There’s a science museum near our town, and my kids love going. One of the interactive exhibits is a big plastic funnel that models gravity. You’ve probably seen them used with coins for donations at different places. You set the ball or coin on the top of a ramp and watch as it circles the funnel and spins further and further down until it reaches the bottom.
Psalm 66 follows a similar trajectory. It has 3 movements, and each is saturated with blessing from the center of God’s covenant with Israel: to the world (Isaiah 66:1–4), to Israel (vv.5–12), and to the psalmist (13–20). It moves down like a funnel, starting with the wide world and ending with a focus on the individual writer’s life.
Verses 1–4 are a hymn of praise. The whole earth is called to shout praise to God. This is the top of the funnel, the widest part because it includes all of creation. His works throughout history have shown His might. All of creation—not just people but every single created thing—sings praise to God. That song may be quiet now, but it will reach a crescendo at the end of time.
The middle of our funnel is verses 5–12, which are a song of thanksgiving. The mighty works of God displayed to all the earth are now exemplified in His people Israel. The psalmist recounted how God both brought Israel into slavery in Egypt and rescued them from that bondage. He tested and refined (v.10), and He brought them to abundance (v.12). In every circumstance, He is worthy of praise.
The final level of the funnel is a song of thanksgiving—for the individual psalmist. In verses 13–20, the scope is narrowed. What was a call to the nations to praise, and then the people of Israel, became something personal. “I will tell you what he has done for me” (v.16). The same God who guides history and moves in mighty ways also moved directly in the psalmist’s life. He rescued and redeemed a people, and He rescues and redeems each person therein.
Lent can carry us down the same funnel as we prepare our hearts to remember the sacrifice of Jesus. We can see Psalm 66 baked into the story. Jesus said when entering Jerusalem that if the people weren’t praising God in that moment “the stones would cry out” (Luke 19:40)—just like creation is commanded to do here. When Jesus taught in the temple during Holy Week, “all the people were captivated by what they heard” (v.48)—just like the people of Israel here.
And because of His obedience to death and His resurrection, we can personally know His grace, faithfulness, and love. With the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we can joyfully tell others about the Jesus we know (Luke 24:34–35).
This Lent season, may we be a people marked by thanksgiving to our God, who is ever faithful and worthy of praise for all that He has done through His Son Jesus Christ.
Written by Cameron Magby
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128 thoughts on "Psalms 65–68"
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What a powerful visual! May I always be at the bottom of the funnel praising the Lord!
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In the many trials – God is there! Our refuge, our faithful love.
Excellent teaching!
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For the choir director…
For us, the choir …
Psalms 65-68 are
shouts & songs of
petition & praise
to the God of
majesty & might
eminence & excellence
Above every nation.
Active in all things.
Selah
For the choir director…
For us, the choir …
Psalms 65-68 are
shouts & songs of
petition & praise
to the God of
majesty & might
eminence & excellence
Above every nation.
Active in all things.
Selah
For the choir director…
For us, the choir …
Psalms 65-68 are
shouts & songs of
petition & praise
to the God of
majesty & might
eminence & excellence
Above every nation.
Active in all things.
Selah
MARTHA HIX – so sorry about this news. My condolences. Praying for your brother and his 3 children through this sudden and difficult time. May the LORD cover them in HIS strength and comfort.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness and prayers Mercy.❤️
I would appreciate your prayers for my brother and his three adult children. My sister-in-law passed away early morning. She had been diagnosed with frontal lobe aphasia several years ago and had a team of caregivers through hospice. This was a very sudden and unexpected decline yesterday.
She is now healed and with Jesus.❤️
Martha, my condolences to your family! May God comfort each one according to his/her personal need through the days ahead. ❤
I am so sorry Martha. I am praying for you and your family.
Martha i am sorry to hear this sad family news. I will be holding your brother and family close in prayer..
Much love and hugs ..♥️
Martha, I am so sorry about your sister in law, yet thankful she’s rejoicing with Jesus. Praying for your brother, nephews, you and other family in the grieving.
So sorry for your loss Martha. Prayers for your brother as he mourns and the children.
Dear Martha….my sincere sympathy on this sudden passing. So sorry for your loss and have prayed for your family ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement and prayers.
I’ll be flying to Dallas today to join my kids and be with my brother and his children and my sister and her husband. Love to you all!
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Martha, I am so sorry to hear this sad news about your SIL. Praying God’s peace and comfort for your brother and all the family. Thank you, Lord, for the hope we have in Jesus! ❤️
I’m so sorry for your loss. I will be praying.
