{"id":27811,"date":"2015-09-24T00:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T04:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27811"},"modified":"2015-09-23T22:14:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T02:14:21","slug":"loving-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/24\/loving-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will give thanks unto You, Lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For You are good, Your loving kindness never ends<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I raise my hands, You heal my soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Here in the presence of the Lord my heart&#8217;s restored<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And You guide me in the paths of righteousness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And You hide me in the shadow of Your hand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I rest in You<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Blessed be the name of the Lord<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m my Father&#8217;s child forevermore<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You heard every prayer<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You broke every chain<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You alone delivered me<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My Prince of Peace, You lifted me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Where everything that&#8217;s named is placed under your feet<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And may my praises be as incense to you, Lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And may my worship be a sweet fragrance<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To You alone, my King<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Son of God He reigns on the throne<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> King of Kings let all the nations know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">For the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever and ever<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever and ever<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever and ever<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oCQNiUJRijM?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><em>Miriam Webster\/Darlene Zschech<\/em><\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *\u00a0<\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;<br \/>\nfor His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!<br \/>\nPsalm 118:1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are my God, and I will confess, praise, and give thanks to You;<br \/>\nYou are my God, I will extol You.<br \/>\nO give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;<br \/>\nfor His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.<br \/>\nVerses 28 and 29<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you just love that the psalmist<em> begins <strong>and<\/strong> ends<\/em> this beautiful psalm with the very same words?\u00a0 And such wonderful words!\u00a0 Are they not similar to words that you and I use when we are praising our Great God?\u00a0 In just a cursory overview with a concordance, I found over fifteen Scriptures with identical wording.\u00a0 In fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20107&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\">Psalm 107<\/a> uses this phrasing of praise in five separate verses.<\/p>\n<p>The Almighty God\u00a0is so deserving of every single praise that has ever been uttered since time began\u2026and He will be praised by men and angels (and you &amp; me, too!) throughout eternity.<\/p>\n<p>Way back, Melchizedek the high priest blessed Abram and\u00a0 praised God saying,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.<br \/>\nAnd praise be to God Most High, Who delivered your enemies into your hand.<br \/>\nGenesis 14:19 and 20<\/p>\n<p>And in the endtimes, The Almighty God, The Great I AM along with the spotless Lamb of God will be praised and worshipped continually and throughout eternity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth<br \/>\nand on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:<br \/>\n\u201cTo Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb<br \/>\nbe praise and honor and glory and power,<br \/>\nfor ever and ever!\u201d<br \/>\nRevelation 5:13<\/p>\n<p>Think about your own prayers and praises\u2014particularly those that spontaneously come pouring out of a\u00a0 thankful heart.\u00a0 What do you find you praise God for over\u2026and over\u2026and over again?\u00a0 Perhaps you might share it in the comments section below.\u00a0 I look forward to praising our Great God along with you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Lord, my heart echoes the words of the psalmist\u2026and I give thanks and praise to You for You are SO good; Your mercy and loving-kindness will endure forever and ever and ever!\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will give thanks unto You, Lord For You are good, Your loving kindness never ends I raise my hands, You heal my soul Here in the presence of the Lord my heart&#8217;s restored And You guide me in the 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