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Morning Thoughts:
Psalms 143:8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning;
for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein
I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Psalms 59:16
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud
of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense
and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned,
that I should know how to speak a word in season to
him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he
wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Practical Stuff:
- Have a good "To-Do" list made the night
before. Make sure it starts with something you actually
want to do.
- Go to bed knowing what your first step will be the
next morning.
- Yogurt. That's what gets Christina Thompson out
of bed. What's your breakfast of champions?
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"Five...more...minutes..."
I groan, rolling over on my squeaky top bunk to find that
tiny worthless snooze button on the side of my cell phone.
I tell myself I need my sleep. It's important for my health.
Riiight, I chide myself and give in to the coziness
of my fleece cocoon. And that nagging voice in my head begins
its chant from Proverbs 6.
How long
will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your
sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands to sleep -- so shall your poverty come on you
like a prowler, and your need like an armed man...
Guilt is not
a good way to wake up in the morning. Yet, I know the Word
is true, and I'm only hurting myself with my laziness. Blast
this flesh! it's as though I'm not in control.
Paul tells us in I Corinthians
to make our bodies slaves to us, not the other way
around. (9:27) ...But I discipline my body and bring it
into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself
should become disqualified.
Our bodies are supported to
do what we tell them to. But perhaps you're like me, and you
need someplace to put your thoughts in the morning, something
that will make you happier about the day than the next nap.
I was so blessed and refreshed last week when, after rolling
myself down the ladder in a heap, God rewarded my short Bible
time with a treasure from His Word, and I want to share it
with you now. I hope it inspires you to wake up with expectations,
wake up with a true sense of your royal and high calling,
wake up with a steadfast heart to take whatever comes you
way... because our God is great. This is Isaiah 52:1-2. Let
God call you now!
"Awake,
awake! Put on your strength O Zion; put on your beautiful
garments O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised
and the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake yourself
from the dust, arise; Sit down O Jerusalem! Loose yourself
from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!"
What a wake-up
call! Put on your strength, young men, soldiers of the
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Lord!
Put on your beautiful garments young women of God! For
we are God's people. We are the inhabitants of that
holy city Zion.
Switching
gears only slightly, have you ever done something you
were supposed to, then woken up only to realize it had
been a dream and the work still had to be done? I hate
it when that happens! But I love it when that happens
to our enemy. I want to share one more treasure from
Isaiah 29:8. Check this out...
"It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
and look - he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is still
empty; Or as when a thirsty man dreams, and look - he
drinks; but he awakes, and indeed he is faint and his
soul
still craves;So the multitude of all nations shall be,
who fight against Mount Zion." Those who fight
against the people of God and His Kingdom are truly
wasting their time. One day will wake up.
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I Pray we can all wake up knowing the Lord made this
day, and there will be much to rejoice about! Know you
are loved,
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