A Word from the Word - June

 Why is Morning Important?

The word morning is used 200 times in the Bible.

 

Morning was a time of Prayer and Praise

Psalms 5:3 “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord, in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.”

Morning was a time of Worship

I Samuel 1:18  When God granted Hannah’s  prayer for a child, “They rose up early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord.”

Morning is a time to gather His mercies

Lamentations 3:22,23  The mercies of God are new every morning.  “Great is (His) faithfulness.” 

Morning is a time for Singing

Psalms 59:16 “I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.”

Morning is a time when God Reveals Himself

Exodus 16:7  “In the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord.”

Adapted from Hebrew Word for the Day..Dr. J.L. Watson

 

Hymn by Reginald Heber

“Holy, holy, holy!  Lord God Almighty, Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, holy, holy!  Merciful and Mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity!”

 

Quote

“Physical sloth will upset spiritual devotion quicker than anything else.  If the devil cannot get at us by enticing to sin, he will get us by sleeping sickness spiritually -- ‘no, you cannot possibly get up in the morning to pray, you are working hard all day and you cannot give that time to prayer.  God does not expect it of you’.”  Jesus says God does expect it of us.  Penance means doing a hardship to the body for the sake of developing the spiritual life.”  Prayer, a Holy Occupation, Oswald Chambers

 

What’s New

Handouts

Morning By Morning

Ways of Meeting God

The Heartbeat of Glory

 

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Getting Free and Staying Free Video and Audio Series

 

Podcasts

How to Become a Person of Prayer

Sincerely in Christ, 

 

Jim and Marguerite Logan