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Day 7Early in the Morning Wednesday, February 21, 2018
“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.” Mark 1:35
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Devotional:
Let us make it a holy goal to rise up early during Lent to seek the Lord’s face in prayer. Robert Murray M’Cheyne, a great man of faith, once said "A man is what he is on his knees before God, and nothing more.” He continued, “It is far better to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another."
What a better day we would have, following the pattern set before us by Jesus Christ, if we would get up earlier than our usual time in order to experience Holy-Spirit-Filling Time instead of daylight savings time! So, when we hit the Gospel Road, our spirits will be refreshed, our souls in tune, and our faces set firmly upon the rising Son.
Praise Him in the morning with psalms, make your requests known through the Lord’s own prayer that He lovingly gave us as a pattern of anointed discourse with our Abba Father, who art in heaven, a name which is above every name...
Thy Kingdom come- may Thy kingdom of grace come quickly; may I truly believe in Your name, and be filled with peace and joy, with holiness and happiness…
Thy will be done- Your will alone. Help yourself to my life.
O, Lord, give me not faith only, but food, not daily grace only, but the breath I take and the work I make. All good things are from You. There is no good thing made that is not of You.
Father God, give me the grace for a seventy-times-seven forgiveness for others, as you pick me up not once or twice, but endless times, forgiving, creating in me a clean heart.
Praying not that I should not be tempted, but that I am not brought into temptation. That I pray, not that I should not be touched by fire, but that I should not be consumed. To pray that the fire when it comes, will fall on bare rock, not tinder.
For yours is the Kingdom, Your Glory is the alpha and omega of my life and, I praise you, my King, who reigns in grace. Your dominion has no end. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
What a better day we would have, following the pattern set before us by Jesus Christ, if we would get up earlier than our usual time in order to experience Holy-Spirit-Filling Time instead of daylight savings time! So, when we hit the Gospel Road, our spirits will be refreshed, our souls in tune, and our faces set firmly upon the rising Son.
Praise Him in the morning with psalms, make your requests known through the Lord’s own prayer that He lovingly gave us as a pattern of anointed discourse with our Abba Father, who art in heaven, a name which is above every name...
Thy Kingdom come- may Thy kingdom of grace come quickly; may I truly believe in Your name, and be filled with peace and joy, with holiness and happiness…
Thy will be done- Your will alone. Help yourself to my life.
O, Lord, give me not faith only, but food, not daily grace only, but the breath I take and the work I make. All good things are from You. There is no good thing made that is not of You.
Father God, give me the grace for a seventy-times-seven forgiveness for others, as you pick me up not once or twice, but endless times, forgiving, creating in me a clean heart.
Praying not that I should not be tempted, but that I am not brought into temptation. That I pray, not that I should not be touched by fire, but that I should not be consumed. To pray that the fire when it comes, will fall on bare rock, not tinder.
For yours is the Kingdom, Your Glory is the alpha and omega of my life and, I praise you, my King, who reigns in grace. Your dominion has no end. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
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Lord God, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, help me to seek You first in the morning and see You clearly as You work in my world today.
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