My prayer for you for today is that you will persevere in
your preparation and endure through your trails and challenges. In Jesus Name.
Romans
5:3-6
We
can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they
help us develop endurance. And
endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our
confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to
disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us
the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
No pain no gain. In South Africa, rugby is one of our
favourite sports. It is always quite an event when teams are up against each
other and of course it gets even bigger when South Africa (Springboks) plays
against another country. Playing the game is the end result of months of
preparing, training and planning. I remember when I was an athlete for South
Africa, we had three training sessions a day of 2 hours each. We spend a lot of
that time on fitness and endurance and then on technical aspects. We would
train the same attack and defence moves for hours on end until it was
instinctive and not planned anymore. Preparing for a match takes up a hundred
times more time than the actual match. When we run into problems and trials in
our life and we are not prepared or spiritually fit, we will struggle. But these
problems and trials develop our endurance, it lets us spend more time in prayer
and that develops strength. If you look at Jesus before He was arrested, His
time in prayer intensified for what awaited Him. He found strength and
endurance in prayer. This is your secret weapon in any attack that the enemy
can throw in your direction. God gave us His Holy Spirit to guide us and to
help us. Let the Holy Spirit be your coach in this season that lies ahead, so
that we can be victorious. You remain in my prayers.
Looking forward to a day spend with the family.
Have a great day friend of Jesus.
Romans 5:11 - So now we can rejoice in
our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made
us friends of God.
Cheers
