Meditating The Word

Today's meditation is on Psalm 149 & 150
I praise you, Lord.
I will sing a brand new song to you. I will sing your praises in the assembly of the faithful, so everyone will hear how wonderful you are.
I rejoice in you, my Maker. I sing joyful praises to you, my King.I praise your name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp.For you delight in me. You adorn me with your beauty and crown me with victory. I rejoice that you honor me. My joyful praises will rise even while others sleep.
Your high and holy praises fill my mouth, they are like a two-edged sword in my hands. Praise is my weapon of war, it's how I fight my battles. You have given me glorious privilege, and I am your faithful, praise-filled warrior. 
I praise you in your sanctuary, Lord. I praise you in your heavenly stronghold.I praise you for your mighty miracles, and for your magnificent greatness.
I praise you with trumpets blasting, with music and dancing and loud clashing cymbals. I make a joyful noise to you Lord.
Let everything that breathes sing your praises. 
I praise you, Lord.
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 148
I praise you, Lord.
I join in the praise from the heavens. The skies are filled with praise and shouts of glory.
All the angels praise you, Lord. I join the chorus with all the armies of heaven.
The sun and moon praise you. I join in praise with the twinkling stars of light. The cosmic chorus thunders your praise.
Let every created thing give praise to you, Lord, for you spoke and created everything. From nothing to something, it all came into being. You established the cosmos to last forever. And you stand behind your commands. Your decree will never be revoked.
I join the parade of praise with all the earth; with the mighty creatures of the ocean depths. Lightening and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather -- they all obey you. I join in the melody with the mountains and hills, trees of the forest and field, and harmonize with their praise. The wild animals and all livestock, small scurrying animals and birds -- let everything on earth praise your holy name. 
I join in the praise from the kings of the earth and all people, rulers and judges of the earth, young men and young women, old men and children, everyone everywhere.
I join in the orchestra of praise. For your name is great, and it is the only name I raise. Your stunning splendor ascends higher than the heavens and towers over the earth.
You have anointed me with strength and authority, showing me your great favor. I am close to your heart and I will remain faithful to you, Lord.  
I praise you, Lord.
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 147
I praise you, Lord.
How good and beautiful it is to sing praises to you. How delightful and how fitting. Let my praise make me lovely before you and bring you great delight. 
You spanned the distance between us, and brought me back into right relationship with you. You healed my broken heart, and bandaged my wounds. You count the stars and set each one in it's place, calling them by their names. 
How great you are, Lord. Your power is absolute. There is nothing it can't accomplish. Your understanding is beyond comprehension. You have infinite understanding of everything. 
You support and strengthen the humble and bring down the proud.
I sing out songs of thanksgiving to you, Lord. I sing praises to your holy name with melodies overflowing.
You fill the sky with clouds, sending showers to water the earth, and make the grass grow in mountain pastures. You give food to the wild animals and feed the young ravens from the palm of your hand when they cry. 
I don't find security in my own personal strength. My might does not impress you. Your delight is in my fear and reverence of you. You show favor to me as I wait for your tender embrace. I put my hope in your unfailing love. 
I glorify you, Lord and praise you with my highest praise. You have surrounded me with your strength, and blessed my children. You bring me peace, and satisfy my every need. You send out your orders throughout the world. Your words run as swift messengers, bringing them to pass. 
You send snow like white wool and paint the landscape with frost. You hurl hail like stones and cause waters to freeze before winter's icy blast. Then, at your command, it all melts away.
You have revealed your words to me, Lord. Your life-giving instructions are written in your scriptures for me to follow. 
I praise you, Lord. 
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 146
I praise you, Lord.
With my innermost being, with all that I am, I praise you.I will spend my life praising you, Lord. I will sing praises to you, Lord, as long as I have breath.
I don’t put my confidence in powerful people; there is no help for me there. Even great leaders fail and fall. When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
But happy and blessed am I because you are my helper. My hope is in you alone. Lord, you made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.
