MORNING ENCOURAGEMENT | Start Your Day With God’s Blessings - 1 Hour Morning Inspiration to Motivate

Get up every day intending to do your very  best for God knowing ahead of time that   you're not going to hit the mark 100 perfect  but believing that God is more than enough   to cover your sins and take care of them  God doesn't want you to live in the torment   of self-doubt believe you can hear from God  believe God loves you believe he's got a good   plan for your life believe that there's no  mistake that you can make that is too great   for God to turn it around and  make it a miracle in your life   how often do you get up to say father I want  to thank you that you are my strength today   and if you have a job that's very difficult do you  ever say to him Lord I need I need your strength   to there to get this done I don't even know  how I'm how I'm going to be able to do what   I'm supposed to do you're my strength and what  you've done is you you have invited the Lord God   into your life so to speak through his Holy Spirit  to enable you and strengthen you encourage you   and don't it does not let you quit because with  him you can accomplish anything God has set before   you to accomplish the devil always wants to tell  you what you're not but see whatever you're not   Jesus will make up for it and make you more than  enough if you put your faith in him and don't   don't always go around saying I shouldn't have  done that I mean how many times in my life did I   get up early in the morning to spend time with God  and I would pray and study the bible and I mean   every time I would get done the devil would make  me feel like I prayed wrong I didn't pray in the   right posture I didn't pray in the right position  I didn't pray long enough God didn't hear me and I   had to learn to stop believing those lies and stop  doubting myself and you know what that may be one   of the most important things that you'll hear for  a long time stop doubting yourself you know what   God believes in you but it's not going to do  you any good if you don't believe in you too   every day of our life every day of your life  is a gift from God it's not to be wasted and   to say well I'm not going to do anything today  you can speak you can walk you can handle things   you can help many things you and I can do until  the last day of our life you and I should be   serving him in some fashion and it's not how  long you live it's what you do with your life   God has a purpose for your life you need to find  out what it is and give him your life and ask him   to build strength into your life so that whatever  years you have left you don't want to waste them   in other words if you if there's a purpose for  your living there are goals in that purpose   things that he wants you to accomplish and  oftentimes a person won't they won't set a   goal in their life because they think well  that's too high God would never do that to   me so they get down here no listen is God weak  no God's great he's powerful he's omniscient we   should set Godly goals Godly goals for our life  that look look like it's something we can't do   but God will help you reach it if you're willing  to walk the pathway of obedience and faith and an   optimistic spirit trusting him and everything you  do are you frustrated about your limited success   financially professionally academically are  you frustrated with your lack of success have   you tried your best and produced nothing listen  make failure your teacher not your undertaker   make failure your teacher and not your undertaker  persistence overcomes resistance persistence is   the willingness to give another try rather than  to look for an alibi persistence finds a way   while others are looking for an excuse you're  not finished until you think you are if you   think you're beaten you are if you think you  dare not you won't if you want to win but don't   think you can win you won't win if you think  you're outclassed you are if you think like a   champion you can be a champion but you will not  be a champion until you think like a champion   let us remember as we live our lives that God  in heaven has empowered us to do the impossible   you have that authority what are you doing with it  every day we need to put on a fresh new attitude   you know why yesterday's attitude will get old if  you don't start a fresh and anew then you'll bring   all the negative from yesterday into today you  need to do something to get your day started right   I mean if you're not a person who can manage you  know a long time then take five minutes or three   minutes or something I don't know lock yourself  in the bathroom and pray for five minutes but just   God help me help me I want to put on love I want  to go out of my house today and treat people right   I've got problems God and they tend to make me  cranky don't let me take them out on other people   make a plan to go out and behave yourself every  morning when you wake up you need to say father   thank you for this day thank you that you woke  me up thank you that you gave me air to breathe   thank you that you surrounded me with favor I'm  grateful to be alive I'm grateful for my family   I'm grateful for opportunities Lord  I'm gonna live this day to the full   that's putting on a fresh new attitude you  wipe the slate clean you let go of yesterday's   disappointments what didn't work out you get your  mind going in the right direction I'm going to see   the good today I'm going to be kind to somebody  I'm going to stay in faith and enjoy this day   make a plan to be a blessing plan ahead  of time that when somebody offends you   you're going to forgive them immediately  plan ahead of time to be quick to forgive plan ahead of time to give things away to  compliment people to encourage people just   get up in the morning and think okay Lord here's  my goal today everywhere that I go I don't know   how many people I'll see today maybe 15 20 25  but every single person I see I want to say a   little something to them that will make them  feel a little bit better than they were before   I got there psalm 119 147 I rise early to cry  out for help and to put my hope in your words   he says I start every morning talking to you I  cry out in prayer and listening to you I read   your word he says I start my day with hope are  you starting your day with hope or with despair   at some point we have to look in the mirror  and say maybe I'm the one that needs to change   maybe I've developed a habit of seeing  