This week, I have rediscovered 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝟓 … a free app from Proverbs 31 Ministries that encourages me to read a Bible passage and a brief devotional each morning … literally in a few minutes at the beginning of each day. ⁣⁣

What a precious practice to open my eyes, first thing in the morning, and let them fall on His Words! These ancient stories in 2 Chronicles echo so many of our own heart cries. I pray today’s extended “breakfast psalm” will strengthen your heart too.

⁣⁣𝘑𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 … “𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶.” … 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, “𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘎𝘖𝘋’𝘴. … 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧. 𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” … 𝘑𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮! 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘖𝘋, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥; 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥.” … 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨, “𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.”

⁣⁣𝘉𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. • 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘎𝘖𝘋. • 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘖𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. • 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. • 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶.

⁣⁣𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎:𝟑, 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟏 • 𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟔:𝟏𝟎 • 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟕𝟏:𝟏𝟔 • 𝟐 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟒:𝟕 • 𝐍𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝟖:𝟏𝟎 • 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟓𝟔:𝟑

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