For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us - 2 Corinthians 1:20.
God’s promises never fail
God’s promises never fail. He is our promise keeper who keeps promises. God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?- Numbers 23:19. For no word from God will ever fail - Luke 1:37. Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled - Joshua 21:45. Not one word has failed of all His good promises - 1 Kings 8:56. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away - Matthew 24:35.
Give glory to God
Abraham believed that God will keep His promises to him. He grew strong in faith and gave glory to God irrespective of his situations. He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. - Romans 4:19-21.
God is faithful to keep all His promises
Let us thank God who is faithful to keep all His promises for us. He who promised is faithful - Hebrews 10:23. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you - Genesis 28:15. With Your mouth You have promised and with Your hand You have fulfilled it - 1 Kings 8:24. I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them - Jeremiah 32:42.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Promise Keeper. We give glory to You and thank You for fulfilling all Your promises for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
I will be a wall of fire all around her - Zechariah 2:5. Like birds hovering overhead the Lord Almighty will shield Jerusalem; He will shield it and deliver it, He will pass over it and rescue it - Isaiah 31:5. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people both now and forever more. Psalm 125: 1, 2.
For keeping us as the apple of Your eye
He kept him as the apple of His eye - Deuteronomy 32:8. Keep me as the apple of Your eye - Psalm 17:8.
For hiding us in the time of trouble
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance - Psalm 32:7. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock - Psalm 27:5. In the shadow of His hand He has hidden me - Isaiah 49:2. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings - Psalm 17:8. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge - Psalm 91:1-4.
For protecting us from all harm
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore - Psalm 121:3-7.
For protecting us from all diseases
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place - Psalm 91:1-5. No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways - Psalm 91:10,11.
For protecting us while we travel
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you - Genesis 28:15. The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore - Psalm 121:8.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our Protector. We thank You for Your mighty protection upon us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done - Psalm 105:1.
We proclaim our God to the world around us as we praise Him and acknowledge what He’s done for us. Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! -1 Chronicles 16:9. Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known his deeds among the peoples; proclaim that his name is exalted - Isaiah 12:4.
Jesus healed the man who was possessed by the legion of demons and told to go home to his own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for him and how he had mercy on him. When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid - Mark 5:15. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed - Mark 5:19,20.
Let us praise and proclaim our God by telling the world what He had done for us. I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High - Psalm 9:1, 2. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind - Psalm 107:15.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us praise You and proclaim Your name by making known among the nations what You have done for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful - Colossians 4:2.
Devote yourselves to prayer
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God - Philippians 4:6. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you - John 15:7. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints - Ephesians 6:18.
Watchful
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” - Matthew 26:40,41. Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer - Romans 12:12.
Thankful
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus - 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18. Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:20. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him - Colossians 3:17.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us devote ourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus - 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 18.
God's will for us is to give thanks in all circumstances which means always giving thanks for everything no matter the circumstances. Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:19, 20. Be thankful - Colossians 3:15. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God - Psalm 147:7.
In the midst of trials we can thank God as we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. We need to count it all joy when we fall into various trials. Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing - James 1:2-4. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose - Romans 8:28.
Daniel prayed and gave thanks to God when he heard that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except king, shall be cast into the den of lions. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days - Daniel 6:10.
Let us give thanks to God in all circumstances as it is the God's will for us. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:6-7.I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving - Psalms 69:30.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us give thanks in all circumstances for it is Your will for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever - 1 Chronicles 16:34.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends - John 15:13
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness - Jeremiah 31:3.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! - 1 John 3:1.
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved - Ephesians 2:4,5.
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness - Psalm 86:15
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 1 John 4:16.
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39.
The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:18-19.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you - Psalm 33:22.
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress - Psalm 59:16.
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me - Psalm 13:5-6.
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands - Psalm 63:3-4.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul - Psalm 143:8
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22-23.
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord! - Psalm 25:6-7.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life - Psalm 42:8.
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! - Psalm 115:1.
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands - Psalm 138:8.
As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! - Psalm 40:11.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul - Psalm 143:8.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love - Psalm 33:18.
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord - Psalm 33:5
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! - 1 Chronicles 16:34.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you - Psalm 86:5.
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up - Psalm 94:18.
Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! - Psalm 31:16.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love - Psalm 103:8.
For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds - Psalm 57:10.
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you - Isaiah 51:10.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your unfailing love, for You have seen my troubles, and You care about the anguish of my soul - Psalm 31:7.
The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease - Lamentations 3:22.
