AUGUST 2, 2017

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” 
― John Wooden

PSALM 65-69

 32The poor will see and be glad—

you who seek God, may your hearts live!

33The Lord hears the needyand does not despise his captive people.(69:32-33)

ROMANS 2-3

5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^a 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11For God does not show favoritism.

JOURNAL 

There is no easy way to glory and honor. It comes from a changed life and a changed heart. A changed life will result in a life that seeks God, seeks the good of all that he has created. Whereas an unchanged life will result in self-seeking and self-justification. This objective will produce evil deeds and an evil selfish life. 

Jesus says that you will know a man by his fruit...by what his life is producing. That fruit comes from a changed heart. 

15“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

MATTHEW 7:15-20