Showing posts with label stumbling blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stumbling blocks. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

How Is Procrastination Sabotaging You?

 A habit can be a steppingstone to a fulfilling life or a stone for stumbling. Good study habits are a steppingstone to good grades and a rewarding career. Good study habits enhance intelligence through gaining knowledge and understanding of what is required to be successful in life.

A stumbling block can be a bad habit that sabotages success by pulling you into a web from which it is difficult to escape. Procrastination as a habit steals productive time that is wasted through distractions and idleness. Laziness is often identified as a main feature of procrastination.

When we procrastinate, we stumble over what could be the conduit for our success. If we stumble over what Got puts before us, he will pass it on to someone who will see it through to completion. “There is a right time and a right way to do everything,” according to Ecclesiastes 8:6. What do you need to do right now? 

  

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Therefore say to them, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed,’ declares the Lord God.”

~Ezekiel 12:28 English Standard Version

 

[Jesus said,] “All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, for there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.”

~John 9:4 The Living Bible

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Overcome Obstructions: Submit to God - Part 1

Relationships thrive where peace is present. Peace is listed after love and joy in Galatians 5:22 as a fruit of the Spirit. Jesus said he would give peace to those who put their faith and trust in him. The peace he promised is not a fragile peace like the world gives, but the peace of God identified as a fruit of the Spirit that gives believers confidence.

Satan creates obstructions to negate God’s peace and must be confronted with the armor Jesus makes available to Christians to protect them from attempts to negate the peace Jesus provides. Blaming others for our shortcomings and failures is an obstruction we choose when we, by our own volition, submit to temptation.

While there are many obstructions, God provides ways to overcome every hurdle and stumbling block. When we stand ready to be accountable for our failures by seeking forgiveness, God restores the peace he promised. “When you seek God with all your heart, He will be found.”  This is an affirmation that secures peace for the weary soul.