We have so many objects of our praise it is hard
to give a good account of them. The greatest object of praise is God. (Psalms
67:3) We praise His word. (Psalms 56:10) We praise the name of the Lord.
(Psalms 54:6) We praise God’s mighty acts. (Psalms 150:2) We praise men who do
good. (I Pet. 2:13-14) We also praise women who fear the Lord. (Proverbs
31:27-30) The list can go on. If we seek to praise just these objects every day
we have done well. It is of great benefit to us to praise these objects and
think on why they ought to be praised. Let us make sure we dedicate some part
of everyday to praising at least one of these objects.
“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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