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Friday... Yes, it really is. Yes, it really does.


Psalm 113:1-2 (MSG), "Hallelujah!, You who serve God, praise God! Just to speak his name is praise! Just to remember God is a blessing - now and tomorrow and always."

Friday... Yes, it really is. It really does!

There is so much in people's lives that can bring them down. So much. But starting your day speaking God's name in praise can really help to start the day right. Yes, there is power in praise! Yes, there is always power from God but there is also power from praise. "Just to speak his name is praise! Just to remember God is a blessing."

Look at this, no matter what you are facing, verse 4 (NLT) says. "For the Lord is high above the nations; his glory is higher than the heavens."  Our praise changes our focus.


The Apostle Paul had started a church in Thessalonica and it had become a thriving church but Paul after he had planted the church was chased out of town. But here is how he started his first letter to them. In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 he writes, "This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God give you grace and peace." Yes, let's praise him, let's change our focus and may he give you grace and peace. 

Those people who annoy you, who have hurt you, need some grace. And along with grace comes peace. It is all in our focus.

There is power in praise, the power in changing our focus. "Hallelujah!, You who serve God, praise God! Just to speak his name is praise! Just to remember God is a blessing - now and tomorrow and always." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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