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The Walk: Major K. Kendall Mathews

Our life walk is a diligent walk together, heart to heart and hand to hand.

TODAY I WALK WITH GOD KNOWING. THAT I MUST NOT GIVE UP ON HELPING MY PEOPLE BE DILIGENT IN THEIR WALK OF CHRISTIANITY, BUT ALLOW THEM TO SEE THE LIGHT OF GOD THAT IS LIVED OUT IN MY LIFE.

Bible Verses:
Philippians 3:13
Philippians 3:14

Personal Reflection
Diligence for me is working hard to stay ahead, and not looking to the past, but always looking forward.  We are safe in the hands of God; He is our safe from all harm. Walk in Him!

Dr. Martin L. King’s diligence was the key that permitted him to overcome the many obstacles that were placed in front him.  People fought him from every side, and he never looked back, he always pressed forward to preach the message of equality for all of Gods children.  We need many more Dr. Kings in our world today, but they to will need a dose of diligence, not in themselves, but in the one (Jesus) who without uncertainty gave of himself for all of mankind.  Diligence can be a hard road to walk, but like Dr. King, we too will be faced with stuff that will zap the life right out of us, but we must remember God will never fall us even in the mist of cold-blooded people.

Question: What will it take for you to be diligent enough respond to the heartaches of life?

A Prayer on Diligence

Lord, may nothing of this world stop me from the calling you have placed on my life to serve those in need of encouragement.  As I walk with you today, may you empower me to be conscientious, and diligent of living out the love and peace you have given to me?

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