Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of song and lyrics from Dennis Jernigan leading in worship and singing his tribute in thanks to God … Thank You Lord … poignantly singing of how we should, as children of God, have thankful hearts ALWAYS!!
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 95:2-3 [NKJV] … 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is the great God, and the great King above all gods.
… Just singing praises and thanks to God because He is GOD!
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 95 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist, singing thanks to God, … just because He is God!
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Reference Passage : … John 3:16-17 [NKJV] … 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
… Certainly enough reason to give thanks to our God, isn’t it?
Reference Passage : … 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 [NKJV] … 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
… Paul knew that our hearts, as Christ’s disciples, should be locked in a mode of thankfulness … ALWAYS!!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Dave Banon, used a common greeting card to illustrate what our hearts should express to our Lord … ALWAYS!! The ODB author writes … Among the thousands of sentiments printed on greeting cards, perhaps one of the most touching is this simple statement: “Thanks for being you.” [see photo]
If you receive that card, you know that someone cares for you, … not because you did something spectacular for that person, … but because you’re appreciated for your essence.
I wonder if this kind of sentiment might indicate for us one of the best ways to say “thank you” to God.
Here in the USA, we’re coming up on a special holiday next week, aren’t we? And on Thanksgiving day, we’re to remember, with thankful hearts, all the goodness and blessings in our lives. But what about today? Shouldn’t our hearts, as Christians, be saying to God what is in that greeting card? … “Thanks, God, for just being our God!”
And if you’ve taken in the photo, heard the linked song, and meditated on the Scriptures highlighted by the ODB entry today, I think we all should do a heart inventory and see if we truly carry a thankful attitude for all that God has done, … is doing, … and will do in our lives.
I, for one, am jolted into a genuine proclamation of thanks to my God … for just being God!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for just being You!!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here are saying … or maybe singing along with Dennis Jernigan … our thanks to our God, Who loves us and ALWAYS cares for us. … Amen
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