The wisest thing you can do to start every day listen carefully is to get connected
with almighty God the wisest thing you can do is make a decision from this point on here's
how I'm going to begin my day I'm going to I'm going to connect before I get out of bed
Lord I thank you that you have a plan for my life today I thank you Lord that your timing is perfect
I thank you that you're bringing to my life whatever you need to bring you'll protect me
you'll guide me you'll lead me if I go through any kind of suffering and hurt and disappointment and
all the rest I'll trust you to bring me through that but I want to thank you that today I'm going
to walk obediently before you I'm gonna trust the Holy Spirit to do the speaking in me to give me
guidance and direction and give me your timing whatever you have for me I'm available to wait
I know that waiting will grow me up strengthen me prepare me
for what you have I want to thank you for this day and Lord let my life be fruitful all day long
You begin the day that way and all of a sudden your days on the cloudiest day you've ever seen
sun's gonna be brilliant you know why because you are connected with the father
and he will answer every single prayer that I mentioned and all of that
It's his timing it's his way it's his plan Psalm 31 verses 14 and 15. I trust you Lord
I trust in you Lord you are my God and my times are in your hands I would have you ever prayed
a prayer like that you might want to memorize that verse and pray it every morning and you
get up and go I trust you Lord you're my God my times are in your hands what does that mean
God I got more to do today than I've got time to get done I have so many appointments there's no
way I'll get it all done help me sort it all out do what matters most and not worry about the rest
my times are in your hand I surrender my schedule I surrender my calendar I surrender my agenda
my times are in your hands and that means I'm not gonna fear I'm gonna trust you and if I
should ask you today whose schedule do you live by you'd probably say well by my own
and well your schedule what does where is God and all that do you ever stop to ask him Lord what
do you think what do you want and when you get up in the morning and you get yourself dressed and
you get the automobile of whatever you do to to get to work do you ever stop to ask him what his
plan is for the day do you ever stop to ask him the question what would you have me to do here
and there you know what's all laid out before you as far as your job and when you're off of
that job and you head home do you ever ask God Lord what would you have how would you have me
to spend this evening how do you want to work in my life today and so often people get up they get
themselves dressed and they take off and never say anything to God until they get in the traffic
it gets it all bogged down they can't even see the end of it and it's already past there
time of being to work and then what happens first connection that is not what God intended
his intention was that when you awaken in the morning you get connected it's not I get connected
you just start talking to him father thank you for a good night's rest you know what lies ahead of me
today I want to walk in your timing I know your timing is best don't let me get ahead
and let me linger behind now don't let me step out of your will let me walk wisely today in your will
so that when the day is over I'll be able to look back and thank you for all that you've done
Every morning when I wake up I remind myself I'm on mission 24/7 but no matter where I am if I'm
in line at the grocery store if I'm on an airplane if I'm walking you know through
a mall I'm on mission for Jesus we should so live every day that people who meet us listen
people who meet you should meet Jesus it doesn't mean you look like him it doesn't mean any of that
but it means the spirit within you is the spirit of Jesus Christ
Remind yourself every day that God the creator of the universe loves you and he has his eye on you
and you're the apple of his eye and he's chosen you when you think about what God has done for
you it's going to bring joy into your life God loves his children and he wants the best for us
and sometimes that best does not come quickly but it comes now listen God is watching over
you God's hand is covering you and if you and I are willing to walk in his way his will and his
timing he will provide everything we need and the things that our family needs or our children need
and when we're walking in his will listen we are the most recipient at that moment of his plans and
that which he has in store for us let me ask you a question who can do for you what God can do nobody
and listen whatever you're facing in life think about this you have almighty God acting
working sovereignly in your behalf to get you in his will that you follow him and God is good to us
what day in your life is God not working
he keeps your heart beating but he's also listen you have the Holy
Spirit living within you he's the compass he's the God he's the director he he's the one who has
all the information that you and I need to live a Godly life every day and to live it obediently
people say well I prayed and asked God to do this and so and I got a confirmation he
was going to do it and they expect God to do it right then it may be listen it may be that what
you've asked him is right in the center of God's will but you have to also give him the privilege
to give to you what you've asked for when he knows you're ready and sometimes you're not ready
I may make specific requests to God and have assurance that he will do it
but then I also have to leave the schedule to him when God created you he puts a dream in your heart
most people start off with a dream what do they want to do with their life they have a vision a
big vision a big goal they have uh you know some kind of dream or plan or project that they want to
do with their life their their vision what's the vision God has given you now I've talked to tens
of thousands of people over the years and I've discovered that while everybody tends to start off
early in life with a vision here's what I'd like to do with my life here's what I dream of doing
that as life goes on more and more people give up on the dream before it's accomplished they
give up on the vision they give up on the goal because it doesn't happen fast enough
some of you have had your dream battered some of you have had your dream bruised
some of you have had your dream broken and some of you out of discouragement and disappointment
have buried your dream you've given up on it God doesn't want you to do that if God
gave you that dream for your life it's gonna happen it just has to happen in his timetable
not in yours he has a will for your life from the beginning to the end he knows your past he knows
why you're where you are and he's willing listen he's going to pick you up right where you are
and he'll give you a whole new beginning that's what grace is all about somebody says do we have
a second chance second third fourth fifth I mean praise God he doesn't just cut us
off because we missed it somewhere God has a plan for your life that plan is fantastic it's perfect
and it's perfectly suited for you whoever you are wherever you are what's going on in your
life his plan is the best it brings him glory and honor and is fulfilling to you and me