Have a wonderful and meaningful Memorial Day! Psalm 145:1-2 says this:
1 I WILL extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise]. 2 Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You]; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever.
I LOVE "every day with its new reasons"! We begin our lives of praise and worship by thanking Him for life, for eternal salvation, and for all the ways in which He has blessed us. But, everyday that we spend being filled with the Spirit and filled with His Word will be a day of new illumination about Him! When Paul said, in Philippians 3:10, that he had made a determined purpose to really KNOW Him, he wan't speaking of something that was only available to those in a pulpit ministry! Every born again believer SHOULD make it their own determined purpose! Then WE can say, with the psalmist, that "every day, with its new reasons, WE will praise and worship the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible"! Here is the rest of Psalm 145:
3 Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is [so vast and deep as to be] unsearchable.
4 One generation shall laud Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works I will meditate.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your tremendous and terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth [like a fountain] the fame of Your great and abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness and justice.
8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.
9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].
10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]!
11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power,
12 To make known to the sons of men God's mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who are falling and raises up all those who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait for You [looking, watching, and expecting] and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor.
17 The Lord is [rigidly] righteous in all His ways and gracious and merciful in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever.
Be a DOER of verse 5 and then YOU can write your very own psalm of praise, thanksgiving and worship to HIM! He will LOVE to hear it! From your heart to His! HALLELUJAH! Here is Hillsong Live with "Praise Him":
Shalom in Him!
