Hey everyone, thanks for joining us for the Your Daily Prayer Podcast.

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devotional content, and blog post we would love for you to join us at I Believe.com. A prayer for enthusiasm, written by Rick Warren, read by Alyssa Forsberg.

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord.

Be joyful and hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Romans 12, 11 through 12.

Positive thinking is not enough.

Pulling yourself up by your psychological bootstraps is not enough.

Talking yourself into optimism is not enough.

The way you stay enthusiastic for a lifetime is found in the word enthusiasm.

The word enthusiasm comes from the Greek word Enthusiose.

N is the Greek word for the English word in. Theus is the Greek word for God. So

Enthios means to be in God. When you get in God you will be enthusiastic. It's the kind of

enthusiasm that isn't affected by the economy or the weather or your

circumstances. It's eternal because you are tied to the

eternal God. You are in Christ. If you want to reach your goals this year you need to get God's power by being joyful and hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.

Let us pray.

Dear God, I don't want to go another day without you in my life, controlling every part of my heart.

I offer you my body, I dedicate myself to you.

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