{"id":4483,"date":"2023-01-31T16:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:44:26","slug":"built-for-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2023\/01\/built-for-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"BUILT FOR GREATNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1.jpeg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[4483]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4485 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1-1024x654.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1-1024x654.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1-1536x981.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Builtforgreatness-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A river begins as a small stream, but can become very large<br \/>\nand powerful over time. So it is with you! <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WORD:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <em><strong>\u201cFor I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Jeremiah 29:11 LB<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE POINT:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>So what\u2019s the plan? You were built for greatness. After all, the great and mighty God is the one who created you. The <em>Source <\/em>of greatness is found in <em>God alone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Great expectations come from a great God. The Lord God Almighty says that He has great expectations for you. <em>When God is your source, greatness is your destiny.<\/em> God has great things in store for you. God wants the best for you.<\/p>\n<p>God can make you the <em>best <\/em>that you can be through Jesus Christ. When Christ comes to <em>indwell you, you get the ultimate makeover. <\/em>God will change you from the inside out. Then, Christ will become your very <em>life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE APPLICATION:<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Do you want to realize your true potential? Stop just dreaming of greatness and start living your dream! <em>Give yourself <\/em>completely to the Lord Jesus Christ. Discover for yourself the <em>difference<\/em> that Christ can make in your life.<\/p>\n<p>When you give yourself to God, He will make you a new creation in Christ. Then, you will become the <em>best<\/em> that you can be. God will make you complete in union with Christ (Colossians 2:10). You can\u2019t improve on God!<\/p>\n<p>God creates you anew in Christ, and as with all of His creation, <em>God declares you very good!<\/em> Now there is nothing left for you to do but live it. Your destiny doesn\u2019t have to be merely a future hope. It can become a present reality!<\/p>\n<p>Are you living your destiny? You can if you <em>allow Christ<\/em> to live His life through you. Christ will make your destiny a reality! However, you must stick with The Plan\u2014God\u2019s plan. As you do, you will have a bright future and an enduring hope! Now that\u2019s the goodness of God, and it\u2019s good for you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE PRAYER:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cDear Lord, Thank You for loving me enough to include me in Your plans. You do not intend to harm me, but to prosper me. I realize that Your plans for me are always the best. So I give up on my plans and I give myself to You. I trust you to accomplish Your perfect plans through me. My hope is in You, Lord. Therefore, I look forward to the bright future You have prepared for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright\u00a92023 Dr. Lewis Gregory<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/201879-SMI-logo.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/201879-SMI-logo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4483]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/201879-SMI-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A river begins as a small stream, but can become very large and powerful over time. So it is with you! &nbsp; THE WORD:\u00a0 \u201cFor I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.\u201d\u00a0 Jeremiah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,40,180,42,38,41,51],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4494,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions\/4494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}