Good morning. Back in Psalms: I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the works of Your hands. As I have said before – it is good to remember all the good things that God has done for us. If He did it for us before, He will do it for us again. Sometimes when you're not feeling well, it is hard to visualize yourself as being well. It's almost like you cannot remember how it felt to be well. So don't wait until something bad happens to remember what God has done for you. The military and athletes train over and over again for circumstances that might happen to them. Then if they should happen to them, they react instinctively – they don't even have to think about it. We should be the same way with God. We train ourselves to instantly go to Him. My soul longs for You, as a parched land. We should be as desperate for Him as the land is for rain during a drought. Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in You; teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul. We have to be taught the way in which we should walk. It is not something that comes naturally to us. When we get His refreshing rain in the morning, it encourages us all day long. We know that He is with us no matter what happens to us. We can then say "deliver me O Lord, from my enemies; I take refuge in You". Father help the reader to remember all the wonderful things You have done for him/her. If You did it for him/her before, You will do it for him/her again. Bring Your refreshing rain upon him/her so that he/she may walk through the day in newness of life. Teach him/her the way in which he/she should walk.

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