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Friday... This is a great way to start our new day.


Friday... This is a great way to start our new day.

The writer of Psalm 108 says in verses 1 & 2 (MSG), "I'm ready, God, so ready, ready from head to toe. Ready to sing, ready to raise a God-song: 'Wake, soul! Wake, lute! Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!'" I love that! That is a great way to face a new day.

Now there is a day when we will no longer need the sun or the moon. Revelation 21:22-25 (NLT) says, "I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all its glory. Its gates will never close at the end of day because there is no night there." For all who believe that is in our future. That is going to be unbelievable. That is in our future.

But each new day today can be started with hope and confidence. Psalm 108:1-5 (NLT) says, "My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart! Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing praises among the nations. For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shone over all the earth."

Yes, we as Christ followers have so much to look forward to. Heaven is going to be unbelievable but as the sun rises on each new day we can be excited and have confidence because God's unfailing love and His faithfulness is with us. And we can start each day saying, "My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart." 

Now that is a great way to start each new day. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

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