March 24
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WITH GOD WE SHALL DO VALIANTLY
My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being!
2 Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4 For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth! 6 That your beloved ones may be delivered,
Give salvation by your right hand and answer me!7 God has promised in his holiness:
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12 Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
13 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. – Psalm 108:1-13
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This psalm is a good reminder of the steadfast love of God and how we must also be steadfast in our love for him. Thanksgiving and praise must be something that we all believers should make a habit of. Pleading God for help and relying only in Him alone is the only valiant thing we can do. He is the only source of strength. He alone can bring us courage. When we have his Spirit present in our lives, we can be sure that nothing that the enemy has planted will prosper. In our current world where self-reliance and independence are the way of life, this psalm is a good reminder of the importance on God-dependence.
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ADORATION: Praise to the One and Only source of strength, power and wisdom, Jesus.
CONFESSION: I receive the aide that only comes from my Savior Jesus Christ.
THANKSGIVING: Thank you for all your supply of love, faith, courage and hope and joy.
SUPPLICATION: May we remember to always rely on God alone and no one else.
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REFLECTION
• How can believers have a constant dependence on God alone?