{"id":1375,"date":"2018-08-28T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T03:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dodreamon.com\/blog\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2018-08-28T23:48:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T03:48:29","slug":"muhammad-ali-by-guest-blogger-latresa-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dodreamon.com\/blog\/muhammad-ali-by-guest-blogger-latresa-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"*~* Muhammad Ali By Guest Blogger: Latresa Rice*~*"},"content":{"rendered":"
Muhammad Ali<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.\u201d \u2013 Numbers 13:33<\/p>\n

As a youth, I loved to watch boxing. Especially when Muhammad Ali would box others. \u201cFloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee,\u201d was one of my favorite phrases spoken by him. Each time he boxed someone, he would also state that he was the champion even before the fight began. He would proclaim which round the opponent\u2019s utter demise was going to take place. I loved the fact that even if he appeared to be smaller than his opponent, the level of confidence he exuded overshadowed any height difference.<\/p>\n

Some of his opponents were larger than him, but they feared him because of the confidence he exuded in his ability to reign victorious over them. Can you believe that these well esteemed boxers would enter the ring already mentally defeated? Many of you enter the ring mentally defeated because you rehearse your demise by saying things to yourself such as \u201cI can\u2019t do this because no one has ever showed me how to do it,\u201d \u201cI am not good at math,\u201d \u201cNo one likes me so they will not support me,\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t have enough money to start my own business,\u201d \u201cI have to put my life on hold because I have to raise my kids,\u201d \u201cNo one is going to love me because of all the stuff that I did in my past,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n

Entering the ring known as \u201clife\u201d in this manner is a sure way to lose the battle when you have been given the ability to win. Don\u2019t be like the Israelites that saw themselves as \u201cgrasshoppers\u201d i.e. incapable of accomplishing the mission and thus; dictated to their enemies how they should view the Israelites. You set the tone for how others will receive you. Just like Muhammed Ali, make sure your vision is corrected and functioning properly so that others will see what you see and act accordingly. Seeing yourself small will cause you to miss the big destiny that God has planned for you because you would fail to make the faith required moves necessary to achieve it. There is a\u00a0gate<\/a>\u00a0that leads to life. You choose the life that you shall experience.<\/p>\n

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Written By Our Special Guest Writer: Latresa Rice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Muhammad Ali \u201cAnd there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.\u201d \u2013 Numbers 13:33 As a youth, I loved to watch boxing. Especially when Muhammad Ali would box others. \u201cFloat like a butterfly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[535],"tags":[571,563,565,148,577,564,569,570,578,562,567,566,568,576,573,572,575,574],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n