Each day that we wake up, above ground, is a new day that the Lord has given us. How our day will go depends not only on God, but upon us! We can either determine to have a good day, or we can run our day into the ground before we even get started.

Before getting out of bed in the morning, if you didn’t do it today, Lord willing tomorrow will come; give thanks unto the Lord and praise Him for another day to glorify Him in everything that you say and do.

Psalm 118:24, is a good place to begin: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice rejoice and be glad in it.”

When facing the unknowns of today I find that it is more profitable for me to start out this way, before going out and being attacked by all the evil, negativity and discouragement that the world, the flesh and the devil are trying to defeat and destroy me with.

How I choose to start my day will determine my altitutde and attitude from then on! Depression can be around me 24/7, but I don’t have to let it be in me. I can choose to be thankful or become ungrateful at will and that is not God’s fault if I choose the worst; it is mine.

When I stop to consider what I have as a born again Christian, it just humbles my heart. Before my salvation back in 1983 I could not appreciate the blessings that I enjoy today. Giving thanks is much better than complaining.

“Precious Lord, thank you for the many blessings that you have given me. What a privilege it is to have You love me and care for me the way You do. Father in Heaven, forgive me when I fail to see your GRACE that has rescued me from the penalty of sin, and give reflection to my heart as it beats for you that others may be transformed, for righteousness sake.”

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Psalm 1: 1-3