{"id":22313,"date":"2026-06-20T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=22313"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T22:21:25","slug":"overcoming-apathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/overcoming-apathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Apathy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cAnd whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the<\/span><\/strong>
\nLord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Colossians 3 :17 NKJV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen apathy takes over, it can be difficult to get motivated. You have so much to do, but you just don\u2019t feel like proceeding. Why have despair and boredom taken such a profound hold of you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Many answers are possible. Perhaps you are facing overwhelming pressures and you just want to give up. Maybe you are not where the Lord wants you to be. It could even be that you are angry at yourself for where you are in life. But realize, you don\u2019t have to allow discouragement to rule you. Instead, you can renew your passion by doing whatever is before you to God\u2019s glory (See Colossians 3 : 17).<\/span><\/p>\n

It is quite impossible to be where the Father wants you–doing your best and giving thanks from a grateful heart– and still be bored. So when you\u2019re disheartened, remember reaching God\u2019s potential for you is more about who you are than what you are doing–it\u2019s more about glorifying Him than past mistakes and pressures.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, close your eyes, focus on Him, and thank Him for everything you can think of. He will certainly inspire you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In His Presence…Be Inspired.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lord, please motivate and inspire me. Please help me serve You passionately and gratefully, Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Charles F. Stanley<\/span>
\nEvery Day in His Presence<\/span><\/p>\n

Your heart and mind has been so designed by God, while you were still within your own mother\u2019s womb, to be able to make your own decisions, choose your own pathways, take charge of the situations you face, and change your mind and follow a new course whenever necessary.<\/strong> You were not designed to be like a tree, well rooted and standing in the same place for your entire existence! Your body was designed to mobilize your brain.<\/strong> However, all the brains and mental capacity in the world are completely useless if they are never used or exercised.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus told us all here on earth that He had come into the world to give us life, and to give it to us much more abundantly than what we were presently experiencing. So if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus, and you are bored and\/or unhappy,…joyless,…that is your own fault, not that of another person or group. All of this life we live here on earth is only temporary. Everything can and does change in our lives on a daily basis. God gave you a brain to be used, not just to be carried around in the same conditions and confines every day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Everything that you do in life begins with a thought. The thought is then followed by a mental decision. That decision is then manifested into action and such actions always produce changed an different results.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now listen, the Creator God gave you, and you alone, complete control over your own mind. He will never interfere with the use of your mind. That is entirely up to you. So if things in your life need changing…proceed! Change your thoughts, that will in turn change your speech, that will in turn change the actions you take, that will in turn change your expended effort,…and that will in turn change the results that are occurring in your life.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Do not become your own worst enemy. Don\u2019t berate or belittle yourself when you are not doing things right…Don\u2019t get mad,…just change! You alone are in charge of the use of your own mind…You need no other human being\u2019s permission to chart and then passionately pursue your own purpose in life.<\/strong> Accept your personal responsibility, make your own decisions, choose your own pathway and then boldly and confidently start off in the direction of your own dreams and goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now remember, every human being on the earth has within them the ability to change their own minds and make some new decisions for themselves to accomplish. There is no need to allow anything, I say, anything,…to prevent you from doing that very thing. Action cures all fear. Do the thing that frightens you and you will no longer be afraid of it.<\/strong> That is the remedy God placed into your own heart and mind at the instant of your own conception. Fear, if left unattended and not remedied in your own heart and mind, will very quickly manifest itself in to complete paralyzation. Failure to perform leads to a full stoppage of activities and a complete cessation of all important productivity. Once that occurs, all joy and happiness in your life will drain out of you just as used water drains out of a bath tub.<\/span><\/p>\n

The more productive you are, the happier you will be.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Success is happiness and happiness evolves into peace of mind.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Use what God has already given you to use for your own benefit and blessing. Stop making excuses for your lack of performance. Change! And then get back into the full productive mode of living by staying in the<\/span>
\ncreative phase of living your own life.<\/span><\/p>\n

God instructs us to be doers of the Word, not hearers only.<\/strong> In order for you to be able to be obedient to His instructions, you must begin to take immediate action,…action to do the required work effort needed to accomplish your chosen or desired results. Don\u2019t make this a difficult thing to do. Just begin doing that right things necessary to complete your mission. Stay at it as best you are able and perform every task as if you were performing them directly to The Lord, Jesus Himself. Stay at it until the task is fully completed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pursue your life purpose with great passion and God will indeed bless you greatly! You already have all that you will ever need to get the job done!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

God\u2019s Greatest Blessings to All of You…………….. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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