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For some bizarre, odd reason, I enjoy jogging. I’m not sure why. I really don’t know what’s wrong with me.

I tell folks it’s a great stress reducer, being out of the road, running. I also tell folks it’s a great time to pray. When I’m out running, I spend a good bit of time praying – mainly, “Please Lord, don’t let me die out here!”

But, for those of us that love to run, it’s tough to miss a day from training. We just don’t feel right. And I guess it’s like that for any task that we enjoy. For those that run, missing a day of training. For many of us, missing a day on Facebook, or texting, or watching your favorite show, or practices for your sport, or, whatever. . .

Listen to what Paul says today in 1 Timothy 4

“Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it.

As important as my physical training is, training for godliness is more important. I hate to miss a day jogging. Do I hate to miss a day of prayer and study as well?

The thing that you hate missing, be it a type of training or just a fun activity, do you hate to miss a time of prayer, or of training for God, as much as you miss that?

The blessing we receive, in this life, and the life to come, is so much greater from the stuff of God, than it is from the stuff of this world – even the good stuff.

Let us not neglect what is most important. Let us not neglect training for what matters most. That’s the stuff God. That’s where true life and true rewards are found. Not in the stuff of this world. In the stuff of God.

May we keep our eyes, and our training, on what matters most.

A Change is coming. . . . slowly

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As I was reading through part of John this morning, I read over Jesus’ calling of Peter.  It is found in Chapter 1:

42 Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”).

One of the things we see in Scripture is that when some people come to God, their name is changes – Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel, Simon to Peter, Saul to Paul.

Why? What does God change someone’s name?

In the days of the Bible, your name was more than just what people called you . . . . it was who you were. It represented something deeper about you.

So, when God changed your name, He wasn’t just changing what people called you, He changed who you were.

A change is coming.

We want that in our lives, don’t we. We want to be different. We want to change old habits, we want to start new ones. We want to be different.  We want to change for the better.

But, it’s hard.  Things come slowly.  We fall back into old habits and old ways.

We want change on a dime. We want things happen quickly, we want to be a different person at this exact moment.

It doesn’t always happen that way. Change in our lives doesn’t always come quickly. Sometime it slowly.

So, what do we? We be faithful. Each second, each moment, each hour, each day.

We are faithful. We do what we should do. We pray. We read. We fellowship. We worship. We do our part.

And, slowly, you know what happens? We change. We are different. We are transformed.

Sometimes, we change very quickly. Most times, it’s a process.

God wants to change you today. He wants you to have new life today.  He wants you to know what’s most important today.

So be faithful.  Today, and each day. And we will find that we have grown more than we would ever realize. Be faithful. And know God will do His part.