Morning

Morning is when the LORD's mercies are made new. The godly seek him early, direct their prayer to him in the morning and sing of his lovingkindness at dawn, and Jesus rose a great while before day to pray.

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• Lamentations 3:22-23
  ²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. ²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
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• Psalm 30:5
  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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• Zephaniah 3:5
  The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
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Morning prayer

• Psalm 5:3
  My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
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• Psalm 88:13
  But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
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• Psalm 143:8
  Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
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• Mark 1:35
  And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
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Morning praise

• Psalm 59:16
  But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
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• Psalm 92:1-2
  ¹It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, ²To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
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• Psalm 90:14
  O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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• Psalm 57:8
  Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
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Seeking God early

• Psalm 63:1
  O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
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• Proverbs 8:17
  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
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• Isaiah 26:9
  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
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• Isaiah 50:4
  The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
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Rising early

• Exodus 34:2-4
  ²And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop. ³And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.” ⁴And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
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• Genesis 22:3
  And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
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• Job 1:5
  And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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See also

• Prayer
• Praise
• Meditation
• Faithfulness of God
• Thankfulness

Notes

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