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. Precious Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for the priviledge of talking to you personally and for the promise that you will hear and answer my prayers. Today I bring you all the concerns and requests of my heart. I trust you to meet every need according to your plan and purpose. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isaiah 30:15-18 Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day to give and love as You do me. Father God, I know that your God and I am not. I wait in your presence now. Help me to be quiet as I wait for your direction and power so that I may glorify You. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this life you have given me. What fun it is, Lord Jesus, to send a hug through the mail. Bless the one who sent me one yesterday. Bless my notes as they go from my hand to someone else’s. May the recipients receive as much joy from the notes as I had in writing and sending them. Help others to find joy in sending notes to one another opening hearts. A thousand generations! What an amazing perspective on your faithfulness, Lord Jesus. Thank you for each opportunity I have to pass on your truth to others. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory, Lord Jesus. Amen.
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; 1 Chronicles 16:7-15
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day to live and enjoy as you guide. May I be kind, compassionate, forgiving others, just as in Jesus Christ has forgiven me. May I speak words that are wholesome and that build others up in my life. May I think before I speak. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:29-32
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for life, this new day. Lord Jesus, repay others for the good that they do. May they richly be rewarded by You. Father God, as they take refuge under Your wings, believing you will answer their prayer’s. Knowing your timing is perfect and they are treasured by You. Thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. Ruth 2:12
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Father God, I praise your name, for you have showered me with blessings and healing too numerous to name or count. Thank you for others who prayed that didn’t even have to care about me. Thank you for hearing their prayers and mine for help. Thank you for my pleas for help, my pleas for forgiveness, my requests for solutions. Protect me from the troubles of this world, for you are my refuge. I thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusted in him.
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day to be guided by you. Father God, Thank you despite painful circumstances in my family. I can trust you to hear and answer prayer in amazing ways. Help me to remain faithful in prayer. I thank you, praise and give You all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 5:11-15
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day to breathe and enjoy my journey you have set before me. Father God, help us to speak to others in a way that will help them see you. I thank you, praise and give you all the glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Father God, thank you for the people you have placed in my life. Many have many needs; I pray and know that all of them will be met by your mighty power and healing. Thank you, Lord Jesus. As I bow before you and type. In this stillness I feel you very near and dear to my heart as always. Thank you for hearing my concerns and problems. Help me find your way for me. Thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
Iron sharpens iron; so, a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so, he that waits on his master shall be honored. Proverbs 27:17-18
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6
Dear Blessed Lord Jesus, good morning. I love you and thank you for this new day. Thank you for family and friends. Heavenly Father reminds us that you are always ready to help us whatever the need is through this life. No matter how difficult our task may seem. You love us all. Thank you, praise and give you all the honor and glory Lord Jesus. Amen.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.