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Happy Thursday!
Every July, I take time to reflect and re-examine my goals. It’s a perfect midyear point and its my birthday month. It has helped me stay on track and live the life God has called me to live.
Tomorrow is a milestone birthday for me. I am turning 40 years old. As I approached this birthday, I have been leaning even more into the power of pausing and reflecting. I have also been studying my routines and rhythms.
Haggai 1:7 tells us to “Consider your ways (your previous and present conduct) and how you have fared.” (AMPC) Here are a few questions to help you do that:
How’s your year going?
Are you on track to achieve the goals you set for the year?
Do you need to pivot?
Do you need to adjust your schedule, rhythm, our routine?
Do you feel stuck?
What needs to change in order for you achieve the goals you set for the year?
Are there new goals that you need to set?
How focused are you on achieving your goals?
The reason I have been studying my ways, rhythms, and routines is because I realize that in every station of life you may need different things. God is so wonderful that He meets and exceeds those needs and desires. In fact, Psalm 103:5 (AMPC) says He “satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming, soaring]! [Isa. 40:31.]”
Take time and prayerfully ponder over those questions and see if you need to adjust your ways, rhythms, and routines. In today’s podcast, I share more about this topic and pray a prayer of clarity for you. Stream it and then share it with someone you know that needs to hear it and be encouraged.
I am praying for you! Remember to pray the daily prayer for 2026. After you pray the daily prayer, as I shared above, pause and take time to listen. Always remember, prayer is not complete until you take time to listen.
We are reading through the Bible this year. Today’s reading plan is located at the bottom of this newsletter. If you want a pdf print out of the plan, click here.
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Faith In The Morning Daily Affirmation 🌅
I am the salt of the earth. I am the light of this world. Jesus said it so I believe it. I am a carrier of the Glory of God. Today, I will experience the extreme goodness of God. Today, I make myself available for God to show His goodness to others through me. Today, I am increasing in influence. Today, I will see the goodness of God in my life! Today, something good is going to happen to me so I expect miracles.
Faith+ Bible Reading Plan 📜
We are reading through the Books of 1st & 2nd Samuel this Summer. Today, read 1st Samuel 17 & 18.
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