One of my cousins sends a verse to me every morning via text as a reminder of God’s goodness and grace toward us. A while back, he sent this one:
“Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.” Hebrews 10:36
I like the verse because it talks of being dedicated to doing what God calls us to do and being what God calls us to be. It tells us that when we follow God’s will, we reap the rewards of ALL He has promised.
Interestingly, this verse arrived when my Word for the Day was DEDICATION. As I considered my own dedication and where it is applied, another scripture came to my mind.
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 3:12-14)
The day’s theme appeared to be that in order to attain what we are striving for we need to keep the goal in mind, move forward toward what God has called us to do, and walk with perseverance and patient endurance along the way.
Although there may be an occasional roadblock, as we practice keeping our focus and continue moving forward we will find prosperity of all kinds. Even greater than that of business and financial prosperity, we will experience success in personal transformation in the Lord. When we persevere in the Lord, we find
Success is waiting for our arrival!
Step out.
Persevere.
Move forward in the Lord.
Find success.
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I help overwhelmed people confront and collapse problems of the past and collect right information about themselves so they can connect to life and relationships in a brand new way!
With her joyful, enthusiastic attitude, Leah has an exceptional ability to extract significant lessons learned from life-experiences and turn them into teaching points we can all relate to and help connect us more closely to Jesus Christ.
In addition to speaking, Leah is a blogger and author with two works to her name, Faith Lessons: Experiencing the Miracles (Insight, 2008) and Success Simplified (Insight, 2011). She is currently completing a book project of her signature program, The VineSweet Connection: 5 Steps to a Fruitful Life, scheduled for publication later this year.
Additionally, her radio broadcast, The VineSweet Connection, has aired on the Kingdom Keys Radio Network.
A Licensed Pastor with the Church of the Nazarene, Leah serves as the Worship Arts Pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in Amarillo, Texas.
Taking ministry outside the walls of the church building and serving the community, Leah has been invited numerous times to lead opening prayer at the City of Amarillo Council Meetings, led and served on community task forces, several non profit boards, professional associations, and ministry boards. Most recently, Leah was appointed Chaplain of the Amarillo Association of REALTORS and served as a member of their Board of Directors. She also served as President of the Board of Directors of Worth the Wait. Currently Leah serves on the Board of Directors of the Amarillo Education Foundation.
Leah and husband, Mike, an accomplished musician, have served together in worship ministry more than thirty years. They have traveled in ministry and performed at many events, as well as having performed on national television.
The Forts have been married more than 35 years and make their home in Amarillo, Texas. They have a daughter and son-in-law, Sydney and Chase Clark, a son and daughter-in-law, Lane and Neeley Fort, and six grandchildren.
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