“I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.”
“giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Psalms 57:7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
Psalms 108:1 My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
Psalms 112:7 He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
Proverbs 1:33 but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.
Proverbs 3:25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
Luke 21:9 And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”
Romans 5:3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
Luke 21:19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.
Isaiah 26:3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Psalms 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
Awake my soul and give thanks to God! Awake my heart and mind, trust God and take refuge in Him! None of us are immune to having issues and when you think about it our attention and reliance on God seems to jump up to a totally higher level when trials and troubles come into our lives. The thought that comes to mind; why is there another level to our attention and reliance on and in God during these times? We would do well to be in attention and reliance of His presence every moment of our day. Granted there are times of blessing and times of trials. However, shouldn’t there be a high level of attention and reliance in times of blessings. We easily understand crying out to our rock and refuge in times of trials. We should just as easily sing out praises in times of blessings. Singing and shouting out heart felt praises is a sure sign that you are not just seeking God when trials come but rather see His hand through out each day. I was speaking with someone yesterday and reminded them of how their attention to signs of a stroke potentially saved the life of my sister. He immediately said trust me on this – God made me see this and moved me to take action. He alone allowed me to see this. This was over 15 years ago and it is still fresh in his mind how God allowed him to see the signs. He is still giving God praise because of this. Everyday we have opportunity to see God’s hand at work and give Him praise. Commit to seeing how many things you can give praise to God about today!!!