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Thursday... Three things we can do that make a difference.


Thursday... Three things that we do that make a difference.

And we find them in Psalm 75:1 (NLT). Here is what it says, "We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful needs." 


First of all, thank him. Just thank him for being who he is. He is God. Acknowledge the fact that he is real and that he is in your life. Just thank him. Acknowledging by being thankful is so important as we get up to face a new day. Being thankful that he is God is such a great way to start our day and it will make such a difference. The Message says, "We thank you, God, we thank you." Just say, "Thank you God." Yes, he is real. He really is God. Thank him for that fact.

Next, acknowledge that he is near. Yes, it is so true that he is not far away, he is close, he is near, and he is definitely involved in our life. Yes, he is, he really is.

Proverbs 15:3 (AMP) says, "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors.]" Acknowledging that fact can make such a difference in how we start our day. He knows every detail in what you are doing and what you are going through. He knows that problem you are facing. He knows that person who is giving you grief. He knows that job that you need. He knows your pain, your anguish, you needs, your excitement, your desires. He knows your whatever you are facing because he is in every place and for sure he is really close, he really is near.  And thanking him reinforces that fact in us.

Yes, he is God and yes he is near. So let's acknowledge that fact by thanking him.

And then acknowledge what he has done. Be one of those people who tells of his wonderful deeds. And especially remind yourself of what he has done and what he can do and even believe what he will do in your life. 

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 13:4 (AMP), "For even though He was crucified in weakness [yielding Himself], yet He lives [resurrected] by the power of God [His Father]. For we too are weak in Him [as He was humanly weak], yet we are alive and well [in fellowship] with Him because of the power of God directed toward you." The New Living Translation says, "We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but... we will be alive with him and will have God's power." And we need to acknowledge that fact as we face whatever we are facing today.

So, "We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful needs." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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