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PRESSING FOR PROGRESS 

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Philippians 3:12-14 We do not have any control over the length of our lives but we ourselves will determine the width and the depth of it.  1 Samuel 17:32-37 The outcome of a battle is determined on you choose to go into the battle. The victory of a match is determined in the locker room.  Your preparation will determine the result.  David chose to go into battle with the Philistines by faith and trust in God. He was sure that the same God who had helped him attack lions and snatch livestock from their lips would still deliver Goliath into his hands.  This is how we ought to trust and have a conviction of what God is capable of doing. He didn't look at Goliath but looked at God, his Master.  Look at his courage in vs 26...he's already focused on victory.  In whatever we do we need to focus the outcome or the result. When you go for war don't focus at the enemy (u will be overwhelmed by fear thus u will be defeated) but on the victory ahead of you.  Vs 29: Though h

God Of Purpose

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When people saw a barren woman in Sarah, God saw the mother of all nations. When people saw a poor young shepherd in David, God saw a mighty king of Israel. When people saw a poor prisoner in Joseph, God saw a powerful Prime Minister of Egypt. So never mind what people see in you. You are a great person in God's eyes. I was seated somewhere and I started to meditate and asking questions. 5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up-for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,  6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground-  7 then the LORD God formed the man of   dust   from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.  (Genesis 2:5-7, ESV) But why?? Couldn't God make us from fancy materials cherished everywhere such as gold, silver, etc...why dust? Ooh no He made