Friday, October 08, 2004

Thoughts For This Sunday's Celebration Time

This Sunday, at the Edge, we will celebrate what God is doing in the lives of some of our friends. Weddings and births are such joyous monuments to God’s provision! Accounting that these good things come from God ultimately point us not to our own happiness but the faithfulness of our God (James 1:17, 18).

Therefore, as the people of God gathered we will lift up Jesus in the cool things that He is doing in our friends’ lives.

Our prayer for the evening comes from Psalm 145:7, “Oh God we will celebrate Your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of Your righteousness!”

(Full text of Psalm 145 to follow as a comment.)

2 comments:

Dustin said...

Psalm 145
A psalm of praise. Of David.

1 I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will praise you
and extol your name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
4 One generation will commend your works to another;
they will tell of your mighty acts.
5 They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
6 They will tell of the power of your awesome works,
and I will proclaim your great deeds.
7 They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.
9 The LORD is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.
10 All you have made will praise you, O LORD;
your saints will extol you.
11 They will tell of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of your might,
12 so that all men may know of your mighty acts
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures through all generations.

The LORD is faithful to all his promises
and loving toward all he has made.
14 The LORD upholds all those who fall
and lifts up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways
and loving toward all he has made.
18 The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.
20 The LORD watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

21 My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD.
Let every creature praise his holy name
for ever and ever.

Dustin said...
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