“I will shout for joy and sing your praises, for you have ransomed me. I will tell about your righteous deeds all day long, for everyone who tried to hurt me has been shamed and humiliated”.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke; and if I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But, God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! Thanks be to God!
Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God? Psalm 71:19
Lord, “You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again, and lift me up from the depths of the earth. You will restore me to even greater honor, and comfort me once again. Then, I will praise you with music on the harp, because you are faithful to your promises, O my God. I will sing praises to you with a lyre, O Holy One of Israel. And, even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all”. Oh glory be to God!
Many are saying of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him in God.” But, you, O Lord, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high. Psalm 3:2-3
“I was crying to the Lord with my voice, and He answered me from His holy mountain. I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching over me. I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies who surround me on every side. Lord, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me”. Thank you, Lord!
Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because his compassion fails not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness! The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I hope in him. Lamentations 2:22-24
“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly, for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke of his youth. Let him sit alone and keep quiet, because God has laid it on him. For the Lord will not cast off forever, though he causes grief, yet he will show compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies”. My brothers and sisters in Christ, we must learn to carry our burdens that God has placed on us. It is not every time that someone calls for help that we should help. We need to go through our own deserts, where we have no one else to depend on but God. It is in these desert places that God will walk with us, begging us to trust him, sustaining us, and when he brings us out, and he will, because he said though he causes grief he will show compassion, and we will have testimonies to share of what God has done for us. God wants our praise!
We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. Psalm 78:4
My brothers and sisters in Christ, what are we passing on to our children? Do we sit them down and tell them about the goodness of the Lord; the storms he brought us through, our how he delivered us? “And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall teach them diligently to your sons, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation”. My brothers and sisters in Christ, this story never gets old and God requires this of us.
How great are his miracles, and how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. Daniel 4:3
“O Lord, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them. In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory”.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17
Immortal, invisible, God only wise, in light inaccessible hid from our eyes, most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise. To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small, in all life Thou livest, the true life of all; we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, and wither and perish, but naught changeth Thee. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light, Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight; all praise we would render, O help us to see, ’tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee!
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. Psalm 145:3
Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen!
I will praise you O Lord, with my whole heart, I will tell of your marvelous works, I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will, sing praises to your name O Most High. Psalm 9:1
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great You are! You are robed with honor and majesty. You are dressed in a robe of light; You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens; and my mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your glory all day long”.
Sing to the Lord, all the earth, proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations and his wonders among all peoples. 1 Chronicles 16:23-24
“Oh give thanks unto the Lord! Call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. Sing to him, sing psalms to him, and talk of his wondrous works. Glory in his holy name. Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face forevermore. Remember his marvelous works which he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth”.