Daily Prayer for August 25th, 2018
Good Saturday morning, God—thank You! :o)
Let my friend ________, compete humbly as Your love shines in his heart. With Your wisdom in mind, give him strength, poise, endurance, and skill enough to win the show—fulfill his potential today!! In Jesus’ name. Amen.
1 Corinthians 9:24 New International Version (NIV)
The Need for Self-Discipline
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
Colossians 3:23 English Standard Version (ESV)
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Philippians 2:3-4 New International Version (NIV)
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
2 Timothy 2:5 New International Version (NIV)
5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.
James 4:6 New International Version (NIV)
6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.”