Motivated

Motivation = the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior (www.thefreedictionary.com).

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Have you ever thought about how much motivation we have in this world? We have quotes, posters, shoot we even have people who stand up on a stage to motivate us. We sell t-shirts, bumper stickers, have team meetings, walk around with smiles on our faces so that we can motivate others around us.

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I personally have such a hard time letting go of my routine/habits and have to work really hard to motivate myself to lose weight, read a book, COME TO WORK (heehee), just generally change anything about myself.

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So, I guess you are thinking...get to the point woman! (haha) I came into my office today and sat down. I didn't really have anything on my heart to talk about today and my mind was racing with this and that I needed to get done when I pulled up a little "scripture tree" that I have saved on my computer. You click on a flower and you randomly get a Bible verse. I said "Lord, give me a word today" and clicked. The flower I clicked on took me to Luke 14:33, "So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own." (NLT). How do you like that for motivation?

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Man I struggle with that. I want to witness and I want souls to be saved but if I am brutally honest with myself and with you I don't give up everything I have to do that. I tend to go on about my life tending to myself, my family, my friends, my bills, my job, my dog, my cat, my house...do you see a trend here? My, My, My, My...phew...I am beginning to see just how selfish I really am!

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I tell you one thing, there is no better motivational speaker other than the Father himself! He has such a way of putting things; don't he? Oh Father forgive me! Help me not be selfish, Lord, help me to quit thinking of myself and allow you to use me according to YOUR will and not mine. Because at the end of the day, Father, I have no clue what I'm doing...but You do! Motivate me, Lord, guide my steps, lead the way with your light! Amen