Put God First
Put God First
ByThe way that you start your morning off will determine the course of your day. If you wake up with a good attitude and expect that something good is going to happen to you then you’re setting yourself up for God’s favor to pour down on you.
The moment you wake up, Satan goes to work on your mind. He immediately starts feeding you negative and defeating thoughts. He’ll remind you of what’s going wrong in your life. He’ll inject your mind with thoughts of worry, defeat, fear, failure, depression and doubt.
That’s why it’s important to wake up on a good note. Decide to take control of your thoughts early in the morning. Don’t focus on the negative, instead, start the day off with a good prayer. Take out sometime in the morning and read an encouraging passage of scripture.
When you do this, you’re fighting the enemy with what the Word of God says about you. The last thing the adversary wants you to do is pray to God first thing in the morning.
In the natural, one of the first things we do in the morning is get coffee. We’ll do whatever is necessary to get our physical body prepped for the day. But too often we neglect the spiritual. This reminds me of a question I heard a very wise person ask. They asked, “Did you spend even as much time getting yourself inner-man ready this morning as you did your outer-man?”
I want to encourage you to make a habit of starting the day off on a positive note. I’ve heard it said over and over that the mind is the devil’s playground. Don’t give the enemy control of your mind, no, take control of your thoughts. Keep first things first.
The first thing you do in the morning is going to set the tone for the rest of the day. Don’t let your day be a downward spiral of negative defeating thoughts. No, get a good positive momentum going.
Matthew 6:33 reminds us to seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Make a conscious decision to put God first when you start your day. As you do this, you’ll find that everything else will fall in place as you charge forth on your journey of life!
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