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    Good Morning, LORD!: One Minute Devotionals to Start Your Day in God's Light
    Good Morning, LORD!: One Minute Devotionals to Start Your Day in God's Light
    Good Morning, LORD!: One Minute Devotionals to Start Your Day in God's Light
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    Good Morning, LORD!: One Minute Devotionals to Start Your Day in God's Light

    By Linda K. Estes

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    What are your mornings like?

    Rushing out the door to work, to school, to however many task a day holds? How can your to-do list be longer than the hours in the day? We know we should spend some time with God because He can help us get through this day, but where do we find the time?

    Help!

    

Linda Estes invites you to join her in a “one minute devotion” each day with our LORD. Take a thought that He has laid on her heart into your day. Let it surround your thoughts, your tasks and see what God will do with it. Join Linda and say, “Good Morning, LORD!”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEnergion Publications
    Release dateApr 6, 2017
    ISBN9781631994746
    Good Morning, LORD!: One Minute Devotionals to Start Your Day in God's Light
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    Linda K. Estes

    Linda Estes is a country girl who prefers her blue jeans and boots over any other attire. A retired school teacher who is a native of Missouri, Linda lives just 15 miles from where she was born and raised. Outside, Linda enjoys riding horses with her grandkids, while inside, she enjoys crocheting, sewing, and scrapbooking. Throughout her adulthood, Linda has experienced the faithfulness of God as He has guided her and her cardiologists through the ups and downs of caring for her very unique heart. As a recent widow, God has now given Linda a new calling. In writing these morning devotions, Linda’s goal is to help others see God in both the carefree days and in the more challenging ones. Linda continues to be blessed with amazing family and friends that walk along side her, sharing in this beautiful journey we call life.

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      Good Morning, LORD! - Linda K. Estes

