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I will thank the LORD at all times. My mouth will always praise him. — Psalm 34:1(GW) Let us give thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:20). The LORD is good, all the time, speak His praises every chance you get. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;
 The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together! (Psalm 34:2-3)

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. — Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) Let the peace of God rule in your mind and His exceedingly great joy overflow from your heart at all times, knowing that God will meet all your needs, from His glorious riches, not the lack you see in your own resources. And remember that when God says all your needs, He means ALL . He will supply your every need, in every area of life, spiritual, physical, financial, emotional, etc. He will take care of it all. The Amplified version says, God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need. Cast all your cares on Him today!

Our inner selves wait [earnestly] for the Lord; He is our Help and our Shield. For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted (relied on and been confident) in His holy name. Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You.  — Psalm 33:20-22 (AMP) May your heart and soul rejoice in the Lord, our Help and our Shield! Abiding in His Presence will make your joy complete. He is everything we need!

What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.  — Joel 1:4 (NKJV) Have you ever felt like the fruit of your work has been chewed up by crawling locusts or maybe your seed/money is consumed by the swarming locusts? Just keep trusting and walking in obedience with the LORD. He says, “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust,” (Joel 2:25). You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And His people shall never be put to shame (Joel 2:26).

Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.  — Psalm 32:10 (NIV) As we totally trust in the LORD and acknowledge that He is our sole source, we are continually surrounded by His lovingkindness and mercy. Whether we turn to the right or to the left, we find that His love is still there, no matter which direction we go. When we live in reliance on His unfailing love, we close the door to any doubt. We never doubt His goodness, we never question the good plans He has for us, and we never doubt His ability or willingness to take care of us. With the unfailing love of the Most High, we will never be neglected, abandoned or forgotten. Give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love!

The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.”  — Psalm 32:8 (NLT) Things are not always as they appear. Proverbs 14:12 says, there is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. However, we can trust God to lead us along on the best pathway for us because He only wants the best for us. He will advise you as His eyes watch over you. Be wise and follow!

Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment. For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.  — Psalm 32:6-7 (NLT) Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33). God gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57). All you saints, sing your VICTORY song, so the sound of victory can be heard in the land!

Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind and heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come as a consequence of [and in response to] your words. — Daniel 10:12 (AMP) In order to gain understanding, we have to set our minds on the Word of God and how to apply it to our lives. We must set our hearts on seeking the LORD and His specific will. To set means: to put, lay, or stand something in a specified place or position. When we begin a journey, we set a GPS to direct us to our desired destination. Likewise, we should also purposefully position ourselves in a posture of prayer and consistently meditate on His wonderful Word, and wait to receive direction from our heavenly Father. Then, like Daniel,  we open the door to receive visions of our future and the intervention of angelic beings.

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the LORD.  — Psalm 31:24 (NKJV) The Message says it this way: Be brave. Be strong. Don’t give up. Expect God to get here soon. Let your hope serve as a trustworthy anchor for the soul, holding it firm and secure. This confidence in the LORD will keep you from being moved to and fro by temporary circumstances. Whatever you are going through right now, shall eventually come to pass. Be strong and courageous, and do not give up!

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.  — Psalm 30:11-12 (NIV) Weeping may last for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5). If we don't have anything else, we can always rejoice about our salvation. We are saved! The devil can't touch this. Psalm 51:12 says, “ Restore to me the joy of Your salvation .” Give thanks to the LORD and sing praises to Him forever!

...the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. — Daniel 5:23b (NKJV) How do we bring glory to the God who gives us the very breath of life? LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30) and seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33). We honor God by letting the death and resurrection of Jesus make a difference in how we live our lives today. By letting His love, His patience and His peace shine through us in all our interactions with others (our spouses, children, family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, boss, etc.). And by living in the victory, that Jesus has already provided for us. We glorify God, by becoming more and more like Him, each and every day. Amen!

My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “LORD, I am coming.”  — Psalm 27:8 (NLT) Abba Father simply says,  “ Come! ”  He puts no restrictions or conditions on it. We don't have to try to get ourselves together before we come. We can come exactly the way we are. He wants us close to Him, like any loving father desires to have His children near. His ears are attentive to your voice. He says,  “ come and talk to Me. ”  What is your response?

Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us... — Daniel 3:17 (NKJV) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego were bound and cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace for not serving the god of King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 3:21). But GOD sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him (Daniel 3:28). The fire had no power over their bodies; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them. When you face fiery trials, keep your trust in God and He will deliver you too!

The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. — Psalm 25:8 (NLT) Put your hope in the LORD. Travel steadily along His path (Psalm 37:34). Even though we encounter obstacles, His way is a path of peace and it leads to everlasting life. Ignore the distractions and detours which will try to take you off the proper path. Proverbs 15:21 says, a sensible person stays on the right path. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take (Proverbs 3:6).

‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ — 2 Chronicles 20:9 (NKJV) In the face of disaster, we will stand, in His presence. Our bodies are temples of His Holy Spirit, who is in us. We belong to Him (1 Corinthians 6:19). When we cry out to the LORD in any affliction or calamity, He will hear us and rescue us. He is the God of all comfort and His Spirit like a healing balm. Amen.

Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. — 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NKJV) Are you like Martha, worried and troubled about many things? (Luke 10:41) Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Jesus gave us His peace (John 14:27). Our God is the author of peace (1Corinthians 14:33). We can experience peace because the Lord is always with us. May  you stay in the perfect peace of the Lord, in all circumstances and in every situation, no matter what comes.

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Then he received the highest position in heaven, the one next to the throne of God. — Hebrews 12:2 (GW) In this life we have to endure some things. Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) The Amplified version goes on to say that Jesus deprived the world of power to harm us and conquered it for us. Amen! We must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 2:3), knowing that He has already given us the victory. Let us be like the Apostle Paul and fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith (2 Timothy 4:7)!

For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.  — Psalm 21:6 (NKJV) The privilege of just being in the LORD's Presence is a source of extreme joy. Psalm 16:11 says, in His presence is fullness of joy. We can have this joy and hold onto it all the days of our lives, because the LORD is always with us. Complete joy can fill our hearts because of our salvation. God chose us to fellowship with Him forever! We get to spend eternity in the Presence of our heavenly Father. That is indeed, something to rejoice about. It was the joy that was set before Him, that allowed Jesus to endure the cross (Hebrews 12:2). Like everything else that comes from the Father, joy is a gift. He has given it unto us. We must open our hearts and minds to receive the gift of gladness and let it infiltrate our very beings.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and stand upright.  — Psalm 20:7-8 (NKJV) Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow (Philippians 2:9-10). Chariots will rust and horses get weak, but all glory and power belong to JESUS CHRIST forever and ever! (1 Peter 4:11) May the name of the Lord Jesus be magnified on the earth and in your life!

For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect.  — Psalm 18:31-32 (NKJV) Our God is a solid rock. We can stand securely in Him. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength (Isaiah 40:29). God arms us with strength and His glorious power works in us and through us to bring about His perfect will. Stay on the path He has for you and run or walk, but at least keep going in the right direction. The LORD will make a way for you!

In my distress I cried out to the LORD; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry to him reached his ears.  — Psalm 18:6 (NLT) The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry (Psalm 34:15). Whatever you are going through today, our heavenly Father is right there with you and He will deliver you out of all your troubles. Just call upon Him. Psalm 18:6, in The Message says: my cry brings me right into his presence— a private audience! Amen.

Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.  — Psalm 17:7 (NIV) Great is the love the Father has lavished on us! He saves those who trust and take refuge in Him from those who rise up against them. The LORD daily bears our burdens and loads us with benefits (Psalm 68:19). He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are (1 John 3:1, GW). Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; (Lamentations 3:22-23). Hallelujah!

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. — Psalm 16:11 (NIV) “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” (Nehemiah 8:10, NLT) In the Presence of our awesome God, we are filled with unspeakable joy. This joy runs deep within us and is not moved by outer circumstances. There is a no greater joy than spending time with Abba Father and basking in the sunlight of His love!

I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.  — Psalm 16:7-8 (NIV) Keep your eyes on the LORD, that's where your help comes from. Don't pay any attention to the smoke show of the enemy. He is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44). We don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever (2 Corinthians 4:18, NLT). Hallelujah!

May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. — 2 Peter 1:2 (Amp) According to Psalm 34:10, those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. God has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). And we gain access to these good things by getting to know Him, personally and intimately. The best way to get to know someone is to spend time with them. As we spend time with our heavenly Father, our nature becomes more like His divine nature and we take on more of His characteristics. Amen.

O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.  — Psalm 16:5-6 (NKJV) Choose God first and foremost in your life. He has already chosen you. All of your days are written in His book (Psalm 139:16). The boundary lines marked out for you are in pleasant places. He has plans of peace, to give you hope and a future. Surely, as children of God, we have a wonderful inheritance!

I’ve thrown myself headlong into your arms—I’m celebrating your rescue. I’m singing at the top of my lungs, I’m so full of answered prayers.  — Psalm 13:5-6 (The Message) Our God is a mighty God and the safest place for us is in His arms. Throw yourself headlong into the arms of our heavenly Father, that's head first. That means we have to get our minds renewed according to the Word of God, then the rest of us will follow, our bodies, our tongues, etc. As we stay in His arms, He carries us close to His heart. Always remember the wonderful works the LORD has done in your midst. Thank and praise Him for answered prayers and for what is yet to come.

LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.  — Psalm 10:17 (NLT) Our heavenly Father is the God of all comfort. Surely He pays close attention to our cries and comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). May we be like our heavenly Father and bring comfort to others.

The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth his eyes examine them.  — Psalm 11:4 (NIV) The LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the inward condition of the heart. His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him (2 Chronicles 16:9). God is constantly looking for those with hearts that are loyal to Him, so He can show Himself strong, on their behalf. Be fully committed!

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. — Psalm 9:9-10 (NKJV) Have you ever been deserted by someone you thought was a friend when you needed them the most? Well, our heavenly Father is a trustworthy refuge in times of trouble. He will never abandon you. In 2 Timothy 4:16, the Apostle Paul says, “At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me.”  But he goes on to say: “But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me” (2 Timothy4:17). Know that He stands with you today.