You are faithful and keep every promise you have spoken forever. You saved me from the oppressor and you provide for my every need. You set me free from bondage. 
Lord, you opened my eyes to new revelations of truth. You lifted me up when I was weighed down under the burdens and cares of the world because of your steadfast love for me. 
Lord you protect me and care for me. You bless everything I set my hands to and you frustrate the plans of the enemy.
Lord, you reign forever. You are my God throughout all time and eternity.
I praise you, Lord. 
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 145
I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever. My heart explodes with praise to you. I will praise you every day. Now and forever, my heart bows in worship to you. You are great, Lord, and worthy of my highest praise. No one can measure your greatness.
I will tell my children of your mighty acts; I will proclaim your power. Your magnificent splendor and the miracles of your majesty are my constant meditation. 
Your awe-inspiring deeds will always be on my tongue; I proclaim your excellent greatness, telling people everywhere about you. I will share the story of your wonderful goodness; and sing with joy about your righteousness. My heart overflows as I celebrate your fame, bringing bliss to my heart. I shout for ecstatic joy over your breakthrough for me.
Lord, you are merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. Your love is like a flooding river overflowing its banks with kindness. You are so good to me, Lord. You shower compassion on me. Your tender love is blended into everything you do.
I thank you, Lord, and praise you. I will follow you faithfully all the days of my life, fulfilling my purpose. I will tell the world of the lavish splendor of your kingdom and preach about your limitless power. I will tell about your mighty miracles and about the majesty and glory of your kingdom. For your kingdom is everlasting, through all the ages of time and eternity.
Lord, you are faithful to fulfill every promise you've made. You manifest yourself as kindness in all you do. 
When I fell, you helped me up and sustained me. You lifted me when I was bent beneath my burden of shame. My eyes look to you in hope. You provide for all of my needs. You open your generous hand full of blessings, and satisfy my every longing. You are righteous in everything you do. Your love is wrapped into all your works.
Lord, you are close to me. When I call on you in truth, you draw near to me and grant my desires. You bring me your saving strength. You watch over me and protect me, Lord, and I love you with all my heart.
I will praise you Lord, and bless your holy name from now through eternity.
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 144
I praise you, Lord. You are my rock. There is only one strong, safe, and secure place for me. You alone give me strength to endure. You train me for spiritual war, and outfit me for battle with your armor. You are my shelter of love and my fortress of faith. You wrap yourself around me as a secure shield. You are my loving ally, my tower of safety, my rescuer. I hide myself in the God who subdues enemies before me. 
O Lord, who am I that you should notice me, a mere mortal, yet your thoughts are constantly on me. In this life, I'm like a faint whisper, a mere breath of air, and my days on earth are like a passing shadow.
Yet, you opened the heavens, Lord, and came down. You conquered the enemy. You reached down from heaven and rescued me from bondage. 
I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises. For you have made me victorious. You rescued me from a life of sin and death. You saved me from the dark power of the enemy. He is a liar, and the father of all lies. 
You delivered me. Because of your love and mercy, my descendants will flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. The women of my family will be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace. Our barns will be filled with crops of every kind. The flocks in our fields will multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands, and our oxen will be loaded down with produce.
You are my protector, Lord. No enemy will break through our walls, we will not be taken into captivity, there will be no cries of alarm in our town squares.
What bliss I experience when these blessings fall. I am happy to love and serve my God.
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 142 and 143.
Lord, I come boldly before you with my requests. You are merciful. I know I can spill out my heart and tell you about my troubles. When I was desperate, overwhelmed and about to give up, you were the only one there to help. You gave me a way of escape. You alone know the path I should take. 
You care for me. You are my hiding place, my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life. You are my hope and my salvation. You rescue me from my persecutors. You have set me free and placed me in the middle of your chosen ones. I am surrounded by the godly. You are so good to me. 
