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FINISH WHAT YOU START Poem Devotional

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July 14
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Now you should finish what you started. – 2 Corinthians 8:11(NLT)
FINISH WHAT YOU START
A poem and essay by ILMA
Whenever you start doing something
Press on, so you can reach what you’re aiming
When you get distracted and delay
You will find that you are going to stray.
Finish what you start so you can progress
If you get side-tracked, you will digress
Direct your mind on the purpose of his plan
Then you will find favor in God’s one and only Son.
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As an artist, it is very important for me to finish a painting or drawing I set out to do. At the beginning of my career as a self-taught painter, I was also a full time teacher, mother and stage actress and manager. I learned in life very early that if I don’t finish what I started, it is likely going to be a challenge to get back to concluding the project or task at hand. Discipline and focus are two very important ingredients in accomplishing what you plan to do. When you fail to press on when things go rough or when there are interruptions, failure has a big chance to happen. The bible encourages us to finish what you started. Remember that the enemy’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. He will do anything to delay you from fulfilling God’s plan in your life.
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PRAYER
Lord, help me to finish whatever I start.
REFLECTION
Why is it important to finish what you start?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

THE REWARD OF FINISHING Poem Devotional

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THE REWARD OF FINISHING
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Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride. -Ecclesiastes 7:8(NLT)
THE REWARD OF FINISHING
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you bring a concept to reality, you are beginning something
It takes courage and inspiration to present your ideas into being
You will need diligence and perseverance to continue working
It may present some challenges and bumps but keep on grinding.
Bringing the plan into reality and finishing it will reap rewards
It will teach you patience and endurance like you never had
Finishing is better than starting and patience is better than pride
Let the Lord be in all your endeavors and never put him aside.
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How many people start a project or something and never really finished it? I began my visual arts career as a painter and photographer over two decades ago. Without any formal training in Fine Arts, I was able to sell over 400 works in my lifetime up to this day. Some masters of Arts like Van Gogh passed away without seeing the rewards of their hard work. If he could only see how much value people have put in his paintings, then he would have been fulfilled as a painter. I thank the Lord that he has blessed me with a prolific art career. The secret ingredient in my art prowess is to paint daily to exercise and to finish what I started each time.
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PRAYER
Lord, show me each time the enemy steals my time and ideas to hinder my progress.
REFLECTION
What stops you from starting or finishing a work?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com