Monday, January 14, 2013

BOB RAMBO



Hi!  I'm Bob Rambo, Lead Pastor at Central United Methodist Church in Meridian.



What was your “New Year's resolution” for 2013 - to walk around the block each day?  To run a marathon?  To learn a foreign language?



We're now 2 weeks into the New Year - and according to researchers, 98% of all New Year's Resolutions have already been abandoned.  AFTER ONLY TWO WEEKS!  We start out the New Year determined that things will be DIFFERENT - but we SLIP UP, then we GIVE UP.



Failure is a part of learning and growth.  Abraham Lincoln lost several elections before finally being elected a Senator from Illinois.  What if he had given up?



The Apostle Paul gives us good words to live by in his letter to the Philippians: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.



When things get tough, don't quit.  Make it a GREAT day!