In the Morning

Today’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Isaiah 63
NT: Romans 15
W&W: Psalm 88

Today’s Reflection:

The Psalmist said, “I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you (Psalm 88.13).

Is that your practice? To cry out to God in the morning? As I have read the Psalms, I have noticed several places where the morning prayer is mentioned. Several times in the New Testament, we find Jesus praying in the morning. I think it is a good discipline to engage in. I have made it my practice so long that it just doesn’t seem right to begin the day any other way. Besides, if I wait for the evening, there are so many things that pull me away from prayer that it just seems impossible to really develop a pattern.

God is faithful no matter when we pray to him, but if we will consecrate the day from the very beginning, most of us will develop a more consistent pattern of prayer. Too early? I know what you mean, but prayer is too important to leave to chance. Jesus himself had to get up before anyone else so he could find time alone with his Father. Not a bad idea for us, either!

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
Did you get the whole chapter? John 1.1-10: 1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our joy complete. 5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.