Friday... May we accomlish what we are prompted to do.

2 Thessalonians 1:11b (NLT) says, "May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do."

Friday... May we accomplish what we are prompted to do.

There is so much that God has created us to do. No matter our age. Proverbs 20:29 (MSG) says, "Youth may be admired for vigor, but gray hair gives prestige to old age." Again, "May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do."

Verse 11 in 2 Thessalonians in the Message says, "We pray for you all the time - pray that God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something."

The Amplified Bible says it this way, "We constantly pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of your calling [to faith] and with [His] power fulfill every desire for goodness, and complete [your] every work of faith."

Back to Proverbs 20. Verse 4 says, "The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives; So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap]."

And then verse 5, "A plan (motive, wise council) in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out."

Back to 2 Thessalonians 1 and verses 11b-12 (NLT), "May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do. Then the name of Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ."

So let's get with it and accomplish no matter our age all the good things our faith prompts us to do so the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way we live. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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