Thought for today: Thursday September 16: Be Encouraged:

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; Old things have passed away; Behold, all things have become new”. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Never be discouraged about yourself. You may have tried all your life long to rid yourself of your weaknesses, your obsessions, jealousies, sins or inferiorities without success. Your failure at self-perfection may be a result of relying on your own efforts. That is a long, tedious and essentially impossible project. But it can be done in no time at all by Christ. All you need do is to say simply, “Lord, I do not want to be this way anymore”; and mean it and when you feel tempted, start worship, praise and prayer.