You ought to get up in the morning and say God I want to know you and love you more
I have done this every single morning of my life
For decades, I don't get out of bed in the morning
Before I do this I sit on the edge of my bed before my feet touch the ground
And I just say this dear God
It's another day
And if I don't get anything else done today
I want to know you a little bit better and I want to love you a little bit more
And if at the end of the day that life sucked that day sucked everything went wrong. It was terrible
I sinned there were mistakes there were all kinds of grief and problems and difficulties if at the end of the day
I know God a little bit better and love him a little bit more. I didn't waste that day
On the other hand doesn't matter how many things you accomplished how many things you achieve
How famous you become how much money you make if at the end of each day
You don't know God a little bit better and love him a little bit more. You just wasted that day
Because God did not create you and put you on earth just to mark things off your to-do list
Before my feet even hit the floor and before I actually physically get out of bed
I just take a moment to remember and one of my favorite verses for the morning is Psalm 143
Verse 8 and it says let the morning bring me words of your unfailing love for I've placed my trust in you
Show me the way I should go but to you I entrust my life and then I simply say good morning Lord
I don't know where you're going, but wherever you are going, I'm coming with you
And the reason I love that is it says let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love not mine
because I will fail as part of being human
And show me the way I should go for to you I entrust my life. It's just a way of acknowledging Lord
My steps are ordered by you. So today I want to gladly walk
Close to you and the steps that you have ordered
Every morning I pray that God will put somebody in front of me that I can help
Somebody that I can be a blessing to and I'm not talking about on TV or in the pulpit. I'm talking about me person
As I'm out and about in my world. Who can I help and who can I bless. Let your light shine before men
That they might see your good works and what glorify your father who is in heaven every day of my life
I pray that God will use me to make somebody else's life better
This is a time for us to begin to use our talents
Because every one of you every single one of you has something to contribute in society
Every one of you has a ministry every one of you has an anointing from God
I just love to think about what could happen if
every believer really understood who they are in Christ and what they have to
contribute and we would stop shrinking back in fear
And we would just get out in the midst of our world
Your neighborhood
Where you go to the marketplace, where you shop, where you go to school, where you go to church and we would
Simply do what the Bible says let your light shine
Stop worrying about what you can't do and start using what you can do
Every day, you should declare I have the favor of God
Favor is on my family, favor is on
my health, favor is on my business, favor is on my finances. This needs to be a way of life
where every day
Whether it's sunny or raining
Whether you're on the mountaintop or in the valley you get up in the morning and say I have the favor of God
That's not just to remind yourself
Not just to show God that you're trusting him, but you're showing the enemy who you belong to
The scripture says if you will acknowledge God in all your ways, he will crown your efforts with success
One way to acknowledge God is all through the day under your breath declare his favor
You may not see how you can accomplish a dream how you'll get well doesn't look like it's ever going to change
People don't have the final say people don't control your destiny
People can't see the favor on your life. They don't know what God is about to do
Don't let them talk you out of your dreams
Don't let people convince you that you can't get well, you'll never afford a nice house. You'll never break the addiction
They're looking at the natural we serve a supernatural God one touch of his favor will catapult you ahead
They may be negative discouraging condescending. Let it go in one ear and out the other
None of that can stop your purpose the favor on your life will defy the odds
Favor will take you where you don't have the qualifications
On paper. It may not make sense. Don't worry. God knows what he's doing