Finishing the race

y’all I know I’m almost to the completion of my seminary career but sometimes I get tired.  Sometimes I think the closer I get to finishing and the closer I get to God using me and what He’s taught me in my degree the more the enemy just wants to discourage me and put thoughts in my head to mess me up.  I don’t know if you’ve been there before or if that’s happened to you but if it has I’m praying for you.

“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”  1 Peter 5:8

 “12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on [a]so that I may lay hold of that [b]for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12-14

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  1. NinaFebruary 27, 2019 at 9:39 PM

    Lisa, when I read your blog I thought of Stormie Omartian's writing: "Lord, help me not to feel anxious about my future or getting my needs met. Help me to trust that You have brought me this far and that you will bring me the rest of the way. Help me to not worry about things but to take my concerns to You in prayer instead and leave them in your hands." Yes, the devil likes to discourage you but "greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world". Prayer and God's word are your weapons. God has a wonderful plan for your life and He will show you in His time what He wants you to do with your life. Love you.

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