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 a prayer of thanks to the Lord by Tiffany Thibault read by Liam Martin
 praise the Lord my soul all my inmost being praise His holy name praise the Lord my soul and forget not all his benefits who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion
 Psalm 103 1 through 4
 Life is Hard struggles are real but the Lord is still good
 in our lives in the midst of all our hard places we can still find so much to be thankful for and God calls us to be thankful people true thankfulness stems from living in a place of Praise where we have our eyes our heart and our souls completely focused on the Lord
 in this place of Praise thankfulness can freely flow changing our lives and the lives of those around us Psalm 103 1 through 4 says this
 praise the Lord my soul all my inmost being praise His holy name praise the Lord my soul and forget not all his benefits who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases who redeems you from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion
 it's through these words that the writer is telling himself what he should be doing as he makes his life when is Thanksgiving
 he tells his mind to determine to not forget the Lord's benefits
 he's telling his heart and emotions to trust that The Sovereign God who controls the wind and the ways of the ocean has everything in control
 he's telling his lungs to breathe in and out the peace of God
 he's correcting his posture and actions embracing where God has him physically and geographically
 he's controlling his tongue to speak words of praise to God in the midst of every battle he's fighting in the writer is encouraging us to praise the Lord and to not forget his benefits
 our Lord is a very generous Lord he forgives all our sins he died taking all our sin upon him he was bruised for our transgressions nailed to that tree the weight of crushing him the sin on him so great that even God forsook him all of that he did with perfect complete love for you you are forgiven
 another benefit we can Praise Him for is that he heals all our diseases it says that by his stripes we are healed endured whipping a shredded back so that we can be healed as we praise him through the dark moments we can be so thankful that he's with us that he'll see us through the pain and that someday will be healed
 we can praise him because he redeems our life from the pit e has paid for your freedom
 you're free from the darkness the pit of depression the stabbing pain of rejection you are so loved so important to the Lord that he redeemed you
 do you praise the Lord the darkness will dissipate the chains will be loosened and joy will fill you as we praise the Lord with all our being will be crowned with love and compassion to be crowned the high honor to be crowned with love and compassion is the greatest honor we can receive
 Jesus was crowned with an Earthly Crown of Thorns it was shoved onto his head with words of mockery he was crowned with pain and hatred
 Jesus so crowns us with love and compassion he loves you he's there with you he's guiding you protecting you and making a way for you
 he has compassion for you and he will never leave you or forsake you
 so as you examine the things for which you're thankful I challenge you to go deeper the focus on reflecting these benefits that the Lord has given you
 praise the Lord Praise His holy name with all your being praise the Lord
 we can't be truly thankful if we're not praising the Lord he has given us everything we need he's our Shepherd Our Savior Our Redeemer Our Hope in our anchor
 for all he's done for us we can praise him but a life of Thanksgiving he's worthy of Our Praise he's the reason we give thanks
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 dear Lord I praise you for who you are I praise you that you forgive my sins heal my diseases redeem my life from the pit and Crown my life with love and compassion I'm so thankful for who you are and for all that you've done in my life I love you Lord
 in your name I pray
 amen
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