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SATURDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2017. TODAY'S DEVOTION.NO SHORTCUTS TO TRUE PROSPERITY.

SATURDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2017.

TODAY'S DEVOTION.NO SHORTCUTS TO TRUE PROSPERITY.

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE. "Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body” (Proverbs 4:20b-22 NLT, second edition).

One of the pitfalls you may face as you fulfill your purpose and believe God for prosperity in life is the temptation to take shortcuts. Ironically, these shortcuts will only get you off track. The shortcuts may be moral, ethical, spiritual, financial or even relational. But they will distract you from what God wants you to do in your life by eventually eating up your time, energy, resources, and creativity.

Shortcuts are always shortsighted. God wants you to stop being “absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective” (Colossians 3:2 MSG).

How do you know when something is a shortcut? When the decision negates the word of God and you cannot find the example in the life of Christ. If you are wise, you will remember the effects of the shortcuts you’ve tried to take in the past when working towards your goals and how it ended up taking you a much longer time to achieve those goals.

TODAY'S QUESTION.
How do shortcuts cause us to be disobedient to God?

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