Pray In The Morning

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for February 2
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Pray In The Morning

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I
direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Ps. 5:3

The very first outbreathing of the soul in the morning should be for the
presence of Jesus. "Without Me," He says, "ye can do nothing." It is
Jesus that we need; His light, His life, His spirit, must be ours
continually. We need Him every hour. And we should pray in the morning
that as the sun illuminates the landscape, and fills the world with
light, so the Sun of Righteousness may shine into the chambers of mind
and heart, and make us all light in the Lord. We cannot do without His
presence one moment. The enemy knows when we undertake to do without our
Lord, and he is there, ready to fill our minds with his evil suggestions
that we may fall from our steadfastness; but it is the desire of the
Lord that from moment to moment we should abide in Him, and thus be
complete in Him. . . . 

God designs that every one of us shall be perfect in Him, so that we may
represent to the world the perfection of His character. He wants us to
be set free from sin, that we may not disappoint Heaven, that we may not
grieve our divine Redeemer. He does not desire us to profess
Christianity, and yet not avail ourselves of that grace which is able to
make us perfect, that we may be found wanting in nothing.

Prayer and faith will do what no power on earth can accomplish. We are
seldom, in all respects, placed in the same position twice. We
continually have new scenes and new trials to pass through, where past
experience cannot be a sufficient guide. We must have the continual
light that comes from God. Christ is ever sending messages to those who
listen for His voice.

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It is a part of God's plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of
faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 40, 41.