The wise man made sure to advise us that another should
praise us. (Prov. 27:2) We do not need to praise ourselves. That would fall
under the sinful attitudes of pride and selfishness. God even calls on us to
praise Him. (Psalms 148) If we are not careful we can come to love the praise
of men more than God. (John 12:43) That will lead us astray and down the broad
path of destruction . Let us seek the sincerest praise that a virtuous person
can receive. (Prov. 31:31) Our own works praise us among others and that is
priceless. Those works will bring others to praise God. (Matt. 5:16)
“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:27). It would be best if you worked on creating in your mind mental structures for success. A study was done where two basketball teams had to shoot free throws. One group went out and shot 100 free throws with something life 30% accuracy. The second group had sat for 30 minutes and visualized making a perfect free throw 100 times. That team went out and shot 100 free throws with 75% accuracy. What is the difference? The mental structure. You can do the same. Paul said, “I discipline my body, I seek to please God.” Just like Paul, we must get in our heads what we will do to be successful in Christ. Work to create Godly mental structures. ...
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