Text: Psalm 136:1-26
In this 2-week reading plan, we are assuming a posture of thanksgiving before the Lord by meditating on ten Psalms of Gratitude. Rather than provide a written response to each Psalm, we have offered a simple yet meaningful activity designed to help us recall God’s mercies to us and through time. So grab a journal, and let’s create our own songs of thanksgiving to God.
Psalm 136
God’s Love Is Eternal
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
His love is eternal.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love is eternal.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His love is eternal.
He alone does great wonders.
His love is eternal.
He made the heavens skillfully.
His love is eternal.
He spread the land on the waters.
His love is eternal.
He made the great lights:
His love is eternal.
the sun to rule by day,
His love is eternal.
the moon and stars to rule by night.
His love is eternal.
He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians.
His love is eternal.
and brought Israel out from among them
His love is eternal.
with a strong hand and outstretched arm.
His love is eternal.
He divided the Red Sea
His love is eternal.
and led Israel through,
His love is eternal.
but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
His love is eternal.
He led His people in the wilderness.
His love is eternal.
He struck down great kings.
His love is eternal.
and slaughtered famous kings—
His love is eternal.
Sihon king of the Amorites.
His love is eternal.
and Og king of Bashan—
His love is eternal.
and gave their land as an inheritance,
His love is eternal.
an inheritance to Israel His servant.
His love is eternal.
He remembered us in our humiliation.
His love is eternal.
and rescued us from our foes.
His love is eternal.
He gives food to every creature.
His love is eternal.
Give thanks to the God of heaven!
His love is eternal.
Dig Deeper:
He alone does great wonders! Write your own “His love is eternal” psalm to God. List who God is and what He has done in your life. Make the details specific and personal. Let it be a song to Him.
He changes the seasons.
His love is eternal.
He ______________________.
His love is eternal.
He ______________________.
His love is eternal.
He ______________________.
His love is eternal.
He ______________________.
His love is eternal.
He ______________________.
His love is eternal.
Give thanks to the God of Heaven!
His love is eternal.
RHONDA J: I apologize, I forgot to respond to your question about our business! My husband and I have been entrepreneurs for about 7 1/2 years now. Our business is a blend of online retail/e-commerce and mentorship/leadership. In a nutshell, we help people get into business for themselves but also provide access to a mentorship and training support system that helps them with their business, as well as other areas of life (spiritual, social, emotional, etc). Thank you so much for the prayers ❤️ I know this is God’s calling for my life and for our family’s future, but lately I’ve been distracted and disorganized. People we have partnered with have also given up on their dreams, partially since COVID, and it’s heartbreaking to see people walk away. But I know God’s plan for them may be different from mine. I’m working on staying rooted in gratitude and getting back on track with God as the CEO. If it weren’t for Him I wouldn’t be where I am today, and know the people I know. ❤️❤️
Sorry for the long answer… I get really passionate about it. But I do appreciate the prayers!
Heidi, I am on IG and would love to connect. suzd56 Praying for you during these crunch times.
Heidi, I am on IG and would love to connect. suzd56 ❤️
Back finally to finish my homework.
Our God is OMNISCIENT; He knew me before I was born.
His love endures forever.
Our God is mightier than any earthly ruler.
His love endures forever.
Our God supplies all my needs.
His love endures forever.
Our God created good things for His benefit and my good pleasure. (Chinaberry flowers were “perfuming” my yard today!)
His love endures forever.
Our God gives infinite grace every day and made a way for me to spend eternity with Him. Thank You for Jesus!
His love endures forever.
HEIDI – so good to see your report and how prayers were answered so far! Still praying for mercy from the professor for late turn-in and so glad that truly was an option. I was stepping out in faith on that request!
You all bless my heart with your comments back and forth! Sleep well and in His peace!
Lehua – praying for your allergies, they’ve been awful this year where I live!
Sarah D – thinking and praying for your job situation often.
