At Work In You Both To Will And To Do Of His Good Pleasure

8. CONNECTOR - We can praise God that He connects us with godly people who can help compliment our areas of weakness, deficiency or inadequacy. Paul wrote, "Make my joy complete, by being of the same mind. Maintaining the same love, united in Spirit. Intent on one purpose." (Phil. 2:2,3) Thank God that the hand should not say to the foot, I have no need of you. But that the more humble people in the body of Christ have been given vital roles to play in order to see the whole completion of God’s overall plan, not just the one He wants to work through us as individuals. Solomon warned isolationistic people when he wrote, " An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment. A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions." (Prov. 18:1,2) Allow the Lord to connect you with the people who will help complete God’s overall plan with and through you.

9. RESISTOR - Praise God that He helps us resist temptation, wrong tendencies and taking hurts too personally. Jesus taught us to pray, "Watch and pray that you do not enter into temptation. The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." (Matt 26:41) We need help from God to resist all forms of evil, wrong thinking or poor choices that mitigate against God’s best.

10. ENLIGHTENER - Praise God that He gives you the discernment, wisdom and intelligent ideas to accomplish His purposes. Paul taught us to pray, "I pray that the eyes of your heart my be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of your calling, what is the riches of your inheritance and what is the exceedingly great power for us who believe." (Eph. 1:17,18) Ask the Lord to give you greater enlightenment so that you can be a channel of His Spirit’s wisdom, empowerment and enabling grace for the benefit of others