A Time for Everything.
There is a time for everything,
And a season for every activity under the heavens:
A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill and a time to heal,
A time to tear down and a time to build,
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
A time to search and a time to give up,
A time to keep and a time to throw away,
A time to tear and a time to mend,
A time to be silent and a time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate,
A time for war and a time for peace.
What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice—wickedness was there. I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.” I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?” So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Thank you that you are with me in the stormy times, as well as the sunny times. Thank you for others, Lord Jesus. I couldn’t have known or dreamed of how they would enrich my life and allow me to see the world through innocent eyes. I pray that you use each of their precious lives for your service. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory, Lord Jesus. Amen.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:6
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Father God, you know my holiness. Shall I deny your knowledge, and believe in what your knowledge makes impossible? Shall I accept as true what you proclaim as false? Or shall I take Your Word for what I am, since You are my Creator, and the one who knows the true condition of His Child? Lord Jesus, thank you for Your repentance, forgiveness and guiding me to yourself. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. “ Proverbs 28:13
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. Psalm 5:11
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day to live life to the fullest. Thank you for always blessing us in many ways that even we don’t see that you are working everything for our good. Father God, it is good to praise Your name. Let me always be ready to tell others about who you are and all that you do. Sustain me as I work for justice and do what is right. Let the world come to know you in spirit and in truth. Bless all those who bless and glorify your name, so that everyone will praise your name. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory, Lord Jesus. Amen. Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can shew forth all his praise? Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. Psalm 106:1-5
Dear blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Lord Jesus, may learning be a joy rather than a chore. May exploration of new ideas bring a sense of wonder, awe, excitement and ability to concentrate on the task at hand. Father God, Thank you for the examples I see around me of your devotion and love echoed in the love and care we have of others. May I always come to you without hesitation. Thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 22:37-39
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Thank you, Father God, that you know every thought and count even the gray hairs on my head and that my name is important to you, and that you continue to have a place for me. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory, Lord Jesus. Amen.
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. Luke 1:25
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Lord Jesus, help me to look for the lost and lonely in my life. Let me reach out to others who need encouragement and a friend, the way Father You, the Good Shepherd, reach out to me. I thank you, praise and give you all he honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Father God, I praise you for sharing my humanity. I thank you for the sacrifice you made that I may live. Thank you for ful-filling every promise you have made, even those made generations ago. Lord Jesus, I see your love in everything! I ask for the will to faithfully and gratefully serve you through this day and all my days. Thank you for always being here. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Luke 1:68-75
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Father God, I am your servant. As long as you give me life. Help me faithfully fulfill my assignments. I know you will work behind the scenes when I pray. I entrust my prayers and all my days to you. Strengthen me to do your will. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 1 Samuel 12:22-23
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Father God, I turn to you now. Teach me a new song, a song of joy and peace. Flood my being with your melodious voice. Bless those today you guide in my way, that they may bless others with you, that you Lord guide in their way. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen. By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; Job 35:9-10
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