Praying for your family Martha. So sorry for your loss.
You visit the earth and water it;
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide their grain,
for so you have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
You crown the year with your bounty
your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy. (Psalm 65:9-13)
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This is a very beautiful image that caught my attention. And I can’t help but giving praise, but also saddened that there were many times I failed to realize the joy of nature. There is a cognitive neuroscientist/ mental health expert that I followed, she has been doing research in mind-brain connection for 30 years. This week, she shared something like this on her FB page, “the amount of good things in your life depends on YOUR ability to NOTICE them”. I realized how I often failed to pay attention to the good things. I need to slow down and pay closer attention. Praise God for His goodness in our lives, for taking care of the earth, and everyone and everything that dwells in it. Surely the meadows clothe themselves with flock, the valleys deck themselves with grain, and they shout and sing together for joy. I love being nature (when it’s not below zero lol). Recently I have recently come to realize that having sunshine is a huge blessing. It is very dark and cold where I live. But the sun has been out more in March, and it is just glorious and absolutely wonderful. Side note, did you know that Japanese doctors commonly prescribe shinrin-yoku (forest bathing, a Japanese practice of spending time in nature) as a form of preventive medicine for stress, anxiety, and high blood pressure? and without a mobile device engaging like listening to podcast or audio book. This practice was encouraged even by their government in the 1980s, and it involves mindful, slow, sensory immersion in nature, aiming to boost immune system and promote well-being, and to combat urban stress. Doctor prescription- isn’t that something? Upon knowing that, I am beginning to go out for walks 20 mins a day and will thank and praise the LORD for the sunshine and the green trees out there in my neighborhood. Because the meadows shout, and sing for joy , I too will praise and sing for joy. I love walking in the rain too with an umbrella lol. It is just so good. Spring rain is the best. That means the daffodils are being woken up with good nutrients from heavens. Praise the Lord. I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and weekend. Isn’t the LORD wonderful? May we count our blessings slowly, one by one. Be blessed dear sisters.
I am thanking Him daily for my beautiful perennials. The sight and fragrance of each one testifies of our Creator’s care and provision. Ice sorm? No worries…they just pick up where they left off. ☺
Amen, Cee Gee ♥️
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I am a big nature girl! Anytime I can be outside, I am. I especially love walking my dog on those sweltering summer nights in NY when there is a breeze cooling things down, looking at the stars in the sky. Just beautiful!
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Me too, I’ve always been fond of admiring flowers and trees/ birds and butterflies. I love my gardens..I do miss perennials that told me where we were in each period! We do get some change here in Florida..but not much! We got to experience a dolphin following our boat earlier this week, and enjoying the beach and shells! So that is a good trade out!
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I love nature! I would rather be outside than in the house. We live on a tree farm and I love to take walks through the trees especially in the spring when there are signs of new life. Many times I see deer on those walks. There are always wild flowers. I missed those walks last year because of my back. I look forward to enjoying those walks again this spring. I always feel close to our creator when walking through the trees.
❤ Thankful you have that to look forward to, Elaine!
Im praying for you and ur daughter Tami ❤️
“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”
Psalm 68:19
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I shutter to think what it would be like if I had to bear all of my burdens on my own. Praise God neither you or I have to! All throughout His word He promises to sustain us, to carry us, to deliver us. Cast your cares on Him, for he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7) God doesn’t just remove our burdens occasionally, He bears them daily.
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Praise God
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Praise God
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Praise God
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Old hymn that comes to mind: All Your Anxiety by Colonel Edward Joy..
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Is there a heart o’erbound by sorrow?
Is there a life weighed down by care?
Come to the cross, each burden bearing;
All your anxiety—leave it there.
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Refrain:
All your anxiety, all your care,
Bring to the mercy seat, leave it there,
Never a burden He cannot bear,
Never a friend like Jesus!
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No other friend so swift to help you,
No other friend so quick to hear,
No other place to leave your burden,
No other one to hear your prayer.
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Come then at once; delay no longer!
Heed His entreaty kind and sweet,
You need not fear a disappointment;
You shall find peace at the mercy seat.
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Happy Friday She’s – have a wonderful weekend!❤️
Beautiful share, Sharon! I will have to look up that song! ❤
Beautiful. Thank you.
