TOPIC: Love Not Sleep
Scripture: My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word. – Psalm 119:148 (AMPC)
Joyce Meyer Devotional 6th April 2021 Message: It is interesting that our popular greeting is “Good morning.” Somewhere along the way, someone realized that if we get started off right in the morning, we will have a good day. Proverbs 20:13 says, Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. And Psalm 57:8–9 encourages us to wake up ready to sing praises: Awake, my glory (my inner self); awake, harp and lyre! I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]! I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations.
Good rest is very important, and we all need to be rejuvenated in order to face the day and be productive. Starting every day with a good attitude, studying God’s Word and getting in some praise and worship helps get every day off to a good start!
Prayer Starter: Father God, thank you for good rest. I know I can face every challenge today because You are with me. I lift up all of my concerns to You right now. I choose to believe Your Word. Thank you for rejuvenating me. In Jesus’ name, amen.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
HOW CAN I STOP GETTING OFFENDED ALL THE TIME?
Offense is one of Satan’s greatest tools to steal our peace and rob us of God’s blessings.
First Corinthians 13:5 says love is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love is a choice! I can choose to forgive and let it go, or I can hold on to the offense and let the hurt turn into something even worse.
You may be thinking, Joyce, it’s so hard not to take offense sometimes! I understand how you feel. However, staying mad at someone who has hurt you is like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. You don’t hurt them at all—you only hurt yourself!
Opportunities to be offended will never go away, but we can grow wise to the enemy’s tactics and learn how to respond in a godly way.
Joyce Meyer Devotional 6th April 2021 Today’s Message – Joyce Meyer is an American Charismatic Christian author and speaker and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Joyce and her husband Dave have four grown children
