Daily Huddle - Wed Sep 23, 2020 Small Choice, Big Difference

Love you all, praying for you,
 
Nothing in your life impacts you more than the choices you make. They are what make your life what it is, they are what determine your experience, your potential, your ceiling, your limits.  They are what determine your joy, your satisfaction, your reward, and your legacy.  We tend to blame others, but the truth is  - it’s on us.  You can’t change others, what they think or what they do.  You can’t change circumstances, but what you choose is totally up to you.  And that will determine your destiny.  Most choices are not one hundred and eighty degrees, some are just a few degrees.  Some choices are big, but most are small, those little choices, those daily choices, those purposeful choices, that you make when you don’t feel like it, when you might even think you are the only one.  Praying that PiVAT and PRISM are daily choices for you.  Praying that 4C’s and a Daily Call are daily choices for you.  Because God said, and that’s all you need.  Praying that His Presence and Prayer are those choices for you – where the more you choose them the easier it gets and the better it becomes.  These are not a lot, they are not too much to remember or fit in...  You are doing similar things, or other things of far less value on a regular basis anyway.  Choices in life even one degree difference, over time will lead to destinations miles apart.  What has God told you to do daily?  Are you?  Do you have an easy way to continue this practice?  A way that makes it a habit, so you don’t have to choose every time?  Praying that you will review the Relationship Topic – PiVAT Progress, it is extremely helpful with little daily choices that bring you to successful destinations.  What about those choices in the moment.  When the Holy Spirit just nudges you to do something, to stop and pray, right now.  Or pick up your phone and call someone or text them, right now.  Or something God wants you to write down, because He wants to reveal more to you about it later.  That prompting of the Holy Spirit – Do you respond immediately?  At least write it down, and ask God is this for now, or for a specific time that you will reveal?  Some people don’t choose because they don’t realize the choice.  God is speaking to them, but they don’t know it.  They think it’s just a thought – when it’s really the Holy Spirit speaking to them.  They have ignored it for so long, they don’t realize it’s a choice.  Others don’t choose because they are afraid, it’s bigger than their own capability, it’s uncomfortable, and they don’t really trust God for grace beyond their own ability or life experience so far.  Others don’t choose, because they would rather do something else, as if their plans are better than God’s plans – who loves you, has plans for your best, and who knows the future.   Praying that your choice is always humility and quick obedience, that it is steady plodding, and continuous praise and thanksgiving, that you would pray without ceasing, and listen before talking, that you would love God by obeying, and love others by serving and preferring, that like Jesus whatever your Heavenly Father tells you to do, that you would do it so often, that it becomes a foregone conclusion.  There’s joy there.  It’s the choice that enables you to walk in the Good that He has for you!
 
Love you all,
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