Morning Prayers

For the next few days, I want to share some of what I like to think of as "prayer, kick-starters." While what I'll share are prayers, the hope and plan is they will become springboards for us into more prayer time. Grab a cup of coffee (or not) and let's begin thinking about morning prayer [time].
 

Saying a morning prayer is a great way to focus our minds attention on God, as the first priority of your day! Let me encourage us to use these suggested morning prayers as we seek God’s plan for our day and ask Him to guide our thoughts and actions. And let them become a springboard into more prayer, that, may well, begin to flow from your heart in your own words. 

Friends, a morning prayer [time] is a wonderful way to focus your time and attention on seeking God’s plan for the day ahead. Whether you need encouragement, peace, strength, or rest; the truth is, God can meet you in a very real and present way when you come before Him with a humble heart. Seek God’s presence each morning before your energy and attention are pulled by all the tasks you have ahead. A prayer-filled morning is the best defense against a chaotic world.
 

In a world filled with distractions and demands, starting the day with a morning prayer will help remind you to prioritize your faith journey before your feet hit the ground running. Let me challenge each of us to embrace the presence of God every morning, it will help to safeguard your connection with Him before the demands of the day divert your energy and focus toward the numerous tasks of the day ahead. 

Today, I am thankful for the privilege of prayer - that I/we can go to and have conversation with the God of the universe, the Creator of everything. He listens and He will speak to us if we will give Him an opportunity. How amazing and wonderful is that?!!
 

What about you? What are you Thankful for today?

Devotional:

30 Morning Prayers To Start Your Day Encouraged

Here are some morning prayers to help jump-start your day in God’s presence. Some of these prayers you will find more fitting to your life than others; some you will find yourself going back to on a regular basis, and others less often.

They are not meant to be an "end all," but a springboard; especially on days you feel like you don’t know what to pray/say. While I am not the author or original prayer of most of these prayers, I do feel they can and will be places we can start our time of prayer on any given day. At the end of the series, you will find a list of people who contributed one or more of these prayers.)
 
1. A Morning Prayer for God’s Presence.
 

Lord, may nothing separate me from You today. Teach me how to choose only Your way today so each step will lead me closer to You. Help me walk by the Word and not my feelings. Help me to keep my heart pure and undivided. 

Protect me from my own careless thoughts, words, and actions. And keep me from being distracted by MY wants, MY desires, MY thoughts on how things should be. Help me to embrace what comes my way as an opportunity… rather than a personal inconvenience. And finally, help me to rest in the truth of Psalm 86:13, ‘Great is your love toward me.’
 

You already see the ways I will fall short and mess up. But right now, I consciously tuck Your whisper of absolute love for me into the deepest part of my heart. I recognize Your love for me is not based on my performance. You love me, warts and all. That’s amazing. But what’s most amazing is that the Savior of the world would desire a few minutes with me this morning.

Lord, help me to remember forever what a gift it is to sit with You like this. Amen. 

2. A Prayer to Start the Day and/or Week.
 

Dear God, at the start of each day, help me to recognize You above all else. Enlighten the eyes of my heart that I might see You and notice how You are at work through my life.
 

Give me wisdom to make the best choices, and fill me with a desire to seek after You more than anything else in this world. Let your Spirit and power breathe in me, through me, again, fresh and new. 

Thank You that You are greater than anything I may face in this day. Thank you that Your presence goes with me and that Your joy is never dependent on my circumstances, but it is my true and lasting strength, no matter what I am up against. 

I ask that Your peace lead me, that it would guard my heart and mind in You. I ask for Your grace to cover my life this day. I love You, Lord… I need you. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.   

Continued