He Has Made Me Glad

November 3, 2014 by cynda cottrill

I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad

He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad

Songwriter: Gwen R. Shaw / Performed on iWorship volume A

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How many of y’all have seen one of the TRANSFORMER movies? Often I feel like Bumblebee (he is the one that communicates in sound bites). God drops little “sound bites” into my thoughts. (Though, sometimes I’m a little slow to catch on.) While reading this morning, He popped this song into my head.

As I was thinking about this song, I realized that many times when we wake up in the morning, we don’t feel like we have a reason to be glad. We are still consumed by yesterday’s trials or focusing on the problems the new day might bring. But Psalm 118:24 (NASB) says

This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

And Psalm 145:2 (AMP) states

Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You];
yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever.

We may not think, or feel like, we have cause to be glad. Yet Scripture tells us otherwise. His Word gives us these reasons:

Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning
Lamentations 3:23 NLT

Each day proclaims the good news that He saves
1 Chronicles 16:23b NLT/ Psalm 96:2

But each day the Lord pours His unfailing love upon me,
Psalm 42:8a NLT

Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day-by-day
Psalm 68:19a AMP

Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble
Isaiah 33:2b HCSB

At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice
Psalm 5:3a HCSB

Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful [unfailing] love
Psalm 90:14a HCSB

His mercies are new each morning and His love is unfailing. He hears us, bears our burdens, carries us. He is our Strength and our Salvation. What more could we ask for? Just one of those should be more than enough to make us glad and cause us to rejoice. It is when we fix our eyes on this world we forget why He has made us glad. Psalm 143:8a (AMP) offers another reason to be glad:

Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning,
for on You do I lean and in You do I trust.

Today, as we recognize His faithfulness and place our complete trust in Him, let’s meditate on His goodness and…
♪ ♬ ♪ enter His gates with thanksgiving in [our] heart ♪ ♬ ♪ enter His courts with praise! ♪ ♬ ♪

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Made Me Glad

August 23, 2014 by coleen hayden

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory
Because of Your loving kindness, because of Your truth.
Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?”
But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;
They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.
O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their Help and their Shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their Help and their Shield.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their Help and their Shield.
Psalms 115:1-11

I will bless the Lord forever
And I will trust Him at all times

He has delivered me from all fear
And He has set my feet upon a rock

I will not be moved, and I’ll say of the Lord
You are my Shield, my Strength, my Portion
Deliverer, my Shelter, Strong Tower
My very present Help in time of need

Whom have I in heaven but You
There’s none I desire beside You
You have made me glad, and I’ll say of the Lord

You are my Shield, my Strength, my Portion
Deliverer, my Shelter, Strong Tower
My very present Help in time of need

Songwriter: Miriam Joy Webster / Performed by Hillsong

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He Is Our Shield — Psalms 18:30-32

February 15, 2014 by coleen hayden

As for God, His way is perfect!
The word of the Lord is tested and tried;
He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him.
For who is God except the Lord? Or who is the Rock save our God,
The God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect?
Psalms 18:30-32

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