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Happy FRIDAY sweet She’s!! Last night at my bible study “Finding Hope After Divorce” we talked about God’s goodness and faithfulness. I happen to mention as we became single mom’s with no help from our Ex’s, how faithful God has been to all of us providing. AND I mentioned though we are not technically widows, its as if we are and GOD has and will always be faithful to provide for us. Then this morning in our reading, exactly that! PS 68:5-6. God in his dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows. God provides homes for those who are deserted….”
Amen! ❤️
Such a promise keeper He is, our ABBA- Heavenly Father!
So beautiful of a testimony ❤️
He is faithful..♥️
I love the word JOY and circled it lots today! Praise, Sing, Shout…to the Lord! Be grateful, thankful….AWARE! Abide! Show it! Live it! No matter what is going on, (yep), there is ALWAYS things to be thankful for! He is with us, he sees us, he is working. Oh how it seems like nothing is changing in the wait. But if we can see what he is wanting to grow in us- patience? Gratitude? Reliance? Humbleness? Open Palms? Trust, faith?
Oh the seasons will come and go, the weeks fly by, the days rise and fall. They sometimes seem the same, yet the rain always stops. The storms finally recoil. Wrongs are made right. Growth sprouts, we see hope and joy spring forth!
I do find it painful when it seems that some people must suffer so much, bearing a cross so heavy, that it looks as if it will crush them. The why of their loads, and why God would make them go through it. But he is refining them (or others) some way, pruning the dead away. But he does that to all. Oh we just can’t get lost in the Why’s, just trust and have faith.
Lord we may have questions and want understanding, but let us not get lost in them, always coming back to you, Father God, creator of the heavens and earth, maker of everything in it! The majestic mountains and the roaring seas, that you cause to come in and recede. Through the fires and tribulation, pain and suffering, and the fog and rain, you still see us. You have a fourth one in the fire, a hand reaching into the pit, a hand shutting the mouth of the lions! We have your word to take us through all questions to give us hope and a future! Thank you for your goodness. We are your faithful daughters. May you take delight in us, and us delightfully sing unending praise and songs of joy to you!
What a beautiful prayer, Rhonda! Thank you! ❤❤❤
Oh the seasons will come and go, the weeks fly by, the days rise and fall. They sometimes seem the same, yet the rain always stops. The storms finally recoil. Wrongs are made right. Growth sprouts, we see hope and joy spring forth! Amen Rhonda. This ministered to me today.
Amen to your beautiful prayer. As i read, i felt i was praying it with you..♥️
I love this metaphor! I am in the reverse of this funnel right now, focusing less on myself and more on the God of the Earth! I just got my first little seed sprouts! My coworker and I were talking about how fun gardening is in the spring, seeing all the new growth, and then by the summer, you’re over it. tired of watering and weeding. I was meditating on psalm 65, picturing the master gardener preparing his soil, and watering, and then in psalm 66 it says he keeps us alive. he doesn’t just make us grow, he sustains us. I feel in the summer season(I loved when someone said they were in autumn season yesterday), I went through years of intense pruning and growth, and now I’m just a plant trying to sustain the heat. it’s not as exciting, and takes a lot more intentionality and work to see god, but nonetheless he is here, keeping me alive.
How true, Lanie, and beautifully expressed! ❤
God is so good to us! I’ve been struggling with some pain and when I woke up this morning my heart was heavy from the pain and also some soul pain caused by someone close to me. But God has met me in the midst and through all my time spent with Him, reminded me of His love, and mercy and grace. This study just capped everything off with praise! He knows just what we need when we need it!
Song that came up to me – “Turn your eyes upon Jesus!”
Praying for all! Have a blessed day!
So sorry for these struggles, Cheryl! Thank you for sharing how God met you there and turned things around. ❤
Sorry for your pain, both physical and emotional. Praying God relieves it today. ❤️
Praying Cheryl
Ah Cheryl, isnt it a wonder-filled thing when we see God in our dailies.. definitely turning my eyes to Jesus as i lay my head to rest..♥️
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. – Psalm 68:19
He has given us so much and done so much for us!
Psalm 65
1 Praise is rightfully yours,
God, in Zion;
vows to you will be fulfilled.
2 All humanity will come to you,
the one who hears prayer. …
8 Bless our God, you peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard.
9 He keeps us alive
and does not allow our feet to slip. …
20 Blessed be God!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned his faithful love from me.
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My prayer for us today:
Psalm 67:1
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us;
may he make his face shine upon us
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Psalm 68-
3 But let the godly rejoice.
Let them be glad in God’s presence.