what's wrong rather than what's right   maybe I've trained myself to be negative  disrespectful hard to get along with   that's why it's so important every morning  to put on this fresh new attitude I'm excited   about this day I don't have to go to work I  get to go to work I'm grateful for this job   I'm not focusing on what's wrong Lord I want  to thank you for what's right in my life   hey Jesus died for us so we can have a great  life church I want you to have the very best life   that you can have and there's a lot of lost  people out there that don't know Christ so   let's get out in the world and be a living  message to them let's preach at all times   and only use words when it's necessary  let's let our attitude and our actions   do the preaching you know you can argue with  words but you cannot argue with consistent action this day is a gift from God it is filled  with possibilities new ideas new friendships   mercy is kindness and kindness is mercy  and boy we love the mercy of God don't we   oh my gosh mercy is so amazing that we can  do things wrong and God just forgives us   that he never shuts us out of his life because we didn't do everything exactly the  way he wanted it done his mercy is new every   day every morning and I figure that he makes a new  batch every day because I used up all yesterdays some of you need to get up and this is why it's so  important to get up in the morning and spend some   time with God am I going to live this day negative  sour seeing the wrong chip on my shoulder or am I   going to live it in faith positive hopeful seeing  the best being good to people this is a choice   that we have to make every day whatever you happen  to be facing today or may face I actually want you   to call it Goliath because if you call it Goliath  then at least you know where it's gonna wind up   life is too short to live negative sour letting  circumstances dictate our attitude every morning   you need to make the decision this is another day  the Lord has made I'm going to live it in faith   I'm going to be positive I'm going to see the  best I'm going to make the most of this day   let me tell you something every day every  moment of your life you need God's help   every there's not a moment in our lives when we  do not when we are not desperate you understand me   desperate for God's help if I were you I would  probably say no less than a hundred times a day   God help me God help me just help me you  don't even have to know what you need   help for because I can guarantee you you  need help for something just God help me   and I I I wish that I could explain the mystery  of it to you but just to sit down don't worry so   much about what you do when you spend time with  God well if I spend time with God what do I do   truthfully and I hope this you know is not  doctorly insane but I don't really think it   matters so much what you do I think the thing  that's important is that you have come to him you're giving him time and by coming to him you're  saying I'm afraid to start this day without you   I don't trust myself I need you help me  strengthen me now obviously when you add   studying the word to that and and you learn  principles of prayer and confessing the word   yes there's a lot of spiritual disciplines that  we can practice in that time but I think that too   often people worry about what they're supposed  to do and they have this set formula and they   try to follow it every day and it won't be long  and you're going to get really bored with it   but if you follow the Holy Spirit there will be  creativity and variety and you're going to enjoy   the time and you're not even really going to  know what happened you just know that you were   and God was and there was a connection that you  don't understand and now all of a sudden you've   got a brighter outlook on the day than you had  when you went to spend that time let's all be   people who really want to bear good fruit let's  not be the kind of person that just our whole   walk with God is just to get him to give us  what we want let's be more concerned about   what we can give to God how we can represent  him how we can be an ambassador for Christ   and early in the morning while it was still dark  he rose and he went and departed to a lonely place   and he was praying there Jesus he demonstrates for  us that to be stirs of revival that even when the   whole city is at our door when there's a need at  church there's a need at work there's a need with   this group of friends there's a need even over  here everywhere people are pulling at us and   tugging at us and our schedules are busy and full  and replete with things to do put first things   first so that we build margin into our lives so  that early in the morning if that's the best time   for you what that symbolizes is priority wherever  you need to put it in your life so that you have   prioritized intimate time with the father Jesus  knew even if everybody is knocking at my door I'm   not going to let everybody else's expectations of  me determine what I do with my time I'm gonna have   some supernatural priorities I'm gonna put first  things first and keep the things that are most   important to my father I'm gonna make sure  those things are also most important to me   and when we live with the favor of God in  our lives not resting in our laurels but   resting in his favor that is upon  us and when we have supernatural   uh priorities when our friends see that when  they're busy doing everything for everybody but we   say you know what give me a moment so that I can  meet with my father to get some clear direction   for me and my children and my spouse and my family  and my career when they see us prioritizing our   relationship with God when we lift him up  in these ways people will be drawn revival   will be stirred a match will be lit fire will  spread folks will want to know who is this God   I believe that if we totally give ourselves to  God he will give us what we want it may not be   what we thought we wanted but it will sure make  us happy it will be the thing that nobody else   can give us and we will be so fulfilled now if  things seem to be going a different direction   than what you want them to go just say God  I trust you your will be done and not mine   don't ever be afraid to let God do  what he wants to do in your life   that's why I stay on this thing all the time about  spending time with God spending time with God   spending time with God and realizing that our  walk