DAILY VERSE: - Handling success!

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DAILY EMAIL VERSE: PROMOTION AND POWER COME...FROM GOD. - PSALM 75:6-7
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DAILY QUOTE: Life is a glorious opportunity, if it is used to condition us for eternity. If we fail in this, though we succeed in everything else, our life will have been a failure. - Billy Graham
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STORY OF THE DAY: Anytime you succeed, you will face three things: 1. Jealousy in those who want what you have got. Remember the parable of the Prodigal Son? (Luke 15). His older brother became bitter because the attention he once had was now being given to his younger brother. When God blesses you, not everybody will celebrate; especially those who have not yet been blessed in the same way, even though they have longed for it and worked to get it.

2. Insecurity in those who are afraid of change. When you move upward, it affects everybody else around you. Some will immediately feel threatened - particularly those who have always done things in a certain way and are not interested in stretching or growing.

3. The attack of the enemy. Satan usually attacks those who are next in line for promotion. He doesn't mess with low-impact Christians. Paul wrote, "...we wanted to come to you...but satan stopped us" (1Thess 2:1. Think about that. If satan could stop the Apostle Paul, imagine what he can do to you! So put on your armour, pick up your sword and get ready for battle!

Success will test every relationship in your life. Some will feel dwarfed. Some will feel displaced. Others will say, "He is just not the same anymore." When you hear those words, just keep moving forward, smile and say to yourself, "They are right!"
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Story Credit: Bob Gass

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