HOW DESERVING OF PRAISE

 Psalm 48:1 NLT 

How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise…

v.9 O God, we meditate on your unfailing love

As we worship in your Temple.

As your name deserves, O God,

You will be praised to the ends of the earth.

Your strong right hand 

is filled with victory.

How deserving of praise!  Sometimes we look at people and think they deserve to be applauded or praised for the things they’ve done or are doing, but more than anybody it’s our God who deserves our praise every day, not just on Sundays.😊 No one else can possibly compare!

One of Korah’s descendants wrote this psalm and he was obviously a godly man as he speaks of his time spent in meditating on God’s wonderful, unfailing love. Maybe if we thought more about how much God loves us, we wouldn't become so upset or distressed by things in our lives. 

Nothing changes God’s great love for us, no matter what has happened, because the blood of Jesus is more powerful than any sin, His name is greater than any problem, and they have to bow the knee to Jesus’ name.

I always love it when scripture talks about our God being filled with victory. We’ll never read how He was ever defeated, and the glorious thing is He has put us ‘in Christ’ and given us His victory too. Now it may not always feel like it, but it’s still true.😊

So just in case you’ve been meditating on your problems lately, let’s pull the stops out today and praise our God who deserves every ounce of praise we can give Him as we meditate instead on His unfailing love. Amen.

Why not follow the link and give the Lord some praise today?😊

https://youtu.be/z3POCwIVHNE

GOODNESS OF GOD

Mark 10:18 No one is good but One, that is, God.

Have you ever heard anyone complaining about God, speaking about Him with disrespect, as though He ‘owed’ them something and how they want to challenge God with their questions when they get to heaven? Now I know we all have our ‘Why God’ moments sometimes, but do we forget how we owe absolutely everything we have to Him, that He gave us His best by giving us His Son?

Our God is immensely good to every one of us and its good to encourage ourselves to remember just how good God is, so the next time we want to rant and rave at Him, instead we can praise Him for His goodness and be thankful even when things haven’t worked out our way.😊

Exodus 34:6 NKJV The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth. Aren’t you glad God is overflowing with goodness and He’s longsuffering when He hears our complaints?

Psalm 145:9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. God doesn’t show favouritism. He gives goodness and mercy to all of us. Thank You Lord!

Matthew 7:11  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! How wonderful that we can ask Him for good things and He’s delighted to give them to us.😊

Psalm 27:1 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. If you’ve been losing heart lately, remember this verse and believe it.

1 Chronicles 16:34  Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

There are too many verses to write but let’s remember this last one every single day and have hearts that are so thankful for all God’s goodness to us. In Jesus name. Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x

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