Peter writes, \u2018His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life.\u2019<\/i> (2 Peter 1:3 NIV) Living life to the fullest requires three things: <\/p>\n
(1) A little extra.<\/i> This is the extra-mile principle Jesus taught (see Matthew 5:41), and it calls for two things: <\/p>\n
(a) Extra effort.<\/i> Life coach Art Williams said, \u2018You beat 50% of the people by working hard\u2026 40% by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something\u2026 the last 10% is a dogfight.\u2019 If you want to win, make up your mind to always do \u2018a little extra\u2019. <\/p>\n
(b) Extra time.<\/i> \u2018The vision awaits its appointed time\u2026 If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come.\u2019<\/i> (Habakkuk 2:3 NIV) Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who created the Mount Rushmore memorial to America\u2019s presidents, was asked if he considered his work to be perfect. He replied, \u2018Not today. The nose of President Washington is an inch too long. It\u2019s better that way, though. It will erode and be exactly right in ten thousand years.\u2019 <\/p>\n
(2) Your best effort.<\/i> Andrew Carnegie said, \u2018There\u2019s no use trying to help people who won\u2019t help themselves. You can\u2019t push anyone up a ladder unless he or she is first willing to climb it.\u2019 <\/p>\n
(3) The right mentor. Paul writes, \u2018Pattern your lives after mine.\u2019<\/i> (Philippians 3:17 NLT) Good mentors lead by example; they know that to be followed, they must first be respected. They know whether you learn visually or verbally. They know whether you need a pat on the back or a kick in your rear. If you have such a mentor, you\u2019re blessed. If not, ask God to send one into your life today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peter writes, \u2018His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life.\u2019 (2 Peter 1:3 NIV) Living life to the fullest requires three things: (1) A little extra. This is the extra-mile principle Jesus taught (see Matthew 5:41), and it calls for two things: (a) Extra effort. Life coach Art Williams said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}