It's Me Again God 2

37. A Song of Praise

It's me again God,

This is Your day and in the silence of this time before dawn, I will praise You!

"Keep on giving your thanks to God, for he is so good! His constant, tender love lasts forever!"
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:1‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Circumstances or people can be good some of the time, but this doesn't last forever! Love in human relationships can be wonderful but it can be fleeting. I am so blessed that I can wake knowing You love me right now and all the way to eternity too!

"Let all his princely people sing, "His constant, tender love lasts forever!" Let all his holy priests sing, "His constant, tender love lasts forever!" Let all his lovers who bow low before him sing, "His constant, tender love lasts forever!""
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:2-4‬ ‭TPT‬‬

This song of praise is where my heart is this morning —caught up in the wonder of the quality of  Your love and Your constant presence in my life!

"Out of my deep anguish and pain I prayed, and God, you helped me as a father. You came to my rescue and broke open the way into a beautiful and broad place. Now I know, Lord, that you are for me, and I will never fear what man can do to me. For you stand beside me as my hero who rescues me. I've seen with my own eyes the defeat of my enemies. I've triumphed over them all!"
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:5-7‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Lord You have rescued me time after time —You are my hero! My fears are unfounded because You are for me, not against me! You are my Father and You show Your compassion, breaking through my most painful moments, raising me up to higher places! You make something beautiful out of my brokenness and pain.

"Lord, it is so much better to trust in you to save me than to put my confidence in someone else. Yes, it is so much better to trust in the Lord to save me than to put my confidence in celebrities.

Once I was hemmed in and surrounded by those who don't love you. But by Yahweh's supernatural power I overcame them all! Yes, they surrounded me, like a swarm of killer bees swirling around me. I was trapped like one trapped by a raging fire; I was surrounded with no way out and at the point of collapse. But by Yahweh's supernatural power, I overcame them all!

They pushed me right up to the edge, and I was ready to fall, but you helped me to triumph, and together we overcame them all."
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:8-13‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Thank You that I can have complete confidence in You!

"Lord, you are my true strength and my glory-song, my champion, my Savior! The joyful songs I now sing will be sung again in the hearts and homes of all your lovers. My loud shouts of victory will echo throughout the land. For Yahweh's right hand conquers valiantly! The right hand of Yahweh exalts! The right hand of Yahweh will never fail. You will not let them kill me, but I will live to tell the world what the Lord has done for me. Yes, the Lord punished me as I deserved, but he'll never give me over to death."
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:14-18‬ ‭TPT‬‬

You are my song that keeps on playing through all the seasons of my life and I'm so grateful that You will never fail me!

"Swing wide, you gates of righteousness, and let me pass through, and I will enter into your presence to worship only you. I have found the gateway to God, the pathway to his presence for all his lovers. I will offer all my loving praise to you, and I thank you so much for answering my prayer and bringing me salvation! The very stone the masons rejected as flawed has turned out to be the most important capstone of the arch, holding up the very house of God. The Lord himself is the one who has done this, and it's so amazing, so marvelous to see!"
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:19-23‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Thank You so much for sending Jesus —the stone the builders rejected has indeed become the most vital to all mankind!

"This is the very day of the Lord that brings gladness and joy, filling our hearts with glee. O God, please come and save us again; bring us your breakthrough-victory! Blessed is this one who comes to us, the sent one of the Lord. And from within the temple we cry, "We bless you!" For the Lord our God has brought us his glory-light. I offer him my life in joyous sacrifice. Tied tightly to your altar I will bring you praise. For you are the God of my life and I lift you high, exalting you to the highest place.

So let's keep on giving our thanks to God, for he is so good! His constant, tender love lasts forever!"
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118:24-29‬ ‭TPT‬‬

My heart is filled with thanksgiving as I consider how Jesus has changed everything for me —I give You my life as a living sacrifice!

In His Name,
Amen.