Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — Psalm 103:1

Praise must not just come from our lips. We must praise God from the bottom of our hearts because of all the good things he has done for us. God deserves praise for being holy, majestic, and powerful, but we have even better reasons to praise him. He has treated us with such kindness.

 

Thought

Praise must not just come from our lips. We must praise God from the bottom of our hearts because of all the good things he has done for us. God deserves praise for being holy, majestic, and powerful, but we have even better reasons to praise him. He has treated us with such kindness.

 

Prayer

Dearly beloved Father, I thank you for giving us creation as a gift. I thank you for giving us the freedom to accept or reject you out of love. I thank you for selecting Abraham as the source of faith and the people through whom Jesus would enter the world. Thank you for sending Jesus, I pray. I thank you for making a sacrifice to atone for my sins. I give you thanks for bringing him back to life and for defeating sin and death. I thank you for those who spoke to me about the gospel of your grace. I thank you for what you have done for me and through me. I thank you for what you are about to do, but it is still a mystery to me. I thank you for being the All-Powerful God who has chosen to be my Abba Father. In Jesus’s precious name I pray. Amen.