Daily Devotional

November 2016 Day 19

HEAR THIS BANK PRESIDENT!

BASIC SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 5: 1-9

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 reporter asked a bank president:

“Sir, what is the secret of your success?” “Two words.” “And, sir, what are they?”

“Good decisions.” “And sir, what is that?” “Experience.” “And how do you get experience?” “Two words.” “And, sir, what are they?” “Bad decisions.”

This brief discussion could be classified under grade “A” score on any academic level. The message is deep with few words. What the Holy Ghost is saying to a user of today’s devotional is that, it is bad decisions that produce experience, which is the father of good decisions! Remember that bad decisions are considered as errors and mistakes! That means, the great experience you desire to produce good decision to run your life’s race is born out of errors, mistakes and pain. Failure is part of life! If you don’t learn! If you don’t learn, you will never change! Your best teacher in the school of life is not necessary your pastor but your last mistake! No matter how this year 2016 has been, refuse to condemn yourself! When you look back and count the many errors of your life, refuse to sing the popular song of “HAD I KNOWN.” See each of your past errors as a necessary bus-stop to your Promised Land. You will never be brave if you don’t get hurt! In fact, there is no such thing as failure. What you call failure is actually a learning experience! It is mistakes you don’t learn from that become REGRET! Even if you have made the same mistakes over and over again, always remember what Maxwell Maltz said: “You make mistakes, mistakes don’t make you.” Today’s scripture vs. 3 says: “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;” The word “tribulations” include: mistakes, delay, errors, pain, etc. So, good decisions are the bedrock of experience which are triggered by bad decisions. Rejoice for your past bad decisions/failures because the Lord will turn them into your land of gold! Amen!

PRAYER POINTS:

1.       Pray about today’s word generally as led now.

2.       Repent from condemning yourself for bad decisions or errors or mistakes of the past.

3.       Holy Ghost, turn every mistake made since I was born into my greater testimony.

4.       I scatter every end-of-year PANIC and WORRY now!

5.   Pray today seriously and any other issue(s) affecting your peace.