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness - Psalm 86:15.
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever - Psalm 136:26.
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins - 1 John 4:9,10.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments - Deuteronomy 7:9.
We love Him because He first loved us - 1 John 4:19.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your love towards us that endures forever. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. And they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away - 2 Samuel 5:20.
The Lord of Breakthrough
Baal-perazim means “The Lord of Breakthrough.” David named Baal Perazim after defeating Philistines as God broke through the enemies. It serves as a testament to God’s power prevailing over the enemy’s strongholds. So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. And they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away - 2 Samuel 5:20,21 .
Obedience
David always inquired of the Lord before going to the war and he was obedient to what He tells to do. So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.” - 2 Samuel 5:19.
Let us thank God who brought breakthroughs in our life and rescued us from enemies. And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:24. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies - Psalm 18:3. He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked - Psalm 97:10. He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man - Psalm 18:48.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Lord of breakthrough. We thank You for bringing a breakthrough in our life and rescuing us from enemies. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord - 1 Corinthians 1:9.
Faithful God
Our God is the faithful God. Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands - Deuteronomy 7:9. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he - Deuteronomy 32:3-4.
Faithful to all His promises
Our God is faithful to all His promises. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful - Hebrews 10:23. The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made - Psalm 145:13.
Faithful in all He does
Our God is faithful in all He does. He is faithful in all He does - Psalm 33:4. He is faithful to protect us. But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one - 2 Thessalonians 3:3.
Great is His faithfulness
God’s faithfulness is great in our life. Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22,23. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies - Psalm 57:10.
Let us thank our faithful God for His faithfulness in our life. I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God - Psalm 71:22. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations - Psalm 100:5.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the faithful God. We thank You and praise You for Your great faithfulness in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need - Matthew 6:33.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters - Psalm 23:1.
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:19.
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness - 2 Corinthians 9:10.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed - 2 Corinthians 9:8.
And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, 'In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.' - Genesis 22:13-14.
Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing - Psalm 34:9-10.
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him - Matthew 7:11.
The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly - Psalm 84:11.
I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread - Psalm 37:25.
He who gives to the poor will not lack, But he who hides his eyes will have many curses - Proverbs 28:27.
Jesus sent Peter to the Sea of Galilee when there is a need to pay for taxes to collect it from a fish’s mouth. Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you - Matthew 17:27.
Jesus fed more than five thousand men and there were 12 baskets of leftover. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted - John 6:11. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children - Matthew 14:20,21.
Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! - Psalms 68:19.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” - Hebrews 13:5.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our Provider. We thank You for providing us with everything we need. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him - Psalm 28:7.
My exceeding joy
Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God - Psalm 43:4.
My Shepherd
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing - Psalm 23:1.
My hope and trust
For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth - Psalm 71:5.
My portion
The Lord is my portion - Lamentations 3:24.
My light & salvation
The LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1.
My helper
Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life - Psalm 54:4.
My Counselor
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you - Psalm 32:8.
My Healer
For I am the Lord who heals you - Exodus 15:26.
My provider
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:16. In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided - Genesis 22:14.
My teacher
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go - Psalm 32:8.
My lamp
For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness - 2 Samuel 22:29.
My Mighty Rock
He is my mighty rock, my refuge - Psalm 62:7.
My Savior
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long - Psalm 5:25.
My Lord
You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing - Psalm 16:2.
My strength, defense & salvation
The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him - Exodus 15:2.
My Rock & Savior
The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! - 2 Samuel 22:47.
My rock, fortress, deliverer, strength, shield, salvation & stronghold
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold - Psalm 18:2.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank and praise You for being our everything. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever - Psalm 136:1.
Our God is good. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations - Psalm 100:5. The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him - Nahum 1:7.
God is good to all. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made - Psalm 145:9. You are good, and do good - Psalm 119:68. Let us taste and see the that the Lord is good. Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him - Psalm 34:8.
Let us thank God for He is good. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! - 1 Chronicles 16:34. I will sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me - Psalm 13:6. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness - Psalm 107:8-9.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You and praise You for You are good. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Sing to the Lord with grateful praise - Psalm 147:7.
Be grateful to God
God wants us to be grateful to Him for everything even for all the little things. Ten lepers were healed by Jesus but only one came all the way back and gave Him thanks. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan - Luke 17: 15,16. So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well” - Luke 17:17-19.
Be grateful to others
We need to be grateful to the people in our lives who helped us and express our gratitude to them. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters - Colossians 3:23. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him - Colossians 3:17.
