Thank God!
Hallelujah!
I give thanks to God with everything I’ve got—
Wherever good people gather, and in the congregation. ~ Psalm 111:1 (MSG)
And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! ~ Colossians 3:16 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Thank God!
PRAYER:
Lord, I'm really grateful for all that you do for me -- except when I am not. That is, I tend to forget about your kindness and generosity as I'm pursuing my own agenda. Help me to cultivate thankfulness. Refresh the song in my heart so that I'm wisely pursuing your agenda rather than my own. I'm going to sing out to you -- for you are so very generous. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
