My awesome father God, good morning.

Today, I lift up to you everything. I declare you riches and wisdom to dwell abundantly on me today. I
am taking off my Monday in lawschool to you. Father God, I ask of your character to be in me. I ask for
your calmness, your grace, your wisdom, your influence, your power. You are higher than any other,
stronger and more confident than anybody. Make me walk and work just the way you do. You are for
me,God! No one can stand against me. No one can make me stumle.

Forgive me for sinning so early because of my hearts thought. I despise sin God. I dont want to be bad.
I want to be like your son Jesus. My God, I should not make other stumble. Let me grow in your
wisdom,father.

Proverbs 13:WALK WITH THE WISE AND BECOME WISE, for a companion of fools suffer harm.

YOU ARE THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.

Though you may be wise, foolish friends will eventually destroy you. Though you may be foolish, wise
friends will show and teach you success. This is an easy way to prosper.

Thus get rid of your foolish friends and choose the wise friends.Though hard, give up foolish friends.

How did Lot, Abrahams nephew, end up in a cave with nothing but his two daughters pregnant by his
incest? How? He moved toward Sodom and made friends in that wicked mcity ( gen 13:12) What a
disaster for him, his wife and five daughters. Be not deceived.

When I be come a parent, I should monitor every friend of my children. Monitor individual friends from
school,w ork,church, family, sports and neighbors.

This is one of the most important things you can do for yoru success. FOOLS cannot be real friends to a
child of GOD. It is impossible, for they are incompatible by nature. They have nothing of value to offer.
What is a fool? They do not fear God ( proverbs 1:7, romans 16:17-18)

Ignore YOUR FEELINGS OR PAST HISTORY, AND CUT OFF YOUR FOOLISH FRIENDS.

Godly men are lovers of good men, so you must learn to discriminate wisely (Tit 1:8; Ps 16:3). Men can
easily be ranked on a scale of virtue and wisdom, so wise men move toward those on the top of the scale,
even selecting friends from a churchs membership.
How far should you flee fools? Very far! Do not go in their direction (Ps 1:1; Pr 1:10,15; 4:15; 9:6), and
have no fellowship with them (Pr 14:7; Am 3:3; Eph 5:11-12)! Your soul and future are at stake. Find
the way of good men, and go in that direction (Pr 2:20-21).

Marriage is picking a companion for life! Use this proverb for a spouse. Carefully prove a personal and
independent fear of God, the prerequisite of wisdom. If you do, wisdom will guide and bless your marriage
and family. If you do not, both will be severely damaged.

The friends you need above all others are God Himself and Jesus Christ. Abraham was Gods friend for
carefully obeying Him and passionately worshipping Him (Jas 2:23). Jesus loved Lazarus, Mary, and
Martha for similar reasons (Jn 11:1-5). What about you?

We see someone who is a companion of someone successful and that person will try hard too. I have noticed that we try
harder to do just as well as the person we are with. Competition creates success.

It means that you have to work for what you want. If you are lazy, you will never get there!

: Father, I thank You for this Word this morning. I speak life over myself and I declare that I overcome laziness by faith. I
take control of my mind, emotions and will. I refuse to allow procrastination and slothfulness to keep me from maximizing
my potential today, this week, and for the rest of my life. Father, I will work diligently and I ask You to bless the work of my
hands. As You bless me to dream big dreams, I declare, by faith, that I will put the work behind the dreams required to see
the manifestation of them in my life. I work hard and prosper! In Jesus name. Amen!

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and
the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. She accomplished what was unfathomable to most, because it
was possible to her, because she had a dream and she determined to put the time, energy and effort behind the dream
required to see it come to pass.

ournalist Gloria Steinem said: Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Its awesome to dream. I love to do it. I like to take the time every once in a
while to see myself in the future. I imagine myself doing what I believe the Lord has called me to do and it helps fuel my
fire, drive and passion for the present. But I dont fool myself. I know that if the dream is ever going to come to pass, I must
make the decisions and put forth the action, in the present, to take me incrementally closer to its reality. Simply put, dreams
will not come to pass by accident. We must operate with purpose and focus if we ever want to see in our hands, what God
has birthed in our hearts. This is a good reminder this morning because most of us have the tendency to put our lives on
autopilot. We believe we know where we are going, fully expecting to arrive someday. This technique sounds good and it
could work if our path was free of obstacles and detours. The problem is that our path is never without resistance. Even
subtle changes, if unchecked, can get us severely off course.

Later on in Proverbs Solomon said, Dont envy evil people or desire their company (24:1). Why was Solomon so big
on avoiding even the company of evil people? Its because Solomon knew that both wisdom and foolishness are transferred
by association. My mother clearly understood this. She knew the perils of the environment I grew up in (Brooklyn, NY), so
she daily told me, Son, show me who you hang with and I will tell you who you are. In other words, Show me your
friends and I will show you your future. The people we choose to associate with says a great deal about us. Most
people choose friends that have like interests, ambitions, character, and lifestyle. I know the term friend is used lightly
today, but it should be reserved for those that can make positive deposits in our lives and vice-versa. Since our time on the
earth is limited, we should choose carefully whom we spend that time with, because at the end the day (good or bad), they
will rub off on us.
Father, I thank You for explaining to me the importance of the company I keep. Your Word says, Bad company corrupts
good character (1st Cor 15:33). Therefore, I refuse to surround myself with the wrong people. I understand that both
wisdom and foolishness are transferred by association, so I choose to only surround myself with people of like precious
faith; people that are striving to be all that You desire for them to be; people of Godly passion and purpose. I associate with
the wise and I become wise myself! In Jesus name. Amen!

Father, first of all, I thank You for blessing me to BE a blessing. Your hand is upon my life and for that I say, Thank You! I
recognize how blessed I am and I realize that it is because of Your grace, mercy, loving-kindness, and my effort; but it is
surely not just my effort alone. I shutter to think of where I would be without You in my life. So I enter this day with humble
gratitude and with an open heart towards others. I will never take advantage of anyone, especially widows, orphans or the
poor. I am here to help, not to hurt; to be a blessing, not a burden. There are many hurting people in the world and I refuse
to add to the problem. I am here, with You, to be part of the solution! Use me Father to make a positive impact in the life of
someone else today. In Jesus name. Amen!

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