If you have a tendency to remind people of all the good things you do and the sacrifices you make, read what Jesus said: \u2018When you have done all those things which you are commanded, say\u2026\u201cWe have done what was our duty to do.\u201d\u2019<\/i> We all deserve recognition for the good we do, and we thrive on appreciation. But lots of times we don\u2019t get it, so we\u2019re left with three choices: <\/p>\n
(1) We can succumb to self-pity and go around complaining about how the world doesn\u2019t treat us right or give us a fair deal. <\/p>\n
(2) We can give way to resentment, walk around with a chip on our shoulder, and end up wondering why people don\u2019t want to be around us. <\/p>\n
(3) We can adopt the attitude Jesus taught and say, \u2018I\u2019m only doing what God expects of me. And knowing He<\/i> is pleased with me is reward enough.\u2019 If you try to run on the fuel of other people\u2019s encouragement and praise, when it doesn\u2019t come you\u2019ll have no joy. And that\u2019s bad because \u2018the joy of the Lord<\/i> [the joy that comes from knowing you walk under the smile of His approval] is your strength.\u2019<\/i> (Nehemiah 8:10 KJV) <\/p>\n
Living this way will make you a self-starter and a successful finisher. And when that happens, you\u2019ll find favour at home and on the job, and end up with more friends than you know what to do with. Plus your real<\/i> reward, the one that matters most, is guaranteed when you stand before the Master one day and hear the words: \u2018Well done, good and faithful servant.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew 25:23 KJV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you have a tendency to remind people of all the good things you do and the sacrifices you make, read what Jesus said: \u2018When you have done all those things which you are commanded, say\u2026\u201cWe have done what was our duty to do.\u201d\u2019 We all deserve recognition for the good we do, and we […]<\/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\/391"}],"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=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}