A WAKE-UP CALL

“Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”  (Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV)

The phone rings early in the morning. You reach over and [answer it]. A familiar voice simply says three words: “Were you sleeping?” Though it’s a simple question, all of us have probably struggled to answer from time to time…

Just as a friend can wake us up with an early morning phone call to let us know something important, God invites us to wake up to the reality of Him every day. It’s true. Whether you recognize it or not,  you received a call from God this morning. The Bible says that God’s mercies are new every morning. And that’s a piece of news you can’t afford to miss.

-- Margaret Feinberg in “A Grand New Day”

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CLOSER THAN YOU IMAGINE

Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him.  You need not cry very loud; He is nearer to us than we are aware of.

-- Brother Lawrence (c.1605-1691) in The Practice of the Presence of God


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