Maybe, former procrastinators, the idea of establishing a routine is overwhelming. You can do it! Begin with the morning tasks before leaving for school or work. What is the priority? Leave the house with margin so you aren’t running for the bus stop or catching every red light. (We know that happens.) Write down your…
My friend, former procrastinators, says lack of routine is our greatest time waster. It’s also a great energy zapper. Now I think it’s one of the heaviest weights we lug around. Many schools begin in August, so we give attention to routine at this time of year. Whether you send school kids off on a…
We’ve heard, former procrastinators, “Prayer is conversation with God.” Focusing on this definition, I realize I’m a poor conversationalist. Do you feel unsatisfied after devotions? Do you still carry the weight you came with? Do you feel like you have to pray certain things in a certain way in order to “cover it all”? Do…
Some books, former procrastinators, are truly life affecting. I urge you to read Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose. She was a newlywed missionary in the jungles of New Guinea who spent four years in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. Her story is an account of God’s faithfulness to a young…
It’s a weight, a burden not to have what we need when we need it. That’s the weight we drop when we memorize scripture so it’s inside us, and we are equipped. Let’s compare and contrast equipping through storing up money with storing up scripture. There’s more at stake with scripture memory. Like saving money,…
We are runners in the “race” of life, former procrastinators, and we need to be well equipped. To lack the right equipment is to be hindered. What hindrance are we laying aside here? We’re laying aside the weight of having to depend on a physical Bible when we need God’s Word for our souls or…
When running a race, former procrastinators, it’s important to be outfitted to best advantage. To be without appropriate training, clothing, or shoes is a definite hindrance to running. It’s like carrying extra weight because the lack ofproper equipment hinders. This “race” of life that we’re in is best run when we are equipped with God’s…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10