning in our heads all night long. The things you can’t talk about, you can’t tell anybody. Nobody knows that your finances are bad, your marriage is strained. We have pressures and we can’t talk to anyone not even our spouses. We are too tore up, we think, to talk to God. But talking to God is the answer for me .
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Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
If you can’t find five minutes, can you spare one or two?
Can you spare a minute or so?
Today, I want to remind you of something powerful:
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
[Short Story]
A young man once stood at the edge of a mountain trail, intimidated by the climb ahead. It was foggy, and he could barely see more than a few feet in front of him. But he decided to walk anyway—one step, then another. Hours later, he stood at the summit, amazed at how far he’d come… not because he saw the whole path, but because he just kept going.
[Spiritual Tie-In]
Psalm 37:23 says,
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way.”
God isn’t asking you to leap—just to step. Trust Him with the next move, and He’ll guide you through the fog.
[Humor/Closing]
And hey—if you feel like you’re stumbling through life, you’re not alone. I once got lost in a revolving door… twice. But guess what? I kept going in circles until I found the way out.
So take your step today… and watch where it leads.
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the task itself—it’s just showing up.
Showing up means more than physically being present. It means showing up for your goals even when motivation is low. Showing up for people who count on you, even when you feel empty. Showing up for life, even when it hasn’t been kind.
You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to have it all figured out. But if you can keep showing up, day after day, you’re already winning. That’s where strength is built, habits are formed, and breakthroughs are born.
Every great success story started with someone who kept showing up long after others quit.
So today, even if you’re tired, discouraged, or unsure—show up. Give what you have. Trust that effort compounds, and that faithfulness, not perfection, will open the door to progress.
Remember this:
“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.”
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