with God is not just a Sunday morning event   and the enemy wants nothing more than to keep  the people of God from actually experiencing   God experiencing God outside of church if  he can keep our experiences with God limited   to the time we're just corporately gathered  together he's got us right where he wants us   what he does not want what is dangerous to  the kingdom of God is someone who leaves the   room like this and actually encounters God in  the regular rhythms of their everyday living   if the only time you are soaking in the presence  of God is once a week at your home church I'm so   glad you go but that ain't good enough if the only  time you're in the presence of God is once a week   at bible study I'm so glad y'all are in bible  study but that ain't good enough you've got to   have a daily ongoing encounter and meeting with  the presence of God so that his presence becomes   your daily portion and your public life will  only ever be as powerful and as successful as   your private prayer life do you know what's going  to compel people to come to this God that we serve   it's when you go back home or back to your job  or back to that organization where you know the   task to which you have been assigned you're the  underdog you're not as smart as they are you don't   have as much skill as they do you don't have as  much talent as she does and yet somehow by the   power of almighty God that marks your life you do  not shrink back in fear and insecurity passing off   the task to somebody else but you believe that  if God has called you to it he's gonna equip   you for it and you step into the gap and you  fill the space and the power of almighty God   when the world sees us operating y'all with  supernatural ability the world will take note   that there's got to be a God that we serve  that is giving us this kind of confidence   not confidence in our own flesh but confidence  in the power of God to operate in our weakness   one of the main ways we're going to see the power  of God in our own experience I'm talking about   where this God that was powerful enough to  divide the red sea in the old testament powerful   enough to raise Lazarus from the dead in the new  testament one of the ways we're going to see this   God of the bible leap up off the page and actually  experience him in a tangible real practical way   in our lives do you know when that happens it  happens when you're in a position that you're in   over your head it is beyond you you know you're  not capable you don't have enough time you don't   have enough money you don't have enough patience  you don't have enough ideas you don't have enough   creativity you're not gifted enough talented  enough and yet you excel by the power of God   it's when he takes you into a position where you  know you can't do it in your natural resources   and he gives you his resources to complete  the task here's the trouble with us when we're   compelled to do something for which we know we  are outmatched we let fear talk us out of doing it   which means we let fear talk us out of an  opportunity to experience God I want to compel you   and encourage you that if you've been  shrinking back in insecurity from a task   to which you know you have been called but you've  been passing it off to somebody else who you think   is more suited for the task I want to ask you to  consider the fact that that exact opportunity is   the way he plans to demonstrate his power through  you it's the way he intends for everybody else in   your office to want to know about this God that  you serve it's the way he intends for the people   that are on your university campus or or are  in that organization or that ministry in which   you're involved this is the way where he will draw  attention to himself he will glorify himself when   we step into the places for which we are not  capable in our own natural talent and ability   have a friend who puts it this way we pray for  miracles but then in the next breath we pray and   say Lord please keep me out of any situation  in which a miracle would actually be required   everybody wants to see the Red Sea divided but  nobody actually wants to be the one that's face   to face with a Red Sea everybody wants to see the  walls of Jericho come tumbling down but nobody   wants to be the one who actually has to walk  around those walls in obedience to God's word   we want to see miracles but nobody wants to  be in a place where we have to see miracles   when you've been compelled to do something  for which you know you are outmatched   but you know God's spirit is compelling you to  do it anyway this is your opportunity to see   the power of God on display if he's called you to  the Red Sea that means he intends to divide it if   you'll just show up hold out your rod and expect  that great supernatural things are on the way   You know I know of of no better way to start  my day slowly and calmly than with a quiet time   with God if I start rushed I'm going to stay  rushed if I start my day in a hurry I'm going   to spend my day in a hurry but if I start  my day with God I'm going to spend my day   with God I have a choice to make if I start my  day with God he stays in the front of my mind   all day it's like a continuing conversation that  gets started it lets God set the agenda it's   let it lets him set the the pace it puts God in  control if I start just by giving the the first   part of my day to him somebody once said that God  is your commander-in-chief so don't forget your   daily briefing meditation is the most important  aspect of prayer most of you never meditate never you talk too much in prayer you never hear from God while you're talking and 99% of your prayer is you talking   and when you finish talking far as you're concerned  the exercise is over so you leave let me tell you   your dream is never revealed to you while  you're talking and we think prayer is talking when you go to prayer again please pray 10  minutes and sit for 60 and just listen you'll be   amazed how loud he speaks finally he gets to talk  prayer is you talking meditation is you listening   suppose you and I have a conversation you come  to see me to ask for some things you tell me   everything and there's no way for me to even tell  you what I want to do you just leave that's stupid   isn't it we do it to God all the time and God  go and say wait don't go I didn't answer you   yet where are you going right and you're gone  you think you already did your prayer time see and you keep asking