Well, there are only 2 more weeks left in the Bible study. It sure seems to be going fast.
This week? Praise and thanksgiving.....praise and thanksgiving.....praise and thanksgiving!!!! That about sums it up for me. I learned that we are not to praise our circumstances or the situations we are in but we are to praise GOD despite our circumstances. When we take our focus off our circumstances and put it on praising and thanking God then our attitude changes. I love the way Lysa puts it:
"Thankfulness breeds thankfulness. The more we practice it, the more we'll live thanksgiving out loud. And the more we live it out loud, the more thanksgiving will become the natural groove of our heart." Living thanksgiving OUT LOUD. I had never thought about it that way.
So, the next time my "uglies" come out, I'm going to practice praise and thanksgiving! Where there is praise God's presence can be felt, and we know what His presence brings with it: Galatians 5:22-23, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Let's practice God's presence this week like never before....praise and thanksgiving.....praise and thanksgiving....praise and thanksgiving!
Believing God ~ Melinda
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