“—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
Philippians 4:8b
Your head is still comfortably resting on your pillow.
It is time to get up but you haven’t moved yet (been there, done that?).
As you lie in bed ready to start a new day, what are your first thoughts?
Do you think about the latest body ache or pain acquired while you slept?
Do you mentally plan and schedule out your tasks for the day
or are you just wondering where the puppy peed?
Here’s a novel thought – how about your first thoughts of the day being of God?
Better yet, why not book-end your day with the Creator of the Universe?
What are His plans for you today?
What would He record in your day-timer and where would He have you go?
Maybe you could just meditate on His love, care and compassion for you.
If you do, there would be far fewer days of ‘getting up on the wrong side of the bed!
I remember reading somewhere of a man of God who had made it a point that the first part of his body to hit the floor was his knees. There on his knees he would then dedicate and surrender his day to God.
Do you ever consider that cultivating a habit of making God your first and last thoughts each day would make an impact in your life?
Absolutely, it would.
It would also begin to develop a lifestyle for you of “Practicing the Presence of God”.
One of the titles of God is that He is the “Alpha and Omega”, meaning He is the “Beginning and End”. What a difference it would make to you if He became the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, of your thought life.
Give it a try – bookend your day with thoughts of God this week.
See if it doesn’t have an effect on your life!
Philippians 4:8b
Your head is still comfortably resting on your pillow.
It is time to get up but you haven’t moved yet (been there, done that?).
As you lie in bed ready to start a new day, what are your first thoughts?
Do you think about the latest body ache or pain acquired while you slept?
Do you mentally plan and schedule out your tasks for the day
or are you just wondering where the puppy peed?
Here’s a novel thought – how about your first thoughts of the day being of God?
Better yet, why not book-end your day with the Creator of the Universe?
What are His plans for you today?
What would He record in your day-timer and where would He have you go?
Maybe you could just meditate on His love, care and compassion for you.
If you do, there would be far fewer days of ‘getting up on the wrong side of the bed!
I remember reading somewhere of a man of God who had made it a point that the first part of his body to hit the floor was his knees. There on his knees he would then dedicate and surrender his day to God.
Do you ever consider that cultivating a habit of making God your first and last thoughts each day would make an impact in your life?
Absolutely, it would.
It would also begin to develop a lifestyle for you of “Practicing the Presence of God”.
One of the titles of God is that He is the “Alpha and Omega”, meaning He is the “Beginning and End”. What a difference it would make to you if He became the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, of your thought life.
Give it a try – bookend your day with thoughts of God this week.
See if it doesn’t have an effect on your life!
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