Awake In The Dawn Daily Devotional Podcast

Christians are not only recipients of the good news, but we also have the most honored and glorious assignment in all the earth: we are privileged to take the good news to the broken, wounded, and disenfranchised. For every outcast and wanderer, for every person in despair or overcome by hopelessness, this news offers genuine and lasting hope.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our...

For those who have discovered genuine life in relationship with Christ, the first verses of Psalm 33 call us to joyfully exalt him with multiple instruments in a new song of praise. We praise him because he alone is worthy of worship, because his truth is flawless forever. His decisions are perfect, trustworthy, fair, and just. His love is absent of prejudice, darkness, and selfishness. It never f...

As his sons and daughters, we should glow with the complete and full love of Christ. Proclaiming his glory and goodness should be such a part of our natural makeup that it spills out of our mouths as easily as reciting our own names and street addresses.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.a...

Are you in a battle you feel you are fighting on your own? Remember, stand coura- geously in Christ, knowing the battle is his. Since he fights on our behalf and goes before us, we become a force to be reckoned with. He is our front and rear guard. When the enemy attempts to intrude into territory given us by God—no matter the enemy’s reputation and size—those who trust in the Lord God Almighty be...

If the Lord is so vast and great, how are we able to still please him? How can we bring him honor and glory in our lives, even though the best we have to offer amounts to filthy rags?  We can look to his Word to see what God loves and finds honorable.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.awak...

Have you experienced the truth of today’s scripture in your own life? I’ve not only observed good friendships suffer in the hands of a fault-finding spirit, but I myself have also been on the receiving end of a fault-finding and critical spirit. And to my dismay, I have been a dispenser of it; I’ve witnessed the wounds I produced because of my anger or jealousy toward others and experienced the sh...

Within his perfect truth abides his enduring promise to facilitate his will for us. If the Lord asks a task of us that seems overwhelming or intimidating, because of his unwavering truth we know that he has already planned to provide us with everything we need to walk in his will. We can have rest and assurance in the fact that his will is good and his promises hold true.  Support the show When we...

God alone can refine to perfection—whether that is a precious metal such as gold or our own human hearts. Although we may strive for self-perfection, it is work done in vain. We may get close to feeling purified by making morally upright choices, checking all the boxes of church membership, and keeping our promises. However, apart from Christ and his kingdom work in our hearts, we are useless in o...

Welcome to the edge and mystery of the other-world of God as seen in today’s reading. Although we can get a glimpse, we will never exhaust the boundless landscape that is the mysterious truth of Christ.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.awakeinthedawn.com Awake In The Dawn: Living The Lord...

Our heavenly Father’s power is beyond boundaries, and his love is pure and limit- less. As sons and daughters of God, this gives us great hope and trust in him. Family may fail us, friends may dishearten us, and authorities in the church may disappoint us, but the Lord’s faithfulness, purity, greatness, and loving kindness never fail. His kingdom is one without blemish, and his rule is just, relia...

Have you or are you experiencing a season of spiritual drought? These are the seasons the evil one attempts to prey on our weakness. Respond as Christ did in his forty day desert experience, “People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Seek God’s presence, God’s deliverance, God’s holy rain.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord o...

Seeking the Lord at the beginning of the day allows him to set the tone for the day— instead of our own circumstances, feelings, or attitudes steering us. By spending time at the start of the day in scripture and prayer, we are reminded of God’s unfailing love, his care, and his protection from the enemy.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to...

The enemy would have us think we’re too much a mess for God to forgive us. God’s love, grace, and salvation is for all who say yes to the redeeming sacrifice of the Father’s only Son, Jesus Christ, and repent of their sin. There are no exceptions.  God’s forgiveness is the gateway to genuine freedom and inexpressible joy—and it’s offered equally to all. God shows no favoritism.  Support the show W...

God, who watches over us and leads us, does only good. He has done many good things for us, none of which we are worthy of, yet he gives goodness because this is his nature and desire .  In the truth and light of God’s word, we will gain a changed perspective. When we know that God only does good, we can have hope in knowing that the trials we expe- rience in this life are overseen and commandeere...

Truly, we are insufficient apart from the Lord. His wisdom, strength, and power are great, and we must ask him, in humility, to provide what we need to carry out his will. When it comes to seeking the Lord and persistently following his call on our life, application of Luke 18:1 is necessary: “always pray and never give up.”  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning momen...

Though he made all things—galaxies, mountains, seasons, forests, animals, people, oceans, everything —and though they are made for him, his glory, and his enjoyment— he is separate from all created things. He is the singular self-existent life form whose depth, complexity, and mystery immediately leave our minds exhausted in attempts to comprehend his greatness. He is God, Jehovah God.  Support th...

Losing a friend never ceases being difficult. But when we lose a friend in Christ, we can have hope in knowing it is not the end. I will again see my friend’s smile one day when all of heaven’s host, along with all of God’s redeemed, will proclaim together in worship: God is the Almighty, he is our faithful Father forever, he is all glorious, he is Jehovah God!  Support the show When we choose to...

Those who have become followers of Christ and pursuers of God’s kingdom realize a unique position. Though vulnerable in the weakness of their flesh, through faith in Christ, they abide on the one immovable foundation within the divine impenetrable covering of the Almighty.  Jesus Christ is our steadfast protector and victor. To attempt battle against human- ity’s foe on our own is a vain struggle—...

Jesus told us to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. As we do, the provisions and strategies we need to carry out God’s plan for our lives will be supplied as we follow him.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.awakeinthedawn.com Awake In The Dawn: Living The Lord's Pray...

Unlike this world that keeps a record of our sin, Christ eliminates the record and sentence against us—completely, entirely, and forever. In his desire for us all to be in close, growing relationship with him, he rescued us from our hopeless situation to free us from the result of our sin.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return of...

God, by divine design, has made each within humanity to live fully purposed, vibrant lives. The experience, however, does not emanate from gaining the treasures of this world, but instead the treasures through and in Christ. When the heart is given to all things Christ, feasting on his graces, the soul is filled from the coffers of the Holy One.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord ou...

Just as God’s creation escapes our comprehension, his great plans escape our ability to understand as well. Therefore, we are wise to embrace his plans and not ours. Not only is his will perfect, but his unlimited resources and power also ensure his plans will come to fruition.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprise...

When we ponder the Earth, the handiwork of God should amaze us and fill our hearts with awe and wonder. Indeed, God is the Maker of heaven and earth, the Creator of all that exists.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.awakeinthedawn.com Awake In The Dawn: Living The Lord's Prayer Mornin...

Christian worship looks like celebration—singing, dancing, and playing music for his glory. It looks like bowing low—praying, submitting, and calling out to God. It also looks like the works of our hands—serving, caring, and giving in his holy name.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.awakei...

In this life, temporary discouragements and difficulties are certain, but for the child of God, victory is the final word written in our story.  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what He gives to us in return often surprises and delights us. www.awakeinthedawn.com Awake In The Dawn: Living The Lord's Prayer Morning Devotional (Hardcover) - Order Now A...