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33\ he (Eleazar) prayed, '0 Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today.'\There was a time in my life when I thought you couldn't pray for success because that would just be selfish. But, if your mission is right and on target, you have every need to pray for success. e. Develop a step-by-step plan.We won't read it, but in verses 10 through 14, Eleazar developed a great plan. See once you have your goals, you've got to take a little while and figure out now how are we going to get those goals done? One by one, it all worked out.f. Discipline yourself to reach the goals.Nothing is ever accomplished without discipline. Do you know what discipline is? Discipline is not pain. Discipline is just delayed gratification.You give up something good now to get something better down the road. An athlete who goes through the discipline of training is giving up the comfort that he would have during those practice sessions because he believes the joy of competing and the joy ofpossibly winning down the road is worth what he%u2019s giving up now. Eleazar disciplineda)His decision.He watched closely that woman whose name was Rebekah. He watched closely before he decided if she was the one.b)His appetiteWhen he came before her brother and her brother wanted to eat first. Laban said, \ sit down and eat, and then we'll talk.\a thing. I want to talk because I'm here for a mission.c)His wordsHe carefully chose the words that he addressed to Laban, the man who would make the decisiond)His time.\ detain me, my master waits for me, let me go back home.\reach any goals in your life, it is essential that you learn to discipline your time. Your time is your life. If you waste your time, you're committing suicide. Write out how you see your life three to five years from today. That's your vision. Use the four P's Passion, Purpose, People, and Praise. Then craft the goals that it will take you to reach that vision.