Praise Ye the Lord!

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Psalm 150:6a NKJV

In the last 15 months, I have lost 25 people. After a while, you start to get kind of numb. It is very easy to become overwhelmed and fall into depression. BUT, I have this hope and this praise. I know for sure that at least 22 of them had accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior.

Come! Let's praise the Lord together! I have prayed for God to give me a grateful heart IN all things and He is answering my prayer. Since the New Year, there have been a handful of songs that play over and over in my spirit. 

Here are three of them (with the words that stand out to me). They all have to do with recognizing and acknowledging God's grace, His goodness and His unwavering faithfulness to never leave or forsake us. For when I look back over my whole life - even when I was running FROM God instead of to Him - I can see His loving hand. Thank You, Father!

Goodness of God (CeCe Winans)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y81yIo1_3o8

All my life You have been faithful
All my life You have been so so good
With every breath that I am able
I'm gonna sing of the goodness of God

There was Jesus (Zach and Dolly)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37wV6D49iEY

Every time I tried to make it on my own 

Every time I tried to stand and start to fall 

All those lonely roads that I have travelled on 

There was Jesus 

When the life I built came crashing to the ground 

When the friends I had were nowhere to be found 

I couldn't see it then but I can see it now 

There was Jesus 

In the waiting, in the searching 

In the healing and the hurting 

Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces 

Every minute, every moment 

Of where I've been and where I'm going 

Even when I didn't know it 

Or couldn't see it 

There was Jesus

I Speak Jesus (Charity Gayle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcmqSfr1ENY

I just want to speak the Name of Jesus 

‘Til every dark addiction starts to break 

Declaring there is hope and there is freedom 

I speak Jesus 

Your Name is power 

Your Name is healing 

Your Name is life 

Break every stronghold 

Shine through the shadows 

Burn like a fire 

I just want to speak the Name of Jesus 

Over fear and all anxiety 

To every soul held captive by depression 

I speak Jesus

Prayer:

Father,

          Thank You for ALWAYS being there - for leading us back to You when we have strayed. Open our eyes to see Your great love and provision in our lives. Remind us to always be grateful and to point others to You. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

Others - Jireh (Maverick City) 

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