Thankful, Day Forty-Seven

Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!

Serve the Lord with gladness;

Come before His presence with thanksgiving.

Know that the Lord, He is God;

It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;

We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

And into His courts with praise.

Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

For the Lord is good;

His mercy is everlasting,

and His truth endures to all generations.

Psalm 100, NKJV

Remember Andre Crouch's My Tribute? No? Let me sing it for you...well, let me tell you the words.

How can I say thanks

for the things you have done for me?

Things so undeserved,

yet you gave your own life for me.

The voices of a million angels

could not express my gratitude.

All that I am, and ever hope to be

I owe it all to Thee!

To God be the glory!

Everything I am, everything I have, is because of the grace God has given me. Every breath I take, every move I make, every heartbeat, every step--everything is due to God's matchless favor and limitless love.

God, thank you for what you're doing in my life. Thank you for answered prayer, for new vision, for more compassion. Thank you for doing what I could not do, what I didn't think could be done, what I thought would never be done. And you're not finished yet, but thanks in advance for seeing things through to the end. This is a great day to be serving you!

God, thank you for what you're doing in the the lives of others. Thank you for continuing to work, for being faithful to complete what you started, for allowing me a glimpse and sometimes even a part in the things that are taken place in others.

God, thank you for what you're going to accomplish in the days ahead, because you're people have prayed and petitioned, submitted and surrendered, interceded and waited upon you. I recognize that prayer doesn't move you, it moves us to where you are. But because of our continued efforts to move toward you, we experience more and more of what you are doing, and receive more and more from you. God, let it always be so. And please God, don't stop until this is done.

Again...thanks.