Think deeply Thursday

Mornin' Girls!! I really enjoyed seeing all of ya'll last night, and I enjoyed the lesson. I don't know if it was what Brother Joe talked about last night or what the Lord has given me to study this morning, but I just feel confused. Do you ever feel that way. Not so much thinking you got it ALL down, but think you've got a grasp on some of it, then you get confused and wonder and wonder. Have you ever noticed how the Lord will give you a certain scripture over and over? Well, when this happens, I believe we need to sit up and take notice. The Lord has got me looking into 1 Kings, Chapters 18 and 19. Elijah continued saying that he was the only prophet of the Lord left, and he clearly was not. At one point he was talking to Obadiah (a prophet) and Obadiah took 100 prophets and hid them (Ok, to me that seems to bee 102, counting Elijah and Obadiah - maybe Obadiah couldn't be considered a prophet yet, it only said that he was a man who greatly feared the Lord. ) So, was Elijah just saying "Woe is me?" and feeling all alone, even though he wasn't? I think Brother Joe preached on this one time, but I can't remember what he said. (Don't tell him! He He!!).

Ok, enough rambling. I found this post on another website, and it is something that is near and dear to my heart - Morning Devotions. So, I thought I'd share.

"Morning is the best time for getting to know God. This principle was deeply impressed upon the children of Israel by His daily gift of manna. The angel food cake rained down from heaven early in the morning, six days a week, for 40 years. If one waited too long to gather it, the manna would evaporate in the heat of the sun. “And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.” Exodus 16:21.

Likewise, if we wait too long for our spiritual devotions, the cares and pressures of the day will get our attention before the Lord does.

The busier we are and the more we have to do, the more we need to take time to pray. Let’s not allow the manna to melt.

Jesus, our example, practiced morning devotions. “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and then prayed.” Mark 1:35.

As famous evangelist Charles Spurgeon well said: “The morning is the gate of the day, and it should be well guarded with prayer. It is one end of the thread on which the day’s actions are strung, and should be well knotted with devotion. If we felt the majesty of life we should be more careful of its mornings.

“He who rushes from his bed to his business and waiteth not to worship is as foolish as though he had not put on his clothes, or cleansed his face, and as unwise as though he had dashed into battle without arms or armor. Be it ours to bathe in the softly flowing river of communion with God, before the heat of the wilderness and the burden of the way begins to oppress.” — The Truth About Mary Magdalene, Doug Bathelor, p. 53"

Hope ya'll have a great day!! Love ya'll!