04/08/2025
Daily Devotional from Donald D. Beck, Pastor HMBC (Monday April 7, 2025)
Grace, good morning on this marvelous and meaningful Monday.
When you're tempted to get discouraged, give up on a dream, relationship, project, you have to remind yourself, "I was not created to give up, quit, I was created to finish. You've got to shake off the discouragement, self-pity, what somebody said. If you will keep moving forward in faith, honoring God, you will come into a strength that you didn't have before, a force pushing you forward; that's finishing grace, that's God breathing in your direction, helping you to become who He created you to be. This grace is available, but you have to tap into it; it's not going to do you any good if you sit around in self-pity thinking about how difficult it is, what didn't work out, who did you wrong, "my college professor, he's so hard, I'll never pass his course": no, you have the grace to finish. Don't allow the enemy to lure you into talking defeat, start talking victory; "I can do all things through Christ our Lord."
"With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don't hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort."
1 Corinthians 15:58 MSG
Live, love, and laugh through this moving and magnificent Monday!
