BLESS GOD
PSALM 63:4 (MSG)
I bless you every time I take a breath;
My arms wave like banners of praise to you.
COLOSSIANS 1:12 (NCV)
And you will joyfully give thanks to the Father who has made you able to have a share in all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Devote your life to thanking God for all that he is doing.
PRAYER
Bless you, God, for all that you have already done for us -- even more so for all that you are doing and will do. I admit that I can be a grumbler when negative things happen. Help me to move beyond it all. Even when I can't see anything positive, in faith I'm going to bless you. 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)