Let them be filled with joy.
4 Sing praises to God and to his name!
Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.
His name is the LORD—
rejoice in his presence!
Tell everyone about God’s power.
His majesty shines down on Israel;
his strength is mighty in the heavens.
35 God is awesome in his sanctuary.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!
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SONG SHARES:
I love each of these songs!
* Brooke Ligertwood – Bless God (Cover by Annemarie)
* Robin Mark – Days of Elijah (Official Lyric Video)
Behold He comes rding on the clouds,
Rising like the sun
At the trumpet call
So lift your voice,
It’s the year of jubilee and
Out of Zion’s hill
Salvation comes.
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Love, hugs, and prayers! ❤
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OMG, Cee Gee, i love Days of Elijah.. wow, so many songs ..♥️
❤ And you know I love Every Praise! ❤☺
Let the whole earth shout joyfully to God! Sing about the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.’ Psalm 66:1-2
Lord, the gift of our days, the very breath in our lungs is a gift from you. Your willing sacrifice on the Cross, salvation you so freely give and forgiveness we don’t deserve is graciously offered to us. Thank you Heavenly Father. The moving and working of your hand in our lives, the ways your provision and faithfulness is so evident, we can’t help but be grateful for all you have done. We give you praise and glory for who you are and we lift your name on high. Every praise on our lips is for you Lord.Amen
Another beautiful prayer, Wendy! Thank you for sharing your gift! I know you said it takes you a while, but it is such a blessing for us, so again, thank you and God bless! ❤
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Amen and amen! I love that song “your praise will always be on my lips”
Amen. Wendy..♥️
Psalm 66 begins..
Let the whole earth shout joyfully to the Lord..
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OKAY..
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Here we go..
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Every praise is to our God, every word of worship, with one accord,
Every praise,
Every praise,
Every praise is to our God..
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Singing Hallelujah.. and praising this morning as my heart rate rises with the beat of this great tune..
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Sitting down at the table to write, I see the mighty works of God, creation, out of the window, stretching and peeking through. The buds on the trees are beginning to open slightly, the tulips that were planted late autumn unravel before my very eyes, giving a sneak preview of what is to come., the birds sing in a chorus that so wakens my soul, and yonder, just in sight, i see and am reminded of Wordsworths words.. ‘When all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils… tossing their heads in sprightly dance..’
Oh how wonderful are your works Lord God..
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Come and listen all who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for me..
I could go on forever telling of what God has done for me..
so instead this Graham Kendrick song sums it up for me..
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Lord you’ve been good to me
All my life, all my life
Your loving kindness never fails
I will remember
All you have done
Bring from my heart
Thanksgiving songs
New every morning is your love
Filled with compassion from above
Grace and forgiveness full and free
Lord you’ve been good to me
So may each breath I take
Be for you Lord, only you
Giving you back the life I owe
Love so amazing
Mercy so free
Lord you’ve been good
So good to me..
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The Lord has been good to me.
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BUT GOD.
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AMEN..
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Blessings being prayed over you, dear hearts, covered in prayers and covered in much love.❤️
Tina, my thoughts ran to the new life budding in creation this morning too. I almost wrote about that in my comnent! ☺ Enjoy those daffs! My Hyacinths smell so good!
And mine too. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!
Enjoy and Happy weekend!♥️♥️♥️
❤❤❤Ditto!
Now that I have been to your home and seen your table, I can picture you sitting at it and looking out at your garden. ❤️
What a blessing, Sharon and Tina! ❤
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Another great devotion!
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Songs coming to mind, the psalms are so full of them!
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Look What The Lord Has Done
Chorus:
Oh Look What The Lord Has Done,
Just Look What The Lord Has Done.
He Healed My Body, He Touched My Mind,
He Saved Me Just In Time.
I’m Going To Praise His Name,
Each Day He’s Just The Same.
Come On And Praise Him,
Look What The Lord Has Done.
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Let God Arise, Let His Enemies Be Scattered
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I sing praises to Your Name, Terry Macalmon, 1989(?)
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I Sing Praises To Your Name, Oh Lord,
Praises To Your Name, Oh Lord,
For Your Name Is Great And Greatly To Be Praised.
I Sing Praises To Your Name, Oh Lord,
Praises To Your Name, Oh Lord,
For Your Name Is Great And Greatly To Be Praised.
