BE A WINNER 

             "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" 2 Timothy 2:3

                                                    Edward Proffitt, Th.D.

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The Bible tells believers, "we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish'" (2 Corinthians 2:15). God needs us to win so we don't stink. Stinking, thinking will cost you the victory. In sports you hear athletes talking about the mental game. Teams are said to be in the zone or out of focus. I read "right decisions done repeatedly over time compound success, wrong decisions done repeated over time compound failure". You are where you are in life, not because of bad luck, or a conspiracy against you, but because of the choices you have made.

 

What will cause you to lose a race in the natural? It is not because you are not fast enough, it is if you finish the race. if you finish you are a winner. Those who are disqualified are the losers.  

    DISQUALIFI ED: 

          For cheating, drug use, shortcuts, etc.

          Running in someone else's lane.

          Interfering with other runners.

Within this writing lets look at 3 characteristics that will cause you to lose:

 

FIRST. CHOOSING TO PLAY THE VICTIM WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE. Playing the roll of a victim is a popular choice in the day we live. The reason is it releases us from responsible from state of our life. What type of attitude  do victims have:

       ***Victims focus on why they are losing, not how to win.

       ***Victims complain with remarks like, life is not fair.

       ***Victims are never responsible for their plight.

       ***Victims say, why would God allow this to happen.

       ***Victims turn on their team mates. 

 

 

SECOND. CHOOSING TO BE A LOOSER IS CHOOSING TO BE A DREAMER. Dreamers are forever planning but never executing. They live in a fantasy world that hast no basis in reality. Dreamers are those who cannot hold a tune, but are always singing about how it ought to be. They talk about things but never apply. They start to do it. Or they start and than lay down and bring death to what they start, wanting someone else to take up the sword to battle on, "the fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh" (Ecclesiastics 4:5).

 

Dreamers always quit in mid stream. If you gave a Tendency toward this trait you must channel it. You need to get some prayer and Bible teaching in managing your life. On the other hand there are WINNERS who take a dream and add to it. Let me give you some free advice, the Bible does not say "God loves a CHEERFUL QUITTER",  it says  "God loves a CHEERFUL GIVER". What have you given to the Lord? Do you have. TIME, TALENT LIFE to give to the Lord? If you have started, have you quit? God has and IS STILL SAYING "ENDURE AS GOOD SODIERS" (2nd Timothy 2:3). HAVE YOU ??? ARE YOU???    

 

 

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