How many times when we wake up in the morning we just don't really sometimes
feel inclined towards the things of God we just feel tired maybe we don't feel inspired but you
know what when we take time every morning to spend time with the Lord to tell we love them
to thank him to worship him for who he is and all he's doing and we place our posture before him
beloved ones every morning and saying father God minister to me today father God keep me excited
for you today father God inspire me today father God give me fresh bread today when we have that
posture beloved and put it into action every day you know what every day becomes an adventure every
day brings something new every day is a day of growth every day is a day of transformation every
day is a day of discovering Jesus in a deeper way Jesus is pleased and we capture God's heart
you wake up you got a decision to make am I going to pick this thing up first thing put this thing
down and pick up that the first thing you do as quickly as possible be to pick up your bible and
start hearing from God read slowly read out loud read through the bible and then every single day
wake up and say glory to God this is the day the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it
to me the most dangerous thing you can do is to walk into a day that has not been prayed over
we should wake up every day and say Lord today I want to be about your business what do you want me
to do and if we faithfully do what God has called us to do as best we know how and it may be a lot
of little things smiles and words of encouragement or deeds of mercy or being kind but just doing
whatever God has given us to do in the day with the right attitude then when we go to bed at night
we can say Lord I brought glory to you today by finishing the work you gave me to do today
and when we do that over the course of day after day after day that's what we call faithfulness
focus on spiritual matters get in the word share Jesus with somebody
pray for somebody pray with somebody go to church invite people to church just be a a part of the
solution every day we need God afresh and anew every day we need him to sustain us by his grace
every day we need his protection every day we need him to fill us with a fresh uh impartation
of his presence of his power every day we need his angels all around us protecting us
every day we need God just like we're dependent on the air that we breathe in
with our nose and our lungs every minute of our life in order to be sustained physically
it's even more true that it's the spirit of God that it's God himself that we need every minute
of every day every second of every day to truly be sustained Jesus wants us to understand that we
should become completely dependent on the father not thinking that we can live on yesterday's bread
give us this day our daily bread Jesus is saying depend on God for every breath you take
in other words when we wake up in the morning we're not relying on a big storehouse but every
day that we wake up we're relying on God afresh and anew now this doesn't just mean financial
provision and this just doesn't mean food on the table this is an attitude beloved of dependency
on God Matthew 6:11 give us this day our daily bread I'm gonna seek first the kingdom of God
every day you don't need to live you've only got one life it's going by like that
you better start seeking first the kingdom of God before you see him face to face
whoever you are wherever you're at whatever you've been through it is never
too late to begin again maybe you didn't get to finish college and you regret that you
didn't or maybe you never got to go and you regret that it's not too late to start again
you go to college online you can start with your 50 you can start with your six when you're 60
you know doesn't really matter a lot of people just automatically think if they're over a certain
age and they can't do anything and God's got a fresh start for you he is the God of do-overs
the God of second chances the God of fresh starts and new beginnings and he doesn't even have any
limit on how many you can have so what do you think of that that's the really good news isn't it
that's pretty amazing it doesn't say and you can have two new beginnings but after that you're out
doesn't even say you can have 10 new beginnings and after that you're out but the devil would love
for you to believe the lies of satan that it's too late for me
I've made too many mistakes there's no way to overcome the mess that I have in my life it
is just not possible I'm too old it's just too late it's never too late to start over
it's never too late if your heart's still pumping it's never too late start over
God specializes in new beginnings and fresh starts now both the old testament
and the new testament in the bible are filled with examples of God giving people fresh start
because God is the God of second chances he's the God of new beginnings he's the God of starting
over he's the God of beginning again he's the God who specializes in giving people fresh starts and
aren't you glad that no matter what happens in your life he can make everything as good
as new and aren't you glad that God says I'll do what needs to be done to give you a fresh start
well Psalm 145:14 says this in the message it says God gives a hand
to those who are down on their luck and he gives a fresh start to those who are ready to quit
have you felt like giving up have you felt like quitting you felt like throwing in the towel
it is always too soon to quit now here's the answer to your insecurity when you say
I don't have what it takes you're not going to do this by yourself God says I'm going to be with you
and if I'm with you that means you can rely on my power you can rely on my presence you can rely on
my promises you can rely on my protection there's nothing to worry about one plus God is a majority
Proverbs 24 verse 10 says this don't give up and act helpless in times of trouble
now during these times have you stopped trying have you stopped trying you know during trying
times you got to keep trying Winston Churchill boldly delivering a one sentence speech to his
countrymen legend has it that Churchill stood before a hushed crowd during the darkest
days of World War II so now here he is he's going to deliver a speech in the darkest days of World
War II and people are waiting to see what this great word of wisdom is that he's going to bring
and he simply said never never never never give up turned around and sat down
and you know it it's easy to give up I just want to tell you that that it is really easy
to give up you don't need the power and I don't need the power of the Holy Spirit in
our life to just give up I mean anybody can do that but we are not anointed by God for give up
we're anointed by God to press in and press on and go through and be the people that
God wants us to be do what he wants us to do and have what he wants us to have
I love that in John 10:10 the thief only comes to steal kill and destroy
but Jesus said I came that you might have and enjoy your life and have it in abundance to the
full until it overflows so if you're not enjoying life either you're believing the lies of satan
you don't have a right relationship between you and God you're concerned and worried about all
kinds of things that you don't need to be concerned and worried about because
literally having a relationship with God means that we don't have to worry
if we really understand that relationship properly and I do believe that if you just won't give up
that you don't even have to be very talented or very smart if you just refuse to give up you will
succeed at what God wants you to succeed at in life don't give up as hard as it is as challenging
as it has been the word of the Lord for today in the reset that he is doing is don't give up
in spite of all the turmoil we are in personally never give up
sometimes life will knock you down sometimes you'll tell with a broken heart sometimes
you'll be in broken circumstances but I know somebody even though he lives up there
he's willing to come down here and take the broken and the beaten and the abuse
and give you a divine reset so that he can still take you your family take us
the church across the finish line so you keep the faith because you got a cloud of witnesses
you've got some decisions to make and you've got king Jesus who's here to help you open your heart
to the incredible possibility that whatever is going on in your life
God is more powerful than that and that his love is unquenchable unstoppable and will never let
you go whatever it is that's going on in our life because of God's love for us we can overcome that
we are more than conquerors we are overcomers because of what God tells us about his love for us
he gives us the strength to overcome things that we would never ever be able to overcome in fact we
have discovered have we not that in the midst of suffering in the midst of trials in the midst of
deep seated difficulties we find God in a way we could never find him in times of prosperity
when we are in the deepest need he comes to us in a way that we can't even explain
it's that peace that passes all understanding he will never let you go he loves you
you cannot get out of the grip of his love if you're a Christian if you have accepted
Christ as your personal savior you're in the family of God father God has your back
he has your hands he's got you and you will never escape from his love