Be Thankful To Him And Bless His Name

                                Be thankful to Him, and bless His name - Psalm 100:4.

1. We are to be thankful for God's grace

 God's grace is exceedingly abundant and sufficient in our life.

"The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant"(1 Timothy 1:14). 

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work "(2 Corinthians 9:8).

"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness "(2 Corinthians 12:9).

2. We are to be thankful for good health

Good health is a great blessing from God and so let us thank God for healing us and giving us good health. 

"O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me" (Psalm 30:2).

3. We are to be thankful for God saving our life from distresses

God protected us and saved us from distresses as we called upon Him and so let us be thankful to God.

"Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses" (Psalm 107:13).

4. We are to be thankful for God's mercies

God's mercies are great, abounding and new every morning in our life.

"The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust" (Psalm 103:8-14).

"Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness."(Lamentations 3:22-23).

5. We are to be thankful for God's provision

We need to be thankful for God providing for us all that we need.

"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1).

       Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 118:29.

Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:20. 

                                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We are thankful to You for all You have done in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

My Strength My Song My Salvation My God

 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him - Exodus 15:2.

My strength and song

The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1. 

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped - Psalm 28:7. 

The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills - Habakkuk 3:19.

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation - Psalm 118:14.

My salvation

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved - Psalm 62:2.

 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken - Psalm 62:1-2. 

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation - Habakkuk 3:18. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? - Psalm 27:1. 

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 - Isaiah 12:2. 

Salvation comes from the Lord - Jonah 2:9.

My God

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you - Psalm 63:1.

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge - Psalm 18:2.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:19.

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Philippians 4:19.

He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust - Psalm 91:2. 

                 Let us praise the Lord who is our strength and song, salvation and our God. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him - Psalm 28:7. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation - Isaiah 25:9. You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You - Psalm 118:18.

                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for being our strength, song, salvation and our God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.  

My Grace Is Sufficient For You

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me - 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Gracious God

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy - Psalm 145:8. 

I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious - Exodus 33:9.

The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace - Numbers 6:24-26.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you - 1 Peter 5:10. 

By grace

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God - Ephesians 2:8.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace - Ephesians 1:7.

Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus - Romans 3:24.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain - 1 Corinthians 15:10.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men - Titus 2:11.

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ - Romans 5:17. 

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need - Hebrews 4:16.

Exceedingly abundant grace

And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus - 1 Timothy 1:14.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work - 2 Corinthians 9:8. 

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so - Hebrews 13:9. 

And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked - Acts 4:33, 34.

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord - 2 Peter1:2. 

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace - John 1:16. 

       Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ - Romans 1:7b.

                    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen - Romans 16:20.                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your exceedingly abundant grace in our life that is sufficient for us in every situation. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

God Fights For Us

For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory - Deuteronomy 20:4.    

                  Our God is a mighty warrior who is strong and mighty and mighty in battle. He fights for us against our enemies to save us and give us victory. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves - Zephaniah 3:17. Our Lord is mighty in battle. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle - Psalm 24:8. 

God fought for Israelites

                               God told Israelites not to be afraid but just stand still and see the salvation God as He will fight for them against the Israelites. The Israelites stood still and saw the salvation of God in the Red sea when the Egyptians pursed them. And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace" - Exodus 14:13,14. 

                               Moses and the children of Israel thanked God for fighting for them with the Egyptians and giving them victory. Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!  The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone - Exodus 15:1–5.

God fought the battles

                            Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you.Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands - 1 Samuel 17:45,46,47. 

                      And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms through which you pass. You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.’ - Deuteronomy 3:21,22.

                    So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you.”- Joshua 10:8. 

                   And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s - 2 Chronicles 20:15.

                     Let us thank God who fights all our battles and gives us victory. If God is for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31. The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save - Zephaniah 3:17. Be still, and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ - 1 Corinthians 15:57. 

                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for fighting all our battles against our enemies and giving us victory. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

He Has Made Everything Beautiful In Its Time

He has made everything beautiful in its time - Ecclesiastes 3:11.

                God makes everything beautiful in our life in its time, in due season and at the proper time. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing - Psalm 145:15-16. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you -1 Peter 5:6-7.

Water turned into wine & God's glory manifested

             In the wedding of Cana, there was a situation that there was no more wine. But God manifested His glory by turning the water into wine that tasted so good at the right time. He made everything beautiful in its time.

 a) No wine

               On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” - John 2:1-4. 

b) Water turned into wine at proper time

               When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!”. This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him - John 2:9-11.

               Let us wait for God to make everything beautiful in its time so that His glory will be manifested in our life. The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord - Lamentations 3:25-26. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord - Psalm 27:14. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose - Romans 8:28.                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us wait for You to make everything beautiful in its time. We thank You for manifesting Your glory in our life at proper time. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Submit To God

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you - James 4:7.

Trusting God over man

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths - Proverbs 3:5,6.

Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord - Jeremiah 17:5.    

                                                                  Prayer over anxiety 

Pray without ceasing - 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God - Philippians 4:6.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you - James 4:7.

 

                                                            Praises over worries

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth - Psalm 34:1.

Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble - Mathew 6:34.

                                                   God's Word over our words

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path -  Psalm 119:105.  Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day - Psalm 119:97. 

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks - Mathew 12: 34. Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips - Psalm 141:3. 

                                                                     God's ways over our ways

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts - Isaiah 55: 8,9.

Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass - Psalm 37:5.

                                                                God's wisdom over our wisdom

In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge - Colossians 2:3.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! - Romans 11: 33.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil - Proverbs 3:7.

                                                                            Faith over fear

For we walk by faith, not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind - 2 Timothy 1:7.

                                                                          

PRAYER: Let us submit ourselves to You by trusting, praying, praising, meditating Your Word, choosing Your ways and wisdom with faith. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

He Makes My Feet Like The Feet of A Deer

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights- Habakkuk 3:19.

             The Sovereign Lord will make our feet like the feet of a deer to rise above every circumstances and will make us to walk on high hills without stumbling by being our strength. He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze - 2 Samuel 22:34-35. 

            God made David's feet like the feet of deer to skip from one place to another and gave him the same kind of skill like deer to escape dangers brought by his enemies. It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect. He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights - Psalm 18:32,33. 

            May God give us His grace to rise above every circumstances by making our feet like deer’s feet. Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert - Isaiah 35:6. He will enable us to tread on the heights of the earth. He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock - Deuteronomy 32:13.

                                                                                                           

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Sovereign Lord who is our strength. We thank You for making our feet like the feet of a deer to rise above every circumstances and enabling us to tread on the heights. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.