#TheWordWorkout Tip #2

‪#‎TheWordWorkoutTip‬ {Session 3: Preparing Your Heart and Mind} One of my favorite things to do when helping to prepare my Heart and Mind is to listen to a morning motivation or worship instrumental music. You can create a playlist on YouTube, iTunes, on your phone, tablet, computer, or create a CD. Listed below are a few links to what I listen to.

Comment below with a link of the name of a song and the artist that you like to listen to while you prepare your heart and mind for quiet time with God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ2vEGEsp_E&index=1&list=PLWQvId5O35zgxOHpjOiH4h6PJtLJQJgjk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM_ZNXXucvY&list=PLWQvId5O35ziUGAsnd0NO_SkBEEQsQq3l&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLWXjlmqapY&list=PLWQvId5O35zgxOHpjOiH4h6PJtLJQJgjk&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0zeKRMV35M&index=3&list=PLWQvId5O35zgxOHpjOiH4h6PJtLJQJgjk

{Friday) "Warm Up" Prayer & Praise

{Friday} Let's stretch our arms toward Heaven as we "Warm Up" in prayer this morning! Feel free to continue your prayer and praise through comments or just type "Amen". For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ... Matthew 18:20

"Prayer of Praise and Worship" Part 1- taken from The Weapons of Our Warfare by Kenneth Scott

Heavenly Father, as I come before You this day, I enter into Your gates with thanksgiving, and into Your courts with praise. I give You all the thanksgiving, the glory, the honor, and the praise, and I bless Your holy name. For it is a good thing to give thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

Father, I take this time to magnify, praise, and exalt Your holy name, because you are worthy to be praised; therefore, I will bless You, O Lord, at all times, and Your praise shall continually be in my mouth.

How excellent is Your name in all the earth. There is no one like You, O Lord. For You are far above all nations, kings, and kingdoms. You are the God of gods, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords. You are the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, The Beginning and the End. Before You, O Lord, there was no other, and You shall outlive eternity itself. You are clothed with beauty, strength, honor and majesty.

Father, I serve You with gladness, and I come before Your presence with thanksgiving. I know that You, O Lord, are God. For You have made us, and not we ourselves. We are Your people, and the sheep of Your pasture.

You alone do great wonders through all the earth. With Your wisdom, You made the heavens; and with the power of Your Word, You stretched out the earth above the waters. You gave us the sun to rule by day, and the moon and stars to rule by night. You are far above all principalities, might, and dominions; and Your name is far above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.

Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom. And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. They shall speak of Your glory and talk of Your power forever. Men shall speak of the might of Your terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness.

I praise You for Your steadfast love that never ceases; for it is renewed every morning. Great is Your faithfulness, O Lord. From the rising of the sun, to the going down of the same, Your name is worthy to be praised.

I have tasted of You, O Lord, and I have found You to be good unto my soul. You are unto my soul as the sweet smell of fragrance, and You are sweeter than the honey in a honeycomb. I bless You, O Lord, from the depths of my soul; and with all that is within me, I bless Your holy name....

***Below in the comments, add YOUR PRAISE TO THIS PRAYER.

{Session 3}: Preparing Your Heart and Mind

In our natural state, we rebel with fear and desire to control. We seek fulfillment from this physical world and follow after our ever-changing feelings. So we need Him to cultivate the soil of our hearts. We need Him to prepare us to hear His Word. We need Him to open our eyes and ears or tragically we will walk away from time with Him, reverting back into our plans and our desires for the day. We will check off the “quiet-time” box on our to-do list but remain thirsty. He prepares our hearts through prayer. As we dialogue with Him through praise, confession, intercession, and thanksgiving, our hearts soften to receive His living water.

Preparing Your Heart and Mind Document

{Session 3}: Preparing Your Heart and Mind Re-cap

After you have completed the reading in the "Preparing Your Heart and Mind" document, please fee free to come and share your thoughts here. What was your takeaway from today's reading? Are you going to "Put into Practice" those things share? Will you "Create and Share" some of the ideas listed?

