daily prayer

Great morning! How are we all faithing? What drives you? Not what car but what motivates you? Are you driven to a fault? We all can get caught up in this drive we are speaking of. Drive to succeed at work, drive to be healthier, drive to achieve more, drive to be liked, drive to be honored etc. Drive can be good and it can be not so good. Drive can become a God in of itself. Drive if not kept in its place can drive you instead of the other way around. I know lots of people that work is everything. They think they are just motivated. It probably started that way but now it has become an obsession. This can happen with anything. It even happens in church. People get so into doing church they have gone beyond service into slavery to doing church. At what expense? I've been so into cars I lost sight of the original passion for them and got driven to feeling lost when I wasn't around them. Bad place to be. Our eyes move from the one who gave the gift, whatever gift it is, to the gift by itself. It's like my friend who plays guitar fantastically, he knows he's good but he also knows from whom that goodness came. God has gifted him, gave him the ability to play and to discipline himself to learn and play better all the time. That is drive used for its design not the design doing the driving. Look at these;

Phil 4:8-9
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
NIV

Prov 19:22
It is not good to have zeal without knowledge,nor to be hasty and miss the way.
NIV


2 Cor 13:7-8
Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that people will see that we have stood the test but that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
NIV

2 Thess 3:13
And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.
NIV


Phil 1:9-11
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God.
NIV

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Heavenly Father,
Thank you for your gifts you give to us. Thank you for the talents you bestow. Lord we ask for wisdom to keep sight of you and not be taken captive of the gift. Lord we ask that you be with those mentioned and those not that they may know your peace and grace. Help us be the people you meant us to be, in Jesus name, amen