Good Shots

Better Shots=Better Year

 

“Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadow boxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.” ‭‭-1 Corinthians‬ ‭9:24-27‬ ‭NLT‬‬

 

Take Better Shots-

 

With Your Actions

 

“Do what God’s teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves. Those who hear God’s teaching and do nothing are like people who look at themselves in a mirror. They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like. But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God’s perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God’s teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy.” ‭‭-James‬ ‭1:22-25‬ ‭NCV‬‬

 

With Your Words

 

“If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.” -James‬ ‭1:26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

 

With Your Reactions

 

“...casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” -2 Corinthians‬ ‭10:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

With Your Body

 

“Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” ‭‭-1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:19-20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

With Your Abilities 

 

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.” -1 Peter‬ ‭4:10-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

 

With Your Praise

 

“Then David danced with all his might before the Lord. He had on a holy linen vest.” ‭‭-2 Samuel‬ ‭6:14‬ ‭NCV‬‬