{"id":1194,"date":"2021-07-29T02:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T02:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2021-07-25T22:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T22:22:14","slug":"its-a-good-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/its-a-good-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s A Good Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, July 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Good Day\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.\u00a0Psalm 143:8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often we hear – and many of us use – the expression, \u201cHave a good day!\u201d What exactly are we hoping when we send this greeting? When we wish someone a good day, we are wishing that their day\u2019s events go smoothly and successfully? Or secondly, and even more important, do we wish for that person a sense of inner peace and well-being even if things don\u2019t go smoothly and successfully? I\u2019d like to think it\u2019s a combination of the two. Indeed, even if things do not go according to plans, it is our wish that the person still finds their way to peace. But, of course, just wishing for all of that doesn\u2019t make it happen.<\/p>\n

How can we avoid letting the day\u2019s events get us down? Is there some formula for having a good day, even when things go wrong? Thankfully, there is – and it is found in God\u2019s inspired Word, the Bible, in Psalm 143:8 \u201cin You do I trust<\/em>\u201d. In this verse we see two essential things: the reminder that God is good, and the power available for having a good day if we keep our focus on God.<\/p>\n

So much of our lives can be dominated by worry. Do I have enough? Am I enough? Why can\u2019t things change? Will I be able to pay all the bills? Will I have enough for the food I need? Am I working at the right job? The ‘what about’, ‘what if’ mountains can seem endless.\u00a0 A constant balancing act of worry or fear.<\/p>\n

In the midst of this balancing act Jesus has a question for us \u2013 \u2018Can all your worries add a single moment to your life<\/em>?\u2019 No, they can\u2019t! Jesus wants us to know that our Father in Heaven already knows our needs, and that He cares for us. He doesn\u2019t want us to waste our time worrying. Instead we\u2019re to seek His Kingdom, and focus on Him first and foremost. Then we\u2019ll find that our Father will provide our earthly needs, without us having to worry about it.<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re worrying today, it\u2019s time to stop. It won\u2019t add a single moment to your life. Set your attention to your Heavenly Father. Allow today to be a good day because God has ordained it to be so. Focus on the good and allow God to take care of all that is not.<\/p>\n

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Prayer for today<\/strong>:\u00a0Dear Father, thank You that You know my needs before I even ask. I\u2019m so glad You care for me. Forgive me for worrying about this world. I choose to seek the Kingdom of God first in my life. Thank You that You\u2019ll provide for me. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thursday, July 29 It\u2019s a Good Day\u00a0\u00a0 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.\u00a0Psalm 143:8 Often we hear – and many of us use – the expression, \u201cHave […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}