The Refreshing Stream - Living in Passion

We attract to ourselves the manifestation of what we focus on.
-- The Law of Attraction

• Today, I will live in passionate pursuit of my divine purpose.
• My passion produces life both for me and for those around me.
• I am created by God for a divine purpose for which God has given me this passion.
• I will talk about my passion often and create many opportunities to do so.
• My passion will draw to me the right people who are able to contribute to its manifestation.
• My passion detracts the people who are detrimental to it..
• My passion will open up unlimited resources.
• My every move will be made in and with passion.
• Today, I will live in passionate pursuit of my divine purpose so that God and I may create the world I divinely envision.

The Refreshing Spring - Sober Self-Awareness

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
-- Romans 12:3

• Today, I will see myself in the light of truth.
• I am not bound by what I think others think of me; in fact, I reject the stories I create in my head about what others are thinking.
• I take seriously the feedback I receive from others about my behavior while not letting others define who I am.
• I do not think of myself too highly or too lowly; I see myself through sober lenses.
• I always remember that I am yet becoming the person God created me to be.
• With every decision, I do not use my development as an excuse to choose unproductive behavior.
• I change the things about me that need to change and accentuate the things about me that are assets to my purpose.
• Today, I will see myself in the light of truth so that I may walk and dwell in confidence before God and in myself.

The Refreshing Spring - Reaching My Potential

• Today, I will renew my interest in the things that help me reach my fullest potential.
• God has provided me with unlimited resources and unlimited power but not unlimited time.
• God's expectation of my performance is high because it is God who works through me to accomplish God's will and purpose.
• My mind and my senses will look for excitment in the ordinary things in life.
• I will be overjoyed at the opportunity to fight for my goals, dreams and visions.
• I realize that the fight is first internal, then external.
• I am pumped up to challenge myself to go beyond myself and do what I have never done before.
• Today, I will renew my interest in the things that help me reach my fullest potential so that I may be a vessel of praise to my God with my life.

Daily Affirmation - Focus

• Today, I will focus on what really matters.
• I am living my life with and on purpose.
• Each minute is a gift to help me succeed.
• Distractions are like whispers in the wind — made to be ignored.
• I know my purpose.
• I've set my goals.
• I am committed to the work and to the urgency of now.
• All I see ahead is completion and success.
• Today, I will focus on what really matters so that my life's purpose will be revealed to the world.

Daily Affirmation - Good Habits

• Today, I live a life of good habits.
• I develop and maintain daily routines that enable me to accomplish my life's goals.
• I do not allow unnecessary distractions to deter me from my routines, and I allow necessary distractions to only delay my performance of them.
• I am so fixed on my daily mission that my routines are not optional.
• I form new habits and routines, as necessary, through a 21 consecutive day program.
• Today, I will make a life of good habits so that I may enjoy the fruit of purpose-driven, faith-envisioned, work-given success.

Scriptural References: Joshua 1:8; Psalms 61:8, Matthew 6:11; Luke 9:23.

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Daily Affirmation - I Release the Past

Today, I release the past.

I will no longer be held by my failures or successes thus far.

Each day, each minute, each moment is new and fresh and ripe with opportunity.

I will take advantage of my NOW to set myself up for the future for which I dream and strive.

As God throws my failures as far as the east is from the west, so will I.

I start my right now with a clean slate and begin drawing my new self.

Today, I release the past so that my present is the only indicator of my future.

Philippians 3:12-16 NRSV
¹² Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. ¹³ Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us then who are mature be of the same mind; and if you think differently about anything, this too God will reveal to you. ¹⁶ Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.

Sin Consciousness v. God Consciousness

This morning in prayer the Spirit of God once again challenged me. As I began to rehearse my shortcomings and sins before God, I was reminded that as long as I focused on the sin in my life I would be doomed to relive them. Sin consciousness creates a paradigm that shapes our behavior in many ways. It causes us to focus on not doing the thing we consider to be sin instead of focusing on doing what we are called to do and being who we are purposed to be. We are consumed by our propensity to sin, which makes us more apt to sin.

A wise person suggested the cure for sin consciousness: "In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge [God], and [God] will direct and make straight and plain your paths" (Prv 3:6 AMP). Instead of being so conscious of our propensity to sin, we should be listening for (acknowledging) God's voice. Even more than that, we should be listening for the voice of God within us. You see, we not only have a propensity to sin, but we also have the fullness of God dwelling on the inside of us.

Overcoming the sin (defined as "missing the mark") in your life is easier and more effective when you are focused on the fullness of God on the inside of you rather than the sin on the inside. Stop trying not to sin and start listening for and being submissive to the voice of God on the inside of you. This is the key to being the overcomer that God has already purposed you to be.