PJP2 THANKS 160712 THANKS Focus - Ezra 3:11....Topic: God Is GOOD....

1 Chronicles 16:35 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."Say also: 'Save us, O God of our Salvation, And Gather And Deliver us from among the nations, THAT we May Give Thanks To Your Holy NAME And Glory In Your Praise."....

PJP2 THANKS TEXT 160712 - Ezra 3:11 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."And they Sang Responsively, Praising And Giving Thanks To The Lord, 'For HE Is GOOD, For HIS Steadfast LOVE Endures Forever toward Israel.'  And ALL the people Shouted With A Great Shout When they Praised The Lord, Because The Foundation of The House of The Lord was laid."....

I am Thankful that Daily His Holy Spirit Reminds us to Once More Be Open to His Laying His Foundation, His Cornerstone as The Central/Core Building Block of His Temple Within us.  I am also Thankful that God's Overarching "Blanket of FORGIVENESS" spreads our over us, Reminding us that, once again, His SALVATION is All About His Saving GRACE extended to us, even in the light of all the darkness and distraction we have allowed to seep into our existence.  Praise God, for He is GOOD and He Is Far Greater than any sin that we could even consider.

My Prayer of Thanks for us today would be to offer up Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 7-8, 10-11 as our Prayer...."Blessed Is the one whose transgression Is FORGIVEN, whose sin is Covered.  Blessed Is the man against whom The Lord Counts NO iniquity, And In whose Spirit There Is NO deceit.  I Acknowledged my sin To You, And I Did Not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I Will Confess my transgressions To The Lord,' And You FORGAVE the iniquity of my sin....You Are A Hiding Place for me; You Preserve me from trouble; You Surround me With Shouts of Deliverance....{The Lord Said to me}....'I Will Instruct you And Teach you In The Way you Should Go; I Will Counsel you With My Eye Upon you.'  Many Are the sorrows of the wicked, BUT Steadfast LOVE Surrounds the one who TRUSTS In The Lord.  Be GLAD In The Lord, And Rejoice, O Righteous, And Shout For JOY, All you Upright In Heart!".....In Your Holy Name, Lord Jesus, we Raise our Prayers and Praise....jaj