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Day 1

Next time your day goes south,here is what you do.

Steep yoursel in the grace o God.Saturate your day in His love.

Marinate your mind in His mercy.

He has settled your accounts,paid your debt.

Christ carried our sins in His

body on the cross.1 Peter 2:24 NCV


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Day 2

Two types o voices commandyour attention today.

Negative ones ll your mind withdoubt, bitterness, and ear.

Positive ones purvey hope and strength.

Which one will you choose to heed?

You have a choice, you know.

We take every thought captive so

that it is obedient to Christ.2 Corinthians 10:5 Gods Word


4/31

Day 3

Major in the grace o God.

Focus on the cross o Christ.

Grow uent in thelanguage o redemption.

Linger long at the oot o the cross.

Immerse yoursel inthe curriculum o grace.


5/31

Day 4

You can endure change bypondering His permanence.

Survive rejection bymeditating on His acceptance.

Dont shufe along, eyes to the ground...

Look up, and be alert to what is going on

around Christ thats where the action is.Colossians 3:2


6/31

Day 5

God is able to accomplish,provide, help, save, keep, subdue...

He is able to do what you cant.He already has a plan.Gods not bewildered.

Go to Him.


7/31

Day 6

The next time lies problems seemabout to overwhelm you,

remember this advice rom Peter:

Throw the whole weight o your anxieties

upon Him, or you are His personal concern.

1 Peter 5:7 Phillips

Gods solution is a prayer away!


8/31

Day

Mark it down.You will never go where God is not.

You may be transerred, enlisted,commissioned, reassigned, orhospitalized but brand this on your

heart you can never go

where God is not.

I am with you always,Jesus promised

(Matthew 28:20 NKJV).

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9/31

Day

The presence o ear does not meanyou have no aith.

Fear visits everyone.

But make your ear a visitorand not a resident.

Hasnt ear taken enough?Enough smiles? Chuckles?

Restul nights, exuberant days?

Meet your ears with aith.

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10/31

Day 9

Want to snatch a day romthe manacles o boredom?

Do overgenerous deeds,acts beyond reimbursement.

Kindness without compensation.

Do a deed or whichyou cannot be repaid.


11/31

Day 10

Were important,but not essential;

valuable,but not indispensable.

We have a part in the play,

but we are not the main act.

A song to sing,but we are not the eatured voice.

God is.


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13/31

Day 12

I today were your last,would you do what youre doing?

Or would you love more,give more, orgive more?

Then do so!Forgive and give as i itwere your last opportunity.

Love like theres no tomorrow,

and i tomorrow comes,love again.


14/31

Day 13

When we see as God wants us to see,we see heavens hand in the midst osickness, Jesus working on a troubled

youth, the Holy Spirit comorting abroken heart.

We see with aith,

and since aith begets hope,we o all people are hope lled.

For we know there is more to lie

than what meets the eye.


15/31

Day 14

Heres what you needto keep in mind.

You no longer have yesterday.You do not yet have tomorrow.

You have only today.

This is the day the Lord has made.Live in it.


16/31

Day 15

Thunderbolts o regretcan ignite and consume you.

Counteract them withdownpours o Gods grace,

daily washings o orgiveness.

The Lords love never ends; his mercies

never stop. They are new every morning.Lamentations 3:22-23 NCV


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Day 16

Today.This day.

In the stink o it,

the throes o it,Jesus makes a miracle out o it.

When others nail youto the cross o your past,he swings open the door

to your uture.

Paradise.


18/31

Day 17

Measure the gits o God.Collect your blessings.Catalog his kindnesses.

Assemble your reasonsor gratitude and recite them.

Always be joyul. Pray continually,and give thanks whatever happens.

That is what God wants or you

in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NCV


19/31

Day 18

Negative thoughtsnever strengthen you.

How many times have you cleared

a trac jam with your grumbles?

Does groaning about billsmake them disappear?

Why moan about your aches andpains, problems and tasks?

Be careul what you think, because

your thoughts run your lie.Proverbs 4:23 NCV


20/31

Day 19

You dont have wisdomor tomorrows problems.

But you will tomorrow.

You dont have resourcesor tomorrows needs.But you will tomorrow.

You dont have courage

or tomorrows challenges.But you will tomorrow.

What you do have is manna or the morn-

ing and quail or the evening.God meets daily needsdaily and miraculously.


21/31

Day 20

I God is enough or you,then youll always have enough,because youll always have God.


22/31

Day 21

Brighten your dayby envisioning God

running toward you.


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Day 22

Does a river o earrun between you and Jesus?

Cross over to him.

I you wave Jesus away,joy will die,

laughter will perish,and tomorrow will be buried

in todays grave o dread.

Give the day a chance. Believe he can.Believe he cares. Believe he comes.

Dont be araid. Just believe.


24/31

Day 23

God cast you in his play,wrote you into his story.

He has a denitedirection or your lie.

Fulll it and enjoy ulllment.

Play the part God prepared or youand get ready or some great days.


25/31

Day 24

We each have our own crossto carry our individual callings.

Yours awaits you likea snug-tting shirt.

It matches your passionsand enlists your gits and talents.

Want to blow the cloud cover

of your gray day?Accept Gods direction.


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27/31

Day 26

Check your vital signs.

Something stirs you.

Some call bringsenergy to your voice,

conviction to your ace,

and direction to your step.

Isolate and embrace it.Nothing gives a day

a greater chancethan a good wallop o passion.


28/31

Day 27

You messed up yesterday.

But youll mess up more

i you let yesterdays mistakessabotage todays attitude.

Gods mercies arenew every morning.

Receive them.


29/31

Day 28

Yesterday...orgiven.Tomorrow...surrendered.

Today...claried.

Jesus design or a good daymakes such sense.

His grace erases guilt.His oversight removes ear.

His direction removes conusion.


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Day 29

No one can pray and worryat the same time.

When we worry,we arent praying.

When we pray,

we arent worrying.

When you pray,you stay your mind on Christ,

resulting in peace.


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Day 30

Ever have a day when you suddenlyrealize youre way of track?

God sends a rescue boatinto such days.

Jesus positioned higher than

the waves and enjoyinga clear view o the shoreline,ofers us his oversight:

Need help getting back on course?

Wise are the ones who nod andswim in the direction he points.

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