Praise in song

“I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.” Psalm 13:6

When you are very thankful for Jesus’ love, you just want to praise Him. Has the Lord been good to you? As a believer, your life in God is a testament to His goodness and grace. Creating words and music around your story, can be beautiful to God. Have you a song that has yet to be sung, to declare the greatness of the Lord in your world?

Thanks Jesus, everyday is a blessing. Praising you is such purpose.

Being strong and courageous

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

Being strong and courageous takes encouragement, which is what the passage of Scripture is, such an encouragement. Knowing the Lord is with you, always fighting for you and in your corner, helps you have a positive outlook. How do we be brave when our world makes us want to flinch and pull back? Setting the Lord and the Word as your guide each day, prepares you for being strong and resilient, having courage and confidence to move forward. There are new frontiers to our mission to be reached. If you can commit to the purpose God is calling you to, you find yourself being responsible and having courage.

Thanks Jesus, your help enables me to be strong and courageous, ready for all the good you have planned.

Lessons in wisdom

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. Proverbs 19:8

The Lord has the wisdom needed for doing life well. He invites us to ask him for wisdom. God can help us avoid pitfalls and mistakes that we could make, if the Holy Spirit hadn’t been helping us. Are there areas you could do with some wisdom from God? I know I sure do! The Bible has so many lessons from people who sought the Lord, and discovered solutions, wisdom from heaven.

Thanks Lord, help me have wisdom as I make decisions each day.

Gratitude

He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters. Psalm 18:16

Have you ever felt like you were in deep water, out of your depth? That feeling of being rescued is like total gratitude and being relieved. God, although He is high, He reaches to draw us up. The Holy Spirit helps in our weakness to exchange what we have for the strength of God. When you have no where else to go except the Lord, you grow in intimacy and become stronger in Jesus. Our relationship with Jesus is worth all of our hearts. As we wholeheartedly follow the Lord, we are changed and set apart.

Father God, thanks for your mercies and Jesus, that you have rescued me from deep waters.

Seeking the Lord

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself. Luke 9:25

What is the value of a soul? Jesus is the lover of our souls. When we put our hope and love upon life success more than keeping our feet on the ground, what are we really losing? Jesus is our eternal light and keeping Him close is living in the light. As we do, we will keep ourselves from being distracted and being indifferent to our soul’s connection to God. Praise the Lord for the Holy Spirit! He always leads us into a closer relationship with God.

Thanks Jesus for your great love. Help me keep seeking you above all.

Every spiritual blessing

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. Ephesians 1:3

What’s special is seeing a double rainbow in the skies, after the rain. Like that, there’s a beautiful grace that overarches our lives, in Jesus. Knowing the Father has blessed us with every spiritual blessing, is a comfort. We are able to step in to all God has called us to, with boldness and faith.

Thanks Father God, praise you for your mercies and grace and that we can live in every spiritual blessing in Jesus.

Fixing our lives to Jesus

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

I like reading the news each day. Sometimes, there’s a really good article. We can pin our lives to news headlines or latest trends, or we can fix our lives to the living Word of God. As we seek Him at every turn, God will flatten the way before us. What has the Holy Spirit shown you lately? God has answers that are even beyond our comprehension, so that we can lean on not our understanding, instead leaning on the Spirit of God.

Thanks Jesus, you are my inspiration. I want to be close to you.

Believing the best

Surely your goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6

Being near the good shepherd, is a worry free life. You know that the goodness and mercy of the Lord is there, following you all the days of your life. Get swept up into the love of God and you will live life beaming. Wherever you go, there is Jesus. You have a dwelling place in the Lord forever. We are living in a time that we are seeing the promise of God fulfilled, a time of real miracles and answered prayers. What are you believing for at the moment?

Lord Jesus, I love dwelling in your house always. Thanks for your goodness and mercy. Believing to see real miracles in our time, in Jesus’ name, amen.

Remembering Jesus

He was saying, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for You; take this cup [of judgement] away from Me; but not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:36

The hardest times are the closest to the Lord. Jesus knew God could rescue Him from the pain, still He surrendered to God. We read about Jesus agonising about the journey of suffering He was about to embark on. And yet, because of the hardships Jesus went through, He can also understand our sufferings. He is there to comfort and listen and love us. When you are low, remember He is high, ready to pick you up and bring you peace.

Lord Jesus, I remember you, thank you for the path you took for our salvation. Help me draw near to you, because I know you understand.

