{"id":24097,"date":"2026-03-11T15:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/6-psalms-to-start-your-day-with-good-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:17:36","slug":"6-psalms-to-start-your-day-with-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/6-psalms-to-start-your-day-with-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Psalms to Start Your Day with Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/positive-thinking\/10-inspirational-quotes-to-start-your-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every morning,<\/a> as I eat my oatmeal, I read three psalms. Some are longer, some are shorter, but they all satisfy and speak to some part of my day. I make a point of not reading the news till later. Just a glance at the headlines at most. It can wait. Start off with the good news.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)  <em>Take delight in the Lord, and he shall give you your heart\u2019s desire. (Psalm 37:4)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nStill think of God as that gloomy bearded figure in the sky? Think again. As this psalm reminds me, we are to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/3-biblical-words-to-help-you-pray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ctake delight\u201d in the Lord.<\/a> Like savoring the blueberries in my oatmeal. They\u2019re good for the heart. As is our delight in God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)  <em>Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:11)<\/em><\/strong> <br \/>\nSome days I feel weary and down. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-turn-your-worries-into-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filled up with worries<\/a> for the future. A verse like this reminds me of where to put my hope and trust. How to renew my spirit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)  <em>For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly, my hope is in him. (Psalm 62:6)<\/em><\/strong> <br \/>\nAs anyone who has read me knows, I believe in the power of silence. Before I even pray the psalms I sit on our lumpy sofa, close my eyes and get silent. As the title of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollinschristian.com\/9780785244479\/even-silence-is-praise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my book <em>Even Silence Is Praise<\/em><\/a> rightly puts it, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/with-meditative-prayer-even-silence-is-praise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waiting in silence is a way to praise.<\/a> Paying attention to the noisy mind is to be able to let go of the noisy mind and put hope in the right place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)  <em>Remember, Lord, how short life is, how frail you have made all flesh. (Psalm 89:47)<\/em> <\/strong><br \/>\nI don\u2019t think of myself as all that old, and yet, heck, I\u2019m old enough for Medicare and Social Security\u2014God bless them\u2014which means I\u2019m heading towards the last decades of life. This Psalm reminds me not to ignore the internal or external aches that can come with age. Knowing how short life is reminds us to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-give-yourself-some-precious-time-to-hear-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honor the preciousness of each day.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5)  <em>For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his faithfulness endures from age to age. (Psalm 100:4)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThis psalm I remember memorizing back in third grade Sunday school. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/what-it-really-means-to-pray-lord-have-mercy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercy. 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