I love early mornings. I\u2019m usually the only one up at my house. It is quiet and still. I usually awake with a song or hymn on my mind, and take time to reflect on why that particular tune is in my mind for that day. I can have breakfast at my leisure. Read the Scripture for the day. Look over the social media prayer requests that have come in overnight (I have former students serving all over the world, so often their day-time prayer requests come to me when I am sleeping.), pray through my prayer list for the day, set my daily agenda, give thanks for another day, listen to the morning sounds, and watch the neighborhood arise for the day, as I go on my walk. Tecumseh, an 18th century Native American leader of the Shawnee, and an iconic folk hero in American history, was credited with saying, \u201cWhen you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.\u201d
\nSome of my frequent, and favorite morning songs are:
\n\u2022 \u201cMorning has broken, like the first morning, blackbird has spoken, like the first bird;
\npraise for the singing, praise for the morning, praise for the springing fresh from the world.\u201d
\n\u2022 \u201cWhen morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries: May Jesus Christ be praised!\u201d
\n\u2022 \u201cMorning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed Thy hand hath provided \u2014 \u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness,\u201d Lord, unto me!\u201d
\n\u2022 \u201cThe sun comes up it\u2019s a new day dawning; it\u2019s time to sing Your song again. Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me let me be singing when the evening comes.\u201d
\n\u2022 \u201cIn the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus\u201d
\nSome of my frequent, and favorite morning verses are:
\n\u2022 \u201cAnd in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord\u201d (Exodus 16:7).
\n\u2022 \u201cWhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy\u201d (Job 38:7).
\n\u2022 \u201cWeeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning\u201d (Psalm 30:5).
\n\u2022 \u201cHe awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple\u201d (Isaiah 50:4, NASB).
\n\u2022 \u201cHis compassions fail not. They are new every morning\u201d (Lamentations 2:22-23).
\n\u2022 \u201cNow in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed\u201d (Mark 1:35).
\n\u2022 \u201cI, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am . . . the Bright and Morning Star\u201d (Revelation 2:16).
\nSo, how\u2019s your morning going? Do you have a favorite morning song or scripture to share with me today?<\/p>\n
Join me today in praying for the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Continue to pray for hundreds of missionaries who must make a decision in the next three weeks whether to accept their sending agency\u2019s early retirement plan on remain on their field of service.
\n\u2022 Pray for Susan as she relaunches the Warsaw (Poland) English Club October 14th.
\n\u2022 Join with missionaries in a day of prayer and fasting for Sikhism, the newest of the world religions and the 5th largest. There are about 27 million Sikhs world-wide. Sikhism began in the Punjab of India around 1499, and the majority of Sikhs today are Punjabis.
\n\u2022 Join Jim and Charlotte in praying for the defeat of a law that a group of Brazilian politicians are presenting to the Brazilian Senate which can hinder the ability of missionaries to reach many of the smaller ethic groups of Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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