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Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "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" (Philippians 3:13). Being stuck on past problems and past pains will always keep you from your present purpose and present power. God cannot walk you forward in your circumstances if you are continually looking backwards. Allow God to heal your past so that you can purposefully feel your present.

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: What's the highest point of life? To point people to Jesus. Period.

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: It doesn't matter what you're working on, if you don't take the time to put the work in on your knees, than the work before you will never amount to anything. To put your best foot forward each day is to put both knees to the floor each day. "O Lord, Your will be done. Amen."

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends" (John 15:13). Love always requires sacrifice. One must be willing to give up something in one area in order to produce something else in another area. If you aren't willing to sacrifice for love, than you aren't willing to experience love; For there is no greater love than sacrificial love. Ask Jesus!

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: Stay encouraged! Good things take time and a God-thing is always on time. In God's economy, delays are not denials, so keep praying and keep working while waiting. Just stay encouraged!

Matthew Maher presents Daily Dose: "When He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet" (Luke 24:40). Don't hide your scars. Let them tell your story as a way to help somebody else get through their agony. Even Jesus bore His scars to soothe a doubting heart, so why not let your scars be where somebody else's healing starts?