Praise The Lord, O My Soul!

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever, who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; the Lord raises those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

The Lord shall reign forever—Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 146:1-10

It is easy to become spiritually bogged down by the burdens of life. How often we find ourselves discouraged by the problems we face and the needs of those we love.

The Lord sets prisoner’s free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

When we consider God’s care, His great power, and His loving heart, we can begin to look up and praise him. We can walk through each day knowing that “the Lord reigns forever…for all generations.”

Faith in God’s goodness puts a song in your heart.

Our Daily Bread – March 15, 2016