Today’s Scripture: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! Psalm 100:4 ESV An affirmation for giving thanks just as Psalm 100 is a psalm for giving thanks. Yesterday a friend said isn’t today your day? My mind checked all the empty counters of my mind looking for the lost clues to what she ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
Today’s Scripture: With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good. Psalm 54:6 ESV I praise the LORD for His abundant goodness. As I knelt before Him this morning I came to grips with my lack of goodness. But praise be to God, I just “happened” to be going to a stretch of Psalms that in ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I give my thanksgivings.
Today’s Scripture: And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. Nehemiah 12:24 NIV All I want to do is give away my thanksgivings to you. I am thankful to you ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul praises the LORD!
Today’s Scripture: Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Psalm 146:1 ESV I praise You LORD with all of my soul. May every day be a thanksgiving feast of my soul. With all that is in me, with all that I have, for as long as I have shall I praise You LORD. As David here in Psalm 146 we can praise the LORD with our trust in that He is our ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: God is with me.
Today’s Scripture: fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 ESV How many times and how many ways does the LORD have to remind us that He is with us? Here in Isaiah the LORD is reminding Israel of His presence and His power. ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am thankful to God.
Today’s Scripture: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Ephesians 1:3 ESV Is it because it is Thanksgiving week that I feel so thankful to God? Shouldn’t I always bless God with my thanksgivings? As I read Ephesians 1 this morning the Spirit of ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I am thankful for the grace of Jesus that has overflowed for me.
Today’s Scripture: and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. I Timothy 1:14 ESV My argument with Paul this morning went something like this: “You can not be the worst of sinners because that is me.” There is a new “chief” in town. Seriously, do you sometimes wonder why and how God loves ... Continue Reading »