Prayer of blessing

The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26

There is a key in biblical declarations and spoken prayers. As you pray for your loved ones, knowing the Lord backs up the Word; what happens from heaven to earth is undeniable. The power of God really makes an impact as we stretch ourselves in prayer. Believing prayers of blessing and of peace  make a generational difference. What could you practically ask God today?

Thanks Lord Jesus, your blessing and keeping power is what I’m believing for, that my family and friends will be blessed.

Jesus’ love

I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love forever. Psalm 89:1

The Lord has a love that is so precious that He loves us unconditionally and we are blessed to receive the love of God each day. Have you a testimony of the love of the Lord in your life? How good is God! Jesus is always there for us and protects and helps in every season. Like the skies above us, Jesus has a love just as high.

Thanks Jesus, I love celebrating your love. Help me to remember that you love me each day, amen

Moments being with Jesus

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19

Discipleship doesn’t just happen, there’s an intentionality about helping people grow in their faith. Turning to Jesus is what we do each day afresh. Moments being with Jesus are like stepping into sunlight. Sunlight you want to share to those alongside you. What is something small you could to that might encourage someone in their faith in Jesus?

Lord Jesus, thanks for small opportunities to share who you are with those close to me.

Because of great love

Offer righteous sacrifices; Trust [confidently] in the Lord. Psalm 4:5

Knowing we are righteous in Jesus, is key to our bringing righteous sacrifices to God. Because of the great love of the Lord, He sent Jesus to die for us and we have now been justified by the blood of Jesus. We can, with confidence, trust in Jesus. Living in the victory of Jesus, from there we pray and praise and worship God. We can enter in to the very presence of God!

Thanks Jesus, I am very grateful to be able to walk in your presence, rejoicing and praising you Lord.

Lamp of our lives

Lamp of our lives

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105

Are you a summer person or do you love winter? There’s just so much rain where I live at the moment. Listening to rain is glorious. I do like rainy days. When really raining, you need to drive with your headlights on to have a safe drive. You find that the Word of God is a light in your lives. The best way to live is to have the Word that shines light wherever you go.

Lord Jesus, I am thankful for your Word, shining light each new day.

Kept in peace

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

There is a peacefulness that believer’s have. We have praise when we could have complaint. Our heart is kept in peace of the Lord. That doesn’t mean you don’t have hard times. What that means is God journeys with you in life. As you keep acknowledging Jesus in your life, you are saying, “I need you God.”

Thanks Jesus, your presence and peace means so much. Help me remember you all the day.

Purpose in praise

Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. Psalm 105:1

We could never thank Jesus enough for all He’s done. As we declare the greatness of God, there we find purpose for the day. How excited is the psalmist here?! There’s so much to be thankful about and so much to tell of Jesus. Have you ever had some wonderful news to share with your loved ones? You just can’t wait to get to deliver the news. Knowing God is like that. There are new facets of the character of God to discover and rejoice in.

Thanks Jesus, you are my reason and purpose. I love to praise you.

Eternally

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Have you ever been needing something from the shop late at night, except all the shops are closed? Jesus is always there, 24/7 and He is the same eternally. What else would you want to build your entire life apon? Only the solid foundation of Christ Jesus. He can be what we have reliance upon every day of our lives.

Thanks Jesus, I keep thinking of you as my rock. Thanks for being there, even at a thought. Wherever I am you are close.

Rescued and delivered

Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us Ephesians 3:20

All of our prayers, God hears and is able to do more than we could ask or think of. The same power that rose Jesus from the dead, lives in us today. The power of God is real and makes a difference in the world around us. People are still being saved, rescued and delivered. Lives are being transformed by the gospel. What could you dare to ask God for today?

Dear Lord Jesus, help me to believe you in the everyday.

Jesus’ mercy

1 Peter 1:3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Because of God, we have a new life in Christ Jesus. He has such mercy that we have been born again. That is reason for praise and thankfulness to God. As you bring all your praise to God, what a blessing to Jesus. As we lift up Jesus, we welcome the presence of God in our lives.

Thanks for your great mercy Lord, that I am a new creation in you Jesus.

Wonder and amazement

and they recognised him as the very man who usually sat begging for coins at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement and were mystified at what had happened to him. Acts 3:10

There’s an exchange that happens when you encounter Jesus, and that changes you. The beggar was changed forever because the Lord healed him. He was praising the Lord. Such excitement filled the air as there was a new person there. What will you do with your suddenly? The man walked and leaped and praised God! The Holy Spirit is there today, just like in Bible times. We can pray for opportunities to encounter the presence of God and bring that into our world each day.

Thanks Jesus, that you still heal, transform and deliver. Help me to abound in praise and thankfulness for all you have done and what you are going to do, amen.