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Thursday... This is such a great reminder. It really is!


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

Thursday... This is such a great reminder. It really is!

It is so easy for us to remember the bad things, it really is but what about the good things?

Psalm 103:2 (NLT) says, "Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me." Yes, it is so easy for us to wake up each morning dwelling on the bad things but what about the good? And no matter what our relationship is to God there are still good things in our lives.


Now remembering them and praising and thanking the one who did them can help in starting the day off right. 

Here is another reminder. Over in Matthew 7, Jesus reminds us of the importance of asking. In verses 7-8 he says, "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened." 

It looks like there is some persistence in there. "Keep on asking", "Keep on knocking." Now it is easy for us to keep on complaining, isn't it? And that gets in the way of our asking and believing.

He continues in verses 9-10. He says, "You parents - if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!" Verse 11, "So if sinful people know how to give good gifts to their children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him."

Verse 11 in the Amplified Bible says, "If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him." 

So, don't forget to ask and also don't forget to praise and thank Him. "Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me." Just a great reminder. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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