The help of My Presence is a constant in your life, but you are not always receptive to it. I am training you to exercise your trust and hope in Me by praising Me regardless of your feelings. The day will come when you will spontaneously burst into songs of worship -- joyously praising Me for My glorious Presence! However, when you rejoice in Me during times of sadness, a marvelous thing happens: Your words of hope and trust in Me lift you above your circumstances. This sets your feet on an upward path of gratitude -- where your Joy increases step by step. This sacrifice of praise is most pleasing to Me!
- Jesus
(Jesus Today / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight:
ReplyDeletePsalm 42:5 (New American Standard Bible) - "Why are you in despair, O My soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence"
Psalm 73:24 - "You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory"
2 Corinthians 6:4, 10 (New International Version) - "As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance, in troubles, hardships and distresses . . . sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything"
Hebrews 13:15 (New International Version) - "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise -- the fruit of lips that confess his name"