Love the offensive.

When we were having devotions this morning, there were some really cool quotes that I wanted to post on here, some really inspiring stuff about giving it your all, and if you don't feel like it, how to.

Breaking through mental blocks into the joy and excitement of the Offensive!

34. (Jesus:) People who succeed in their profession are those who are committed to what they do—and if they love it, it helps. You need to take on the "this is what I live for" mentality, and then act like it. Sure, the challenges of the Offensive are pretty daunting, but each and every person in the Family has what it takes to be successful. You have to believe that, and then live like you believe it.

35. Ask Me for a special love for the new, because then you'll look at the Offensive as a gift, a joy, a thrilling answer to your prayers. You'll think, "Wow, this is tremendous! This is just what I've been hoping and praying for. This is perfect for me."

36. It is perfect for you, personally, because I can make it perfect for you. There's so much flexibility and creativity attached to your personal future that it can be all that you dreamed it would be. People are usually good at what they love—whether it's a sport, music, a ministry, etc. So love it, go for it, and throw yourself into this Offensive with all you've got.

37. I'm not limited by your past, your inadequacies, or your weaknesses, and neither should you be. Don't limit yourself. Run to your future, grab the opportunity, seize the day! Don't listen to all that negative self-talk that you've become accustomed to or you'll talk yourself right out of faith and enthusiasm.

38. * If you're telling yourself that you're so shy that you'll never be able to reach the rich or win disciples or give decent classes‚ then how in the world do you expect to do well at it? Instead, concentrate on how I can help you to overcome that shyness. I can make you bold through the Holy Spirit, I can turn that weakness into an asset. Once you've changed your attitude, then work at changing your actions. Set goals each time you go out witnessing or on follow-up. Push yourself further each day. Quit thinking about yourself and your shyness and what people are thinking about you. Realize that most people are preoccupied with themselves. They're worrying about themselves; they're not nearly as critical of you as you think they are. So break free of that shyness, timidity and pride, and let love and concern for others take you over. That's a goal worth fighting for, and that will make the Offensive the amazing adventure that it should be.

39. * Maybe you don't even like witnessing. It's not your favorite thing to do, and in fact, you dread witnessing. You prefer to stay home or take care of business or cook and take care of the house. You prefer almost any other job to going out witnessing. If that's how it's been for you in the past, I admit that's a pretty big hurdle to overcome.

40. But as long as you keep telling yourself you don't like witnessing and reinforcing that attitude in your mind‚ as long as you allow yourself to dread it or even despise it, you'll never embrace this new love I'm bringing into your life.

41. It's as if I have the perfect lover for you, but you'll never receive the joy and satisfaction I want to give you through this person if you hold on to preconceived ideas about what kind of looks, build, personality, generation or nationality you like or don't like. If you have narrow ideas of what you want and like, you can miss a lot of gifts I want to give you‚ and the same can be said for embracing the goals for the Offensive.

(End of excerpt from Gn)

So ya, that is pretty cool how we need to forsake our old mindsets about witnessing and even some things that we had wrong about the offensive, and put on the Lord's mind. In the next post I'll put up a topic that we can pray for.

Aaron~