Greeting God Each Morning: A Life Changing Habit
How do you greet the day when you open your eyes each morning? More importantly, how do you greet God? Making God the most important part of our day can have a major impact. Let’s talk about the habit of spending time with God each morning.
The Discipline Of Prayer
Let’s face it, prayer is a discipline.
It takes a conscious effort to make prayer a habit!
The Bible teaches that prayer unleashes great power, comfort, wisdom, hope, blessing, joy, and so much more. Isn’t that a wonderful way to start each day?
My daughter-in-law’s mother often quotes this verse: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it, Psalm 118:24. I have been saying it with gusto for several years now. It’s a reminder that each day is a gift from God, a fresh new day! It’s a new day to look for all the good God is doing in our lives and celebrate God and all He does for us!
And here’s another verse to memorize to wake up to: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
Jesus set the example for us. He would get up very early in the morning, go to a quiet place where He would not be disturbed, and spend time with His Father! And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35
Jesus knew that He could not face all the demands and trials of His day without first spending the very beginning of it with God! It was God’s power and presence that gave Jesus the power to do God’s will.
We, too, can be powered by God! If we do not spend time with God and in His word, we start each day with a huge deficit! Prayer is food for our souls!
When we wake up and make God a priority, we power our day and start it with the right attitude!
Creating A New Habit
Experts say that it takes, on average, sixty-six days to create a habit.
Here’s my challenge: Will you get up each morning, open your eyes, recite Psalm 118:24, and look for ways to rejoice and be glad? And then will you find a quiet place and spend time talking to God and reading His word? First thing in the morning, even if you have to get up early to do it!
Will you do this for sixty-six days? Let’s develop a life-changing habit together. After sixty-six days, it’s my prayer that God shows Himself so big in our lives! I hope that we are more joyful and can handle problems better. I know that we will no longer imagine starting our day without God!
If you are unsure where to start reading God’s Word, start by reading the Book of John. You might also like to read the Psalms and Proverbs. Knowing God Through The Psalms and Practical Wisdom For A Foolish World are two posts I think you will find very helpful.
A Verse To Keep In Mind
Start by memorizing this verse and say it with gusto!
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps 118:24
More Sunday Scriptures
These posts will give you peace and wisdom for living in today’s world.
Happy Sunday!
Beautiful post. I am all in for making this a habit. Thank you for all that you teach us.
Your post touched my heart and soul. I accept your challenge of reading the scriptures and praying each morning. Thank you for taking the time to write this important message.
Good morning! This is the day the Lord has made, and I will rejoice in it. Also my first thoughts for each day! Thank you for your Sunday devotionals. I just love them and never miss them! May God richly bless you for Your faithfulness! I love your insight to Gods holy word!Pat
God bless you, Pat! Thank you!
Great post. I found the Jesus Calling devotional a great means to build this habit. It’s personal and directs you to specific scripture. The First 5 app is helpful too. Thank you for these Sunday posts. I always look forward to them and you have taught me much.
Thank you, Yvonne, for always sharing the GOOD NEWS about Jesus. And thank you for this reminder of how important prayer is today. I really appreciate you sharing your faith week after week–it’s so encouraging. Blessings & blessings!
Thank you for sharing your faith and knowledge and inspiration. This is so important, thank you for reminding and teaching about the importance of prayer and God’s words.
Thank you so much Yvonne for this beautiful inspirational post. It truly is a perfect start to every day. I so enjoy your blog.
Thank you Margie!
I enjoy all your posts, but I especially enjoy your Sunday post; they are such good studies from God’s Word. Thank you for sharing.
I pray each morning before I get out of bed and each night after I go to bed~A comforting way to begin and end each day.
Thank you for bringing the word of the Lord to us each Sunday. Blessings to you, Yvonne.
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It is my blessing! Happy 4th!
Thank you for encouraging others to start their day spending time with GOD.
This is a great thing to do, start your day with God. I can testify that the world is easier to deal with, with God than without him. I pray for those that are estranged to him! Great content, Happy Blessed New Year! ❤️🙏🏾
I so agree about better to start a day with God!
Count me in, Yvonne! Thank you for sharing this needed challenge.
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I’m in! My 60 days starts today! Thank you for this timely encouragement.
Oh, how wonderful!
Praise God!
Thk you for those beautiful words I’m truly putting this in my prayers everyday. We have the power with the rite attitude to be more joyful. It’s hitting me today. Thk you Donna
Amen! I, too, start my my day with Psalms 118:24. Thank you for your Sunday posts.
I say “Good morning God this is your day, I am your child show me your way.” I think it reminds me to seek His will.
Yes, I love those true words! Perfect to start your day with the Lord.
Psalm 118:24 is the verse I remember each morning when I awake. Thank you for this post and your witness.
God bless you Judy!
I also start each day with the verse from Psalm 118. It just gets your day going in the right direction!!
I love your blog and read it every day! Many blessings to you and yours in the new year!
Thank you Paula! Happy New Year.
Thought you’d like to know that God led me to read this post on this first day of the new year. I was talking to him about the unhappiness I feel about my current circumstances (my wonderful dad passed on December 9th and my 92 year mom is suffering from Parkinson’s and osteoporosis – I’m their caregiver). I know circumstances don’t have to steal my joy – and so God led me to your blog with Psalm 118:24 and Lamentations 3:22-23. God bless you.
God bless you Carrie! I’m so sorry for the loss of your mother. May the Lord comfort and strengthen you and fill you will the joy that surpasses all understanding.