On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. John 2:1-2
And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” John 2:3
Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” John 2:4
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you to do, DO IT." John 2:5
God will open the door, but only you can walk through the door!!!
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. DO WHAT IT SAYS. James 1:22
The WORD works when you work the WORD.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror... -James 1:23
and, after looking at himself, GOES AWAY and immediately forgets what he looks like. -James 1:24
What happens when you go away?
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law (The Word of God) that gives freedom, AND CONTINUES IN IT—not forgetting what they have heard, BUT DOING IT—THEY WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT THEY DO. James 1:25
Whatever YOUR hand finds to do, DO IT with all your might... Ecclesiastes 9:10
Do what you can do then look to God to do what only HE can do.
Faith without works is dead. -James 2:22
It's not about trying to work your way into Heaven, it's about being obedient to the God in Heaven.
There comes a time in your life when you have to STOP praying about it and START being about it!
How do you conceive what you receive?
You must have a WHY behind what you do.
• Your WHY drives you when you don't want to be driven.
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. -Mark 1:35
Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” -Mark 1:36-37
Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. THAT IS WHY I HAVE COME.” Mark 1:38
Jesus knew his why, lived by his why, and died because of his why.
Where there is no vision, the people perish... Proverbs 29:18
Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. -Habakkuk 2:2
FOR THE VISION IS YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. Habakkuk 2:3
A plan is more powerful than an idea.
A good idea, is just a good idea, until you come up with a good idea (a plan) to implement that good idea.
Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 1 Corinthians 9:26
Get the strategy from the Word of God.
Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, and he shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord... Psalms 37:23
Get the strength to Capitalize on It from the grace of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. I Corinthians 15:10
What's holding you back from just doing it?