Another important thought with the Psalm "Today is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice in Him and be glad in Him is a focus on today. One reason focusing on today is important is that it shows why the Bible is the best mental health book available. If we focus on yesterday we could develop depression because we are not letting go of something. If we focus on the future it is a great way to develop anxiety so focusing on today helps us feel closer to the Lord. Continue to read on to understand what Paul had to say about it. Two Days that Will Steal Your Joy BIBLE MEDITATION: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: There are two days that can steal your joy and the fulfillment of today. One is tomorrow and the other is yesterday. Both are days in which we as Christians should refuse to live. So many of us have never learned how to separate ourselves from yesterday. We are still dragging it around with us and it is stealing our joy. Paul could have lived there in the realm of guilt, but he refused. ACTION POINT: Maybe you, like Paul and countless others, have committed some horrible sins. But friend, what God has called cleaned, let no man call unclean. If you have confessed that sin and given it to God, it is buried in the depths. Don’t let it contaminate your day. Learn to live in the present. (Dr. Adrian Rogers)
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