Saturday... It's amazing how this works.

Proverbs 10:24 (NLT) says, "The fears of the wicked will be fulfilled; the hopes of the godly will be granted." The NIV says, "What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted." This is the power of focus, the power of faith, the power of choice.

One of my father's phrases that I will always remember is, "What your faith covers you now have." And that is both negative and positive.

What is your focus today? Is it dread or hope? Now the one you serve makes a lot of difference. Are you living a wicked life or a righteous life?

The NIRV says, "What sinners are afraid of will catch up with them. But those who do right will get what they want."

Now maybe you understand that this life that we are living here on earth is just a blurb on the longevity of our life but it does have a say on the place we will live after this life here on earth is over.

But you might say, I don't believe in an afterlife but this verse still holds true. Your focus of fear or hope goes a long way in the life you will live and the outcome of this life. But what if there is an afterlife. Just because you believe something doesn't mean you are right. Your belief in truth or false truce is the difference. And I'm banking my life on the Bible and that it is true even if I don't understand it all. What I do understand and believe does and will make a difference.

So on which side are you? Are you on the side of fear or on the side of hope? "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness," Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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