Spending Time With Poppa in the Morning

Spending Time with Poppa in the Morning

"O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch." Psalm 5:3

In his brand new book on prayer, Paul Miller suggests seven simple suggestions for how you can spend time with your Poppa in the morning:

1. Go to bed. What you do in the evening will shape your morning. The Hebrew notion of a day as evening and morning (see Genesis 1) helps you plan for prayer. If you want to pray in the morning, then plan your evening so you don't stay up too late. The evening and the morning are connected.

2. Get up. Praying in bed is wonderful. In fact, the more you pray OUT OF BED, the more you'll pray IN bed. But you'll never develop a morning prayer time IN bed.

3. Get awake. Maybe you need to make a pot of coffee first or take a shower.

4. Get a quiet place. Maybe a room, a chair, or a place with a view. Or maybe you do better going for a walk. Make sure that no one can interrupt you.

5. Get comfortable. Don't feel like you have to pray on your knees.

6. Get going. Start with five minutes. Start with a small goal that you can attain rather than something heroic. You'll quickly find that the time will fly.

7. Keep going. Consistency is more important than length. If you pray five minutes every day, then the length of time will slowly grow. You'll look up and discover that twenty minutes have gone by. You'll enjoy being with God.

Practical suggestions for spending time with your Poppa each morning. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 8; 2 Chronicles 30-31; John 18:1-18

Great Quote: Apart from God, nothing matters. We think that health matters, or knowledge, or art or civilization. And but for one insistent word, they would matter indeed. That word is eternity. A W Tozer

Join us this Thursday evening for our annual Father Son Night. This year's speaker is Bevan Greiner. Come enjoy a great evening with your Dad or Son. Call for reservations and information. 732-350-1187