God how come I'm not hearing  from you how come I'm not getting any direction   from you God's saying because you don't you don't  wait for the directions you give me instructions a forest is not ahead of the seed it's in the seed your future is in you been  there all along but there's too much noise   so once you get home remote on in the car God is saying man this is a lot of noise for the  last 50 years I can't even get to this person   how did God get to talk to Abraham God says leave  your home let's talk in the mountain see the   reason why you can't discover you even you're what  you were born to do is because you don't even make   time to discover it because it is not so important  what we say to God as it is what God says to us   sometimes I think there's so much  noise around us that we cannot hear God   and how can we walk with the God that we cannot  hear we must hear from him he's our navigational   system the way the navigational system operates  in the car that's the way God wants to operate   in your life what I love about my system is even  when you do something dumb and make a wrong turn   it recalibrates and says turn around make a u-turn  and go back sometimes we need God to tell us when   we've made a wrong turn and how to make a u-turn  and get back on track and go where we need to go   but how can he talk to us when the first thing we  do is grab the telephone and we start talking to   all kinds of people about what we're going through  and what's happening in our lives and what's going   on with our children and what's going on with  our marriage and we're watching tv and we're   listening to that music and all the while God has  said if you cut all that stuff off for a minute   I want to talk to you I want to talk to you I  want to speak to you I want to show you how to get   through this season in your life this moment in  your destiny this present danger that you face he   said I can navigate you through it just like that  time with God quiet time is actually God's idea   because if God didn't want to speak to you then he  wouldn't have given us his word he wouldn't have   given us the bible if God didn't want to hear from  you then he wouldn't invite you to pray I mean why   would God invite you to come into his presence  if he didn't want to be in yours he loves you   and he's very communicative God is a chatterbox  he wants to talk to you he has something to say   to you every day in his word and he wants to  hear from you every day in prayer he's highly   relational so if I'm going to set time aside in  the morning to have my quiet time with God just   a few minutes well what does that look like how do  I actually do a quiet time the first rule in this   setting time aside for a quiet time is slow down  slow down and that probably sounds obvious but   sometimes obvious things are not so obvious you  have to slow down because God is never in a hurry   and you can't hear God's voice if you're just  rushing all the time you have to slow down to hear   what he wants to say to you that's why you have  to get up a little bit earlier so you're not just   rushing into your day and you don't have time so  you just find a quiet place you grab your bible   maybe a journal get a cup of coffee or tea or  whatever you want in the morning and just go spend   a few minutes with the Lord here's what Jesus said  about it in Matthew 6 he said here's what I want   you to do just find a quiet secluded place so you  won't be tempted to role play before God you're   not going to try to put on airs or impress anybody  he says just be there as simply and honestly as   you can manage and the focus will shift from you  to God and you will begin to sense his grace now   since a quiet time is a conversation with God then  you should probably let God start the conversation   because this may be news to some of you he is  God and you are not so you probably ought to   start by letting him start the conversation you  don't start with an hour of prayer you don't start   by telling him what's on your mind start with  just a moment of prayer a simple moment that says   Lord here I am I'm ready I want to hear from you  today would you just open my eyes open my ears   open my heart to whatever it is you want to say  see everybody thinks that hearing God's voice   is this once in a lifetime opportunity and it's  this every once in a while he only talks to you   on special occasions that's not true he's talking  to you every day he wants to talk to you every   single day look at the scripture in Isaiah 50  he says this he awakens me morning by morning   he awakens my ear to listen as a disciple  God's trying to talk to you every single day   you just have to listen you just have to  listen either you don't know his voice   or you are too busy to listen see don't let the  busy of your day drowned out the voice of your God   let me tell you something about busy  busy b-u-s-y being under satan's yoke   busy busyness will rob you of  the ability to hear your God because we we like to fill up our day with  all these things to do and before you know it   you go days weeks sometimes even months and years  without hearing God's voice and the enemy will use   busy to keep you from God doing God's will and  hearing his voice see margin is the opposite of   busy margin says I'm gonna value my quiet time  with God it's the most important part of my day   so that's where I'm going to invest my time  you want to start your day off with quiet time   but let's be a little honest some of us aren't  morning people some of us ain't morning people   it's okay I get it I'm not really a morning  person either so some of us have to get real   creative about our quiet time for some maybe  it's just turning off the radio on the way to   work so you can spend a few times a few minutes of  silence with God maybe it's the first 15 minutes   of your work day before you do anything else I'm  going to spend time just listening and praying   or maybe at lunch time you eat your food a  little bit faster for 15 minutes and spend   the rest of your time with God or maybe at night  instead of binge watching six episodes on Netflix   you watch five and use that last hour to  spend some time with God whatever it is   that's not the point the point is make  sure you value margin enough to protect   your quiet time with God because God absolutely  wants to speak to you he loves speaking to you   I don't know what trouble you may be facing or  pain you may be feeling but I do know this you   