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Saturday... No matter what, may we never forget.


Saturday... No matter what, may we never forget.

There is so much in people's lives that they would love to forget. So much pain, so much trouble, so much rejection but with God there is so much to remember.

Psalm 103:2 (NLT) says, "Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does." 

Verses 8 & 9 says, "The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever." Now there is more but that is a great start.

Life has a way of affecting our memory of the good things in our life but praise has a way of helping us to remember. Praise gets us off track of focusing on the bad and to focusing on the good. 

Think of your mate or a close friend. Think of five ways they hurt or disappointed you yesterday and then five ways they were good to you yesterday and then notice how you feel after each of those memories. Now Satan is good at helping you remember the bad. He wants you to be discouraged, angry, worried and even more negative but God wants to lift you up.

I know this is pretty basic but praise is a great way of lifting you up as you lift someone else up and starting our day with praising God gets us in the right perspective to live each day.

Now look at the list the Psalmist gave in remembering God. He is compassionate, He is merciful, He is slow to get angry and He is filled with unfailing love. And also, He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. Now those are great things for us to remember and have reinforced into our heart and mind as we face this day. And that is only a small part of who God is. And the good thing is, I have a relationship with Him 

Romans 8:35 says, "Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer love us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute or threatened with death?" Verse 37 says, "No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us." And we really need to remember that, don't we?

So no matter what is happening around us we need to never forget what God is like and all the good things He does and that He love us. He really, really loves us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 


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