CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOD

Psalm 57 NLT 

V.7 My heart is confident in you, O God; 

my heart is confident. 

No wonder I can sing your praises! 

V.9 I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.

I will sing your praises among the nations.

10 For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens.

Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.

May your glory shine over all the earth.

It’s so good to read about David’s confidence in God. In fact it feels like he was bubbling over with confidence because he said it twice and then burst into praise even though he wrote this when he was fleeing from Saul into a cave! He must have had one of the earliest man caves on record!😊

He just loves to speak out how wonderful God’s unfailing love is and how He has proved Himself to be so faithful to David over the years. He must have been looking out of his cave one day at a cloudy sky and thinking how God’s faithfulness was so great it even reached the highest clouds!

We serve the same God today as David did all those centuries ago and He’s proved Himself just as faithful and loving to us over the years as well. 

We know our God is always worthy of our praise so we can join with David and tell the Lord how wonderful we think He is. Let’s burst at the seams as we give Him all the praise and glory for all He has done for us in giving us Jesus, who God has highly exalted and given Him the name above every name.😊

May we have David’s confidence in our God and join countless others across the earth today as we say, 

“Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth.” Amen.

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LIFTING THE ATMOSPHERE

Philippians 4:8 ESV Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

We all know what it’s like to go into a ‘situation’ or a room, and we can ‘feel’ the atmosphere especially if there’s stress in the room! Or when we go in a house we very often sense if it’s a happy home or not.😊

We only need to see the look on someone’s face, whether it’s happy or miserable, to know what the atmosphere around them will be. Our faces give us away very often. 

But what causes a happy or a gloomy face? It’s our thoughts, because our thoughts will direct the way we speak, the way we behave, the way we react to situations.

The words we speak about things will create a negative or a positive atmosphere and it’s why the Holy Spirit tells us to speak words of life that will encourage and build each other up. It’s all too easy to criticise someone and bring them down, to make them feel less than, but that’s not what God calls us to do.

Some people create an atmosphere of love and kindness, an atmosphere of seeing the best in one another, an atmosphere of joy and peace, where others can ‘feel’ the love of God wherever they go. We can all learn to be like that with the Holy Spirit’s help.😊

When we speak God’s words and release their power it helps to lift the atmosphere as well, because His words bring life and health. He tells us to fill our minds with the best not the worst and then we can speak the best out.

Will we always manage it? Well some days we may do better than others because it takes practice and a willingness on our part to want to do it, but let’s be encouraged because it is possible to grow in it.😊

Lord please help us lift the atmosphere, to lift our own spirits and those around us as well.

Have a blessed, happy atmosphere making, weekend.x😊

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