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I Give Glory To Your Name, Oh Lord,
Glory To Your Name, Oh Lord,
For Your Name Is Great And Greatly To Be Praised.
I Give Glory To Your Name, Oh Lord,
Glory To Your Name, Oh Lord,
For Your Name Is Great And Greatly To Be Praised.
Truth, Searching! Gonna listen to each one! I know and love the first one already! ❤
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Amen!!
Lord you are worthy of all praises and we glorify your name!
Amen, Mira♥️
Blessed be the Lord!
Day after day he bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.
Thank you, Lord that I can lay my cares, worries and fears on you, knowing you always work tings for our good ❤️
Amen!
Amen ❤️
Anen
Amen!
Psalm 66:8-9
“Bless our God, you peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard.
He keeps us alive
and does not allow our feet to slip.”
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Every moment is a gift from You, Lord. Help me to have eyes to see how You are working in my life and in the world.
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Update: Everything settled with my mom and her bank account…thank you for your prayers.
What a praise! ❤️
Great news. What a relief to have that task taken care of in the heaviness of these days for your Mom.❤️
Praise God…now your mom can breathe a bit and grieve in peace.
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Praise the Lord that all is settled… continued prayers for you and the foster son that you had to let go. ❤️
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All praise to God for the outcome for Mama, Kelly. He is gooood♥️
God hear my cry, pay attention to my prayer. I call to you from the ends of the Earth when my heart is without strength. Psalm 60:1
GM ladies, this is from yesterday’s readings but this is how I feel this morning, without strength. My daughter is in an OCD/anxiety spiral and in a really bad way. I am on edge and fearful of the next phone call. Her pain is so difficult to bear. I even had to ask her if she wanted to “end it” – she says she won’t but of course the fear for me is there. She refuses to seek support, and being that she is an “adult” – I can’t force the issue. If anything, the more I push the more she pushes back. My heart cries out “how long Lord?” She takes one step forward and 2 back. I need strength for today, to keep my eyes on the Lord and remember His promises for her. I also need wisdom on when to be her calm presence and when to act.
So sorry for your daughter’s turmoil. Praying.
Tami, I am heartbroken for her anxiety and pain. Praying the Lord will show her the path forward from this spiral, and the forward path always leads to Him and to hope.
Praying for the comfort and wisdom you need today, sister.
James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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I Speak Jesus, performed by Charity Gayle
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I just want to speak the name of Jesus
Over fear and all anxiety
To every soul held captive by depression
I speak Jesus
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Your name is power
Your name is healing
Your name is life
Break every stronghold
Shine through the shadows
Burn like the fire.
Loving and agreeing with Searching’s prayer and song! ❤❤❤
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Tami, I pray you and Chelah feel these prayers and the love behind them. May God guide and direct your efforts to minister in this time! Hugs, sister!
Praying
Praying for peace and joy to replace fear and anxiety…praying she will reach out—friend, therapist, God—for comfort and release.
Praying for you both
Tami, what a great worry and concern. I’m so sorry your daughter is really struggling. Have prayed❤️
Tami,
I am praying for you this morning. I pray against the spirit of fear. I pray you will feel God’s presence and peace over you now at this moment! In Jesus’ name ❤️
How I can feel the depth of love and anguish in your heart. I have a child who brings me to many of the words you spoke. Thank you for your phone or ability this morning. You have reframed my breaking heart for Him
Joining in the prayers for your daughter – have a granddaughter who has gone thru similar upsets and boy does it hurt to see them suffer & not know how to help.
I’m so sorry to hear what your daughter is going through and you as her mom. Praying for you both that God would intercede and bring peace to you both. Praying God gives you wisdom to know how to respond. I am in a similar situation with my daughter and the fear of her taking her own life is in my thoughts and prayers. BUT GOD! He loves our daughters more than we do and I have learned to trust Him more.
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There is nothing worse Jane!
Praying for you and your daughter. My message to you is that you’re not alone, I too have been where you sit today, it is so hard as moms to watch our children suffer.
Praying for you and your daughter, Tami. Praying that God will send you both strength and hope for brighter days. Sending love and hugs. ❤️
Oh Tami, my heart hurts for you. My sister has dealt with this a lot with one daughter, well actually my niece still goes through it, now with two young daughters. It is the hard burden of a mother to know how to respond with the real reality of what could happen. My niece did try to overdose, but she didn’t succeed praise God. It was a hard time. It’s hard to understand. I pray Chelea will know that people love her very much, and will know her own value. That God will do something so miraculous she will see it clearly. That the stronghold of ocd/anxiety will be broken, once and for all today, In Jesus’ name. That you will feel a peace that God loves her. And that you will know how to follow through. I pray for someone else to come and speak Truth and love to hear today. Lord, only you know exactly what is needed.
