We are not alone in this task. God didn’t save us and walk
away. He is here with us always. It is God who strengthens us on our mission.
(Phil. 4:13) If we keep God’s commands and do what is pleasing in His sight we
will receive what we ask for in our prayers. (1 John 3:22) When we pursue the
pleasing of God by diligently making our calling and election sure we are kept
from falling away. (2 Pet. 1:10, 5-7) God wants us to succeed in Him. (1 Tim.
2:4) He has and will give us all we need to make us succeed in Christ. He will
not change the rules. He will not make it any easier for us. Use the aid from
God to be successful in Him. Never forget you are not alone when you act on His
commands.
“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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