Feb 21 2026 … Remembering God’s Goodness …

Feb 21 2026 … Remembering God’s Goodness … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Cece Winans singing Goodness of God … calling on all Christians to focus on and remember the eternal goodness of God.

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 42:5 … [NLT] …  

5 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad?  I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again — my Savior and my God! 

… The Psalmist sings of taking all his discouragement to the Lord with praise, … even n the face of life’s challenges.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Psalms 42:1-8  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s Psalmist writes of maintaining faith as the author deals with severe  life challenges and even depression.  

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 103:1-2, 10-13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God’s willingness to give His faithful children the grace and strength to deal with the challenges of life.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to give His peace to those who’re willing to focus, in faith, on God’s love and grace.   

Reference Passage: … John 1:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John, teaches truth for Christians to remember the blessings they (we) have received from God’s abundant grace. 

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 1:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul exhorts fellow Christians to remember all the blessings we receive from God’s grace.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-8, 19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also calls on all fellow Christians to take their (our) anxieties and concerns to God in prayer with thankful hearts, recognizing that The Lord will provide all our needs … ALWAYS! 

Reference Passage: … James 1:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, the half-brother of Jesus, teaches truth about God blessing those who’re tested because of their (our) faith.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Bill Crowder …  USE THIS LINK   … describes how a theologian, who was dealing with memories of the days of apartheid in South Africa, asked a young girl what the concept of “memory” meant to her, to which the student responded, ”Memory is that thing that helps me to forget.” And the ODB author immediately pointed to the brilliance of that insight from such a young child.   

And that insight is at the heart of how we, as Christians, must deal with our past, especially memories we have difficulty forgetting.  We need to be able to remember God’s goodness and His blessings in order to forget what we’ve dealt with in the past, or are dealing with in the present.   

Personally, I’m dealing with a lot of personal issues right now.   Perhaps my readers are too.  Well, I’m stopping, … right now, … to pray that we’ll all remember God’s goodness and His grace to give us the peace to forget the past and the strength to deal with the present.   Are you with me?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me Your strength, especially when I have trouble forgetting my past or dealing with my present ills.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for Your mercy and grace, giving us the truth from Your word to allow us to “forget” our past and deal with today’s challenges.  … Amen

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