      Table of Contents

      A LITTLE HISTORY iii

      Safety Found in Our Security Blankets 1

      No Need for Heavy Hearts 2

      He’s Got Your Back 3

      A Strong Chain 4

      It’s Time for a Heart Check-up 5

      Here’s to Getting It Right 6

      Just Breathe 7

      Blessings From Not Being a Procrastinator 8

      Here’s to Good Music 9

      In God’s Eyes 10

      The Best is Yet to Come 11

      Running the Race 12

      Pressing In 13

      Identifying Our Desires 14

      Sunny Days 15

      March Madness 16

      In Full Bloom 17

      Keeping a Cool Head 18

      Lead On 19

      Our Actions 20

      Just Today 21

      Eyes Wide Open 22

      Getting the Bigger Picture 23

      God’s Plans 24

      Stepping Stones 25

      Praising God 26

      Aftershocks 27

      Making Time 28

      Storing Up Your Treasures 29

      Using the Proper Tools 30

      Overcoming Fires 31

      His Finished Project 32

      Life’s Storms 33

      May 13 34

      Clearer Understanding 35

      Sacrifice for Others 36

      Eliminate the Risk 37

      Strength Training 38

      Doing Your Best 39

      Rude Awakening 40

      Acceptance 41

      Rainbow Reminder 42

      Freedom to Worship 43

      Going for Gold 44

      Speaking Life 45

      No Stress 46

      Being Equipped 47

      God’s Gifts 48

      Back-to-School 49

      Progress Check 50

      The Good Stuff 51

      Connecting with the Lord 52

      If – Then 53

      Seasons 54

      Tea Kettle 55

      Only Plan A 56

      Daily Praise 57

      Pinball Machine 58

      Tangled Web 59

      Hands Off 60

      Anyway 61

      Don’t Judge by the Cover 62

      Lighthouse 63

      Defining Titles 64

      Taking a Deep Breath 65

      Broken Heart 66

      Story Hour 67

      When Tears Flow 68

      Fear Not! 69

      Blurred Lines 70

      It’s War 71

      Garbage 72

      Blanket of Peace 73

      Journey of Grief 74

      Future Generations 75

      Choose Joy 76

      God’s GPS 77

      Contentment 78

      Blessed Project 79

      Light of My World 80

      More Jesus 81

      Eyes Are Upon You 82

      Genuine Friends 83

      Where Are You? 84

      Getting Answers 85

      Our Disappointments 86

      Staying Connected 87

      Producing Fruit 88

      Viewing Change 89

      Eye of the Storm 90

      Going Deeper 91

      Good Healing 92

      Through His Word 93

      Belonging 94

      Knocking Them Down 95

      Letting it Go 96

      On Fire 97

      Enough! 98

      K.I.S.S. 99

      Ask 100

      Perfect Gifts 101

      Leap of Faith 102

      Teddy Bears 103

      Talking Love 104

      Flowers or Weeds 105

      Praising Him 106

      Things Eternal 107

      The Good, the Bad, and the Burnt 108

      Instituted by God 109

      The Gift 110

      One Day at a Time 111

      Keeps on Giving 112

      The Unexpected 113

      Appreciation of Small Things 114

      Never Alone 115

      Start with Ten 116

      His Promises 117

      Changes 118

      Our Road Map 119

      Cowgirl Up! 120

      Putting it On 121

      Draw Near 122

      Looking Up 123

      Your Treasures 124

      Who’s Who 125

      No Expiration Date 126

      Always Providing 127

      Belonging to God 128

      See You Later, Alligator 129

      Peaceful Sleep 130

      He’s There 131

      Unsubscribe 132

      By Design 133

      Rest, Rest, Rest 134

      One, Two, Three 135

      Pros and Cons 136

      Changing Seasons 137

      Why, Why, Why 138

      Coincidences 139

      Looking to the East 140

      Coming Full Circle 141

      Believing in God 142

      The Powers of Words 143

      A Believer’s Heart 144

      Putting Satan in His Place 145

      Precious Assurance 146

      Thank you, Jesus! 147

      A LITTLE HISTORY

      I’m so excited that you have chosen to read these one-minute devotionals. Thought you might enjoy knowing the story behind them. First, I need to tell you a little bit about myself. I am a retired school teacher, but not retired by choice. Health issues caused that retirement, which sidelined me the end of December 2012. My husband, Alan, had a thriving deli and bbq restaurant in the small town of Jackson, Missouri, where we happily resided. He was the love of my life and we were blessed with a love for the ages. Little did I know when we married, that it would be Alan that would pass away first. So now with that little background, I can share with you how these devotionals started.

      The month after I retired, Alan came home from the deli and told me we needed to talk. He said I was losing that twinkle in my eye and wanted to know what was going through my head these days. You have to realize that as a teacher I dealt with a hundred people a day, give or take a few dozens, and now I was home alone every day until Alan got home from work. I told him that I felt disconnected and he simply told me that I needed to take some responsibility for that. That caught me off guard and I asked him if we were about ready to have our first fight. He just laughed and then explained that there were literally a hundred people that would love to talk to me on any given day. I just needed to make the call, text, e-mail, or something, as he put it.

      After giving that some thought and knowing he was right, I began regularly texting a handful of people. Just a few a day. Then after some time, I began texting more people each day. About two years ago, my pastor challenged all of us to be bolder in sharing our faith with those in our life. So I decided that since I was already texting a few people each day that I would start sharing the Lord with them. No one objected to those texts and before I knew it, my morning text list started growing. People started talking to Alan at the deli about my morning texts and how they needed that encouragement and looked forward to receiving them every morning. A year or so into sending those texts, people were telling me daily that I needed to write them down and put them into a devotional of some sort. Unbeknownst to me, Alan was researching Christian publishers. The day he shared with me what he had found in the way of publishers, is the day we made a plan to get a devotional published. Alan made me promise that I would see this project through. He wanted to be sure that our grandchildren and future generations had the chance to share in our faith. So the project began.

      What I didn’t know was that Alan wasn’t going to be here to see this project to its completion. The Lord took Alan home very unexpectedly on June 5, 2016. Alan went to the ER around 3:30 in the morning and passed away around 1:30 that afternoon. It was such a shock to everyone. Needless to say, my world changed forever that day.

      In the midst of Alan’s loss, God has been so good to me. He, and others, encouraged me to finish this devotional. Remembering my promise to Alan, I did just that. These devotions have Alan sprinkled all throughout them. The Lord has been bringing me healing as I wrote these morning devotions. I love how He does stuff like that. I get to fulfill a promise I made to Alan, and at the same time, I’m receiving healing from my Lord and Savior.

      Room has been left at the bottom of each page for you to journal your thoughts and record other Scripture the Lord leads you to. My prayer for you is that these morning devotions will help you see God in even the smallest moments of your life and that they will help you trust the Lord more, even when the unexpected happens. God bless you!

      Safety Found in Our Security Blankets

      Good morning! I have the sweetest picture on my phone of my second granddaughter carrying around her blanket that I crocheted for her. If you want her to sleep, she has to have her blanket. I think all kids have a security blanket of some kind but it made me stop and think about what our security blankets are as adults. What helps you shut off the concerns of today and tomorrow? What helps you go to sleep at night? For me, it’s being wrapped up in the arms of God. That blanket isn’t tangible, but real nonetheless. I read a Scripture and focus on it as my security blanket. I love Psalms, so I often go there, like Psalm 18 or 23. Whatever the security blanket Scripture you use, just keep it close by for those nights that you need a little bit more peace before you sleep. Praying you can always find rest in the arms of God. Amen!

      No Need for Heavy Hearts

      Good morning! My heart aches this morning. It hits all of us from time to time … a heavy heart that is. We all know someone who is struggling physically. We lift them up to the Lord and ask Him to take care of them and their families. I pray for healing, comfort, and peace. I was searching for Scripture to remind myself that God is all we ever need and Psalm 73:26 spoke to me. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Wow, that says it all! He is our strength and portion forever. What more do we need? That reminder is going on my bathroom mirror so I can read it every day. Praying you too can turn over to the Lord anything or anyone that is causing you to have a heavy heart. We can trust Him. Thank You, Jesus!

      He’s Got Your Back

      Good morning! I am a big-time tennis fan! When you look at my DVR you will see a whole lot of tennis being recorded as I have the Tennis Channel as part of my TV package. I was recently watching an American doubles team, the Bryan brothers. I was struck by how they had each other’s back. Whether they win the point or not, they always acknowledge each other

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