The scripture says in Chapter one of Mark verse 35. In the early morning while it was still dark
Jesus got up left the house and went away to a secluded place and was praying there
You think about when you get up in the morning
How much of the world crowds itself into your thinking
You have to get dressed of course eat breakfast and you got to get in your car and drive down the expressway or somewhere and
Finally get to work in as soon as you do
It's chatta chatta chatta chatta chatta all the day
Or the keyboards flying all the day and your mind is full then you've got to get back in your car
Get back on the highway and and dodge the traffic again all the way home
And when you get there you undress try to relax and then there's dinner
I can fill up your day and not even know you and so where is God?
Where's God's private time with you?
So, where do we begin with our priorities. First and foremost we must make certain that our top priority is God Almighty
Jesus Christ said it this way seek first the kingdom and all of these things shall be added unto you
So many times we have it backwards. We are pursuing all of these things and we forsake in the king in his kingdom
So many times we want the things that God promises without doing what God requires in order for the promise to become ours
God told the children of Israel if you obey my voice if you heed my Commandments
I'll make you the head and not the tail. He said make me your priority
Be as consistent as you can
Give it everything you've got every time you get up to go
Because you have no idea when you're not going to get the chance again
It's the supernatural law of breakthrough
It's when you do the same thing over and over and over and over and over again
That you begin to see the mountain of impossibility begin to move. Prayer and perseverance go together
If you're gonna become a person of prayer, you will be a person of perseverance
Jesus said give us this day our daily bread
God has said he will give you everything you need for life and godliness
He said you don't have to worry about what you'll eat or what you'll wear where you live that God knows you need those things
That if you'll seek first his kingdom he'll give you all of those things
We flip it around and say god I'll seek your kingdom first when I get all of those things accumulated
Trust God on a daily basis to say Lord you made every need I have today and I believe you'll meet my needs tomorrow
So I'm gonna leave that with you now while I lay down to rest tonight
In the Bible the the day begins with sundown
And we go to sleep
while God begins the day
And the Sun rises and you awake to join God in the day that he's already been diligently working at for several hours
When you lay your head down tonight Lord, I trust you for all the provisions I'll need tomorrow
The time I'll need the wisdom I need the resources I'll need
When we talk about a life of prayer, we're not talking about once in a while
We're talking about that everyday
You sense the need the desire and the joy and the awesome power that comes through praying
Talking to the father that is it ought to be a habit
Something that is recurring in your life. Not just when you get in trouble when you get in need but because you love God
Because you're grateful for who he is and what he's doing in your life
Pray about everything everything that comes up
Just pray
Come on, pray. Pray pray
pray
Pray about everything you don't have to be on your face or on your knees or in a closet or in the dark or with
your eyes shut
It's good to have those set apart times with God
I have that every morning but pray your way through the day and don't let the devil lie to you and tell you
That God doesn't hear your prayers
You say yeah, but the things that I've done wrong why is God gonna listen to me
Because you don't go in your name you go in the name of Jesus
In the morning
When you to get up amidst your prayer before you when you're meditating before you even get out of the bed
You should say Lord I just want you to fill me with your spirit today
You can't live a Godly life unless you have a good prayer life because the prayer life keeps you connected to Almighty God
Sensitive to his will and his purpose and his plan for your life. You don't pray you won't live a Godly life
How are we building our life
I spent so many years going to bed at night
Regretting what I spent my day doing
And I don't want to do that anymore, and I don't want you to do it
I want to go to bed at night and be proud of what I got done that day
You know waste of any kind is sad and certainly the waste of an entire life is the saddest of all
How many of you
Know somebody that is just wasted their whole life
I will not live like that. I am not gonna get to the end of my life and have nothing left but regrets
And the only way that you can not have regret tomorrow is to do what's right today
Today we need to start making right choices
If God is dealing with you about anything in your life
And you know that you need to be obedient him and you're putting it off for another day
I think tomorrow's may be the most dangerous word that we have in our English language
I'll do that tomorrow. I'll do that tomorrow. What what if Jesus comes today?
I'm yelling to somebody get up
It's time to get up and start doing something with what God has given you
Every day that you spend feeling sorry for yourself. It's a totally wasted day. It's completely unproductive
It does not help your future in any way shape or form
It just keeps you stuck in the same spot. We have to get over thinking that everything should be easy for us
I'll tell you a phrase. I would like to see you get out of your collection of phrases that you use
Let's get rid of this statement. It's just too hard
But but it's just too hard
You know what. Nothing that God leads us to do is too hard
See, it's foolish to think that we cannot do what God tells us to do
And still have things work out right
How many things do you believe that God has put on your heart that you should do or not do but you still have not
obeyed him
Are you living your life on purpose each day working toward
The purpose you feel that God has for your life and your purpose can change at different seasons in your life
Give yourself to what you're supposed to do in this season of your life bloom where you're planted
And don't get so addicted to your plan that when God wants to change it
You won't let go of it and go do something else
And don't minimize whatever it is that God wants you to do right now don't minimize that
Knowing that he's in charge
It doesn't make a difference what happens how it happens through whom it happens for whatever reason
I know that God is in control and I can trust him but whatever he allows in life
Trust in the Lord with all your heart lead not to your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him
And He'll direct your path. He listens to you. You listen to him you obey Him
He guides you that's an awesome sense of intimacy in a life that trusts God and if you want to know whether you're a
trusting person or not ask yourself this question. What am I worried about?
Whatever you're worried about is God's
long
awesome finger saying you're not trusting me at this area of your life
A Godly life is a life of trust and when you begin to focus on God, here's what happens
worries drift away
concerns drift away
Your mind is no longer
contaminated with all kinds of things that do not do you any good at all the wise way to live is to obey God and
Leave all the consequences and circumstances to God you see you have to you have to choose
You have to choose some things. You have to choose to go with them
or with God have this or have God walk this way?
or have God's way the reason we don't do things that are absolutely sacred
Godly
awesome
life-changing
Lifting habits, it's because we've decided to choose the world's way
You'll never understand or be able to enjoy a life at its best
Until you surrender your life to Christ
You may be walking through a difficult season and there may be some very uncomfortable places in your life
But I suspect there's something you can be thankful for
We want to learn to give thanks to the Lord. It is a protection over your heart and your mind
Become good and being grateful
Be grateful for the people in your home be grateful for the people that live around you be grateful for the place where you can
work the people that you work with
I don't want you to spend this whole year talking about if
I want you to start this year and end this year saying, thank you God
Thank you God that you heard me
Thank you God that you have enough for me. Thank you God that you're making a way