What a great way to start your day.

Good Morning Friends of Rise Up Lubbock,
You know that having a cup of coffee is a great way to start your day, but nothing can replace… nothing is better than… starting your day with a prayer. Asking God to be a part of whatever adventure comes your way is…. Priceless!
Dan-Dwayne

Dear Lord,
I look forward to my day with great anticipation and hope. I ask today that you join with me in today’s endeavors and together we will be successful. I know that you prefer to be the silent partner but just knowing that You are there strengthens me and gives me courage to face whatever obstacle might come my way. I intend to speak, work, and live this day in faith, trusting that you will be walking by my side. As I work toward success… I realize that without You there is no real success.  Thank You Lord, I believe that you will be in everything I do today. – Amen

Joshua 1: 7 and 8
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Lions and Cockroaches... and Coffee?

Hello friends at Rise Up Lubbock,

Have you ever been to a coffee shop enjoying your steaming cup of freshly brewed coffee and look over at the floor to see….   a cockroach crawling along the tile right toward you.  It ruins the mood and you start to have doubts about the cleanliness of the restaurant. The fresh flavor of the coffee is now tainted with the thought that is might not be as pure as you first thought… and soon you will stop going to that shop and find a new place to get coffee.  Well, Satan is exactly like that cockroach. He tries to get into your goods and corrupt the purity of your thoughts. He is sneaky and he tries to hide while he is working but when you see him it is time to move out of his reach…   I’m sorry what were we saying about coffee.

Danny

1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Dear Lord,

I face today with a new determination. I see that you have put in my hand what I need to make my day successful and I intend to use it. My God, I ask that you help me to patiently ignore the roaring of people who are enveloped in their own self-interests. They only complain, ridicule and find fault.   Don’t let me become distracted or tempted away from completing today’s goal. I thank you for hearing me and I trust that you will be with me in every decision I make. Help me remember today that every choice I make, every place I go, and every situation I find myself in that You are there too… we are a team. Lord, You are all I need.  - Amen