having been predestined

according to the plan of Him

Who works out everything

in conformity with the purpose

of His will, in order that we, who

were the first to hope in Christ,

might be for the praise of His glory.

(Ephesians 1.11 & 12).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation.

However, to the man who does not work but

trusts God Who justifies the wicked, his faith

is credited as righteousness.

(Romans 4.4 & 5).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

discovered in this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was

justified by works, he had something to boast about-

but not before God. What does the Scripture say?

“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him

as righteousness.”

(Romans 4.1-3).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

Sing forth the honor and glory of His name;

make His praise glorious!

Say to God, How awesome and fearfully

glorious are Your works! Through the

greatness of Your power shall Your

enemies submit themselves to You.

All the earth shall bow down to You and

sing praises to You. They shall praise Your

name in song. Selah (pause and calmly think

of that)!

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

O Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His

mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has

delivered from the hand of the adversary,

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east

and from the west, from the north and from the sea

in the south.

Some wondered in the wilderness in a solitary desert

track, they found no city for habitation.

Hungry and thirsty, they fainted, their lives were near

to being extinguished.

then they cried to the Lord in their trouble and He

delivered them out of their distresses.

He led them forth by the straight and right way, that

they might go to a city where they could establish their

homes.

Oh, that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and

loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children

of men!

For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in

affliction and in irons.

Because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned

the counsel of the Most High.

Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor, they

stumbled and fell down and there was no one to help.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble and He saved them

out of their distresses.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and

broke apart the bonds that held them.

Oh, that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and loving-

kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!

For He has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron.

Some are fools because of the way of their transgressions and

are afflicted because of their iniquities.

They loath every kind of food and they draw near to the gates of death.

Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble and He delivers them out

of their distresses.

He sends forth His Word and rescues them from the pit and destruction.

Oh, that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness

and His wonderful works to the children of men!

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His

deeds with shouts of joy and singing!

Some go down to the sea and travel over it in ships to do business

in great waters.

These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.

For he commands and raises up the stormy wind,which lifts

up the waves of the sea.

Those aboard mount up to the heavens, they go down again

to the deeps, their courage melts away because of their plight.

They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are

at their wits’ end, all their wisdom has come to nothing.

Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble and He brings them

out of their distresses.

He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that

the waves of the sea are still.

Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them

to their desired haven.

Oh, that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and loving-

kindness and wonderful works to the children of men!

Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and

praise Him in the company of the elders.

He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground.

A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of

those who dwell in it.

He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water

springs.

And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city

for habitation,

And sow fields and plant vineyads which yield fruits of increase.

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and

allows not their cattle to decrease.

When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression,

trouble and sorrow,

He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wonder in

waste places where there is no road.

Yet He raises the poor and needy from affliction and makes their

families like a flock.

The upright shall see it and be glad, but all iniquity shall shut its mouth.

Whoso is wise will observe and heed these things and they will diligently

consider the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord.

(Psalm107).

PRAISE THE LORD! THANK YOULORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Praise the Lord!

I will praise and give thanks

to the Lord with my whole heart

in the council of the upright and

in the congregation.

The works of the Lord are great,

sought out by all those who have

delight in them.

His work is honorable and glorious

and His righteousness endures forever.

He has made His wonderful works to be

remembered.

The Lord is gracious, merciful and full

of loving compassion.

He has given food and provision to those

who reverently and worshipfully fear Him,

He will remember His covenant forever

and imprint it.

He has declared and  shown to His people

the power of  His works in giving them the

heritage of  the nations.

The works of His hands are absolute truth

and justice.

All His decrees and precepts are sure.

They stand fast  and  are established forever

ever and are done in truth and uprigthness.

He has redeemed His people

He has commanded His covenant forever.

Holy is His name, inspiring awe, reverence

and godly fear.

The reverent fear and worship of the Lord is

the beginning of wisdom and skill.

A good understanding have all those who do

the will of the Lord.

Their praise of Him endures forever.

( Psalm 111).

Consider the following:

1) The Lord’s work is creation and salvation.

2) His work is blessing, grace, mercy and compassion.

3) Our admiration and appreciation increase as we are

made aware of His power to establish truth, justice and

righteousness.

4) Reverent respect of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is

the first essential step and prerequisite starting point of

wisdom for life.