Tag Archives: Pressing into The Goal
A Fresh Clean Start ~
A fresh clean start,
new beginnings too
not just for today . . .
but, all year through.
Putting behind the past,
pressing into the goal
loving God with all . . .
your heart, mind and soul.
New beginnings,
a fresh new clean start
when Jesus becomes
the beat in your heart.
Letting Him change you,
from the inside out
pushing back your fears
giving Him your doubt.
A fresh clean start,
is waiting for you . . .
oh, the mighty things
in you God can do!
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“Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew
a right spirit within me.”
King James Version
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Copyright 2015 Revised 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Only One Thing To Do~
The past is gone,
can’t bring it back
for our mistakes . .
we musn’t keep track.
For we all error,
slip-up and fumble
we all teeter
stagger and stumble.
The past is over,
it we must forget
and give to God
all that we regret.
For we’re all broken,
chipped and marred
we’re all injured
damaged and scarred.
The past is history,
only one thing to do
is Lord to keep on . . .
pressing into You!
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Brethren, I count not myself
to have apprehended: but this
one thing I do, forgetting
those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those
things which are before
King James Version
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Copyright 2020
Deborah Ann Belka
Faith Stretching ~
Lord, today . . .
I’ll be exercising
for my faith can use
some real stretching.
I’ll be doing,
some strength training
so towards the mark
I can keep straining.
My perseverance,
seems a little wobbly
so I’ll be working on
a more trusting strategy.
I’ll need to do,
some heavy lifting
so my Bible I’ll pick up
to keep me from drifting.
My endurance,
I will be addressing
so into the goal . . .
I can keep on pressing.
Lord, today . . .
my faith I’m exercising
and I need Your Spirit
to do the energizing!
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“I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2016
Deborah Ann Belka
New Beginnings ~
A fresh start,
new beginnings too
not just for today . . .
but, all year through.
If you let Jesus,
be your resolution
He will bring to you
a glorious restoration.
Putting behind the past,
pressing into the goal
believing in God with . . .
your whole heart and soul.
Letting Him change you,
from the inside out . . .
pushing back your fears
giving Him your doubt.
A fresh new start,
is waiting for you . . .
oh, the mighty things
Jesus wants to do!
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Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
King James Version
by Public Domain
Copyright 2015
Deborah Ann Belka
I’ts A Daily Thing ~
It’s a daily thing,
this taking up my cross
it’s about eternal gain
not worldly loss.
It’s an hourly thing,
this denying the self
it’s all about Jesus
not about myself.
It’s a moment thing,
this faithful following
it’s about pressing on
not fearful wallowing.
It’s a minute at a time,
this dying to myself thing
but, Oh what joy . . .
each day that it brings!
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Luke 9:23
King James Version
“And he said to them all,
If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily,
and follow me.”
Copyright 2014
Deborah Ann Belka
Pressing Into The Goal ~
It’s not about a contest,
it’s about the one you enter in
for the race that’s before you
can be full of good or full of sin.
It’s not about how fast you are,
it’s about your direction
and if to the Gospel of grace
you will make a connection.
It’s not about the time you run,
it’s about pressing into the goal
and if you follow after Jesus
with all your heart and soul.
It’s not about the finish line,
it’s about how close you come
to the mark of a higher calling
and the glory of God’s kingdom.
It’s not about the winning,
it’s about your defeat and loss
and if you gained true knowledge
of why Christ died on the cross!
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Philippians 3:7
King James Version
“But what things were gain to me,
those I counted loss for Christ.”
Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka
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Today’s Verse ~ Bible Gateway- Isaiah 26:4“Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.”
- Isaiah 26:4
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The Reason for My Hope
I believe in God,
in all of His glorious creation
I believe He made the heavens
and the earth's foundation.I believe that man,
came from but dust
I believe it's God's image
He puts into all of us.I believe that Satan,
is the cause for our fallen state
I believe it's still his lies
he uses on us to trap and bait.I believe that man's heart,
has always been cold and callous
I believe it's full of deceit
filled with ungodly malice.I believe in Jesus,
God's only begotten Son
I believe He died and rose again
for the sins of everyone.I believe in redemption,
from our wicked, evil ways
I believe it's the blood of the Lamb
that washes our sins away.I believe in God's love,
I believe in His grace
I believe one day
God's judgement all will face.I believe in Heaven,
I also believe in hell . . .
I believe for eternity it's where
the unsaved will dwell.I believe in the hope,
Jesus imparts in me
I believe all can be saved
if these truth they'd just see!~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peter 3:15
King James Version"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you a reason of the hope
that is in you with meekness and fear:"Copyright 2014
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I will not be shaken,
nothing can rattle me
not even my own death
will take me, Lord from Thee.I will not tremble,
I have nothing to fear
even if I'm all alone
God is always near.I will not waiver,
on my Rock, I will stand
if I was to stumble
in His grace I will land.I will not be moved,
nothing can take away
the love I have for Jesus
from His ways I'll not stray.I will not be shaken,
nothing will take from me
the peace, faith and hope
I have dear Lord, in Thee!~~~~~~~
Psalm 62:1-2
"Truly my soul waiteth upon God:
from him cometh my salvation.
"He only is my rock and my salvation;
he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved."King James Version
by Public DomainCopyright 2014
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~ Who I am in CHRIST ~
Who am I in Christ?
I am fearfully
and wonderfully made
I am His new creation
I am predestined
I am chosen
I am adopted
I am a son of God
I am God's child
I am a child of light
I am a child of day
I am God's bride
I am God's clay
I am God's future
I am God's hope
I am alive to God
I am destined
I am called~~~~~~~~~~~
I am loved
I am bought with a price
I am redeemed
I am set free from sin
I am joined to the Lord
I am alive by grace
I am justified
I am forgiven
I am sanctified
I am reconciled
I am transformed
I am renewed
I am made perfect
I am dead to sin~~~~~~~~~~~
I am a slave to righteousness
I am baptized with the Holy Spirit
I am a partner of Christ, Jesus
I am His temple
I am His building
I am His field
I am His branch
I am His follower
I am His fellow worker
I am His ambassador
I am the salt of the earth
I am the light of the world
I am sober-minded and watchful
I am armed
I am His warrior
I am His friend~~~~~~~~~~~
I am being trained in righteousness
I am created for good works
I am a doer of the word
I am kind
I am humble
I am meek
I am patient
I am loving
I am fruitful
I am steadfast
I am gentle
I am faithful
I am never alone
I am never hungry
I am never thirsty~~~~~~~~~~~
I am sealed for the day of redemption
I am called to eternal glory
I am the aroma of Christ to God
I am crucified with Christ
I am not ashamed
I am a sinner
I am forgiven
I am born again
and I am going to heaven!Who are you without Christ?
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~ Throughout the Old and New Testament
we can find Scriptures that let us know who we are in Jesus ~Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka-
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