Oh, how I love my TEA time with Jesus. It’s the best way to begin my day, immersed in His Word. Are you reading a Psalm or Bible passage each day and praying with Jesus? I want to encourage you again, to take time each morning to chat with the Lord. Here are some verses from Psalm 40 to get you started…
T is for Thanksgiving
Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered. Psalm 40:5 (NKJV)
E is for Exalting
He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God… Psalm 40:3 (NKJV)
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!” Psalm 40:16 (NKJV)
A is for Admitting
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Psalm 40:6 (NKJV)
For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me. Psalm 40:12 (NKJV)
C is for Calling
I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart. Psalm 40:8 (NKJV)
U is for Understanding
I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps. Psalm 40:1-2 (NKJV)
But I am poor and needy;
Yet the Lord thinks upon me... Psalm 40:17 (NKJV)
P is for Promises (claiming God’s)
…Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3 (NKJV)
P is for Petitioning (pouring out my heart)
Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. Psalm 40:11(NKJV)
…You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God. Psalm 40:17 (NKJV)
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me! Psalm 40:13 (NKJV)
Today’s TEA CUPP: This morning prepare Psalm 40 for your TEA bag. Let it steep in your pot and pour several CUPPs as you enjoy your prayer time with Jesus.
Scripture from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.