a definite doldrum lifter outer!
Join me again on a journey of Praise...
I did this in 2001 and am excited to Return to 31 Days of Praise
I will quote from her daily message, share the verses she has for the day and then encourage you to journal from there...buy her journal if you can, if not grab a notebook and daily write out verses and key words which speak to your heart...
record what's happening in your life, and your prayer concerns...and catch a habit of praise.
I will try to include a praise song each week to lift us up.
Start today by Rocking out to the Newsboys song, "God's Not Dead"
DAY ONE:
"My heart rejoices in You, Lord, for You are my strong shelter in times of trouble and danger and stress, my hiding place to whom I may continually resort...my Father who lovingly provides for me....my Shepherd who guides and protects me...my Champion who upholds my cause as His child and defends my highest interests...my Bridegroom who delights in me...my God who is mighty to save, who rests in His love for me and rejoices over me with singing, with shouts of joy. You are my inheritance, my share in life, the One who satisfies my longing soul and fills my hungry soul with goodness.
I praise You for Your love and Your wisdom. You are too wise to ever make a mistake, too loving to ever do anything unkind. You act on my behalf, accomplishing what concerns me and fulfilling Your purpose for me as I call on You. Thank You that You love me deeply and tenderly. You are compassionate and gracious, full of loving kindness, ready to forgive, patiently considerate, and generous beyond imagining. You desire my love and rejoice to do good things for me. You delights to give me the desires of my heart as I delight myself in You. How precious is Your love to me, O God! I sing for joy as I take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!"
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty
Psalm 91:1
Myers writes: "I find that my worship is richer when I offer the Lord praise and thanks for three things: who He is, what He does, and what He gives.
Let's open our Bibles and find the answers written there and write them down.
Then let's open our hearts and personalize who we have come to know him to be, what we have seen Him do and what we have received from Him.
God is the Maker of heaven and earth.
God directs our paths.
God gives us life.
God is my ever present help in times of trouble. I look back to 2001 when I first did this month long praise exercise and I was just coming off a year of extreme pain do to physical illness and the death of my mother from colon cancer. God was closer to me in those days than I had ever experienced.
God speaks to me through his Word, through various ministries and devotionals, through friends who love Him and have walked with Him, but most of all when I am still and listening.
God always speaks love and encouragement, even when He is speaking words of discipline.
God has given me 55 years of life so far and has given me His promise that He is building me a heavenly home. He has given me a godly husband, the gift of motherhood, and a wonderful place to minister here at Shiloh, but I know all those could be taken away today and I would still have His greatest give....His amazing love that was given by coming to earth as Jesus and dying for my sins, so I can experience life in His presence someday.
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