The picture that we have of ourselves — our self-concept — will always determine how we respond to life. - Myles Munroe

greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life that never realized its full potential.

One of the great truths of the Bible is that whenever God gets ready to do anything in the earth, He always works through a person or a group of people whom He has called and who have willingly responded to Him. The human factor is key for God’s activity on the earth. When God prepared to deliver the Israelites from Egypt, He called Moses. When He got ready to rescue His people from the Midianites, He called Gideon. When God wanted to warn His disobedient people of His judgment and call them back to Him, He called Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, and the other prophets. When God was ready to send His Son into the world, He chose Mary, a humble peasant girl, to be His mother. When Jesus Christ prepared to send His message of salvation throughout the world, He called and anointed men and women — His Church — and commissioned them for the mission. This illustrates an incredible principle under which God operates: Without God we cannot, and without us God will not. For everything that God desires to do in the earth, He enters into partnership with those to whom He has already given dominion.

•Appropriate God’s Grace: Acknowledge God’s holiness, turn from your sins, and be cleansed through the blood of Christ. •Put on Righteousness: Appropriate the righteousness of Christ through faith. Live in that righteousness, doing what is right by keeping in step with the Spirit. •Put on Truth and Honesty: Be transparent and clean before the Lord, desiring truth in the innermost parts and living with integrity. •Cleanse Yourself with the Word: Before you come before God, make sure that you’ve read the Word and that you are