{Thursday} The "Warm Up" Prayer & Praise

{Thursday} Let's stretch our arms toward Heaven as we "Warm Up" in prayer this morning! Feel free to continue your prayer and praise through comments or just type "Amen". For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ... Matthew 18:20

"Like the dew in the morning, Gently rest upon my heart
Like the dew in the morning, Gently rest upon my heart
Rest Jesus, Rest Jesus, Rest Jesus, Like the Dew in the Morning"

(Like the Dew in the Morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4yPRQRZfs)

Good Morning Lord, As we rose in our beds this morning we felt your hand touch our faces and you called each of us by name. We were so blessed to rise to such a sweet savor of your love that protected us and our families as we rested on last night. So this morning we rise to say, "Like the Dew in the morning, Gently rest upon our hearts!" Lord God, we acknowledge your presence! You are our living word, you are our daily bread, you are our present help! You are God and God alone and we praise your Holy Name! Many of us rose and open the blinds in our homes, we stepped out on our porches and lawn to awaken to a soft dew that rested upon the yard. Jesus, we ask that you rest upon our hearts this morning, just like that dew. Reign Lord Jesus, Move Lord Jesus, Rest Lord Jesus, Abide Lord Jesus! We surrender this morning to your will and your way. Guide us on this morning! God, whatever you have for our hands to accomplish, we ask that you establish the work. Although many of us our working for man today, we know within our hearts that we are diligently working for you. We thank you for this mornings sunshine, we thank you for providing safe travel for our families to work and school. We thank you for what you will provide for us this day. We ask your Holy Spirit to help us not to focus on any seen or unseen issue that will arise along today's path, but our focus is on your presence. Give us your perspective of how we should view today! We are ever so grateful that we walk with an abiding joy! In Jesus Name we do pray, Amen!

{Wednesday} The "Cool Down" Worship & Prayer

{Wednesday} Let's bow before the throne of grace as we "Cool Down" through worship and prayer tonight! Feel free to continue your prayer and worship through comments or just type "Amen". For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ... Matthew 18:20

"All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give; I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily live. I surrender all, I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender, Humbly at His feet I bow, Worldly pleasures all forsaken; Take me, Jesus, take me now.
All to Jesus I surrender, Make me, Savior, wholly Thine; Let me feel Thy Holy Spirit, Truly know that Thou art mine." -I Surrender All, Hymn

Heavenly Father, We come before your presence tonight humble and surrendered. Lord God, we thank you for this day. The way you cared for us and made our paths straight. God even in the midst of the obstacles on today we were able to focus on your presence and before we knew it we were long passed those hurdles. Your presence Father is our safety place and we are so humbled to be able to dwell therein. Your word says that He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty! Almighty God you are! We thank you for allowing us to abide under your shadow today. In the midst of things that were thrown our way, we remained in the safest place, under the covering of your mighty hand. Lord God, for many of us, today was a long day. But we count it all joy because in your presence that is where we find fullness. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your Holy Spirit that walks with us, talks with us, and intercedes on our behalf. Today, many of us came before difficult situations, but we believe through faith that the Holy Spirit was talking to you on our behalf! Tonight Father, we ask that you cover us as we began to prepare ourselves for bed. Comfort every hurting heart on tonight. Lift the burden of anxiety and stress that causes sleeping to be uneasy. Lord, we pray that you send rest tonight for our souls. Give us peace as we sleep. We come against bad dreams and negative thoughts on tonight and we pray that every thought is lined up according to your will. Your word commands us to think on things that are pure, lovely, of good report, honest and just. Tonight we command our minds to line up with your word. We pray against every attack of the enemy on tonight. Cover our homes and our family as they sleep. Keep us safe from harm and allow us to awake once again on tomorrow morning. Father, tomorrow we are thankful to rise again to seek the one who gives us thirst. We pray that the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart was found acceptable and pleasing in your sight today. We confess of all wrongful doings and thoughts that caused us to fall short today and replace those things with obedience to your word and submission. Lord God, we love you and we will always worship your magnificent and Holy Name. This prayer we pray with a sincere heart. In Jesus Name. Amen

