Emphasis Preaching Journal
What is the first thing we do in the morning?...
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What is the first thing we do in the morning? Turn on the coffee maker? Read the paper? Hit the snooze button, maybe? While there are a few morning people, those of us who resemble zombies at the start of the day have a hard time thinking anything other than, "How can I possibly go back to bed and sleep 'til next Tuesday?"
How I long to be more like Jesus. "And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed" (v. 35).
How I long to be more like Jesus. "And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed" (v. 35).