“Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You. Show me the way I should go, for to You I entrust my life.” Psalm 143:8 (NIV)
I love early morning. The world is quiet. Darkness slowly turns to light. The sun rises with all its majesty. A new day begins. New possibilities. New hopes. New beginnings. A new opportunity to meet with God.
In Psalm 143:8 David gives us a model for a morning prayer.
David’s prayer begins by asking the Lord to remind him of His unfailing love. David then tells God that he trusts Him for the day ahead. He asks the Lord to show him the way that he should go. He concludes his prayer by once more entrusting His life to the Lord.
What a perfect prayer to begin the day! My desire is to begin each morning of 2026 with this prayer.
My practice in recent years has been to choose a word of the year and a verse of the year. I print out the word and the verse and tape it to my bathroom mirror where I read it each morning. This year my word is Morning, and my verse is Psalm 143:8.
I encourage you, my readers, to choose a word and a verse for 2026. If you do, I would love for you to share it with me. Happy New Year. May the Lord bless you richly in 2026!
