Whenever you start your day, you need to start it with God
And you need to do some things on purpose you need to make a decision
This is the day the Lord has made. I will enjoy this day
Make an announcement to the devil who is the joy thief. I will enjoy
this day
I'm putting on my righteousness I know who I am in Christ
I'm putting on my peace
Jesus gave me peace. I'm not going to get upset today. If I don't get my way about everything
If getting things right with God first thing when you get up whenever your morning is
If it wasn't important than it wouldn't say it all over the Bible
Get up early in the morning and take care of the hard tasks get them out of the way first
Don't let some job you have to do threaten you all day and make you dread the day
David got up early the day he killed Goliath come on. You're not going to kill your Giants laying in bed hitting the snooze button
I think every morning we need to dedicate ourselves to God let's look at Psalm 25 verse 1
Unto you O Lord do I bring my life plain and simple
I get that Psalm out very frequently and read it I love Psalm 25:1 unto you O Lord do I bring my life
It's a great thing to do every morning just
Sit or stand or kneel or whatever you're comfortable and just lift up your hands and say here I am Lord I'm yours
Every morning we have to go to Him and say, God show me my assignment
Show me what to do, show me where to go, give me the words to speak
Asking for wisdom, for guidance. That's an act of surrender
It takes humility to say God, you know what's best for me
I can't do this on my own. I need your help
Open the right doors, close the wrong doors, make the path clear
The scripture says when you acknowledge God in all your ways. He will direct your path
But too often we make our plans without
consulting God
Then we ask him to bless those plans
We wonder why it's a struggle. Why it feels like it's always uphill. We have it backwards
We're making a move and then asking God for help the right way is to ask God first
God what do you want me to do? Should I date this person?
Should I start this new project? Should I make this purchase? If you feel peace about it then move forward if not
hold off knowing that God knows what's best for you. When every morning you ask God for wisdom
You are showing your dependence on Him
When you humble yourself like that the scripture says God will exalt you. A lot of people these days
They're too prideful think I don't need any help. I can do this on my own. Joel look at how successful I am already
Think about where you could be if you start acknowledging God. Think about the mistakes He could have saved you from
Think about the opportunity, the favor, the doors
You couldn't open, but God can open. Don't do it on your own that will limit you
Set your mind every morning. I'm going to be a peacemaker and a maintainer of peace
I'm gonna be adaptable if I don't get my way, then I'll just adapt and be happy anyway
And extremely important Galatians 10 be mindful to be a blessing
Spend a little bit of time every day thinking about something you can do for somebody else and do it early
Set your mind to compliment everybody you get around find something
Nice that you can say to them
We think sometimes
Oh, that's a nice outfit you got on or boy your hair is pretty
Why not open your mouth and say so what you think doesn't bless anybody
Tell em
The more you compliment other people the better you feel
Make your mind up to compliment the person that you're married to at least five times today
Do you know your marriage could be saved if you'll do that
And not only that people will respond to the positive things you say to them and they'll start wanting to make you happy
You can't just complain about everything you don't like
Be mindful to be a blessing come on
I dare you every morning to think of somebody that you can be a blessing to you