I got up early one morning and rushed right into the day I had so much to accomplish that I didn’t have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me, and heavier came each task, “why doesn’t God help me?” I wondered. He answered, “You didn’t ask.”

I wanted to see joy and beauty, but the day toiled on gray and bleak; I wondered why God didn’t show me. He said, “But you didn’t seek.”

I tried to come into God’s presence; I used all my keys at the lock, God gently and lovingly chided,” My child, you didn’t knock,”

I woke up early this morning and paused before entering the day; I had so much to accomplish that I had to take time to pray. (Luke 11:9-10)

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Based on these seven principles on two Scripture passages:

"The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree; He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield in old age; they shall be full of sap and very green, to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him" (Psalm 92:12-15).

And Psalm 103:5 says the Lord "satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle."

1. Keep Learning. Undisciplined lifestyles result from live of people who aren't constantly learning - about God's Word and about new things that challenge you mind. (Proverbs 4:20)

2. Keep Loving. Emphasized the importance of taking your bitterness, resentment, jealousy, and unforgiveness to the cross-or else it prevents you from receiving God's love and returning that love to Him and to others in your life.

3. Keep Laughing. Being able to laugh causes you to be more open and more transparent. God intended for us to have a healthy sense of humor and laugh. Proverbs 17:22 says, "A Joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones."

4. Keep Laboring. God never intended for us, as we age, to cease working. Psalm 92:14-15 tells us that those who are planted in the Lord's house "will still yield fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and very green." Being "full of sap" means full of energy and being "green" refers to living a productive life rather than giving up at a certain age. That doesn't mean you have to continue in the same career all of your life, but God wants His children actively involved in productive service of some kind for their entire lives. It's what keeps us mentally vibrant.

5. Keep Leaving. Letting go of past hurts is the key to allowing God's love to flow through you. In fact, until we forgive ourselves, we cannot love ourselves or anyone else. "God doesn't want us keeping and continuing with old hurts, old criticism, and old jealousy."

6. Keep Longing. Keep longing for better things; God wants you to dream. He wants you to have goals. Find out what God wants you to do in life, and continually challenge your mind and spirit. Be willing to take risks as God guides. When God directs you into new avenues of ministry, career, and friendship, an important thing to remember: "God leads us one step at a time. If you wait until you can figure it out, you'll live most of your life in disobedience."

"Most people are so shortsighted, they look at what do I feel, What do I want? People with vision look beyond today. We live in a world of shortsightedness; it's not what happens today. It's what can happen, what will happen?"

7. Keep Leaning. Continue to lean on God and trust Him for everything. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." "If that becomes the core of your thinking," "It will keep you young."

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Thank you Lord for teaching us how to make You the center of our marriage. Humble us to grow beyond our ego, pride and past hurts. Help us to establish and grow the love Christ in us to show each other kindness, trust, patience, forgiveness and divine love. Help me Lord to honor the qualities of my mate. Teach me how to pray for my spouse.

Empower us with courage to speak up for anything out of order in our relationship. Soften our tongue and heart where it has become like stone. Strengthen my flesh and self-esteem where it has become weak

Whenever we lose the gratitude and passion for each other, guide us in ways to relight the candle of passion that can burn out from stress and time. Bless us to not only see, but honor one another. Help us to not only listen, but hear each other. Bless us to not only cherish one another, but nourish each other's dreams and spiritual gifts.

We surrender our marriage and our personal power struggles to You. Teach us to be less controlling and more collaborative in our decisions and problem solving skills. Quicken our minds so we may know how to please, protect and provide for each other. Bless our union to grow stronger, wiser, peaceful and committed. Bring into our circle of friends, examples of healthy committed marriages. Let our children, family and friends see Christ through our example.

Thank you Lord for covering our home with your grace, mercy and favor. Today is a new day that I choose to love, respect and serve my spouse. Give us both the wisdom, patience, love and faith not to give up on each other." ~ written by Jewel Diamond Taylor

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1. Change your schedule and you will change your life. From being a mediocre Christian to being a consistent Christian. From a frustrated yo-yo existence to stability



2. When you get your priority with God established (appointment with God), all your other priorities (family and business) will fall into correct position. the urgent will not longer usurp the important



3. The best evidence of the value of a Quiet Time is remembering the day you skipped it.



4. A consistent Quiet Time eliminates 95% of the temptations.



5. Being an organized person is a direct result, not of personality temperament, but of a person's life being in divine order because of a Quiet Time.



6. Having a Quiet Time removes all guilt later in the day when you relax and do human things.



7. Having a Quiet Time eliminates four things: boredom, a used-to relationship with God, lukewarmness, and a lack of professionalism.



8. Having a Quiet Time gives your words penetrating power so that you are not longer a dull ax.



9. Having a Quiet Time looses the spirit of wisdom, revelation, insight, understanding, knowledge and instruction within you.



10. Having a Quiet Time affects positively all those around you, especially your business associates and your family. You will have an increased kindness, sweetness and they will recognize that you are being led by God. It's easy to flow with someone being led by the Lord.

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When in sorrow..........................call John 14
When you worry........................call Matthew 6:19-34
When you are in danger......................call Psalm 91
When you are lonely and fearful..........................call Psalm 23
When you feel down and out..............................call Romans 8:31
When you want peace and rest...........................call Matthew 11:25-30
When you leave home for travel.....................call Psalm 121
When you want courage for a task.......................call Joshua 1
When you think of investment and returns.........................call Mark 10
If you are depressed...............................call Psalm 27
If you are losing confidence in people..........................call 1 Corinthians 13
If people seem unkind............................call John 15
If discouraged about your work.........................call Psalm 126

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PRIDE : unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem, arrogant, haughty,

Pride is behind every person that results in strife. As God children, we must always act the way He would want us to act. This does not mean that we are to always take the position of being a "door mat". Sometime the harder thing to do in a situation is to speak the truth in love, instead of trying to avoid a situation because we dread conflict.

When we find ourself in a situation of disagreement with other, we should seek God as to how He would have us to respond, in spite of how we might feel about the situation. If we feel we are being treated infairly, the best way to see justice in your behalf is to love, forgive and do unto others as we would have them do unto us. We should never pray evil prayers to those who oppose us. When we bless others with our prayers and thoughts, we are overcoming evil with good.

By pride comes nothing but strife. But with rhe well-advised is wisdom (Prov. 13:10)

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How often are you to rejoice? You know the answer, Always! You are to rejoice always, because "joy" is the easiest fruit to lose. You can't live off of the joy you had yesterday. Joy can give you strength only when you possess it. If you had joy last week, that joy will not give you strength today. Joy can only give you strength today, if you have it today. This is why you must rejoice always.

Regardless of the circumstances, you can rejoice!

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