Zig Ziglar - The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar

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The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar

Copyright 2009 by Zig Ziglar and Dwight Ike Reighard. All rights reserved.

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To Paige Patterson, my longtime friend and confidant, who has had a major impact on my life as hes guided me through some pitfalls along the way. I love and respect Paige Patterson and am grateful he took an interest in me as a new and growing Christian.

ZIG ZIGLAR

I would like to thank Pat Springle, my writing partner for over ten years, and Donna Monroe, my executive assistant and friend of over twenty years. And to the four girls in my life: Robin for over twenty-five years as my friend and the best wife ever! Abigail thanks for being my writing partner and thought generator on this project. Danielle and Addi thank you, my lovely daughter, for blessing all of us with a granddaughter who delights us each and every day!

DR. IKE REIGHARD

INTRODUCTION

IN 1985, AS A GUEST SPEAKER at a megachurch in Dallas, Texas, I quoted Zig Ziglar from his book See You at the Top in my message on overcoming giants in your life. After the service, a tall, thin, immaculately dressed gentleman approached me and said, I really liked what you had to say about Zig Ziglar. I replied by asking, Oh, are you a Zig fan? The fan paused for a moment before he said, I am Zig Ziglar! To my astonishment (and embarrassment), I had met one of my heroes!

Long before I ever met Zig Ziglar in person, his book See You at the Top inspired me to make significant changes in my life. I began setting goals. One of the first was to graduate from college. Zigs influence in my life through that book continued as I earned a bachelors degree, a masters degree, and a doctorate.

After I had met Zig and as our friendship grew, I began receiving regular Saturday morning calls from him that have been a great blessing in my life. As Zig prepared to teach his Sunday morning Bible class, he would go over his ideas for his lesson. I soon became his pastor in residence and amateur theologian. As we spoke of the weeks passage from Scripture, I would use my background in biblical studies to give him context and socioeconomic, geographical, and spiritual implications from my personal studies. Saturday mornings with Zig became not just a ritual but a blessing that I will treasure forever.

Our long-standing friendship has been featured in two books: Sheltering Trees, by Donna VanLiere and Eddie Carswell, and Over the Top, Zigs sequel to See You at the Top. Zig used my story of becoming a meaningful specific rather than a wandering generality.

We bonded from the beginning, and what ensued was an unequaled relationship that other than my relationship with Jesus Christ has helped shape me as a husband, a father, a Christian, and an inspirational speaker.

DR. IKE REIGHARD

I ASKED IKE to write this book with me because I have valued and trusted his spiritual discernment and his biblical counsel for many years now. I believe you will benefit, as I have, from the wisdom and knowledge that Ike Reighard brings to this book. Between the two of us, you will find quotes, memory verses, and thought-provoking daily insights into our beloved Word of God. It is our prayer that these daily devotions will encourage you and lead you into a more intimate relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

ZIG ZIGLAR

January

ONE THING

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14

PAUL WAS THE GREATEST leader in the history of the church, but he wasnt cocky. He knew he was still a work in progress. Pauls days were filled with starting churches, managing leaders, and taking the gospel to everyone in the known world, but he reduced his job description to one thing. interpret Wed his comments in management terms as the rigorous commitment to a singular objective that has two parts: not dwelling on the past, but reaching ahead to achieve the vision of the future.

The past can bog us down in two distinctly different ways: Some of us feel ashamed by failures in our personal lives or in business, and our minds are haunted by those memories. Every decision we make is colored by our grief and the fear that well make the same mistake again. Others of us, though, live in past glories. Weve enjoyed stunning success, but instead of using our gains as a foundation for future growth, we keep reliving those memories. Living in the past, whether failed or successful, takes our lives out of focus. Paul says, Forget the past and move on.

In which direction should we move? We should reach forward to fulfill the vision God has for us. Paul encourages us to uncover and embrace a God-sized cause, one that has a positive impact on people and expands His Kingdom. We can have causes like that at work, in our neighborhoods, and at home, as well as at church.

As you begin this New Year, focus on Pauls one thing.

What are some past failures or successes you need to leave behind?

Is there a God-sized cause that has gripped your heart? Explain your answer.