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COMMANDING YOUR MORNING DAILY DEVOTIONAL by Cindy Trimm
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Copyright 2014 by Cindy Trimm
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trimm, Cindy.
Commanding your morning daily devotional / Cindy Trimm. -- First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-62136-609-6 (casebound) -- ISBN 978-1-62136-631-7 (e-book)
1. 1. Devotional calendars. 2. Spiritual warfare--Prayers and devotions. I. Title.
BV4811.T75 2014
235'.4--dc23
2013038354
This publication is translated in Spanish under the title Declara bendicin sobre tu da, copyright 2014 by Cindy Trimm, published by Casa Creacin, a Charisma Media company. All rights reserved.
This is the beginning of a new day
You have been given this day to use as you
will.
You can waste it or use it for good.
What you do today is important
Because you are exchanging a day of your
life for it.
When tomorrow comes, this day will be
gone forever.
In its place is something that you have left
behind...
Let it be something good.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
CONTENTS
Many people feel powerless to control their lives and circumstances. They know theyre not getting everything theyre supposed to get out of life, but they cant figure out why. What they dont realize is that life is not subject to chance. It doesnt have to be a mystery, and we dont have to walk through it powerless to change the direction were headed. If were not experiencing divine success and prosperity, we can do something about it.
In this daily devotional you will be empowered with a prayer strategy I call Commanding Your Morning. Prior to every great kingdom event demonstrated by Jesus, the Bible indicates that He got alone with God and spent time in prayer. During those times Jesus was establishing Gods divine agenda in the earth realm and downloading victory, success, and prosperity into His day while dislodging evil. He was commanding the morning and taking authority over His day.
To command means to:
Instruct
Dictate
Exercise authority
Master and conquer
Control
Give orders to
Demand so as to receive what is due
Rule
Decree
Supervise
Keep watch
Manage
Administrate
Regulate
Dont miss this principle. The power for change is in your mouth. The power for prosperity is in your mouth. The power for health and healing is in your mouth. The power for a successful ministry, marriage, business, relationship, or whatever you need is in your mouth! God has a plan for your personal world, but it depends on you fulfilling it by first taking control of your mind and your mouth. You must fill your thoughts and words with light and truth. We define our lives by our words and thoughts.
When you command your morning, you pull success from the spiritual realm into your day. When you command your morning, you give your reality divine assignments. You must be willing to declare and establish in the spirit realm today what you want to see manifested tomorrow.
In this context, morning does not solely refer to the hours registered on the face of a clock but to the period of time that exists before circumstances happen. You do not have to wait to get sick or experience financial loss or plummeting marriage relations before positioning and posturing yourself to pray. There are many situations in your life that can be prohibited through preemptive prayer.
In the New Testament we see the specific prayer strategy Jesus employed to command His mornings. Lets look at Matthew 14:2332:
And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost! And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid. And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water. So He said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me! And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
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