{"id":2814,"date":"2020-07-29T07:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2020-07-29T07:26:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:26:06","slug":"the-gift-of-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2814","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">As the sun in the wide-open blue makes its way,\nAnd I wake with a new day before,\nI sit and I think about the gift of a day,\nAnd I wonder what my Lord has in store.\n\nWill I walk the straight path with my eyes on the prize?\nWill I act with the Kingdom in mind?\nOr will I wander and fall to the enemy's lies,\nAs I chase selfish things I might find.\n\nLord Jesus may I live this day as would you,\nWith joy and with Your confident peace.\nHelp me do all the things you would have me to do,\nThen let worries for tomorrow all cease.\n\nWhen I lay in my bed or my grave for the night,\nAnd this day, or the last is all through,\nI want to know that I've lived with your Kingdom in sight,\nAnd every moment was lived, for You.\n\nI want to shine in the darkness\nI want to sing from my heart\nI want to live for you, Jesus\nTake my life, every part<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun in the wide-open blue makes its way, And I wake with a new day before, I sit and I think about the gift of a day, And I wonder what my Lord has in store. 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