Good Morning! A beautiful morning to wake to and I feel rested. I havn’t been feeling well the past few days and the rest was nice! Seems that one of things that goes along with enjoying your grandchildren, is sharing their colds or whatever they come down with. 
As I sat down this morning with my hot cup of coffee and began to prepare for my Bible study, I stopped to pray first and asked the Lord to speak to my heart through His word and the study on Prayer that I am going through. As I started my lesson, we were asked to look up scriptures and write down what the Psalmists wrote that showed what they knew about God that drew their hearts to adoration, praise, thanksgiving, and worship. As I began reading the verses and writing down what I saw, my mind at the same time was thinking thoughts everywhere….. grocery shopping that needed to be done, clothes to wash, calls to make , concerns I had, etc. Praise God for the Spirit that lives within me that began speaking to my heart. Not out loud but deep inside my heart. “Tammy, be still and listen.” I did and then my heart was drawn to pray again and I asked God to forgive me and to please remove all my thoughts and concerns and place them at His feet and just listen to what His word had to say to me. After all , I had just asked Him before I started ,to speak to me through His word. I started over again, reading the scriptures that were given to us to read and began meditating on them, my mind, my thoughts, everything inside me began to change in direction. It all went straight to God in prayer, in praise and worship of His holiness, faithfulness, His forgiveness, salvation, strength, His creation, ……….. the list goes on. When I finished in prayer and went to get up, all the thoughts that were so concerning me before, were so little.
Psalm 100: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness,come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord, He is God,it is He that hath made us and not we ourselves;we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.be thankful unto Him and bless His name, for the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generation.”
Psalm 100: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness,come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord, He is God,it is He that hath made us and not we ourselves;we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.be thankful unto Him and bless His name, for the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generation.” As the Psalmist has said in the beginning of several Psalms, ” Oh sing to the Lord a new song!
I hope you all have a very blessed day! Love,Tammy
