‘Lord, what You have done for us …’

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‘Lord, what You have done for us …’

Lord, what You have done for us – we could never have done for ourselves!

It’s so amazing what You have done for us.

We were making plans for ourselves - but our plans didn’t include You!

You came to us. You said to us, “I have a wonderful plan for your life.”

We look at the plans we had for ourselves, we look at the plan You have for us – and we say, ‘Your way is so much better than our own way.’

Your way is the way of blessing. It’s the way of giving glory to You.

Lord, where would be – if You had not come to us, if You had not led us into Your way, if You had not brought us into Your blessing?

You did not wait for us to start looking for You – You came looking for us.

You did not wait for us to start saying, ‘Bless us, Lord’ – You came to us with Your blessing.

You did not wait for us to lift ourselves up – You lifted us up.

Thank You, Lord.

‘Lord, You are with us …’

Lord, You are with us – even when we feel that You are far away from us.

We think about what’s going on in our life – and we get it all wrong!

We look at what’s happening – and we think that You’ve gone away and left us.

When will we learn? – It’s us who’ve gone away and left you!

We start thinking, ‘You need to come back to me, Lord.’

You’re saying to us, ‘No! You’ve got it all wrong. It’s you that needs to come back to Me.’

Even in our darkest days, You’ve never gone away and left us.

You’ve always been there – all the time.

You’ve always been there – for us.

Thank You, Lord.

‘Lord, help us to remember…’

Lord, help us to remember that You are the everlasting God.

We are so changeable. Your love for us is unchanged, unchanging and unchangeable.

Our feelings take us here, there and everywhere. Your love brings us back to the place where our love for You grows strong.

How does our love for You grow strong? Is this something that we do for ourselves? – No! It’s something that You do for us.

You show us how much You love for us. You take us to the Cross of Christ.

You show us that Your love for us remains strong even when our love for You has become very weak.

This is the way in which our love for You grows strong. We are strengthened by a stronger love, a love that never becomes weak, a love that is always strong - everlasting love.

These are things we must never forget – Lord, help us to remember that You are the everlasting God. Help us to remember that Your love is everlasting love.

‘Lord, we thank You that Jesus came to earth for us …’

Lord, we thank You that Jesus came to earth for us – and we thank You that He died for us.

He ‘came to seek and to save the lost’ (Luke 19:10). He came to bring us back from our wandering about in the shadows of our life. He came to bring us into the light of Your love.

Lord, we give You thanks for Jesus.

‘Lord, we thank You that You guide us…’

Lord, we thank You that You guide us – You keep us in the right way. You lead us in the way that brings glory to You.

You show us Your love. You teach us to trust in Your faithfulness. You fill our hearts with praise. You fill our lives with Your ‘overflowing blessing’ (Malachi 3:10).

For all of these things, we give You our thanks.

‘Teach us, Lord, to count our blessings.’

Teach us, Lord, to count our blessings.

We try to think of all the good things You have done for us, all the great gifts You have given to us.

We cannot keep up with You, Lord. There is so much to count, so much for which we can only say, ‘Thank You, Lord.’

‘Lord, help us to prepare for the future…’

Lord, help us to prepare for the future – Your future.

Life without a future is no life at all. Often, we feel like we are stuck in the prison of the present.

You lift up our eyes. You show us Your future. You fill our pathway with Your light.

It is Your light that makes our future very bright – brighter than we can put into words, brighter than we can even imagine.

Lead us, Lord, into Your future. Help us to walk with You on Your pathway to glory – Your eternal glory.

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