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04.05.04

Want To Buy An Inflatable Dartboard?

Today’s devotional was written by Dr. Walker Moore who is president of
AweStar Ministries in Tulsa, P. O. Box 470265, Tulsa 74147. You may contact
Walker at walker@awestar.org or 800.293.7827. Visit their website at
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I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13.

We are all born with this incredible gift of potential. Somehow along the
road of life, good meaning, well-intentioned people stifle that creativity.
Just look into a church nursery and see the creativity that goes on. One of
the blessings from God that I had were parents who let me be creative. I was
one of those children who took things apart and could not get them back
together. My room was littered with piles of things that used to be
something else. I was the child who wanted to see what the inside of my
grandfather's "bee-house" looked like. I now know, and I was only stung 122
times to gain that knowledge. I have done a lot of things in life and yet
there is so much I want to experience. But much of my life I have failed.
Failing is a good thing if it moves you one step closer to discovering your
potential. Many of the benefits we enjoy today have come out of someone
else's failures. I have had some great ideas, but upon closer examination
realized that they would not work.

I thought about writing a book on "How to Read." Or create a compact,
inflatable dartboard. You can take it anywhere. Blow it up and; oh, there's
the problem. What if I could develop "powdered water" for third world
countries? The only problem I have not solved is what you add to the powder.
Then there was the idea I had for a helicopter ejector seat. I bet it would
be hard to find a test pilot for it. But one of these days I am going to
succeed. Even a blind hog can stumble onto an acorn. The Scriptures tell us
we can do ALL things through Christ. If that is not reason enough for me to
keep on trying I do not know what it is.

Encourage your child's creativity and encourage them to use it for the
Kingdom. I have worked in Amsterdam many times. I have preached to the drug
addicts and witnessed to the prostitutes. To this day I have never led
anyone of them to Christ. It seems as if the Holy Spirit was not present.
Then one day I heard a that a number of the prostitutes had come to the
saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and had returned back to their homes and
families. I wanted to know how God was doing this great work. I was shocked
when I discovered that a manicurist had caused the great revival. This young
lady wanted to use her talents for the kingdom of God. After much prayer she
felt led to go into the red light district of Amsterdam and offer the
prostitutes free manicures. While doing their nails, she loved on them and
shared with them the good news of Jesus Christ. Who would have ever thought
that God would use a manicurist to set the captives free? A creative
manicurist who believed that she could do all things through Christ and did.

Prayer: Dear Father, I use to dream dreams but somewhere along the way
reality has stolen it from me. Help me to realize that I can do all things
through Christ. That I can raise wonderful, creative, Christ like children.
If you look at them now you would say that is impossible. Because of you the
impossible is reality. Amen.

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