6 May

If you will reject self-pity, actively look to God and do what He instructs you to do, you can have a great life too.’

Deborah and Barak gave God the glory (vv.1–5). Again, Joyce Meyer points out that God ‘chooses to use and promote those who know they are nothing without him and who give him the glory and the credit for all their accomplishments. Every time you have a success in your life, remember to give God the glory’.

Deborah prayed that those who loved the Lord would be ‘like the sun when it rises in its strength’ (v.31b).

Lord, I pray today that I would be ‘like the sun when it rises in its strength’ (v.31b). May I bring light in a dark world; may I show people the way. Help me to bring warmth and energy, and to be strong, bold and fearless as the sun.