You will soar into 2025 when you finish this year well. This week we stepped into the final quarter of 2024. For any retailer the fourth quarter is critical. It is a time to boost profits and end the year on a high note. The same is true for you.
During my years in retail, the final 12 weeks of the year demanded long hours, added stress to me life, and decreased my leisure time. You don’t have to work in retail to experience the long hours that may be demanded for food preparation and travel to loved ones, or the added the stress of family gatherings, as well as living with less time for yourself and your self care.
I suggest that we “Do” the holidays differently this year. Let’s look at the final quarter of the year as an opportunity to finish 2024 well.
God has so much more in “24!
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” Anatole France
How about we put France’s advice into action in reverse order?
Don’t use the holidays as an excuse. Don’t give up on your personal goals of health, career, projects, etc because “It’s already October and the holidays are just around the corner.”
BELIEVE that you can finish the year on a high note.
Shift your mindset to believe God is at work each and every day, including the next 88 days. God goes before you just like He did for Joshua and the Children of Israel. He has already given your Promised Land.
“Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you,” Joshua 1:3
DREAM and PLAN to boost your profits and finish strong.
You don’t have to face January with radical resolutions to make up for poor choices during October, November, and December. Increase your gratitude, wellness, and contentment for a wonderful finish.
Don’t wait. ACT now.
Do you dream of attending that family function fully present and confident in your skin? Plan tospend time with Holy Spirit now. Ask Him to guide you through forgiveness, replacing lies with His truth, and show you who He created you to be.
Don’t’ let the past stop you from the amazing finish and future the Lord has for you.
“Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14
Another quote from Anatole France is “ It is by acts and not ideas that people live.”
You can accomplish great things when you partner with God to believe, dream, plan, and accomplish His best for you.
I have designed all of October’s messages to encourage you with scripture and practical tips to keep you focused on the Lord’s best for you. Wherever you find yourself today, God has been and continues to be at work on your behalf, for your good.
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
God does not stop working because the holidays are coming.
Partner with the Lord.
BELIEVE He wants you to finish well.
DREAM and PLAN with Him to accomplish all that He has for you.
ACT in faith knowing He has already given you the land.
You got this!
Hallelujah!
Stay tuned during the month of October as I share inspiration and tips for finishing well.
Or follow me on Instagram @deborahgallart or on Facebook Deborah Gall Art