Saturday... He is pleased with you...

Saturday... He is pleased with you and me. He really is.

Revelation 4:11 (NLT) says, "You are worthy, O Lord our God..." Now we know He is worthy. He is God! "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power." Yes, yes yes!

The verse continues, "For you created all things..." And that means you and me. He took great care in His creation of us and He doesn't make junk. "For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased."

Now step back and think about that. He created you and He did what pleased Him. He didn't have to create you. He wasn't told that He had to create you. No, He did it because it pleased Him to do it.

Oh, I know we have messed up His creation but He still would have created you. He also did everything in His power to enhance you, to redeem you, to lead you, to guide you because He created you.

Oh, God, may we really know at the beginning of this new year how much we matter to you. You have given us another year to live, to explore, to fulfill Your purpose in creating us. May we hook in to Your power and Your might and Your glory. May this year be the year that we strive to live out the potential that You see in us, Your creation. May we give ourselves over to You in a new way.

The Amplified Bible says, "For You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being." Oh God, may we really see that, and may we really live that through you glory, Your honor, and Your power. May it be so! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

Wednesday... It is amazing what we can see.

Psalm 3:3a (NLT), "But you, O LORD, are a shield around me." Wednesday... It is amazing what we can see. And what we see does make such a difference in our day. Now David, he writer of Psalm 3 starts this Psalm this way. He says in verse 1 (NLT), "O Lord, I have so many enemies; so many are against me." Yes, he is saying this to the LORD, the one he serves. Verse 2 says, "So many are saying, 'God will never rescue him!'" And that is so true with that outlook. So many of us get out of bed with that outlook every morning. It is amazing what we can see. Now I woke up this morning and eventually found myself outside on my couch with my Bible and I read this outlook in verses 1-2 from David. But I didn't stop there and neither did David. But that is an easy place to stop, isn't it? And it is true. Yes, David didn't stop there. Verses 3-4 says, "But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high. I...

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