A Fresh Start

Happy New Year! I was thinking about what "I" could do to make the new year the best yet. The answer I got was give it all to God! "I " can't do anything in my own power but with God all things are possible.(Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
So, I am going make January the month that I pray for me. For me to be the best christian, wife, mother, friend, worker, and so on. I am going to pray for wisdom in all areas but especially on how to defeat Satan at his schemes. 
Today's prayer: to slow down and take time to be in God's word to study and understand. To put God first in everything.


Ways to make time for God


I am going to give you some ideas about how to slow down and put God first. Those of you who know me will laugh, because I stay on the go all the time. That is why I need to do this, so that I will be reminded that I need to take time to put God first.


1. Wake up with God, Go to him the fist thing in the morning before I ever get out of bed. While I am laying there with my eyes closed I can just start praising him for waking me up to start another day that he is in control of (not me) for him to guide my steps, thoughts, words and actions.


2. Listen to the bible, I have an app that I can turn on and it will read to me. I don't even have to have my eyes open yet. I will just lie there and listen as God's living word washes over me. I will listen to the promises God has for me because I am his.


3. When I get up, I will listen to uplifting Christian music and worship him with song.


4. While I am work, I could start a prayer group, maybe meet a few minutes early and pray for each other. I could arrive early and sit in my car and pray for my co-workers before I ever go in.


5. Take a minute during my lunch not to just thank him for your food but to praise him.


6. When riding home from work I can listen to my bible app, sing songs of praise or just meet with God. This is a good time to just talk with him. No one is around so I can just talk out loud as if he is right there in the car with me (because he is) I just talk with him about my day and everything that is on my mind.


7. I like to wind down before I get into bed. This is a good time for me to read a devotional, do my bible study, and just lay my eyes on God's word and put it in my heart and on my mind.

8. I want to make sure that the last person I speak to before I sleep is the one that loved me so much he sent his son to die for me. So I will pray and thank God for my family, my life, my abilities and for all that he has done for me and most of all for Jesus.
I hope that you find this helpful is it probably nothing new but just a reminder that God should take first place in our life and if it is important to us we will find the time to have a real relationship with him. Don't let the devil rob you of becoming effective for the Kingdom of God