Sweet and Sour 365

When life presses in...push it back with taking a deep breath and exhaling. Then fix your eyes on Him. When it comes at you hard...try not to go into fix it mode. Learn to breathe. Learn to trust. Learn to hope. Learn to fix your eyes on The One who loves you.

"I will always show you where to go.      I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—" ~Isaiah 58:11 (MSG)  

" Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy." ~Psalm 107:21-22

"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts....And be thankful." ~Colossians 3:15

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." ~Romans 15:13

Happy Thanksgiving!

" Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. 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! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." ~Colossians 3:15-17 (MSG)

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~1 Corinthians 15:57  

"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe..." ~Hebrews 12:28 (NIV)

His Word is a gift! A road map for life. Want to experience peace? Peace is a person...Jesus. Open the gift and read it.

"I get up in the middle of the night to thank you..." ~Psalm 119:62 (MSG)

"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful."  ~Colossians 3:15  

"Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." ~Galatians 5:25

"...remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." ~ 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (ESV)

Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!  ~Romans 7:25  

Enter with the password: “Thank you!”      Make yourselves at home, talking praise.      Thank him. Worship him. ~Psalm 100:4 (MSG)

Let the peace of heart that comes from Christ be always present in your hearts and lives, for this is your responsibility and privilege as members of his body. And always be thankful. ~Colossians 3:15

Save us, Lord our God,      and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name      and glory in your praise. ~Psalm 106:47 (NIV)

Thankful for God's goodness....   With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord : “He is good;      his love toward Israel endures forever.” ~Ezra 3:11 (NIV)

Because of the Lord ’s great love we are not consumed,      for his compassions never fail.   They are new every morning;      great is your faithfulness.   I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;      therefore I will wait for him.” ~Lamentations 3:22-24 (NIV)  

I’m thanking you, God , from a full heart,      I’m writing the book on your wonders. I’m whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy;      I’m singing your song, High God. ~Psalm 9:1-2 (MSG)

"I’m thanking God, who makes things right. I’m singing the fame of heaven-high God ." ~Psalm 7:17 (MSG)

"Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good!      His faithful love endures forever." ~1 Chronicles 16:34 (NLT)

"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live." ~1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (MSG)