I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth . My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together (Psalm 34:1-3).
I am not bragging on me; my boast is in the Lord -
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord (2 Corinthians 10:17). I am bragging on the goodness of the Lord; I am boasting on how faithful God is; I am bragging on His bountiful supply (Philippians 4:19); I thank God that He is my Good and Great Shepherd, the Bishop of my soul (1 Peter 2:25), and He leads me beside still waters, He nurtures and protects me (Psalm 23, 91); I thank the Lord that regardless of challenges, He gives me peace that passed all understanding (Philippians 4:7) ); I am truly grateful for healing (Isaiah 53:4-5, 1 Peter 2:24).
I make boast in God my Father for the truth of His Word that my latter days are greater than my former years (Job 8:7); Hallelujah! I praise Him, for the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11).
I believe in the principle of tithes and offerings; it has worked for me. I have been tithing and giving offerings most of my saved life and it works for me. Go proved Himself to be true just as He said. Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, in what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation.
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it (Malachi 3:8-10).
The Word of God says it more blessed to give than receive (Acts 20:35), yet the Word says to give and it (Luke 6:38), and we reap what we sow (Luke 6:38); But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor (2 Corinthians 9:6-9).
The blessings of obedience-
Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country…..Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways…… (Deuteronomy 28:1-8). This was not for the nation of Israel only; the same principle works for the people of God today.
God’s Word is true, and I stand on it by faith. I was reading one of the devotions a couple of weeks ago, and said how we should tell of God’s goodness; I am not ashamed!
His handmaiden, Betty A. Burnett ~ burnettministries.org
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