{"id":25563,"date":"2015-04-28T00:20:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T04:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25563"},"modified":"2015-04-27T19:11:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T23:11:56","slug":"success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/28\/success\/","title":{"rendered":"Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] <\/span>
\nand have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], <\/span>
\nbecause He who lives in you <\/span>
\nis greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.<\/span>
\n1 John 4:4 AMP<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each of us has dreams. \u00a0All of us want success<\/span>. \u00a0Yet so many times we get bogged down and frustrated. \u00a0Why? \u00a0We forget to let God lead. \u00a0We forget He is always with us. \u00a0We forget He is greater than anything we could come up against. \u00a0(Plus, we often expect it to happen instantly.)
\nIn Matthew 17:20 (NLT) Jesus tells us,<\/p>\n

I tell you the truth,
\nif you had faith even as small as a mustard seed,
\nyou could say to this mountain,
\n\u2018Move from here to there,\u2019
\nand it would move.
\nNothing would be impossible.<\/p>\n

We read that and assume it will happen instantly. \u00a0But, what if God wants us to hang in there as He helps us move that mountain bit by bit…? \u00a0Matthew 17:20 doesn\u2019t mention a time frame. \u00a0It does tell us that nothing is impossible because, as 1 John 4:4 reminds us, God is greater than the things of this world. \u00a0God will help us overcome that mountain. \u00a0He gives us success<\/span>. \u00a0His way is perfect. \u00a0He is greater than all of our enemies put together. \u00a0(BTW, enemies aren\u2019t always people—pride, fear, doubt are enemies as well.)<\/p>\n

I did a Biblical word search on ‘success<\/strong><\/em>‘<\/span><\/span>. \u00a0These are just a few of the verses I found:<\/p>\n

\u2026the Lord has made my journey a success<\/span>.
\nGenesis 24:56 HCSB<\/p>\n

\u2026the Lord was with him, giving him success<\/span> in everything he did.
\nGenesis 39:3 NLT<\/p>\n

\u2026for it is He who blesses you\u2026and gives you success<\/span> in all your work.
\nDeuteronomy 16:15 NLT<\/p>\n

He will ensure my safety and success<\/span>.
\n2 Samuel 23:5 NLT<\/p>\n

The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success<\/span>.
\nNehemiah 2:20 HCSB<\/p>\n

He stores up success<\/span> for the upright….
\nProverbs 2:7 HCSB<\/p>\n

{And my favorite one:}
\nAnd as long as the king sought guidance from the Lord, God gave him success<\/span>.
\n2 Chronicles 26:5b NLT<\/p>\n

\n

Who<\/strong> brings about our success? God<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhy<\/strong>? Because we seek His guidance and leadership<\/span>
\nHow<\/strong>? Because God is Greater than he who is in the world<\/span><\/p>\n

WooHoo!!!! <\/strong>
\nDoesn\u2019t that just make you want to shout
\nand do a happy dance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lord, I am so very thankful You are greater than the One Who controls this world. Remind me to seek Your leadership and guidance. When I do, You will ensure my success. And all glory and honor will be Yours. In Your Holy name I pray, Amen \u2013 It Is So<\/em>!!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 AMP *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * Each of us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[4070,8790,8787,5889,3367,8786,8784,8785,8779,1493,8788,8789,3174,8791],"class_list":["post-25563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-1-john-44","tag-2-chronicles-265","tag-2-samuel-235","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-deuteronomy-1615","tag-genesis-2456","tag-genesis-393","tag-greater-is-the-one-who-is-in-you","tag-matthew-1720","tag-nehemiah-220","tag-proverbs-27","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-success","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-success","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25565,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25563\/revisions\/25565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}