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Start Your Day Right — Part 1
People have different opinions as to how to start their day right. Some will tell you it is a good stiff cup of coffee. Others need a hot shower, while still others take a jog around the neighbourhood or head to the gym for an early morning workout.
Prayer was an important part of King David’s life, and an important element to starting his day right. He said, “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up” (Psalm 5:3). What a good lesson and pattern this is for us. Many a problem, frustration, and headache, could perhaps be avoided, or at least lessened if we would start the day right by spending a little time talking to the Lord in prayer, and asking for His help and direction.
David didn’t just limit himself to prayer in the morning. He also stated, “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice” (Psalm 55:17). He was like Daniel who, “Kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime” (Daniel 6:10).
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