Is she close to your nieces, maybe one of them could call her.
My niece, who was just here, tried to go off her drugs once she got home. On her own. I am praying that the chains will be broken on her and my sisters fears and discernment of where and when to help as well.
praying for your daughter tami. idk if this helps, but I used to do the same thing to my mom (still kinda do..) I would take her the biggest parts of my emotions. as soon as I hear her voice, I would just melt down. she said she would be a wreck of anxiety for the next week, meanwhile I was better in a moment. all I needed was reassurance from my mom. she laughs now at how she would call back and I would act like nothing had happened I was already better, and she was still worrying.. I’m sure I will reap that experience with my own daughter one day. may your heart find some rest!
Lanie, how sweet of you to share that!
“may your heart find some rest.”
Amen to that, too, TAMI! ❤
You described my mom, she gave me her melt downs, and expected me to be the pillar to hold her up. It was like a reverse role for us. I did not realize it at the time because I was young and let her push. It was codependency- which leads to “fixer” mentality, poor boundaries, hyper vigilance, and loss of identity, emotional exhaustion, resentment. I had to constantly manage her emotions. And I told her to give her problems to God, not to me.
Thank you for sharing that Lanie. I see that sometimes too. I’m up half the night after a “brain dump” and she calls in the morning fine. It’s difficult to discern what is “emergent” or just her having no filter at all with me.
Tami and Jane, praying for both of your daughters!
Sweet Tami, praying for you…when to be her calm presence and when to act.
Praying for you, Tami, for wisdom and peace as you walk with your daughter and praying for breakthrough for her as well. Also praying for the others who replied who are dealing with similar situations with their children.
God sees and cares.
Psalm 68:19 Blessed be the Lord! Day after day he bears our burdens; Gospel is our salvation.
Tami I am so sorry for the pain you are suffering because of the pain Chela is in. I pray that God ministers to both of your hearts this very moment. Do not lose heart, He hears your cry.
Father God, please put your protective hand on Chela this morning. Give her a peace that is supernatural, help her to think clearly and to remember You. May she turn to you in her turmoil and may you please give Tami the wisdom to know what to do and when to do it. In Jesus Almighty Name, Amen. ❤️
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Amen..♥️
Thank you all for your prayers ladies! I am feeling carried by you all as I sit here at my desk crying, touched by all of your sweet responses.
oh Tami, I wish I could give you a hug. God to a coffee shop and just talk and pray together.
TAMI, I am so sorry. My heart hurts for you sister. I am gonna say this while holding your hand, don’t let codependency kill you. Codependency develops through close bonds and reinforced by guilt and over-responsibility, blurred boundaries. I pray you recognize this ongoing pattern clearly. Don’t give in to guilt when asserting her own independence. Is there a fear of abandonment if you let her deal with these episodes herself if boundaries are set? Please search within yourself if there is a root that you are trying to over-compensate. The goal is to separate your emotional identities. It is to stop the emotional caretaking role. Breaking this requires allowing her to experience her own emotions without you fixing them. Many mother–daughter codependent bonds remain psychologically parent–child. It needs to shift to adult-to-adult. She has to develop her emotional identity in GOD. She has to run to HIM in times of troubles to find strength. Praying for your own strength and wisdom. Hugs and love.
Oh Tami, i am so sorry for this road you travel with Chela.. for her anxiety and your worry..
Lord in your mercy, hear Tamis cries and give her the peace to think clearly in the worry, and for the anxiety to be LIFTED and GONE. in the Mighty and Healing Name of Jesus.
Tami, will continue to hold you both in prayer..
He is near to you both, He is close..♥️
Precious Tami, praying for Chela right now. I pray God’s hand of protection and for peace in her spirit. I pray God will give you peace as well and that you will know when/what to say/do. So sorry you are dealing with this heartbreak. ❤️
I understand. My daughter was this way for months after her car accident, and in fact, she just now texted me that I don’t love her. It’s not true, and I replied thus, but I am struggling too right now, and I need my time with Jesus. I can’t tell her that because she is angry with God, but we all need to set healthy boundaries. I have an alarm set to call her back. Right now, I need to pray and talk to my Father.
Amen!