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It’s easy to wake up in the morning and quickly jump into our daily routine. But the morning is actually a precious time to connect with God. Starting the day by listening to and talking with God will not only bring our relationship with him closer but also open our eyes to see him moving all day long. 

Check out our newest Scripture Playlist to help you slow down and start your morning right. 

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The LORD loves us very much. So we haven’t been completely destroyed. His loving concern never fails. [23] His great love is new every morning. LORD, how faithful you are!

Lamentations 3:22-23 NIrV

The next morning, Jesus got up long before daylight, left the house while it was dark, and made his way to a secluded place to give himself to prayer. 

Mark 1:35 TPT

Please, LORD, be kind to us! We depend on you. Make us strong each morning, and come to save us when we are in trouble.

Isaiah 33:2 CEV

In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. 

Psalm 5:3 NIV

At night I long for You with all that is in Me. When morning comes, I seek You with all my heart. For when Your justice is done on earth, then everyone in the world will learn righteousness.

Isaiah 26:9 Voice

God spoke: “Light!” And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning- Day One.

Genesis 1:3 MSG

Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the LORD hears my voice.

Psalm 55:17 NLT

But I have cried out to You, O LORD, for help; And in the morning my prayer will come to You.

Psalm 88:13 AMP

Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. [2] It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.

Psalm 127:1-2 NLT

My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; More than the watchmen for the morning.

Psalm 130:6 AMP

If I go up to heaven, you will be there. If I go down to the place of death, you will be there. [9] If I go east where the sun rises or go to live in the west beyond the sea, [10] even there you will take my hand and lead me. Your strong right hand will protect me.

Psalm 139:8-10 ERV

The path of those who live right is like the early morning light. It gets brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

Proverbs 4:18 ERV

So begin planting early in the morning, and don’t stop working until evening. You don’t know what might make you rich. Maybe everything you do will be successful.

Ecclesiastes 11:6 ERV

It is good to be alive. It is nice to see the light from the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:7 ERV

It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, LORD Most High! [2] It is wonderful each morning to tell about your love and at night to announce how faithful you are. 

Psalm 92:1-2 CEV

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Psalm 30:5 NLT

But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress.

Psalm 59:16 NLT

Even before sunrise, I pray for your help, and I put my hope in what you have said. [148] I lie awake at night, thinking of your promises.

Psalm 119:147-148 CEV

Fill us with your love every morning. Then we will sing and rejoice all our lives. 

Psalm 90:14 NCV

Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, [79] to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”

Luke 1:78-79 NLT

The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. [5] The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened. I have not rebelled or turned away.

Isaiah 50:4-5 NLT

Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.

Psalm 143:8 NLT

Often at night I lie in bed and remember You, meditating on Your greatness till morning smiles through my window.

Psalm 63:6 Voice

I sleep and wake up refreshed because you, LORD, protect me.

Psalm 3:5 CEV

I wake up early in the morning and cry out. I hope in your word.

Psalm 119:147 NCV

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! [18] I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

Psalm 139:17-18 NLT

So do not worry about tomorrow. Let tomorrow worry about itself. Living faithfully is a large enough task for today.

Matthew 6:34 Voice

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. [17] For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 NLT

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