Let our heart overflow with gratitude for every blessing we receive from God and people around us.But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth - Deuteronomy 8:18. Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:20.
PRAYER: Let our heart overflow with gratitude for every blessing we receive from You and let us be grateful to people in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me - Psalm 16:7.
God 's counsel directed us in the way we should go
I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go - Isaiah 48:16. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalm 32:8. Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left - Isaiah 30:21.
God’s counsel guided us
You will guide me with Your counsel - Psalm 73:24.Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path - Psalm 119:105. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way - Psalm 25:9. Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day - Psalm 25:4,5.
Let us thank God who guided us and directed us with His counsel. He will guide us continually. The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail - Psalm 58:11. For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to death - Psalm 48:14.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You and praise You for Your counsels in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day - 2 Chronicles 20:26.
Proclaimed a fast
Jehoshaphat proclaimed a fast for all Judah and waited for God’s direction as a vast army came to attack them. For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you - 2 Chronicles 20:12. This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s' - 2 Chronicles 20:15. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding - Proverbs 3:5.
Thanksgiving, praise and worship
Jehoshaphat led the way into battle with thanksgiving, praise and worship by appointing men to sing to the Lord and to praise Him at the front of the army. Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever” - 2 Chronicles 20:21. God caused the enemies to destroy each other and the people of Judah were delivered without even lifting a sword as they began to sing and praise the Lord. As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated - 2 Chronicles 20:22.
Blessed the Lord at the Valley of Berachah after the victory
Jehoshaphat and his people assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah and praised God after the victory of over Moab and Ammon. Berachah means “blessings.” And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord. God made them to rejoice over enemies and they went back to Jerusalem with joy. Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies - 2 chronicles 20:26, 27.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us give thanks, praise and worship in all our battles and bless Your name after the victory in battle. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
For the Lord your God is a merciful God - Deuteronomy 4:31.
Merciful God
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy - Psalm 103:8.
New every morning
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.
According to His mercy He saved us
But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us - Titus 3:4,5.
Rich
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus - Ephesians 2:4-6.
Great
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him - Psalm 103:11. Great is your mercy, O Lord - Psalm 119:156. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead -1 Peter 1:3.
Everlasting
For the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting - Psalm 100:5. Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:1–3
All the days of our life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life - Psalm 23:6.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever - Psalm 89:1.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Merciful God. We thank You for Your mercies towards us that are new every morning. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever: To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:3,4.
Our God is the God of great wonders. You are the God of great wonders! - Psalm 77:14. He had performed great wonders in our life that cannot be fathomed and miracles that cannot be counted. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted - Job 9:10. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast - Psalm 33:9.
God did great wonders for the Israelites by making a way in the Red Sea and a path through the mighty waters. I am the Lord, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.” Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea And a path through the mighty waters - Isaiah 43:15. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left - Exodus 14:22.
There is no one like our Lord who does great wonders. Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? - Exodus 15:11.The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord; the earth and all who live on it are his - Psalm 24:1 I will show them wonders - Micah 7:15. Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder - Isaiah 29:14.
Let us thank God who alone does great wonders in our life. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near - Psalm 75:1. Remember the wonders he has done - Psalm 105:5.Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all people - Psalm 96:3.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the God of great Wonders. We thank You as You alone did great wonders in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me - Psalm 13:6.
Our God is good to us. The Lord is good to all - Psalm 145:9. For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. Psalm 86:5,6. The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him - Nahum 1:7. The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him - Lamentations 3:25. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations - Psalm 100:5.
Every good thing we have comes from our God who is good. Every good thing I have comes from you - Psalm 16:2. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows - James 1:17. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good - Psalm 34:8. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant! - Psalm 135:3.
Let us sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to us. Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! - Psalm 106:1. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness - Psalm 107:8-9. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 118:29.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We sing Your praise for You have been good to us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
O You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come - Psalm 65:2.
Isaac
Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived - Genesis 25:21.
Jacob
He said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”. He blessed him - Genesis 32:26,29.
Jabez
Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested - 1 Chronicles 4:10.
Hannah
Out of the abundance of my grief I have spoken. For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him - 1Samuel 1:15,27.
Elijah
And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.” Then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived - 1 Kings 17:21-22.
Israelites
Then we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression - Deuteronomy 26:7.
Ezekiel
He turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord wept bitterly. "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you"” -2 Kings 20:2,5.
Zacharias
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John - Luke 1:13.
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you - Jeremiah 29:12.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for hearing our prayers. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.