need to hear God's voice and the way you're going  to hear God's voice is if you slow down and listen   Oh Lord in the morning you hear my voice in the  morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and I watch   so let the first thing out of your mouth in  the morning while you're still on the pillow   let the first thing be a cry to God I love  you Lord I need you Lord help me Lord that   is the first cry out of my mouth in the morning  I need you again today 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 how precious to me are your thoughts of God I  awake and I am still with you very few of us wake   up with our whole soul spring loaded to love God  and love people I do think the great commandment   does set the agenda for our mornings and our  midday and our evening we are to love God with   all of our hearts soul mind strength when we wake  up in the morning and we are to prepare ourselves   to love our neighbor serve our neighbor as our  selves and what we want in in the morning routine   is to be filled with the Holy Spirit we want  something that gives us a zeal for the glory   of Christ for the day's work we want to be  strengthened to face whatever the day may bring outside of God you're never going to be happy  outside of him you're never going to have peace   but when he comes and comes and steps into your  life he's the prince of peace and he brings   peace and suddenly you begin to see yourself  the way that he sees you that he loves you   and that he has a wonderful plan for your life  and he says I know the plans I have for you say   the Lord plans to prosper your plan is not to  harm you plans to give you a hope in the future   and he wants to tell you I know there's an enemy  out there that hates you and he wants to destroy   you but come hook up with me and I'll help you  and I'm going to help you take care of yourself   and I'm going to help you deal with the enemy  because I'm going to give you the power to take   care of everything that you need you're not going  to live by yourself you're going to live with me   you're going to follow me you're going to obey  me you're going to do my purpose my plan for your   life the enemy has a plan but you're opting out  of his plan you just say I opt out of your plan   and I'm hooking up with God's plan for my life  and then know that he's already worked it all out   God's gone before you 10 20 years 30 years  if Jesus he's gone before you   he really knows the end from the beginning he's  gone before you to make the crooked pass straight   and he wants you to trust him with your life the  times we get into problems is because we want to   do it all we want to get it all laid out we  want to bring I'm going to do it my way I don't   want to listen to anything that God has and then  we struggle and we spin our wheels but when we   come to him and we surrender okay okay I've tried  it my way but I'm going to give myself to you you   take over I'll go where you want me to go I'll do  what you want me to do I'll say what you want me   to say I'll be what you want me to be not my will  but don't be done then you healed yourself to him   you worked for him somebody said who do you think  you are I'm a child of the king I belong to God   get up in the morning and invite good things into  your life I am blessed I am strong I am talented   I am disciplined I am focused I am prosperous take  what you have and make the most of it God made you   like you are on purpose he gave you your looks  your height your skin color your nose your   personality nothing about you is by accident you  didn't get overlooked you didn't get left out God   said in Ephesians you are my masterpiece  instead of going around down on yourself   feeling unattractive too tall too short not enough  of this too much of that no dare to get up in the   morning and say I am a masterpiece I am created  in the image of almighty God I wonder what would   happen if all through the day not in front of  other people but in privacy in the shower driving   to work underneath our breath instead of being  down on ourselves and discrediting who we are   and focusing on all of our flaws what would happen  if we would be bold like David to say I am amazing   I am wonderful I am valuable I am a masterpiece  I am a child of the most high God you won't have   that weak defeated I'm just average mentality no  you'll carry yourself like a king like a queen not   in pride not being better than somebody but with a  quiet confidence with the knowing that you've been   hand picked by the creator of the universe and  you have something amazing to offer this world God is out always searching and looking for  an army looking for a people that are tested   and tried and have proven him faithful   but you see God can't do anything where  there is no faith where there is all doubt   Jesus couldn't do mighty miracles there  because of their doubt and their unbelief when you make a commitment to believe God and  not doubt him in any situation has to come a time   when all the why's why God are gone until all those  questions are gone you say I have a loving father I stand here and rest boasting only in  the word of God and in his Holy Spirit and he's been faithful to give rest and peace  to my soul God never gets tired he's not   frustrated he's not old and he's not confused  and he's not trying to find answers to the   problems but God doesn't go to anybody else to ask  anybody else because he has it all within himself   isn't that awesome he's on your  side he's for you he's a big God   he's an awesome God he's almighty God just worship  him just say Monday morning I'm just gonna worship   you today I'm gonna worship you the whole day  I'm gonna worship you through lunch and into the   evening and when I lay on my bed I'm gonna worship  you and when I wake up Tuesday I'm gonna worship   you and then Wednesday I'm gonna worship you  this week I'm a worship God I'm gonna bless him I will bless the Lord and give him glory  come on I promise you everything will   look different by next week how big is God  how mighty is he he's awesome hallelujah   he can go to the highest star and he's  there into the lowest valley and he's there   and I want you to know this beyond anything  else that the Lord is with you he's with you I   there's a lot of things I don't know one  thing I know the Lord is with me and I know   that he's on my side and he's for me he's not against me and it's with you and he's for you when you get up in the morning don't