Thoughts for a Bright Future

 Daily Inspirational Thoughts

to bless your life.

Short Devotions

for

the week of January 5, 2026

Monday through Saturday

~

By

Beth McLendon

Monday

What have my choices in life positioned me for?

I have positioned myself for ___________.

Mini-Devotion for Monday

What have you positioned yourself for?

For example:

Have you positioned yourself for

success or failure?

Have you positioned yourself for

godliness or ungodliness?

Have you positioned yourself for

getting closer to God or wandering away?

Tuesday

If we do not intentionally position ourselves

and

choose wise paths,

we will probably be

disappointed

in the outcomes

and results

we are left with

in our life.

Wednesday

Our problems are not new to God, and

they are not too hard

for the

All Powerful God who is above all gods!

Thursday

Reading God’s word

builds

confidence and faith

in

the supernatural abilities of God

and

in the loving intentions

that

God has toward each of us.

Highlighted Bible Verse

"Now your attitudes and thoughts

must all

be constantly changing for the better.

Yes,

you must be

a new and different person,

holy and good.

Clothe yourself with this new nature."

Ephesians 4:23-24 TLB

_

We are never going to be perfect,

but we are commanded to 

improve.

We need to walk on the road called

Improvement.

Friday

God expects us to seek his will

and

be open to change.

-

As we read the Bible,

God will convict us to change.

-

The normal life

of a believer

is

reading the Bible,

renewing our mind, and changing.

Many of the promises of God

are dependent on us doing something.

Many times God says,

"If you do this...... then......"

Without change,

we will never experience

most of the promises of God,

and

we will never arrive at our unique destiny.

How

have you positioned yourself?

Are you reading your Bible?

Are you open to change?

Are you asking God to help you change?

OR

Are you running FROM change?

Saturday

Below is a Bible Devotion on

CHANGE.

Change... Me Change?... No Way!

"Now your attitudes and thoughts must all be constantly

changing for the better.

Yes,

you must be a new and different person, holy and good.

Clothe yourself with this new nature."

Ephesians 4:23-24 TLB

If we are honest, most of us will admit

there is

a great chasm

between

who God calls us to be and who we are in reality.

The Bible says in Galatians 5:17,

"For we naturally love to do evil things

that are just the opposite

from the things

that the Holy Spirit tells us to do;

and the good things we want to do

when the Spirit has his way with us

are just

the opposite of our natural desires.

These two forces within us

are constantly fighting each other

to win

control over us,

and our wishes are never free from their pressures."

"But when the Holy Spirit

controls our lives

he will produce

this kind of fruit in us:

love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, and self-control."

Frequently Christians

excuse themselves

from taking an active role

in changing their bad habits and thoughts

by saying,

"I can't help doing this or that

because it is part of my nature."

This act of justification

may fool us,

but it does not fool the Holy Spirit.

The author of Psalm 119:31-32

gives us insight

into how to approach this battle.

Those verses say...

"I cling to your commands and follow them as closely as I can.

Lord, don't let me make a mess of things.

If you will only help me to want your will,

then

I will follow your laws even more closely."

When we study the Bible,

with a teachable hart,

it forces us

to address truth.

In Philippians 4:8 we read,

"Fix your thoughts

on what is true and good and right."

Proverbs 3:3 says,

"Never forget to be truthful and kind.

Hold these virtues tightly.

Write them deep within your heart."

So what is the truth about these bad habits?

The truth

is that

we can change.

We can have victories

if

we ask for God's help

and if

we put on the full armor of God 

(Ephesians 6:11-17).

Of particular importance is

The Belt of Truth.

Just as a belt goes around a body,

truth should surround the believer.

Each believer must speak the truth to himself.

The truth is:

Yes, we can change.

We can pray, as the writer of Psalm 119 did, that God will guide our thoughts.

Yes, we can

conquer

negative attitudes, bad habits, anger, and unforgiveness.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 KJV tells us that there is nothing new under the sun.

Our problems are not new, and

they are not too hard

for the all powerful God who is above all gods!

Additional study:  Ecclesiastes 11:4,  Psalm 139:23-24,  Proverbs 28:26

Bible Devotion Copyright © 1998 Beth McLendon of Inspirational-Prayers.com

Closing thoughts

"Without a Vision, the people Perish." Proverbs 29:18

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Get a Vision of  Who you Can Be

In Your Home

Have you positioned yourself

to become a great role model

or

an example of what not to do?

Have you positioned yourself

to become a great spouse or a mediocre one?

Have you positioned yourself

to become a great parent or an absent parent?

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