All that we have received are gifts from you. Thank you Lord, for your goodness and mercy towards us. Lord, we open our hands and you fill them with good things. Help us Lord, not to close our hands and our hearts to those who are in need, but learn to give of your own that you have given us to use for your honor and glory. “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His loving-kindness is everlasting.”

Lord, I am full of thanks and praise to you this morning, for all that you do and continue to do for me. Lord, fill every part of me with praise, let my day be filled with new thoughts of you and new hopes of heaven, give me room Oh Lord, to deny myself, so that I will be closer drawn to you. Lord, each day, new perils will face me but your love will cover me. Help me dear Lord, to commit this day to you and to working towards walking closer with you each and every day. Amen!

The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. The Lord surrounds his people with favor as with a shield.  My brothers and sisters in Christ, you are God’s people, you are the ones he chose to bless. When he blesses us, we should fear him, we should fall and worship him, because what he has done for us, no one else was willing or able to do. We have seen God’s good judgments manifested in our lives and we have so much to thank him for. Thank you, Lord!

The Lord has given us so many reasons to praise him, and yet, he continually showers us with his mercy and grace. “Praise your God O Zion, for he has strengthened the bars of your gates, he has blessed your children within you, he makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest wheat. Therefore, praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights, praise him all his angels, praise him all his hosts, praise him sun and moon. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted. Let everything that hath breath, praise the Lord!”

Lord, we count ourselves as nothing before you, therefore, we will worship you, we will bow down to you and we will kneel before you O Lord, our Maker. For you O Lord are a great king and a great king above all Gods. We will exalt you and worship at your holy mountain, for you Lord God are holy, you are worthy of all our praise.

“The Lord requires us to love him with all of our heart, with all of our understanding and with all of our strength. He wants us to acknowledge him rather than accepting our burnt offerings. To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”

It is a good thing to obey the commandments of the Lord and do them. It is also easier to say that you will walk in them than to do them. But, is it impossible? No! Could we do it? Yes, but with God’s help. We have to lean on God in times when our faith wavers, we have to depend on him when we are lost and confused, we have to be determined to follow God at all cost, because in the end, the rewards of obedience far outweighs the rewards for disobedience. Help us, Lord, to faithfully and carefully obey your commandments, walk in them and do them. Amen!

You are tired, you are weary; will you come home to Jesus and rest from every care? From the sorrow and blame, from all the sin and shame, come home. There is bread to spare and a warm welcome there, O prodigal child come home!

When we are not walking closely with God, heaven will always seem far away to us. But, when we come to Jesus, we will find grace at his mercy seat; he will remove from us all doubts and fears, he will cover us from all the dark passing clouds that assails us and turn our nights into days and he will continually lead us onward to the throne, then heaven will never again seem so far away. That’s our kind and loving Savior!

Lord, help us to begin each day with praise to you on our lips. Let us go through the day lifting your name on high, because you are worthy of all the praise. Lord, let us not become proud and take credit for all the good things that you do, let us instead humble ourselves before you, rejoicing in you and praising you always. Amen!