VERSE: Psalm 150:6–Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! TRUTH: Did we wake up this morning? Did we just inhale? We are to praise God for who He is and if we have breath, we are to use it to praise Him. RESPONSE: Lord, You’ve just allowed me to take another breath. Because I have breath, I will use it to praise You. I praise You!!

VERSE: Psalm 149:4–For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. TRUTH: As a child of God, we can know that God takes pleasure in us. He also bestows us with beauty through His gift of salvation. We all have days where we don’t feel beautiful or pleasing to God, but that doesn’t change the fact that He sees us as beautiful and takes pleasure in us. RESPONSE: Lord, some days I don’t feel pretty or worthy for You to take pleasure in me. Help me to rest in Your truth and not my feelings. I love You and love how You love…

VERSE: Psalm 148:13–Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven. TRUTH: Have we praised God today? No matter our circumstance or situation, He is worthy of all praise and honor. He alone is to be exalted, not money, or success, or even our desires. He is the creator of all things and He is over all. RESPONSE: Lord, it can be easy to say I praise You and then live praising myself. Let everything I do today be an extension of You and display praise of You to all people I’m around.

VERSE: Psalm 147:5–Great is the Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. TRUTH: I’m so glad God’s understanding is infinite because my understanding is not. At times it seems like there are more things I don’t understand than things I do. Things I thought I understood I find out later that maybe I really didn’t. The Lord knows all and understands all. He is able to handle and direct everything that comes. He is not surprised and He is in control. RESPONSE: Lord, I don’t understand and it’s driving me crazy. I want to know and see the big picture in my life. I want to feel in control,…

VERSE: Psalm 146:3–Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. TRUTH: During difficulties and uncertain times, who do we look toward? Who do we place our trust in to get us through? If we are trusting in anything besides God, we will be disappointed. Governments fall, leaders die, friends betray, but only God gives salvation to all who ask of Him. RESPONSE: Lord, today, no matter what happens, I pray I will trust only in You. Help me to live out my trust in everything I say and do.

VERSE: Psalm 145:18–The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. TRUTH: No matter what we are going through, if we are calling on the Lord, He is near. There are times when we are walking through difficulties that we do not feel God’s presence. However, the truth is that He is near. We can call on God and know that He is near, even when it doesn’t feel like it. RESPONSE: Lord, no matter what I feel while I am going through difficulties, I will trust the truth that You are near. I praise You for keeping Your promises to…

VERSE: Psalm 144:4–Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. TRUTH: Because our senses are so attuned to what we see, hear, touch around us, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that out lives here are temporary. Yet God created us as eternal beings that just spend a passing shadow of time on earth. Are we focusing on the eternal or do we become so focused on gaining “success” in just this shadow of life. We must stay reminded that this life is just a breath. RESPONSE: Lord, help me to focus today on the eternal. I pray that the choices I…

VERSE: Psalm 143:8–Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for I trust in You. Teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul. TRUTH: Because sin came into the world and we are born into sin, we do not naturally know how to walk in obedience to God. We must hear of God’s truths, we must trust that they are true. We must be taught what is right and how to live it, and ultimately, we must surrender ourselves to God so He can live His truth through us. RESPONSE: Lord, I wish I always knew to do what is right,…

VERSE: Psalm 142:1-2–I cry aloud to the Lord; I plead aloud to the Lord for mercy; I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him. TRUTH: So many things we encounter and go through are causes for frustration and anger. Who is the first person we voice our complaint to? It should be God. He knows all and hears all. He and He alone is the one we are to voice our concerns to. He then will bring about the people and the opportunities to further share with others, if that is what He would have us do. He knows which situations need to be brought…

VERSE: Psalm 141:3–Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. TRUTH: Guarding what we say is a difficult job. In James, it’s asked who can tame the tongue. The answer is that only God can control our tongues. We must allow Him to be in control of our mouth and the words that come from it. The mouth is such a powerful influence, it is a moment by moment job to keep it obedient to all that God wants. Only through Christ’s strength and allowing Him to guard the mouth, can it be done. RESPONSE: Lord, I give You control of my…