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Monday... He knows what we have gone through and what we can do!


Psalm 60:12 (NLT), "With God's help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes."

Monday... He knows what we have gone through and what we can do! 

He really does. He not only can see our past, our present and our future but he also knows what mighty things we will do with his help.

David writes in Psalm 60:12 (NLT), "With God's help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes." But he also knows what we have just gone through.

Now David starts this Psalm in verses 1-2a by saying, "You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; Now restore us to your favor. You have shaken our land and split it open." And we could say the same thing today, couldn't we? And that is how it seems we're starting this new year of 2025. And we need to pray the last part of verse 2, "Seal the cracks, for the land trembles." Yes, we need to turn to God even in our families and pray that prayer.


Verses 2-3 in the NIV says, "You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger," And that is true in so many of our families as we face 2025. 

He continues in verse 4 and this is so important, "But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow." The Amplified Bible says, "You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder - a banner to shield them from attack], a banner that may be displayed because of the truth." It is imperative in whatever we are facing in this new year to turn to God.

And then David prays in verse 11 what we need to pray as we face this new year. He prays, "Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose)." I'm afraid that has been much of our problem. We have been looking to humans to solve our problems and some are so discouraged because their person didn't win or others believe that everything is going to be better because their person has won. Yes, people can make a difference but they also can be the problem. Again, David tells us we need to go to God and pray, "Give us help against the enemy," and realize, "for the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose)."

And then in verse 12 (NLT) David writes, "With God's help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes." The Amplified Bible says, "Through God we will have victory, for He will trample down our enemies." And verse 12a in The Message says, "In God we'll do our very best."

No matter what we're facing in this new year, we can know this, "In God we'll do our very best." "Through God we will have victory", and "With God's help we will do mighty things." Yes, God knows what we have gone through and he knows what we can do with his help! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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