.3. AT MIDMORNING, REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS MOST
Is it easy to get distracted by busyness? Forget your priorities? lose your focus and miss the big perspective? Pause & pray: MT. 6:10 “May your kingdom come, and may your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” o I align myself with God’s purpose and plans for my life God has promised to help you with your work you do this! MT. 6:33 “If you seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, all the other things will be given to you as well.”
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. 2.BLESS GOD’S NAME AT BREAKFAST! (PRAISE)
To bless means to honr, give respect, and to praise (ADORATION) MT.6:9b “Hallowed be your name” PS.145:2“Every day I will bless your name, & praise it forever & ever!” GOD SAYS “I AM...” Abba I am Your Loving Father! El Deah I’m your God who knows you & knows everything Jehovah Rapha I’m your God who heals you! El Shaddai I’m Almighty God - with all the power you need! Jehovah Jirah I’m your Provider Jehovah Shalom I’m your Peace PS. 9:10 “Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never abandoned those who truly seek you.” So you start work, and about mid-morning, take a brief prayer break A DAILY SCHEDULE BUILT ON THE LORD’S PRAYER
First thing you do when you awake 1. GET UP WITH GRATITUDE! (START DAY WITH THANKSGIVING!) Not with grumbling, griping, groaning, growling or grunting! You should say “Good morning,Lord” not “Good Lord it’s morning.” Doctors: the healthiest human emotion is gratitude. APPRECIATION To get started, make a gratitude list & keep it by your bed! A-Z what you are grateful for and you can read it off every morning.
1 Cor. 4:7 “What do you have that God did not give you? Everything is a gift from God! And if it was given to you, how can you brag about it? So start your day focusing on the goodness of God! 2. SCHEDULE PRAYER TIMES THROUGHOUT MY DAY
For 1000s of years – Jews said prayers at set times. Fixed hours Daniel knelt and prayed 3x a day PS.119:164 (David) “Seven times a day I praise you!” (NIV) How often do you pray? When do you pray? In the next seven days I am going to show you how you can pray throughout the day. There’s two different ways that you can pray throughout the day. You may ask HOW? MUST DEVELOP 2 HABITS
1. KEEP A RUNNING CONVERSATION WITH GOD Like breathing - you don’t think about it. Just do it naturally Like with any habit – with practice, get good at it To pray conversationally = just talk to God about whatever is on your mind at that moment! It’s a free-flowing conversation Some years ago a lady by the name of Rosalind Rinker wrote a book,” Conversational Prayer” It revolutionized praying. She pointed out we should talk to God personally. Not the formal, stiff way but conversationally EPH. 6:18 “Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads.” (TEV) |
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