“Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king…Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, but not like his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example of his father, Joash. Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, where the people offered sacrifices and burned incense.”
2 Kings 14:2-4 (NLT)

MAY 7 - Every woman alive knows it—either you are, or you aren’t. Pregnancy is not a mediocre process; it is impossible to be “almost” with child. Either you are, or you aren’t. As a natural example for us all, when God creates life, He never does it half way. How many of us can recall King Amaziah? Almost none of us, right? But who knows David? Virtually the whole world does, even those who are not believers. David stood for the extraordinary, but Amaziah accepted the ordinary, doing things half way. Notice, Amaziah wasn’t displeasing to God. The Scriptures say that he did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, which means that he must have had a certain degree of integrity and goodness to him. Nevertheless, he didn’t do what it took to make things great, like his ancestor David did.

Mediocrity doesn’t mean that we live a lazy, worthless life. No, mediocrity means that we let just a few things slip through the cracks on one hand, while we hold together everything else with the other, doing a balancing act. I wish I could say that God understands, but that just is not true. God gave us His grace so that we are able to become extraordinary, going all the way in every area of our lives. Ask yourself: What areas of my life have I allowed mediocrity to penetrate? While it may be difficult to stand for the extraordinary at first, it is the only way to make a lasting impact in your world.

Daily Confession

Father, I thank You for empowering me to stand for the extraordinary so that You can be glorified in my life.

Family Scripture Reading

James 5

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“When you obey Me, you remain in My love, just as I obey My Father and remain in His love.”
John 15:10 (NLT)

MARCH 3 -By omitting the essential ingredient of obedience, we cannot exhibit the confidence, boldness, and liberty needed to maintain an intimate relationship with God. Our obedience is vital to the maintenance of daily fellowship with God because He cannot continue a relationship with anyone who is unwilling to comply with His instructions. Unfortunately, people continually attempt to have a relationship with God while they live in sin. God does not “incline His ear” nor does He open His mouth to any individual who omits obedience to His Word from his daily spiritual faire. Hasn’t God called us to live
overcoming and supernatural lives? Indeed. Therefore, He intensely desires to have an intimate relationship with all His children, but only by way of the compelling ingredient of obedience is that made possible.

The more we obey God, the closer we begin to walk with Him. What a privilege it is to have fellowship with God as we intimately hear and willingly carry out what He instructs. Let us never take for granted the grace that has been shown to us. Obedience—never fellowship with God without it!

Daily Confession

Father, I thank You that as I obey Your Word, I have the confidence, boldness, and liberty to maintain an intimate relationship with Jesus. I remain in Your love because I obey Your Word.

Day 3: Audio Confession

Family Scripture Reading

2 Corinthians 8

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God has good plans for your life. To accomplish His plans, it is vitally important to see yourself as God sees you. He sees you as a winner! He believes in you and gave you the tools you need to experience a happy and fulfilling life.

To help you discover those tools, Dr. Robb and Linda Thompson share this teaching, which was recorded during their missions outreach to India. These inspiring messages will help to transform your thinking, so that you can walk in victory and joy! Now is the time to experience all God has for you – through this teaching, Dr. Robb and Linda Thompson show you how.

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“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it.”

Mark 8:35 (NKJV)

FEBRUARY 25 - Here are two extraordinary questions for you to carefully consider:

• Why do I want what I want?
• How could I even suppose my own desires could compare with the desires God divinely prepared for me?

Now, here are some possibilities:

Pride—Individuals with a proud heart won’t admit they still cling to their own desires. They convince themselves that their own way of doing things is correct, superior, and even Godly.

Comfort—Whatever God leads us to will be great, but it will not be comfortable. People stop surrendering their will to God when the next step requires sacrificing more comfort than they are willing to accept.

Misunderstanding—It is impossible for people to surrender their desires when they don’t believe in God’s goodness. Those who view God as a traditional dictator (as opposed to a benevolent king) never understand that the scope of God’s plan is infinitely more wonderful than a personal dream.

God firmly prohibited the Jews from charging interest on loans of silver, chattel, or produce. Nonetheless, selfish moneychangers often consented to this desire for greed, in direct disregard of the law. Do you currently have a difficult time trying to let go of your own selfish desires? Have you dealt with pride, comfort, or misunderstanding in your life? Deal with it today. Make sure you ask God to search your heart and divest you of any desires that are contrary to Him.

Daily Confession

Father, I realize my life is worth nothing unless I use it to do the work assigned to me by You—the work of telling others the Good News about Your wonderful kindness and love.

Day 25: Audio Confession

Family Scripture Reading

Ecclesiastes 8

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What is the ultimate prize that this world has to offer? The Nobel Peace Prize? An Oscar? A Super Bowl ring? A lucrative recording contract?

Certainly you can find all types of contests in which to compete and a host of valuable prizes to covet in today’s society. But in this book, Dr. Robb Thompson tells you how to win the ultimate prize of life – the heart of your Heavenly Father.

Using illustrations from the lives of Biblical men and women, Dr. Thompson vividly portrays what it means to be a person after God’s own heart. In the process, he tackles the all-important topics of submission and covenant loyalty – scriptural concepts that are frequently shunned and swept under the collective rug in Christendom today.

As Dr. Thompson so succinctly asks, “What else do you have in life, if you don’t have the heart of the Father?” That’s a question only you can answer for yourself. Pursue the prize of your Father’s heart, and watch everything else in your life fall into place (Matthew 6:33).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1: A Submitted Heart
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart
The Subtle Trap of Rebellion
God’s Way of Relating to Authority
Choose Obedience
God’s Only Path to Fulfillment

Part 2: A Loyal Heart
The Foundation of Faithfulness
The Steadfast Loyalty of our God
Loyalty: Our Link to Divinity
Loyalty is a Choice
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author

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