OH, GIVE THANKS

Psalm 107:1-2 NKJV Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, …

Our picture says ‘Good days start with Gratitude’ and it’s always good to begin our week with a thankful heart.😊 

Thankful we could get out of bed, thankful for a drink of water, thankful for strength to go about our routines each morning. Thankful for running water and sanitation when so many in the world don’t have any. Thankful God loves us with an everlasting love.

We can always find things to be thankful for and the Lord has promised to go ahead of us into our new week, smoothing out the crooked paths, surrounding us with favour wherever we go. There may be new people, new opportunities that God has prepared for us, maybe new challenges, but God has also promised to be with us in it all.

Let’s choose to be thankful, choose to be forgiving, choose to keep looking up and not look down at our circumstances or what we don’t have. We can choose to be grateful for what we do have, what we can do and know that our God is merciful and kind, His heart is overflowing with His love for each one of us.

We can thank God for the Holy Spirit who is going to help us to make right choices and have good attitudes because He is the Greater One and He is inside us. In fact, it’s good to remember and be thankful God has put us on the victory side, Jesus has made us more than conquerors and the end result is, we can’t lose!😊

Oh, give thanks to the Lord today, for He is good to us all, and He is putting a big smile on our faces when we remember to be thankful. 😊 Amen.

Psalm 107:8-9 NKJV Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

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THAT WONDERFUL DAY

Isaiah 12:4-5 NLT 

 In that wonderful day you will sing:

“Thank the Lord! Praise his name!

Tell the nations what he has done.

Let them know how mighty he is!

Sing to the Lord, 

for he has done wonderful things.

Make known his praise around the world.

Sometimes we can be so bogged down with daily living and the circumstances we find ourselves in, that we forget we are living in that wonderful day! What wonderful day? 

V.1-3 NIV In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

These verses remind us that it’s the day of our salvation. It’s the day the Lord turned His anger away from us, when He gave us the way back to Him. He gave His own Son to pay for all our sin so it could all be wiped away at the Cross. That is a wonderful day for each one of us when we accept Jesus as our Saviour!😊 

Even on difficult days it says He is the God who comforts us. He reminds us we can drink from the well of His salvation with joy because we can draw out His peace and forgiveness, His grace and favour, His mercy, His great love, whatever we need.

If we don’t draw out of His well we shall be miserable but if we do draw on it He will put His joy in our hearts. Let’s draw out of that well today and sing His praises. 

“Thank You Lord! We praise Your name! You are so merciful, so forgiving. There’s no one like You, so mighty but so loving to each one of us. We sing to You Lord, for You have done wonderful things and we make known Your praise around the world.”😊 Amen.