Psalm 5:3
In the morning you hear my voice oh Lord
In the morning, I prepare a prayer a sacrifice so our prayers are like
Sacrifices going up to God
For you and I watch and wait for you to speak to my heart
Mark 135 and in the morning
Long before daylight
He got up and went out to a deserted place and there
He prayed
So there's evidence all over the bible that Jesus first thing
Spent time with God now hang on before you tell me well I'm just not a morning person
Anybody can at least say good morning Jesus I love you
I mean if you just are so sleepy and in such a bad humor when you get up in the morning
That you just don't honestly think you could have a conversation with anybody not even God
At least you can start by saying good morning Lord I love you
I need you
Every time there's anything hurting me or bothering me or pressuring me or there's a heaviness in my heart or there's a challenge
I want to have a conversation with God
I don't want to wait to get help until I pray
I want to talk to God about it
And watch and wait for him to answer me in my life prayer is so powerful
That we need to start treating it like what it is and realize that we are talking
to the most powerful being
In the universe who to whom nothing is impossible
I want to teach you how to do life with God
Amen
Just do life with God, I think it's so tragic
When we spend 45 minutes to an hour to an hour and a half, however long your church service might be
On Sunday and the rest of the week just
Not pay any attention to God
I mean how many of us did that for years and years and years and that's not what Jesus died to give us
Jesus began his day
alone with God how many times have I mentioned that to you about starting the day with prayer and getting alone having a quiet time
If you're going to be a follower of Jesus a follower does what the leader does right
Well, somebody says well I pray how often do you pray
Well once in a while, no, if you are really a follower of Jesus prayer
Is a major part of your life
In fact, how do you start the day off and living in this world without talking to God
And how do you go to sleep at night with perfect security without talking to God
How do you face the issues in life without prayer. That is prayer should be a habit
And not only a habit but a very important part of our life pray about what pray about everything
So I would ask you this question
Where does prayer fit in your daily life
Is it something you do when you get in trouble when you have a need when you get sick if you think about it
Or you almost had an accident you thank God
But prayer
Pray without ceasing the scripture says
The sovereign God of the universe who loved you enough to send Jesus to die for your sins
Is always available to hear the prayers of his children
Who come to him in sincerity
It doesn't mean we have to come to him all
confessed up because sometimes we come to him in order to confess
And repent of our sin, whatever it might be
But a follower of Jesus
Is the person who prays and a person who listens to God as well as talk to God
What place does prayer have in your life
And how often do you take time to listen to him or do you all do all the talking
How many of us are listening to him
When is the last time you got on your knees or you got by yourself in your particular place to pray and just say Lord today
I'm not going to tell you anything. I just want to listen to you
And I believe one of the greatest weaknesses
among believers
Is failing to listen to God
God is the sovereign God of this universe Lord master over all things who
requires our obedience surrender
and our
acknowledgement of his
rule as God in this society and in this world
And whether you're a morning person or not
I want to recommend
that you take
Some time every morning
And spend it with God, you say well, I got a house full of kids and my house is just crazy
But could you do five minutes
Could you do ten
I mean if it's just something as simple as saying
Lord, I need you. I thank you that you're with me all the time. I need your help today. Going to church
for an hour on Sunday morning is not enough time
That will not keep you strong because whatever you get in that hour on Sunday morning
Is going to take the world about one half a day to suck it out of you
And you need more you say well, I can't I just can't do the morning thing. Okay, then how about
Dedicating your lunch hour or your lunch half hour
to God and
Go spend time with him instead of sitting at the table gossiping about how unhappy you are at work with everybody else
That works there
You know if you give God time he'll speak to you. He'll show you things but it takes time
Time with God keeping God first in your conversation
Keeping him first in your entertainment
Keeping him first in your choice of friends
You want to put God first in your money keep God first in everything
The Lord told me a long time ago if you put me first in everything you do I'll put you first in what I do
God will take care of you if you put him first
Let's live in such a way where we act like we really do care
About what God thinks about everything we do
Don't worry about tomorrow you say but I've got so many things coming up in my life that I just don't
know what's going to happen
Well, I know it's challenging it took me a long time to get
Over this worry thing because I'm a person who wants to fix everything
But it just absolutely does no good
I'm sure you've heard me say that worry is like sitting in a rocking chair and rocking keeps you busy all day
But you go nowhere
It doesn't help you
Be prepared, but don't worry about tomorrow
One day at a time Lord give us this day
Our daily bread. One day at a time. Why is that because Jesus said I am
Where is he at right now at this very moment
He's right here with each one of us and right with each one of you no matter where you're at
God is with every single one of us