Day of Praise

Fr, 02/21/14, "Day of Praise"

Psalm 23 - "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

In Psalm 23, God tells us much we can be thankful for. I am thankful for God's daily presence and unfailing love through Jesus, our Good Shepherd. I'm thankful for my three amazing children and the family I grew up in, as I'm especially grateful that we're all in Christ together. I'm thankful for my dad, Ben DeGreen, Sr.; he just came down with double-pneumonia on top of the myriad of complications he's still barely consciously dealing with in ICU from the heart attack he suffered a couple weeks ago. I'm thankful for all of you in our Day of Praise community because I know you lovingly receive my request to pray for my dad, Ben, and my mom, Carol Jane.

Thank you all. I praise God for bringing all our lives together through his word. May God's peace and blessings be yours.

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson