August 2

My method for awakening is this: When I return to at least a semiconscious state after a night of sleep, while still lying in bed, I repeat this phrase from Psalm 139: “When I awake, I am still with thee” (verse 18).

These words emphasize the greatest truth known to man—that we are not alone. Then, just before getting out of bed, I repeat that glorious old passage from Psalm 118: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (verse 24). He made this day to be a precious thing full of opportunity; He gives it to us. We must do something good with this day.