1.” And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” 2. “Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” 3. “She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.” 4. Early in…
Yes, I mean, things to do in the early morning for you to enjoy the day! Yes, have you not heard that if you start the morning off on the wrong foot, you are already behind? Have you not heard that you readily difficult if you defeated to walk around with greatness in the early morning? You are packed with energy in the early morning, and your power must equate to your willingness to be excellent throughout the day! What…
Kathleen Norris said, “I know from experience that when I allow busy little doings to fill the precious time of the early morning when contemplation might flourish, I open the doors to the demon of acedia. Noon becomes a blur – no time, no time – the wolfing down of a sandwich as I listen to the morning’s phone messages and plan the afternoon’s errands. When evening comes, I am so exhausted that vespers has become impossible. It is as…
1. “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” 2. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” 3. “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those…
Call it divine provision or arrangement; yes, it’s all about you receiving daily and direct from the above. Yes, God made you so that you live in the daily divine arrangement! Have not heard that: “Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.”(James 1:17, GNT)? The Lord Jesus knows how to supply you with daily surprises. O Yes,…
According to Gerard Manley Hopkins, and I quote: “Thou mastering me God! giver of breath and bread; World’s strand, sway of the sea; Lord of living and dead; Thou hast bound bones and veins in me, fastened me flesh, And after it almost unmade, what with dread, Thy doing: and dost thou touch me afresh? Over again I feel thy finger and find thee.”
1. “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.” 2. “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.” 3. “Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” 4. His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
Khalil Gibran said: “Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.” Yes, I mean being zealous to do good and move to greatness. Zealousness will not make us slaves but make work a pleasure so that life is a joy. , being zealous to doing God’s will is synonymous with giving full courage and heart to doing the right things. By zealousness, you discover the hidden treasures to make your life good. By…
Mary McLeod Bethune said: “I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people. The world around us really belongs to youth, for youth will take over its future management. Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world. They must not be discouraged from aspiring toward greatness, for they are to be the leaders of tomorrow. Nor must they forget that the masses of our people are still underprivileged, ill-housed, impoverished, and victimized by discrimination. We…
1. “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” 2. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” 3. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with…