{Session 2}: Inspired to Action

 

Dehydration is now over! Since you have taken your first step into drinking His “Living Water” your thirst has just began to be quenched and now it’s time to make sure that you never have to search for anything else but what the Father has to offer you, it’s time to get into action! Let’s become FIT (Faithful, Inspired and Teachable) as we embark on our next session: “Inspired to Action.”

Inspired to Action Document

{Session 2}: Inspired to Action Re-cap

After you have completed the reading in the "Inspired to Action" document, please fee free to come and share your thoughts here. What has inspired you to seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness? What has been a challenge in your life when it comes to spending time of prayer, study and fellowship with God in your personal life? Did you make that commitment today?

{Tuesday} Warm Up- Prayer and Praise

{Tuesday} Let's stretch our arms toward Heaven as we "Warm Up" in prayer this morning! Feel free to continue your prayer and praise through comments or just type "Amen". For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ... Matthew 18:20

Good Morning Lord, we are ever so grateful that the earth is yours and the fullness thereof, so we stop this morning to awaken to your presence and once again come before your throne humble and ever so seeking to praise and worship your Holy name! We thank you Lord for last nights rest and even if some of us tossed and turned we thank you for this mornings rising because we know in the midst of whatever we experienced on yesterday and whatever anxiety we had on last night that kept sleeping from being easy, you were working it out on our behalf! We are so grateful to serve a God that in the midst of our slumber and sleep you are working! In the midst of our pain, you are working! In the midst of our troubles you, you are working! For you said in your word, for us to cast our cares upon you, for you care for us! What a mighty God we serve. So today, we come to serve notice to the enemy, that every fear, ever anxiety, ever doubt, every worry, every devastation, every uncertainty we cast upon our Father God and we know and trust this morning that He is taking care of every need. Father, there may have been somethings that we have done up until this morning that was unpleasing in your sight, so we openly confess and we release those things to you. Cleanse us with the power of the blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit help us to see the errors of our ways and the disobedience in our hearts and actions. Purge us and make us clean on God, search our hearts, test us, and renew a right spirit in us today. Lord God, as we go to our designated places of work, fellowship, or whatever we so abide this morning, help our hands to work diligently, for we work not for man but for you. Touch our spouses, children and family members in a mighty way God. Guard their hearts and minds on today. Cover them in your blood and power. Release a hedge of protection around vehicles and school buses, Oh God! Father, we thank you for each woman and each man assembled here in this community. We speak life into them and we comfort them through every situation. We are our brothers and sisters keeper. Continue to prick our hearts to pray and encourage one another. Allow our spirits to continue to thirst after you. In this land that dry and barren, we hunger for you oh God. We seek after you Father, and we ask that you release the fullness of your spirit on this morning! Saturate us with your presence and give us Jesus Joy! The joy that never disseminates! The joy that rises when frowns want to peek their head! Heavenly Father, for those of us still struggling with the thirst of this world, we ask that you touch those hearts today! Meet us at the well Father, with our broken and crack cisterns, and offer us your living water today! The quench thirster that will never cause our wells or our mouths to ever go dry! Lord God, it's with sincere gratitude that we say thank you! Thank you for how you made those decisions for us that meant us good even when we felt resentment towards you and our pride was in the way, we thank you that you saw fit to give us what we needed instead of what we wanted, we could have been in the wrong place! That's the type of Father that your children need. We love you Lord on today and we will praise and acknowledge your presence for you are our God, our Lord and Savior, our beginning (Alpha) and our end (Omega). These things we humbly present to you and we ask you to hear our prayer and incline thy ear to us. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.