You hear my prayers, Lord; and you listen to my pleas. You answer me because you are faithful to your promises. You do not put me on trial, because you have redeemed me and blotted out my transgressions. You have made me righteous in Christ Jesus.
Even though the enemy tries to force me to live in the shadows of darkness, I do not lose hope and I do not fear. I remember your faithfulness. I ponder all your great works - the glorious miracles of days gone by. I often think of all the wonders you have done.
I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for more of you as parched land thirsts for rain. 
You are always close to me, listening and answering my fervent prayers. You never turn away from me. 
Let the dawning day bring me revelation of your tender, unfailing love. Give me light for my path and show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. I trust in you alone. You rescue me from the enemy, Lord, because I hide myself in you.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your gracious Spirit is all I need so lead me on good paths that are pleasing to you. You are my one and only God. For the glory of your name, Lord, you preserve my life. You are true to your promises. In your unfailing love, you silence the enemy. Before the foundations of the world, you chose me and I am yours. 
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 141
O Lord, you are so faithful. When I call to you, you listen and come to rescue me. You are always close by my side. You accept my prayer as an offering of fragrant incense, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. I surrender myself in worship to you.
Give me grace, O Lord, to guard my lips from speaking what is wrong. Guide me away from temptation. Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Save me from sinful habits and from keeping company with those who are experts in evil. Don’t let me share in their sin in any way.
When one of your godly ones corrects me, or one of your faithful ones rebukes me, I will accept it like an honor I cannot refuse. It will be like healing medicine that I swallow without an offended heart. I will not refuse it. Even if they are mistaken, I will continue to pray. 
I pray constantly, binding on earth everything that is bound in heaven and loosing on earth everything that is loosed in heaven. Those who listen to my words will find them true.
I look to you for help. You are my Lord and my God. I only have eyes for you. You are my refuge; you protect me from the enemy. I hide myself in you, and you keep me from the traps that have been set for me, from the snares of the evil one. You are my safe passage of escape. 
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 
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Today's meditation is on Psalm 139
O Lord, you have examined my heart. You know everything there is to know about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul and understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. Even when I’m far away, you see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book. You know what I am going to say even before I say it. You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. You've gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand. The wonder of it all brings me strength.
Where could I go from your Spirit? Where could I run and hide from your face? I can never get away from your presence, Lord. If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the dawn, or fly into the radiant sunset, you are there waiting. If I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will empower me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night — but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex. Your workmanship is marvelous. Everything you do is breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it. How thoroughly you know me, Lord. You formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place. Carefully, skillfully, you shaped me from nothing into something. You saw me before I was born. You saw who you created me to be before I became me. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. Every single moment you are thinking of me. How wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought. Your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore. They cannot be numbered. And when I awake each morning, you are still with me.
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Examine me through and through. Find out everything that may be hidden within me. Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me back to your glorious, everlasting way -- the path that brings me back to you.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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Today's Meditation is on Psalm 138
I give you thanks, O Lord, with all the passion of my heart; I sing your praise in public places. I worship you in the presence of angels. Heaven's mighty ones will hear my voice, as I sing my loving praise to you. 
I bow before your divine presence and bring you my deepest worship as I experience your tender love and your living truth. Your love never fails. You are forever faithful. Your great and precious promises to me are backed by all the honor of your name.
As soon as I pray, you answer me. You strengthen me deep within my soul and breathe fresh courage into me. 
One day, all the earth will thank you Lord, every knee will bow, for everyone will hear your living words.
I sing about your wonderful ways, Lord, for your glory is great. Yet, even in your greatness, you reach to embrace the lowly. You care for the humble, but you keep your distance from the proud. Help me to remain humble, Lord, for I want to remain always in your presence.
Even though I am surrounded by troubles, you protect me. By your mighty power, I can walk through any devastation. You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me. You revive my soul. Your power sets me free from the enemy.
Lord, I know you will work out your plans for my life, for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. You keep every promise you make. You will not abandon me, for you made me, and I am yours. You will finish every good thing that you have begun in me.
Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.
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