I’m back in business for myself after four years and working
on remembering how to pay all my business taxes in a timely manner. It’s not my
strong suit and it causes stress so I’ve avoided it until the eleventh hour and
now I have to get it done. So after getting frustrated with things like Quickbooks,
IRS instructions, EFTPS being down, UITR forms, etc. I just left it undone last
night and now I’m on the last day and tempted to get annoyed and not finish,
and then be angry for myself for procrastinating, not finding someone else to
do it, failing etc. Not fun, so I’m not going there. So here’s my word for the
day.
Find – Follow – Finish! NOW.
Find the instructions, follow them and finish the job. You
can do it. Figure it out(pun intended) It’s not that hard(but it seems to be
for me) Just believe, remove your pout, get rid of your doubt and do it. Don’t
whine or complain or let your mind constrain. Don’t worry, don’t hurry, but
just go ONE step at a time. Stay in the NOW and I’ll show you how. I AM NOW, in
the NOW and the Author of NOW. Be mindful NOW and focus your attention. Like
focusing a lens, looking toward a specific point in time – NOW, makes things
clear so you can see where you’re going and what we’re doing. If you try and
think about too many things at once,
like everything that you have to do, it clouds your mind and obstructs your
vision. So keep your eyes on the road that is directly ahead of you NOW. Don’t
try to see the entirety of the road and all the obstacles you will need to
overcome along the way, because then you will be distracted and distressed.
Thus unfocused and unable to do your best in the NOW, which happens to be where
you always live.
It’s difficult for me to focus on doing things that I don’t
like to do. How about you? But I can and have done many difficult things. I
know that I just need to focus and I can figure it out. I realize that will
have to do things that I don’t particularly enjoy. Previously I tried to make myself like them saying, “If I
have to do it I might as well enjoy it.” but it didn’t work and I’ll never
enjoy things like doing taxes and installing insulation. But I can do it, and
if I must then I might as well focus and get it done as quickly as possible.
And that requires me to focus on the task at hand NOW. The enjoyment will come
when the job is done and the difficulty has been overcome.
I Am the Now, in the Now and the Author of Now. You need to focus!
So stay in the NOW and I’ll show you how.
“NOW it came to pass”
“NOW it happened”
“NOW behold”
“For NOW we live”
2 Cor 6:1-2
6 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you
not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says:
"In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you."
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of
salvation.
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Eph 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above
all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
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1 John 3:2-3
2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet
been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall
be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. …
… Rev 1:8
"I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and
who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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Heb 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith;
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Heb 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen.
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Ps 118:24-25
24 This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I pray, O Lord;
O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
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Prov 7:24
24 Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
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Isa 33:10
"Now I will rise," says the Lord;
"Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
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John 17:5
5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with
the glory which I had with You before the world was.
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John 2:8
8 And He said to them, "Draw some out now, and take it
to the master of the feast." And they took it.
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1 Cor 2:12
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but
the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely
given to us by God.
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1 Cor 3:8
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one
will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
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2 Thess 3:5
Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and
into the patience of Christ.
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Rom 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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1 Tim 1:5
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure
heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
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Heb 12:11
11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but
painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness
to those who have been trained by it.
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Heb 12:26
26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has
promised, saying, …
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Heb 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from
the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the
everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will,
working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to
whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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1 Peter 1:24-25
24 because
"All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever."
Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to
you.
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1 Peter 2:9-11
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him
who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a
people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have
obtained mercy.
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1 Peter 2:25
25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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1 John 2:28-29
28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He
appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
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1 Tim 1:17
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who
alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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NOW! NOW! NOW!
NOW! NOW! NOW!
NOW! NOW!
