BOASTING ONLY IN GOD!

 

BOASTING ONLY IN GOD!

 

IF=You are like most people

You have had=SOME SUCCESSES

In your life=I HAVE TOO!

 

But I know=I have

A LOT of weaknesses too=MY

ONLY STRENGTH=is

My DEPENDENCY ON GOD=

BOASTING ONLY IN GOD!

 

“If I have TO BOAST=I

WILL BOAST of what pertains

To my weakness”                                                                                                                    2 Corinthians 11:30

 

I would LOVE=to sit here

And WRITE to you=that I did this

And I did that=but I know

That that IS NOT TRUE

 

My only STENGTH=is

MY DEPENDENCY on God=and

I will boast only about him=

BOASTING only about God

BOASTING ONLY IN GOD!=The Lord God

Is my STRENGTH

 

“In God=we make OUR BOAST

All day long=and we will praise

Your name forever”                                                                                                               Psalm 44:8

 

“DO NOT BOAST=about tomorrow

For you do not know=what a day

May bring”                                                                                                                           Proverbs 27:1

 

“May I NEVER BOAST=except

In the cross=of our Lord Jesus Christ

 

Through which the world=has

Been crucified to me=and I

To the world”                                                                                                                                    Galatians 6:14

 

WE all want to do GOOD

All the time=but as much

As I want to=I KNOW I DON’T

 I know I can do=WAY MORE GOOD

Than I do

 

Saint Paul wrote something PROFOUND=

When he wrote=

“THE GOOD=that I want=I do not do

But I practice the VERY EVIL=

That I do not want”                                                                                                                      Romans 7:19

 

I THINK=we could ALL=

Be better people=than we are

I think=we could all do=MORE GOOD

That we do=so please REMEMBER

As I hope to-too

 

The Lord God=IS OUR STRENGTH=and we should

BOAST=only in God

BOASTING ONLY IN GOD!

 

“-------not by works=so

THAT NO ONE CAN BOAST=

 

For we are=God’s handiwork

Created in Christ Jesus=to do

Good works=which God prepared

In advance=for us to do”                                                                                                   Ephesians 2:9-10

 

Be BOLD=tell about HOW

Through God and Christ Jesus=you

Have OVERCOME YOUR WEAKNESSES

 

OUR WEAKNESSES=is NOT

The end=of our story=OUR GOD

Is our STRENGTH=we should be

BOASTING ONLY IN GOD!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the Holy Father God=THE STRENGTH=OF OUR LIVES!

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-10-2023

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in Tim Tebow’s=ONE YEAR DEVOTIONAL