Every Day Praise
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Psalm 100:4
In Bible times, each year at the beginning of the harvest season, God’s people were called to come together to give thanks for His goodness in supplying their needs. This festival took place in late spring, fifty days after the annual Passover celebration. As the harvest season ended in the fall, God’s people celebrated another time of thanksgiving, lasting seven days. Other times of thanksgiving during the year also recalled God’s mercy and goodness. The Psalmist said, “Enter his gates with thanksgiving … give thanks to him and praise his name” (Psalm 100:4).
But more than that, people were urged to remember God’s goodness every day of the year—and that should be true for us as well. Life is not always the way we wish it were—but even in the midst of life’s hardest times, God’s grace and mercy are still with us. Nothing transforms our darkness like the blazing light of thankfulness.
Make sure your faith and trust are in Him, and thank Him daily for His love for you. The Bible says, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. … And be thankful.” (Colossians 3:15).
Bible Reading
Psalm 100
Prayer
Oh my Father and my God, help me each day to remember Your mercies and to come before You with a heart of thankfulness. In Jesus name. Amen.
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