Today’s Scripture: Of David. I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; Psalm 138:1 ESV David shows us the formula for having a great day. I have found no better way to begin a day as David does here in Psalm 138:2. “To bow down and give thanks to the LORD for His love and faithfulness.” Don’t you like to ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: You are my God and I am yours.
Today’s Scripture: My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Ezekiel 37:27 ESV Do you need the reminder that you are God’s today? I heard myself speak out loud this morning on my knees, “You are my God and I am yours.” Then by chance (really?), I was then brought to Ezekiel 37 this morning and ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God is my source of Joy.
Today’s Scripture: For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Psalms 30:5 ESV Joy will always follow our tears. How uplifting is the hope we feel knowing joy will come with the morning. Planning to update my first writing on this passage I enjoyed the ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give the LORD my sacrifice of Praise.
Today’s Scripture: The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give thanks.
Today’s Scripture: I Chronicles 16:34 NIV: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Thanks “GIVING” feels different than being thank “FULL” doesn’t it? My life experience is in line with what was promised in Colossians 2:7. As my roots have grown into God I have become overflowing with thankfulness. Yes, I am thankful ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give thanks to my God.
Today’s Scripture: Daniel 6:10 NLT Tyndale: But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. We all remember the story of Daniel in the lion’s den we heard as ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I thank and praise God for what He has given me.
Today’s Scripture: Daniel 2:23 NLT Tyndale: I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you have given me wisdom and strength. What has God given you? Do you believe God will give you what you need when you need it? In beginning the book of Daniel today, one thing that was impressed upon me was that the God of heaven will give us what we ... Continue Reading »