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473-Energy and Motivation God’s Way

Getting out of your bed in the morning requires motivation. Doing your work requires motivation. Sacrificing for your spouse the way God asks us to requires motivation.

You may be motivated by external forces like your boss, achieving certain bank account numbers, or a personal feeling of accomplishment. Those aren’t necessarily bad. But if you’re having trouble with motivation for the things that are most important in your life: God, marriage, kids… this episode is for you.

 

 

The Biblical Secret to Motivation: What Jesus Teaches Us

There are two encouragements Jesus gives us that can really help with your motivation to do what is most important:

1- The Parable of the Three Servants (Matt 25: 14 – 28)

2- Come to me and I will give you rest — the burden I give you is light (Matt 11: 28 – 30)

The parable talks of three servants entrusted with money while the master went on a long trip. One was entrusted with 5 bags of silver, another with 2 bags of silver and the last with 1 bag of silver. When the master returned, two of the three had “worked” and “invested” which doubled their silver. But the servant with just 1 bag didn’t even try. He was in self-pity, covetousness and fear. The master called him wicked and lazy.

May we not fall into the trap of

a – Self-pity: aka pride, because we SHOULD have a better circumstance. God SHOULD have given us better.

b – Covetousness: looking at someone else’s perceived lot in life and crave it

c – Fear: Our perspective of God is harsh and unfair so we are paralyzed to try.

Instead, let us look forward to hearing our master’s praise. Let us be motivated by the anticipation of seeing God on that day say “well done!” and lavish praise on us for doing what He has asked us to do with what He has entrusted to us.

 

 

Jesus’ Light Burden: How to Carry Only What He Asks of You

If this feels like such a heavy weight right now, I want you to be encouraged by the second portion of scripture where Jesus invites us to come to Him with our burdens. And learn from Him. And gain insight on what He ACTUALLY is asking of us. Not to carry the whole world — but to gain insight into what His burden for us to carry actually is — which Jesus says “is light”.

Come to Him with your burden.

Don’t let the enemy tempt you with self-pity, coveting, or fear. Instead, come to Jesus and gain His strength so you can hear “Well done! Good. Faithful. Servant”.

 

 

How to Stay Motivated in Your Faith, Marriage, and Family Life

In the episode, I give practical out-workings of all of this and I hope it’s an episode that will give you a pep in your step and a zing of motivation to do what God is asking of you in your relationship with Him, in your relationship with your spouse and those entrusted to your care.

 

Love and Blessings,

 

Belah

 

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PPS – Here is quote from a recent graduate:
“I was bitter and hurt, feeling like my wife hadn’t loved me and I wasn’t accepted as sufficient, up until my wife had found DYM and went through her program…I had realized that it was my turn to forgive, but I was having a great deal of trouble reaching that point prior to going into MR…[Now], I have worked each of the instructions and practiced those actions. That has not always been easy, and it is scary to start things like open apologies, but they have been great. I also have really tried to work on my consistency and creation of routines with some momentum behind them. I have really tried to read the Bible more, which is something I used to do much more often. I had worked on those small times for exercise to create a gap/break in life, and I’ve really worked to have conversations and give face time to my wife all throughout.