Let Us Never Stop

"So let us never stop offering to God our praise through Jesus. Let us offer it as the fruit of lips that say they believe in him."
Hebrews 13:15 NIRV

How Good It Is To Sing Praises to Our God!

"Praise the LORD!
How good it is to sing praises to our God!
How delightful and how right!
He heals the brokenhearted,
binding up their wounds.
He counts the stars
and calls them all by name.
How great is our Lord! His power is absolute!
His understanding is beyond comprehension!"
Psalm 147:1, 3-5 NLT

The Lord Is . . .

"The LORD is kind and merciful,
slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.
The Lord is good to everyone.
He showers compassion on all his creation."
Psalm 145:8-9 NLT

Blessed Indeed!

"Children are a gift from the LORD;
they are a reward from him."
Psalm 127:3

"Grandchildren are like a crown to older people."
Proverbs 17:6a


I have children
I have grandchildren
And they all serve the Lord!
I am truly blessed!

Psalm 121

"I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?
My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth!

He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.
Indeed, he who watches over Israel
never slumbers or sleeps.

The LORD himself watches over you!
The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade.
The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon at night.

The LORD keeps you from all harm
and watches over your life.
The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever."
Psalm 121 NLT

Need Hope?

"You are my refuge and shield;
your word is my only source of hope."
Psalm 119:114

A Lamp & A Light

"Your word is a lamp for my feet
and a light for my path."
Psalm 119:105

Sweeter Than Honey!

"How sweet are your words to my taste;
they are sweeter than honey."
Psalm 119:103

Psalm 117

"Praise the LORD, all you nations.
Praise him, all you people of the earth.
For he loves us with unfailing love;
the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever."

Loved, Chosen, Adopted

“Long ago, even before He made the world,
God loved us and chose us in Christ to be
holy and without fault in his eyes.
His unchanging plan has always been
to adopt us into His own family
by bringing us to Himself
through Jesus Christ.
And this gave him great pleasure.”
Ephesians 1:4-5 NLT (emphasis added)

Think about
what God has chosen to do
for all mankind . . .

BEFORE the world was even created, God
Loved
Chose
Adopted
AND this gave him GREAT pleasure!

Rejoice in what God has done!
Share the good news!

“Sing to the LORD;
praise his name.
Each day proclaim
the good news that he saves.”
Psalm 96:2 NLT

Give Thanks!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Psalm 107:1

Praise Him . . .

Praise the Lord.
Praise God in his holy temple.
Praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his powerful acts.
Praise him because he is greater than anything else.
Praise him by blowing trumpets.
Praise him with harps and lyres.
Praise him with tambourines and dancing.
Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.
Praise him with clashing cymbals.
Praise him with clanging cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.

Psalm 150 NIRV

So Thankful . . . He is . . .

My Shepherd
The LORD is my shepherd;

My Provider
I have all that I need.

My Peace & Wholeness
He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.

My Guide & My Righteousness
He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.

Always There for Me
Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.

My Banner of Victory
You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.

Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the LORD
forever.


Psalm 23 NLT

Surely . . . Not Maybe or Perhaps!

"Surely your goodness and unfailing love
will pursue me all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
forever."
Psalm 23:6 NLT

The God of goodness and mercy
WILL PURSUE . . .
chase, hunt, follow . . .
me through
good days
bad days
the rich days
poor days
sick days
well days . . .
ALL the days of my life!

SURELY: a certainty in the reliability of God!

Jehovah Nissi

"You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You welcome me as a guest,
anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Psalm 23:5 NLT

Jehovah Nissi . . . the Lord my Banner!

My victory banner!

Jehovah Shammah

"Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me."
Psalm 23:4 NLT

Jehovah Shammah . . . the Lord is there.

Thank you for always being close beside me as I walk this journey of life on earth.

Jehovah Rophe & Jehovah Tsidkenu

"He gives me new strength.
He guides me in the right paths
for the honor of his name."
Psalm 23:3 NIRV

Jehovah Rophe . . . the Lord Leads
Jehovah Tsidkenu . . . the Lord My Righteousness

Thank you, Lord, for leading me, even when I dawdle (plod, linger, delay, waste time, loiter)!

Jehovah Shalom

"He lets me lie down in fields of green grass.
He leads me beside quiet waters."
Psalm 23:2
New International Readers Version

Jehovah Shalom . . .
The Lord my Peace / Wholeness

“Don’t worry about anything;
instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need,
and thank him for all he has done.
Then you will experience God’s peace,
which exceeds anything we can understand.
His peace will guard
your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7 NLT

Jehovah Jireh

"The Lord is my shepherd.
He gives me everything I need."
Psalm 23:1
New International Readers Version

Thankful that God is
Jehovah Jireh,
my provider,
the God who has seen ahead to this very moment and already made provision!

Reconciled

"Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault." Colossians 1:22 NLT

Unchanging

Thankful for the only constant in an inconsistent world . . .

"Jesus Christ is
the same
yesterday,
today,
and forever."
Hebrews 13:8

Peaceful Sleep

Grateful for peaceful sleep . . .

"I will lie down in peace and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe." Psalm 4:8 NLT

"You can lie down without fear and enjoy pleasant dreams." Proverbs 3:24

A God of His Word!

God says what He means and means what He says! His word will . . . produce fruit, accomplish all He wants it to do, and will prosper everywhere He sends it! Do I know God well enough to believe this is true?

God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
Numbers 23:19 NLT

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.
It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”
Isaiah 55:8-11 NLT

Always on His Mind

Thank you, Father, for always thinking about me and staying with me! Help me to keep you first place in my thoughts!

“How precious are your thoughts about me, O God!
They are innumerable!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up in the morning,
you are still with me!”

The Gift of Love

Grateful for God’s great gift of love . . . Jesus . . .

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NLT

“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.” John 3:16-18 Message Bible

His Love and Mercy

“It wasn't so long ago that you were mired
in that old stagnant life of sin.
You let the world,
which doesn't know the first thing about living,
tell you how to live.
You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief,
and then exhaled disobedience.
We all did it,
all of us doing what we felt like doing,
when we felt like doing it . . .
It's a wonder God didn't lose his temper
and do away with the whole lot of us.
Instead, immense in mercy
and with an incredible love,
He embraced us.
He took our sin-dead lives
and made us alive in Christ.
He did all this on his own,
with no help from us!
Then he picked us up
and set us down in highest heaven
in company with Jesus, our Messiah.”
Ephesians 2:1-6 Message Bible


Praise God for his love and mercy toward me!