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I like to start with something funny. I heard about this man that was very stingy with his money.

Just before his death, he made his wife promise him that she would have him buried with the $50,000 he had saved.

His wife reluctantly agreed at the funeral before they closed the casket. She snuck in this small wooden box.

Her friend said, surely you didn't just bury the money, did you? The wife said, of course I did. I'm a Christian. I can't lie.

She said, you mean you just buried $50,000? Well, I said, yes I did. I wrote a check.

Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus name, God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about daily direction. God said in Psalms that he will lead us down the best path for our lives.

He has the wisdom we need, the guidance, the direction, but it's not going to happen automatically.

Every morning we have to go to Him and say, God, show me my assignment. Show me what to do. Show me where to go. Give me the words to speak.

Ask Him for wisdom, for guidance. That's an act of surrender. It takes humility to say, God, you know what's best for me.

I can't do this on my own. I need your help. Open the right doors. Close the wrong doors. Make the path clear.

The scripture says, when you acknowledge God in all your ways, He will direct your path.

But too often we make our plans without consulting God, then we ask Him to bless those plans.

We wonder why it's a struggle, why it feels like it's always uphill. We have it backwards. We're making a move and then asking God for help.

The right way is to ask God first. God, what do you want me to do? Should I date this person? Should I start this new project?

Should I make this purchase? If you feel peace about it, then move forward. If not, hold off knowing that God knows what's best for you.

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