Prayer Thoughts for the Heart

We all know that exercise is good for us and Paul reminds us in the Scriptures that we are to RUN with perseverance. To RUN the RACE that is set before us and RUN it so we can look back and be proud of the way we accomplished it.

The following are some ideas to remind us of things NOT to do while RUNNING our race of life.

Don’t go JOGGING with Satan or JUMPING to conclusions about the least little thing. RUNNING up your phone bill to RUN-DOWN your friends and neighbors or SIDESTEPPING your responsibilities at church, work, or at home. Don’t PUSH your luck as you drive the streets and interstates or SKIPPING off to the park to exercise on Sunday morning on God’s time. Quit WRESTLING with yourself about what to watch on television.

Don’t go SURFING the web and stopping on an unhealthy website to SWIM in a cesspool. BICYCLING without your partner, Jesus Christ, or ROWING your boat without a life jacket.

If you fall down, call the heavenly rescue squad to BOUNCE you back to common sense, horse sense, and God sense, so you can continue to RUN on the godly highway of life with success.

Also, remind yourself to RUN your fingers through the Living Word each day to receive words of wisdom from God.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:7-8 NIV).

Celia Milam