“I learned that personal discipline is the indispensable key for accomplishing anything in this life. I have since come to understand even more that it is, in fact, the mother and handmaiden of what we call genius. . . . We will never get anywhere in life without discipline, be it in the arts, business, athletics, or academics. This is doubly so in spiritual matters. In other areas we may be able to claim some innate advantage. An athlete may be born with a strong body, a musician with perfect pitch, or an artist an eye for perspective. But none of us can claim an innate spiritual advantage. In reality we are all equally disadvantaged. None of us naturally seeks after God, none is inherently righteous, none instinctively does good (cf. Romans 3:9-18). Therefore, as children of grace, our spiritual discipline is everything–everything! I repeat. . . discipline is everything!”–R. Kent Hughes.

“The time for us to decide our life priorities is before they are tested. Only then can we be ready for challenges when they come”–Jim Denison.

“We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us”–Frank Boreham.

“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land your are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”–Joshua 24:15.

“Putting it off doesn’t relieve stress. It only creates more work down the line”–timemanagementninja.com.

“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer”–Psalm 19:14.

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