1. Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed Alert & Ready for Action

2. Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed Alert & Ready for Action

5. ‘Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength….. They will soar like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be feint.’ Isaiah 40:31 ‘He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak’… Isaiah 40:29

7. Sometimes we get ourselves in a mess and rather than sort it out we run.

8. Physically: He was in a barren, rocky wasteland in the middle of nowhere Socially: He was separated from his family and fleeing for his life. Materially: He had nothing but the clothes he stood in. Spiritually: He was distant from God and alone without hope.

9. Physically Socially Materially Spiritually

11. ‘I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go … I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you’ Gen 28:15

12. ‘Don’t panic. I’m with you. there’s no need to fear for I am your God. I’ll give you strength, I’ll help you, I’ll hold you steady, I’ll keep a firm grip on you. The Message: Isaiah 41:10 ‘Never will I leave you.’ Hebrews. 13:5

13. ‘The Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it ’ Gen 28:16 He made a promise v22

14. The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” Acts 8:29

15. …he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Acts 8:31

16. Ezekiel 22:30 ‘I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land…’

18. The Lord said to Ananias ‘GO” Acts 9:15

19. One day Peter & John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer – at three in the afternoon… Acts 3:1 Daily Routine

21. Let God use what we have and be willing to be guided by Him in our everyday lives.

22. ‘I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go … I will not leave you… Gen 28: 15

23. Be Alert & Ready for Action As I arise today, may the strength of God pilot me, the power of God uphold me, the wisdom of God guide me. St. Patrick