"Early will I seek thee." Start your day in God's presence

I used to think I wasn’t a morning person and would never be one. I was never a fan of early risers. 

Until the Lord began to wake me up in the wee hours of the morning.

It all began when I became more intentional about seeking the Lord and spending quality time with him. As I spent more time with him, he began to impress on my heart that he wanted me to wake up early to seek his face. He awakened in me a deep longing to fellowship with him before sunrise.

David expressed that same longing when he wrote, "O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You..." (Psalm 63:1).

My life hasn't been the same ever since. I’ve become the better version of myself before sunrise. Why? Because I've already spent the first waking moments of my day in the presence of the Lord. The rest of my day feels different. It's not that life suddenly becomes perfect or trouble disappears. It's that my heart is already firmly planted in him before the storms of the day arrive.

The greatest school you'll ever attend

There is a school every believer must attend.

It doesn't have a physical campus. There are no entrance exams or tuition fees. Yet the lessons taught there have the power to transform your life forever.

It's a school unlike any other—a school that trains those who are serious about their walk with Christ. It's the school of the Holy Spirit.

Before Jesus returned to the Father, he promised that the Holy Spirit would come to teach his followers and lead them into truth: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit... He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26)

God never intended for his children to navigate life alone. He gave us the Holy Spirit to teach us, correct us, guide us, and transform us into the likeness of Christ. Every believer is invited to become a student in his classroom.

Why you should guard your eye gates

Do you know that what you look at matters way more than most of us want to admit?

Our eyes are gates to our soul and spirit. Every single thing you let through them walks straight into your mind, your heart, your spirit—and it doesn't just pass through and leave. It settles in.

Jesus said in Matthew 6:22: "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light." That means what we continually look at has an impact on us. The things we consume through our eyes influence our thoughts and eventually affect our actions.

Routine is good, but don't let it control you

Routine is good, but don't let it control you.

Over time, routine can become a chore, and you don't want your relationship with God to become just another item on a checklist. No one enjoys chores, and no one wants to feel like a chore.

God deserves more than your routine time. He desires your heart. 

He'll never force you to spend time with him. You have to want to. Not out of obligation, but out of love. Not because it's part of a schedule, but because his presence has become something you can't do without.

Just as breathing is a natural part of life, spending time with God should become a natural part of who you are. A place you return to because you want to be with him, not simply because your routine says so.