[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Fwd: Girlfriends in God - April 18

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From: Donna Kiser <kiserdonna57 at gmail.com>
To: URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Fwd: Girlfriends in God - April 18
Date: 
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:36:25 -0400

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*April 18, 2012*
*Praise Refreshes the Soul*
*Sharon
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*Today's Truth
"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give
thanks
to him and praise his name," (**Psalm
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*Friend to Friend
One day I was mopping the kitchen floor and my words were anything but
cheerful. I grumbled to myself.no one even appreciates all that I do
around
here. All I ever do is clean, clean, clean. Then suddenly, God began to
whisper a new thought to my heart. Suppose you were blind and couldn't see
the beautiful patterns on the linoleum floor, or the spilled juice by the
refrigerator, or the crumbs under the baby's chair? If you were deaf, you
couldn't hear the soothing sound of the soap bubbles dissolving in the
scrub bucket. You couldn't hear the rhythmic sound of the mop being pushed
back and forth across the floor's hard surface. Suppose you were confined
to a wheelchair and not strong enough to stand upright and grasp the
wooden
handle to erase the muddy footprints and make the floor shiny and clean
again? Suppose you didn't have a home or a family to clean up after? *

*These thoughts brought a new perspective to this mundane task and my
grumblings turned into a prayer of thanksgiving. I stood up straight,
proudly grasped the mop, and began to pray. Thank you, Lord, for the
privilege of mopping this dirty floor. Thank you for the health and
strength to hold this mop, for the ability to wrap my agile fingers around
its handle and feel the wood in my hands. Thank you for the sight to see
the crumbs and the dirt, for the sense of smell to enjoy the clean scent
of
the soap in my bucket. Thank you for the many precious feet that will
walk
through this room and dirty it again. Those feet are the reason I do this
job. And Lord, thank you for the privilege of having a floor to mop and a
family to clean up after.*

*Oh yes, how a Godly perspective can change our attitudes and the words
that reflect them. When we begin to praise God in the middle of the
mundane, He refreshes us with a new outlook on life! The book of Psalms is
a powerful collection of praises to God, and interestingly, many of the
beautiful prose were written when David was struggling with depression,
desperation, or devastation. Let's take a look at a few.*

*"O Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
God will not deliver him.'
But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
You bestow glory on me and lift up my head." **Psalm
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*Answer me when I call to you,
O my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
Be merciful to me and hear my prayer.
You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
wine abound.
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell
in
safety.
**Psalm
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*When you are discouraged try praising God. There is an old hymn that
says
"Count your many blessings, count them one by one. Count your many
blessings, see what God has done."*

*Let's Pray
Heavenly Father, thank You for all the many blessings in my life. I come
to
You today repenting for my complaining and grumbling. Please forgive me.
Today I come into Your presence with thanksgiving and into Your courts
with
praise.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.*

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