Posts that reference the Psalms

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. Psalm 86:12

With my whole heart, or with all my heart.
What does that mean?

I will give thanks with all my energy and enthusiasm.

I will give thanks with sincerity and authenticity.

I will give thanks genuinely and earnestly.

My thanks will not be rote or canned.

My thanks will not be driven by duty or peer pressure.

My thanks will not be distracted or disingenuous.

Because God, whose name is to be praised forever and forever is worthy of my wholehearted thanks.
He is worthy of far more than I can offer or even express.
But since He is gracious enough to receive my thanks
How can I do anything else but give Him my wholehearted thanks?

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It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; Psalm 92:1

It is good to sing.
We are touched deeply when we sing.
We are connected to the rest of the community of faith when we sing.

We are in good company when we sing.
The mountains sing (Isaiah 41:23)
The valleys sing (Psalms 65:13);
The trees sing (1 Chronicles 16:33)
Everyone around the throne of God sings.

It is an offering.
It flows from a heart full of joy.
It is worship.

Sing!

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Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 106:1

Our thanksgiving begins with the goodness of God.
He is the source and standard of good.
He is the essence and expression of goodness.
He is the author and arbiter of all that is good.

There is not, nor can there, be any good apart from God.
We may have morals. Ethics. Conscience. Mores.
Even tainted by our sin, they are rooted in the goodness of God who ordained and established them.

Our thanksgiving deepens when we consider His steadfast love.
His mercy that forgives us.
His grace that makes us His own.
His kindness that provides for us.
His holiness that corrects us.
His gentleness that draws us.
His justice that defends us.
His compassion that comforts us.

And it never ends.

Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord!

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

Some versions read, “I will praise the LORD…”
Praise and thanksgiving are intimately connected.

Can we worship if we are ungrateful?
Are we grateful to one we resent or are indifferent to?

Resolve to be thankful in public.
Resolve to be known as a thankful person.

Thankful rather than demanding.
Humble rather than entitled.

I will.
I will seize the opportunity.

Proclaim my thanks in the congregation.
Lift my praise.
He is worthy.

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