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This week my hubby Chad, reminded me of the vision God gave me nearly 15 years ago - to encourage, strengthen, and challenge believers to grow in their walk with The Lord through In His Name. I admit it has been a long while since I’ve added any new posts. As I processed the reason as to why, the thoughts of “I’m not doing any good anyway, I don’t have the time, nothing is ever gonna come out of it, so what’s the use.” I realized that these thoughts are all lies from the enemy. The TRUTH is that when God gives us a precious gift, He doesn’t want us to keep it to ourselves, that would be selfish, He wants us to share with and bless others. I realized that I have been selfish and lazy over these past few months, because He has shared a number of things with me, yet I chose to not forward to you, and for this, I apologize. After confessing to The Lord and asking Him to help me figure out how to balance work, family, friends, and life in general, and I know it’s an on-going process, He has given me a renewed sense of purpose and passion in sharing His thoughts with you. So, here we go -
The Lord gave me this idea, oh probably a month ago, actually it was on July 28th of this year, at least :)
Here is the challenge - Can we as believers, more importantly, will we, come up with 10,000 reasons to praise His holy name? The answer of course is YES! The answer is YES, even when we are in the pit of despair. The answer is YES, even when it hurts (physically, emotionally, and spiritually) to get out of bed. The answer is YES, even when disappointment consumes us. The answer is YES, if we do this together! So, let’s do this! Who’s on board??? I will start the list - please add to it. Thanks in advance for your time and thoughts.
10,000 Reasons To Praise Your Holy Name -
You give life
You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You save souls, with a mighty arm You save
You are good
You are The good, good Father
You are kind
You are gentle
You are powerful
You do right by us
Your ways are better
Chad had a fantastic suggestion for this list! How about we make it a bit more personal by listing specific reasons we can praise His holy name. I will give an example - The Lord has shown His faithfulness to me by reminding me that His ways are absolutely higher AND better than mine. I have a great imagination and have a plan for the next 5 years, yet The Lord has recently reminded me that I don’t know what tomorrow may bring. While it’s OK to make plans, I am to hold them loosely so that I can follow where He leads me and be ready to change directions as He sees fit. Anything that I can imagine, can be outdone by Him because His resources are endless. I look forward to seeing what we all come up with. Enjoy sharing.
