We
thank You, Lord, for Your ‘Good
News’ - Help us to ‘shout for joy’. As we receive ‘Good News’ from You,
may we sing ‘songs of
joy.’ We thank You for the Good News of Your reign - ‘Your God reigns’
and the Good News of our redemption - ‘The Lord has redeemed’ us. Help
us not to keep the Good News to ourselves. This ‘news of happiness’ is
to
be shared with everyone. May we let ‘all the ends of the earth see the
salvation of our God’. ‘Christ died for our sins’ - This is Good News.
Christ was ‘raised on the third day’ - This is Good News. ‘Jesus is
Lord’ - This is Good News. This is the Good News we must ‘pass on’ to
others. In our world, Lord, there is so much bad news. Help us not to
let the
Good News be drowned out by the bad news. Help us to make sure that the
people hear the Good News - loud and clear (Isaiah 52:7-10; 1
Corinthians 15:3-4; Mission Praise, 249).
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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