COACH Toby Schwarz - Daily Coaches Prayer

COACH Toby Schwarz

Love Others!

3/19/2025

"so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly.” 1 Peter 1:22b

I wish God would quit telling me to be nice to other people. I don't want to.

Lord, help me to realize that I am hard to love by both You and others but I am still loved so although I may not always demonstrate my love to You or properly love others, help me because it is nearly impossible to do on my own.

Attitude is a Choice!

3/18/2025

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Philippians 4.4

Joy is an attitude. Joy is not determined by our current situation or circumstances. Joy is a a choice. It is difficult to choose joy a lot of the time. But when we choose Jesus, it is easier to choose joy.

Lord, help me to choose joy today!

What Did You Expect?!

3/17/2025

“They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need. Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.” Acts 2:45-47

If you expect that all of your stuff is truly "your stuff" and not "God's Stuff that he lets you borrow", then when you break something or it is lost or stolen or simply doesn't work, it is natural to be upset. If you expect to have more than you have, instead of being grateful for what you are allowed to have, then it is natural to be jealous or wanting. If you expect your time to be your own, to use how you want and when you want, then it is natural to be bothered or inconvenienced when required to do anything you don't want to do. If you expect to be full all of the time, it is natural to feel "hangry" when the drive thru line has two cars or it is taking 30 more seconds to cook your fries, that are now fresh instead of sitting in the fryer for 10 minutes.

Lord, help me to have Goals and not Expectations and help me to see what I have as being a gift from You and not something that I am owed or entitled to.

Be a Good Friend!

3/14/2025

“Don’t plead with me to abandon you or to return and not follow you.” Ruth 1:16a

After Ruth's husband died, her mother in law (who lost her husband and all her sons in battle) told Ruth to go back to her own home town and find a new husband. Instead, Ruth committed to stay with her lonely and grieving mother-in-law and accompany her back to her home town, a place she knew no one. Unfortunately, we won't even help someone move a couch unless we have nothing better to do that day.

Lord, help me to be a better friend and more sacrificial and less selfish toward others in need.

Limit Less!

3/13/2025

“But Moses replied to the LORD, ‘Please LORD, I have never been eloquent – either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your servant – because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.’ The LORD said to him, ‘Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf seeing or blind? It is not I, the LORD? Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.’” Exodus 4:10-12

God hasn't limited you. Why do you choose to limit yourself.

Lord, help me to see the potential that YOU see in me!

Pray For Someone!

3/12/2025

“For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” Colossians 1:9

My Grandma loved Jesus and would always tell me or write in a Birthday or Christmas card how she was praying for me every day. I never doubted that she did pray for me everyday and I experienced the results of those prayers. My Grandma passed away when I was in my mid 20's. I was very sad that she had passed away. To be honest, I was also sad and concerned that she wasn't there to pray for me anymore. I have been functioning for 30 years under the assumption that someone out there has picked up the slack.

Lord, thank you for praying grandmas and please help me to not only pray for me but to have a heart that wants to pray for others.

Forgive Yourself!

3/11/2025

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9a

Why is accepting grace so difficult? Because it requires us to admit we were wrong. Self-forgiveness is often the first step to accepting God's forgiveness. If we can't admit that we are imperfect and full of flaws, we only increase the difficulty in forgiving ourselves, while also increasing the negative impact of bitterness and resentment on ourselves.

Lord, thank You for forgiving me and now help me to realize I am a lovable mess and allow me to forgive myself.

Discipline is a Good Thing!

3/10/2025

“No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” Hebrews 12:11

Discipline refers to training for obedience through the use of punishment. Punishment is intended to be a means of motivating a change in our behavior. Punishment refers to "taking something away" in order to elicit a desired response. Punishment is often used to teach us something that we are hesitant to learn on our won. Instead of seeing loss of something as being a negative, we must look at the opportunity it gives us to learn and grow and to change unwanted behaviors. Unfortunately, most humans are averse to voluntary change and that is why discipline is required.

Lord, help me to be more open to change so that discipline is required less often.

Peace!

3/7/2025

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ” Matthew 11:28

Why do babies look so peaceful when they are asleep? Because they don't have any responsibilities or burdens in this world. When they cry, they are immediately picked up, changed or fed. No problem. Why do we struggle to sleep? Because we cry and complain and worry, and disregard anyone's help because we only want them to pick us up, change others, and feed us.

Lord, help me to CRY OUT to You and trust in You so that I may have the peace that You promise.

LET's EAT!!!

3/6/2025

“He answered, ‘It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4

We need food. If we don't eat, we die. We also need to know how to live and what God suggests that we do to ease the burdens of a typical life. Unfortunately, we don't fully understand the ramifications of "missing a meal" as it pertains to reading the Bible. Some day we will get so hungry that we will look to God for what we need but often times, the damage is done.

Lord, help me to realize that reading the Bible and knowing what I need to do so I don't struggle so much is as important as lunch.