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MOTIVATE
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. Live by choice, not by chance. It's ironic; I first saw that at
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Special Olympics. Compared to their struggle, our choice should be
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easy, but we take it for granted. You must choose life everyday.
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Living life and not use existing requires active participation. You
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can't sit around and wait for life to take you by the hand - because
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it won't. It's not what like can give you, but what you should put
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into life. You have to take the initiative.
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. I guess I should define what I mean by life and living. God
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gives us life (everlasting life through Jesus Christ). And we should
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live that life according to His perfect will -then and only then will
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we know what living verses existing truly means.
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. Yet God doesn't force man to do anything. We must reach out to
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Him, ask of Him, cry out to Him, pray to Him.... We have to step out
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in faith toward Him. Jesus chose to die for man; God chose us as His
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children - He took the initiative and now never wavers or varies from
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that choice. It's like the saying, "I'll meet you halfway." Jesus
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died for you, and He is calling your name, but it's up to you to step
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across the threshold. It's man's turn to choose and not vary from it.
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In the choice for life, there is no grey, only black and white.
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. So what is our motivation for life; where do we find the drive to
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stick with our choice of life? You must take the first step towards
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it. Motivation won't come looking for you. Look around you; don't be
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caught up in the seen; look at what is unseen - Jesus, everlasting
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life, love..... It's pretty obvious that good is an easier motivator
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than bad. So search for good in everything and everyone. When you
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find it, hold it close to your heart; make it a precious treasure.
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Don't brush it aside, but experience it and live each moment as it
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comes. Motivation is a day to day thing. Each day, as each situation
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arises, stand by your choice.
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. Don't be motivated by your emotions! If you let your emotions
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control your motivation, you will run into trouble. Times will arise
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when you don't feel like doing so and so, and you won't. You can't
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sit around procrastinating and expect God to say, "You're motivated!"
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and presto! There you go! You must persevere.
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. This is where discipline comes in. Disciplines are like good
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habits, only harder to form. Discipline is being faithful to the goal
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you've set or to the choice you've made, regardless. So when all else
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fails, you don't feel like doing it - lean on the strength of your
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discipline. You'll find it is God. Stick to your guns; God will
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honor your perseverance. That's His promise, not mine!
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Scripture: 2 Cor 4:18, 2 Tim 1:7, Rom 5:1-5, James 1:3-4
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This is a lecture that my cousin will be presenting in Atlanta. I
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thought that y'all would get something out of it. I did. Her name is
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Marsha and is currently going after a medical degree. She's the only
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other person in my family that I am sure of being saved. It's obvious
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to me (maybe not to you guys) that God is able to use her. If there's
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any questions about this outline, I'll try to answer them for you. If
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I can't, I'll get in touch with Marsha.
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