Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. –Psalm 111:1
Most of us celebrated Thanksgiving. What were you thankful for? The Civil War was still going strong when President Lincoln made the proclamation to have a day of Thanksgiving. In his proclamation, he wanted Americans on both sides of the Civil War to give God thanks. This proclamation should be our prayer for America today.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.
And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity, and union.
What are you thankful to God for? In the opening verse, Psalm 111:1 says, “Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation [assembly].” We understand what it means to praise the Lord and give Him thanks. How about with your whole heart? Is your heart divided between God and a person or a worldly item or activity? Ask God to examine your heart and let you know if you have any resentment or bitterness for things done that you have not forgiven. At one time, I was angry with God for not answering my prayers, so I was not thankful with my whole heart. I have since resolved my anger issues. Read my online book to learn how I did this. https://hopeforcompletehealing.com/
King David tells us in this verse to praise and thank God “in the company of the upright and in the congregation.” The upright refers to righteous people who keep God’s commandments, namely, to love Him with all your heart, mind, strength, and soul and love others (1John 2; Luke 10:25-37). My church has a praise and prayer time, where the congregation testifies what they praise God for and shares their prayer requests. This is my favorite part of the service because it is so encouraging, and you feel more connected with the other believers.
Psalm 64:10 also states, “Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!” An upright (righteous) person will naturally want to praise God and be thankful to Him. Do you agree or disagree with this thought? Also, read my posts called Worship – Week 8 – Exult and Worship – Week 4 – Whole Heart.
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WEEK 49–December 3 – December 9
Day 337-Dec. 3—Worship God for perfecting His love in you.
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. –1John 4:12
Day 338-Dec. 4—Worship God for giving you faith to overcome the world and be victorious.
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? –1John 5:4-5
Day 339-Dec. 5—Worship God for giving you understanding that you may know Him who is true.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. –1John 5:20-21
Day 340-Dec. 6—Worship God, who keeps you from stumbling.
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. –Jude 24-25
Day 341-Dec. 7—Worship God, who freed you from your sins and made you a priest.
From Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. – Revelations 1:5-6
Day 342-Dec. 8—Worship God, who always was and always will be.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” –Revelations 1:8
Day 343-Dec. 9—Worship God for the gospel and its power for salvation.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. –Romans 1:16
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