focus on all  your flaws look in the mirror and dare to say I am   beautiful I am one of a kind I am hand picked by  almighty God I am valuable I am a masterpiece you   are who God says you are people may have tried to  push you down and tell you what you can't become   let that go in one ear and out the other ear what  somebody said about you doesn't determine your   destiny God does you need to know not only what  you are but you need to know what you are not   in other words I am not who people say I am I am  who God says I am I am not the tale I am the head   I am not a borrower I am a lender I am not cursed  I am blessed somebody may have spoken negative   words over you even when you were younger but  know this before anyone could put a curse on you   God put a blessing on you before you were  formed in your mother's womb God knew you   and he approved you when God made you he  stepped back and said I like that that was good   another masterpiece he stamped his approval on  you other people may try to disapprove you don't   go around feeling less than feeling inferior our  attitude should be I am approved by almighty God   I am accepted I am a masterpiece you may feel  unqualified but before you were born God equipped   you he empowered you you are not lacking anything  God has already stamped his approval on you   people may try to push you down but when you  know God has approved you you realize I don't   need other people's approval I've been equipped  empowered anointed by the creator of the universe   The first thing you want to take  care of every day Lord bless me   why so you can be a blessing keep me from the evil  of the day keep me from the evil of the day every   day you wake up you don't know what evil have been  designed to try to take you down and to trouble   you so go ahead of it and say keep me from the  evil of the day choose fellowship with God daily   choose fellowship with God daily try  to learn what pleases the Lord and   have nothing to do with the things done  in darkness which are not worth anything   walk with him walk with him for life now let me  ask you this is there anything in your life that   you're willing to be fully committed to for the  rest of your life there might be things you're   committed to right now that's taking your time  and your energy and you shouldn't be committed   to those because God wants first priority in  your life and a whole heart commitment and God   says what's most important is that you be with  me above everything else that you get to know me   it means that when I wake up in the morning I  need to say God no matter what happens today   I need to get to know you a little bit more I  need to learn how to love you a little bit more   and it could be the best day I've ever had but  I need to make sure I need to learn to love you   and know you a little bit more and God says if you  do that that day was a success and the opposite is   true too which is let's say you get up and you  don't even think about God and you've got this   great day you go you make the sale you finally get  the job you finally get a date with a live girl   whatever it is okay you your success that  day it's your best day ever that you've got   and you forget about God God says that day was  a waste it was a failure because you forgot me   what's most important is that you get to know the  Lord and get to know him and it's a mistake that   you and I make all the time in our lives where  we don't think about inviting God into our daily   experiences we think God I've got this I got my  dating don't worry about my dating I've got it God   I know what I'm doing oh God don't worry about  my work I'm good I'm good God I've got my work   don't worry about my dreams God oh don't touch  my dreams don't worry about them I've got them and we totally rule out God am I going to  put my faith in my own wisdom in my own power   my own resources or am I going to trust God  am I going to let God do the battle for me   and trust his power and his provision in my life  and the fact is is that when we make that choice   we need to know that God wants to do battle for  us God wants to go before us in battle he wants   to go with you in battle he wants to help you  in your troubles and the problems that you have   so whatever trouble you're in whatever battle  you're in right now seek the Lord seek his power   he wants to give it to you prayer is a weapon of  our faith it is one of the greatest weapons of our   faith it should be our first response and not our  last resort when we go through times of trouble   call out to God and rely on him God wants you to  know that he wants you to experience the fullness   of his presence in your life not just every  day of your life but every moment of your life   you can experience his presence if you want it  you can tap into it and that's the promise he   gives us he promises his presence in our  lives when we seek after him you may go   through deep waters you will go through deep  waters in your life but you will not drown   you will go through storms in life and  God will get you through those storms   and when you go to battle you need to know that  God wants to be there with you and protect you   and you will not be destroyed one of one of the  greatest truths of the bible is if God is for us   who can be against us here's Jesus invitation  to you here's what he says in Matthew 11   Jesus said come to me that's the seeking part  come to me all you who are weary and carry heavy   burdens all the things that are weighing you down  and here's his promise and I will give you rest   let me teach you because I am humble and gentle  at heart and you will find the rest for your souls and so what I can tell you with  great honesty and sincerity   is that if you're in the desert and you're in  the battle and you've been in there for a long   time and you you're gonna be in it God's presence  will be with you and he will protect you and he   will give you the rest and I have found if I have  that that is all I need I don't have to have the   answers I don't have to understand but if I got  God and I feel him and I know him and he's there   then I am good how do we need to make sure that  we don't miss out on God's blessing when we're   seeking him well there's a familiar verse that  gives us great direction it's Proverbs 3 5 and 6   it says this trust in the Lord with all your  heart and lean not on your own understanding   and in all your ways acknowledge him and he will  direct your paths this