{"id":2392,"date":"2023-01-26T03:39:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T03:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2023-01-15T23:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T23:44:57","slug":"burn-the-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/burn-the-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn The Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday,\u00a0January 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burn The Ships<\/strong><\/p>\n

So the message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect.\u00a0<\/em>Acts 19:20<\/strong><\/p>\n

For King and Country sing a song titled \u2018Burn The Ships\u2019 and the lyrics says<\/p>\n

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\u2018Step into a new day<\/p>\n

We can rise up from the dust and walk away<\/p>\n

We can dance upon our heartache, yeah<\/p>\n

So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Burn the ships is a phrase which is said to have come from the 1519 Spanish conquest of Mexico when commander Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s burned his ships so that his men would be forced to win or die. Noble or not, what commander Cort\u00e9s did was determine a point of no return for him and his men. And this is what these believers do in Acts 19. They determined a point of no return not against people but evil practices.<\/p>\n

]Sometimes this is needed. We need a declarative moment of no return. A moment we cannot turn back. A moment where we get fed up and say enough is enough. And by removing the option to return, the best thing to do is the hardest thing. But we do the hard thing because of the immense value. The net gain is so much more that we are willing not just to leave it behind but to burn it completely.<\/p>\n

What do you need to burn today?<\/p>\n

An action?<\/p>\n

An opportunity?<\/p>\n

An event?<\/p>\n

An attitude?<\/p>\n

A language or a word?<\/p>\n

A bad habit?<\/p>\n

A connection?<\/p>\n

Whatever it is, trust that God will see you through it. Today I encourage you to reflect on where you need to grow in your relationship with God. Determine one factor that’s holding you back. Assess its value. Measure it against the net gain of living in a closer relationship with God. And then “burn the ships.”<\/p>\n

Prayer for today<\/strong>:\u00a0God, show me what needs to be thrown in the fire today. And then give me strength to burn it. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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