Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Change”
Our Bible verse for today: “Change your hearts and stop being stubborn.” Deuteronomy 10:16 (NLT)
Our thought for today: “We must actually make the changes we know are needed.”
Albert Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.” In other words if you keep doing what you’ve always done you will keep getting what you’ve always gotten.
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. People can be so stubborn and prideful. We tend to live in denial and resist the changes which are needed. Many of our problems we bring on ourselves simply by failing to make the changes we know we need to make.
For instance, many people desperately need to change their financial habits. They spend too much, live way beyond their means, carry much more debt than they should, and although they have the best of intentions to one day get it all under control, they don’t. As a result they have endless financial problems and perhaps even end up in bankruptcy. They know they need to change but they don’t.
Others have bad nutritional and exercise habits. They know they need to eat better, exercise more, and lose weight, and if they don’t do it, they know it’s just a matter of time before they begin experiencing serious health issues. And yet, they just don’t make the needed changes.
One common reason people fail to bring about the needed change in their lives is because they give up too soon. They begin taking college courses but don’t stick with it. They start reading the Bible every day and do ok for a month or so, but then they start missing days and soon they’re not doing it at all. They implement the diet and exercise program and go full-guns for a week or two, but soon they’re back to sleeping late and eating Krispy Crème donuts for breakfast. But change usually occurs slowly and progressively over time as we establish a new and better pattern in our lives and then stick with it. If we give up, then the change doesn’t occur.
There are many other examples we could consider but the point is that we bring many of our problems on ourselves simply because we fail to make the needed changes. Over the next few days we’ll consider some strategies that will help us implement the changes we know we need to make.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 