word trust means to trust   him not just in the convenient ways not just in  the easy ways not even just in the spiritual ways   but trust him in all of the ways that we have in  our lives and the big and the small trust them   on the roads of life that you've been on before  and trust them on the roads you've never been on   and those paths you've never taken and those  safari crazy roads where there is no path that   you're out there in the middle of the wilderness  on your own trust him and this word acknowledge in   here this word acknowledge means a deep intimate  penetrating relationship where you know a person   in the deepest and fullest sense that's the kind  of relationship God wants to have with you and   with me so our life goal needs to be this that  we need to seek God in every area of our life   when we don't know what to do and we need to seek  God when we do know what to do we need to seek him   in the big things in the small things we need  to invite him into the conversations we need to   invite him in the daily life because yesterday's  victories don't determine today's successes   and even when you think you know how to answer the  problem that you're in you still need to go to God   you still need to trust him because the greatest  faith of yesterday will not give us the confidence   of today unless we stay connected to  God because he wants to bless our lives   God wants to have his best for your life he wants  to have his hand on your life he wants to give you   the protection and his presence and rest and hope  and all the things that he wants to do for you   he wants that second chronicles 16:9 it says  the eyes of the Lord search the whole earth   they search the whole earth in order to strengthen  those whose hearts that are fully committed to him   this verse says that God is searching he's  looking he's seeking the entire earth for   somebody for a people for a person for a church  that's willing to be fully committed to him so   that he can bless them and have his hand  on them and give you and give me his best   he is seeking after you God wants  us to seek him but he is seeking us   he is seeking us because he loves us and he  wants to give you his best we need to do our   responsibility and then cast our care you do  what you can do about the things in your life   that you can do something about and then when you  cannot do anything about it you cast it on God   and you trust him and it's perfectly okay for  you to enjoy your life while you have a problem   I said it is perfectly okay for you  to go ahead and enjoy your life while   God is working on your problem it's not that  nothing's happening it's just that you're not   the one that's making something happen so whatever  you have going on in your life tonight don't waste   one more day in excessive sadness and  grief and depression and discouragement   because you can't do anything about it and  Jesus paid for you to be able to enjoy your life   to have it in abundance to the full  until it overflows so we are totally wasting what God gives us if we waste our days  in sadness and mourning learn how to focus   on good things everybody here has got  something they could be upset about   if they chose to focus on it but you don't  have to focus on that and what we focus on   is what we magnify in our lives what we talk  about is what we become more consciously aware of   in our lives if there's a problem that needs to  be dealt with it deal with it but don't focus on   it think about the possibilities in your life not  the problems in your life Hebrews 12:2 very simply   says looking away from all that will distract unto  Jesus who is the author and the finisher of our   faith learn how to celebrate the good instead of  grieving excessively over the bad things in life   no matter where you started in life you can  have a good finish it doesn't really matter   where you begin you have got a good finish coming  let's have a shift in our thinking let's have a   shift in what we're focusing on surely you  can find something in your life to focus on   that's worth celebrating and we're going to be  excited about the things that are yet to be done   that we know that God is working on and that  God is doing every day when you and I wake up   we should be asking the Lord to give us direction  for our life that day you don't know who you're   going to meet you don't know whether you're going  to get to your job or not in other words are you   living your life in relationship to God are you  seeking his will his purpose his plan for your   life are you just living it out and you call  upon him when you feel like you really need him   when something has reached beyond your capacity  to handle God has the best will for every single   one of us he has the best plan for us he doesn't  keep it a secret you don't have to do this that   in order to find out what God wants you to do you  need to ask him and be willing to do what he says   first thing we always do in  every situation is go to God I'll say it over and over apart  from him we can do nothing   God always wants us to come to him  in prayer and he's always ready to   help us and he's always ready to do what  we cannot do he is a miracle-working God   what cannot be overcome in prayer what  cannot be done by the hand of the almighty he can take down the iron curtain in a  day he can convert a nation in an hour call upon him believe him the bigger your problem  the more time you need to spend with God I like   to get my day started with time with God some  people tell me that's hard for them they're not   early morning people to be honest even if even if  you start with two minutes at least before you do   anything else say something to God because he  is the most important person for you to talk to   and I prefer that you do it before you ever get  out of bed because no matter how much of a holy   plan I have for myself Lord help me but if you  never ask God for direction in your life what you   are saying by your conduct your attitude is I can  do without him I don't need his direction I don't   need his help I can make it without it when you  live day after day without consulting with God   asking Lord what's your will what what  what what pleases you what honors you   if I live day after day without asking that what  I'm saying is I don't need him do you act like you   don't need him or do you act like you need him  the less time you think you have to spend with   God the more time you need to spend with God and  