Sharon – praying for your daughter in law. I’ve been there! Something I’m learning is being willing to sit with someone in their pain and not try to “fix” it has so much power. That consistency in the good and bad shows them the character of our sweet Savior ❤️❤️❤️
Michelle – your prayer for my son brought me to tears. You understand the ache of my heart, praying for your anxiety and for restorative sleep tonight!! This may sound silly but when I was growing up we listened to tapes of Adventures in Odyssey (a Focus on the Family radio show from the late 80’s) to fall asleep and even now if I’m having a hard time falling asleep I’ll stream an episode and I’m always out before the 20 minute program is over I think it occupies my mind and the nostalgia relaxes me, maybe there’s an audiobook or sermon series or something similar to help calm your racing mind?
Heidi – I think about you so often through the day, I remember at the height of grad school sabotaging myself with distraction because I was so overwhelmed. I am so impressed by your dedication and giving it all to God. Prayers for finishing the race strong.
All you beautiful Women of God – may we throw any obstacles in our way over our shoulder with the power of the Almighty God. May we experience His abundant Peace by leaning on Hope and Trust. He is good and will NEVER let us down. The same God of King David is OUR God!!!!
Thank you all for your support and kind words ❤️ You were able to see my biggest fear – the safety of our sweet son. He is strong willed and confident and has a heart for Justice so if he has to take the stand I know he will be just fine. I’ve promised him I’ll never make him do something he doesn’t feel safe doing, and really hoping I don’t have to be in a situation where I have to go back on that promise.
Searching – It shocks me that she has moved forward with this case even after her son (my ex) told her “if you do this we’re done.” She had open access to him before this and still went through with it because she wants what SHE wants (unsupervised overnight visits whenever she wants even though they’ve never spent one on one time together). I have detailed notes that I submitted to the court of all of the times she saw him (6 times in his first 4 years before he started going with his dad). It didn’t seem to matter I’m not sure the judge even looked at them. Waiting for a call back from another lawyer in town, I will keep you all updated!
Thank you all you “dancers who dance upon injustice!!”
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ALL MY FRIENDS: In such a time crunch but I wanted very much to come “here”… all of you and your words and encouragement and time spent lifting me up – thank you. I did NOT get the paper done yesterday I wanted to… I have a good grade in the class already and just decided accepting a few points knocked off for turning it in late was going to have to be ok. I took 1 of the 3 finals last night. I did better than I probably should have (thanks to God’s great mercy) but worse than I wanted to… Took final #2 just now and did better than I should have and better than I expected (again – praise and glory bc of God’s recall and clarity of thought). Final #3 will need to be tomorrow which is fine bc the deadline is tmr midnight. I did request an extension for one large paper that is not going to be hard to do, but will be time consuming. Waiting to see if the Prof will grant it. Grateful to my man and my parents for pulling extra weight and trying to give me as much space as possible to get things done… At this point I just want it all away from me… I can honestly say I love you all . Thank you. deeply thank you.
I AM reading and praying and keeping your requests in my mind – I’m sorry I can’t type things out for you all individually.
IF ANY OF YOU ARE ON IG let me know – I’m not on FB but would love to actually SEE you :) Talk to you all soon!!
Lehua..thank you for you comments and words…ALL SO Good!! What is your business you started? Would love to pray for you going forward!!
Pam ..thinking of you in this hard time! It seems like just yesterday in a way (although it was 2014), but my mom was seemly healthy, and I lived 6.5 hours away and so did my sister in another direction. We were going for a all family visit but my mom wasn’t feeling well and so I went a few days early, and when I got there I was quite shocked by what I saw. She was laying in bed, swollen and half out of it. The next morning she wasn’t breathing, but came around quickly. Two days later same thing happened, and we called the ambulance. By Sunday, they said she needed hospital hospice, but she would not survive going home. It was awful saying goodbye to our dear mom for me and my sister. She went peacefully the next night. It was really emotional, our moms just hold such a heartfelt large piece of our heart. Anyway, I just wanted you to know I understand, and I can’t imagine how much harder it is when you want to be there…but the world moves on and you have to juggle that.
Good to see you Sarah and Sue!