Sharing Christ’s Love
As the new year is beginning, I do want to look toward the future with a brighter lighter. This new year, I am beginning my day with three strategic ways to encourage myself so that I might be a better example of Christ’s Love for others. I don’t usually plug specific apps or websites, but I am today, yet I challenge you to find what works and motivates you to get moving everyday for the Lord. I know for me it can sometimes be hard to get going and put others above myself. I want others to Christ in me. I want to serve others not myself! I want to be the catalyst that brings out the best in others. Here is how I am starting each day in 2018. Let’s look at one day of my new year and what the Lord delivers to me. Here was Tuesday January 9, 2018.
I listen to KLOVE radio each morning as I drive to work. This is a time of worship and prayer for me. Although it is a short ride each morning, this time is significant for me each day. Sometimes it is the music as I have written about before and then again it could be a story that is shared, but many times I end my ride in tears with the Lord. Before I even begin this ride to work, I wake each morning and open my email to read the KLOVE verse of the day. This past Tuesday the verse read, “This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.” 1 John 1:5 (NLT). As I began the morning reading this verse, I listened to Jesus sharing his Father and mine with me that God is the light in my life and darkness is not found with God. I set my eyes on the sharing the light of God. I challenge you to bring KLOVE into your life just a little each day if you don’t listen to their station now.
Shine Text App
Since the New Year, I read about this app that delivers motivational text to you each day. I was intrigued and decided to sign up. There is also an app so you can choose how the text is delivered either through text or notification from the app. I have really been inspired by these text that I receive right after I get to work each morning. You get to choose the time that your text is delivered. I like to get to work, get a cup of coffee, begin my day greeting students, and then receive some more motivation from this text before the day really gets rolling. On Tuesday, I received this text: ” “Anything we do takes time away from something *else* we could have done, Allie. Rather than try to tackle *all the things* today, prioritize the moves that matter most.” Powerful! What a great reminder as I get my day started to make smart decisions and prioritize my day. I need to choose what matters for the day and accomplish these task well. It is better to a job I can be proud of then just to do a long list of stuff!. What Matters Most Today?! Another Challenge, if you need some motivation in your life then check out Shine Text.
YOUVersion Bible – Daily Bible Verse
Just before lunch around 11am, I received my Verse of the Day from YouVersion Bible app. Getting one more bible verse in the late morning hours of my day keeps on the path of remaining focused on the Lord as I walk through my day. Just another reminder that I want to be an example of Christ in the lives of those around me. The verse I received on Tuesday: “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3 ESV. On this day this is a perfect verse as I reflect on my work and how I can continue to do what is best for the students and staff that I serve.
Making Connections
As I reflect on the gifts that the Lord gave me just on this past Tuesday, I realize that there are connections. I began with a reminder that God is the light in my life, followed by the motivation to focus on what matters most in my life that day, and then to commit the work that I am doing to the Lord. How can I not have a great day each and every day if just Tuesday was this motivational and reflective for my life. I challenge you to make some connections for your life. Find some motivation for you each day that will bring you closer to the Lord and show you what is important for your life. Have a Great New Year in 2018!
Closing Verse: Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
Challenge: Find Inspiration and Motivation for you life each and every day. Don’t overlook the little ways God can speak to you.
Allie's Way 