{"id":14057,"date":"2016-08-18T00:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T05:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/1-pray-to-start-and-end-your-day-with-god\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T00:47:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T05:47:10","slug":"1-pray-to-start-and-end-your-day-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/1-pray-to-start-and-end-your-day-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"1 PRAY TO START AND END YOUR DAY WITH GOD."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><i>Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2014Psalm 55:7<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'><b>Start with prayer.<\/b> <i>It\u2019s called proactive prayer<\/i>. If you begin today with a negative, self-centered, problem-driven focus, then your day\u2019s spiritual forecast reads:<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>Cloudy<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>Storms Ahead<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>Lightning Alert<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>Prepare for a Shock!<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Honestly, to begin the day talking to anyone except God gives you their perspective instead of His; their problems instead of His; and their direction instead of His. Focus your <i>day-starting<\/i> prayer on God not on things that you want or that distract you.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>First-thought, first-talk, first-emotion prayer points you in the right direction and keeps you the head not the tail, the first and not the last, and the lender instead of the borrower (Deut. 28:12\u201313).<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'><b>End with prayer.<\/b> Your <i>day-ending<\/i> prayer isn\u2019t a mopping up action. It\u2019s thanksgiving, praise-proclaiming time celebrating all that God did with, through and in spite of you.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Starting your day without prayer guarantees a day ending with tears, sorrow and distress. Starting your day with prayer ensures ending your day with eyes opened to new miracles, greater glory and incredible signs.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Think of it this way. Starting your day with prayer is like putting on glasses and seeing clearly both the visible and invisible. Without prayer, your day becomes like uncorrected vision so that you move ahead in a blurry, foggy haze not knowing when you\u2019ll stumble next.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Beginning prayer and ending prayer become the bookends for a day filled with dairies of divine communion.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><i>God,<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><i>I begin my day with You. Direct my steps. Unknot my emotions. Clear my head. Tune my Spirit to hear clearly the sounds of heaven. Amen.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b><i>God,<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><i>I end this day with You, thankful for your provision and protection, exulting in Your miracles, excited by Your leading, and rejoicing in Your forgiveness. Repenting of my sins, I ask You to refresh my spirit, rest my body, renew my mind, and restore my relationships. Amen.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2014Psalm 55:7 Start with prayer. It\u2019s called proactive prayer. If you begin today with a negative, self-centered, problem-driven focus, then your day\u2019s spiritual forecast reads: Cloudy Storms Ahead Lightning Alert Prepare for a Shock! 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