spending time with God may be something that you   hear about all the time but for some reason it's  something that people have a very difficult time   actually plugging into their schedule and really  being committed to doing it on a regular basis   day after day after day after day how many of you  would say that satan really fights you hard about   your time with God it can find all kinds of other  things for you to do so time with God is just what   it is it's just time with God and I don't think  it matters so much what you do with that time   as it does that you honor him by setting aside  the time because in doing that you're saying God   I cannot do life right without you so I'm here to  let you know that I need you and I need your help   today in every single thing that I do when is the  last time you said God what do you want me to do   about this God what about my relationship  to her or to him God what about my job   Lord what about where you want me to live Lord  what about changing jobs when is the last time   you opened yourself up to holy God who knows  everything and has your best interests at heart   when is the last time you opened your heart to  him and said Lord show me your will what would   you have me to do there are many people who  don't think they need the will of God they're   living their lives according the way they want  to live it but they're miserable and many people   are miserable and will not turn to God because  they think they're smart enough to figure it out it's amazing to me Lord that every problem  that we deal with the answer is in your word   every single one of them the word of God  will work in your life if you will do   what it tells you to do study the word don't do  it as an obligation do it because you're wise so would you say you live by the will of  God in your life or have you decided that   you can handle it on your own God has a plan  and a will for your life he has the best plan   and he has a will that fits you perfectly  your talents your your abilities your skills   everything about you fits what God wants to do in  your life you say well but uh I'm not as skilled   as other people well I understand that and but  but you are equipped for something that is God   did not leave you out you may feel like sometimes  what does my life count your life counts because   remember this when Jesus died he had you and  mine he had every single one of us in mind   let me ask you a question what's the point of even  getting out of bed if you've got to get out of bed   and be upset all day I mean the answer is not  to hide from life it's not to avoid our issues   is to learn how to deal with things the way  Jesus dealt with things talk to him daily   listen to him ask him for guidance because God  in heaven is listening he wants to hear from us   there's not a single aspect of your life which  you should just erase from your relationship to   God we need him about everything you need him in  your marriage with your children with your job   all of us need him and to go day after day and  not read his word day after day and not asking   for direction and guidance in your life is to say  I don't need him holy God wants the best for you   there's nowhere in the scripture that you can  find that God doesn't want the best for you   he has a plan for your life it's  not the same plan as other people's   lives it's different that God doesn't  judge us by comparing us to other people   you won't be like someone else you want to be  like what God intended for you God loves you   he has a will and a plan for your life you  say well I'm 50 years old I just got saved   what's God's will he takes you where you are and  listen he knows how to overcome your past erase   all the mistakes no but what he'll do is enable  you to overcome the mistakes enable you to get   a different view on life to enable you to have a  relationship with Jesus Christ that will amaze you   everybody makes mistakes everybody's sinned  everybody has fallen at times about some things   God wants the best for us listen  through the last day of our life   and God wants to be in the center of your life he  wants to be at the hub of your life he's willing   to give you guidance he's willing to show you the  truth but you've got to surrender your life to him   do you think that God would have a plan for your  life that would just be horrible no he wouldn't   does it mean your plan his plan is always easy  no there are many people who go through very   difficult things in life it doesn't mean that  God doesn't care it doesn't mean they're out   of God's will you say well I've made mistakes so  there's no hope for me yes there's hope for you   you can't get in the mess God can't get you out of it may be painful but he gets you through it God loves you he knows why we make mistakes   no one can guide you like God can he knows  everything about you he know he knows the   handicaps in your life he knows the things that  you've missed he knows the desires of your heart   he knows that you don't have what some other  people have but he knows why he created you   and he wants you to have a sense of fulfillment  in life he does not want you miserable he wants   you to have a sense of fulfillment in life you  reflect him if you trust in him as your savior God   wants the best for you God is not going to turn  a deaf ear to you it doesn't make any difference   what you've done and the mess you've made of it  will he listen if you'll cry out to him he will he hasn't overlooked you he loves you doesn't make a difference where  you've been what you've done what's happened the   mess that you're in he loves you just the same listen  you cannot alter the love of God for yourself   God will forgive you period he's willing  to take the mess you've made and turn it   into something awesome if you're willing and  sometimes you think well I I don't deserve it   who of us deserves anything if you wonder what  he'll do for you first of all look at the cross   that's how much he loves you that's what he's  done for you first of all he died in order that   you may have life and have it more abundantly he  died in order to be able to forgive you for the   messes you've made in your life he died in order  to make it possible to give you a new beginning   and a new hope you have an opportunity  for God to change your life starting today

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Length: 60min 21sec (3621 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 15 2021