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Me:  Those dancers look very happy.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:  They are happy.<\/p>\n

Me:  Well, I am happy about the Lord.<\/p>\n

This is from the book Finding Peace for Your Heart by Stormie Omartian<\/p>\n

15 reasons to Praise the Lord<\/p>\n

To enthrone God and acknowledge His greatness (Psalm 95:1-5)<\/p>\n

To increase our awareness of God’s presence (Psalm 103)<\/p>\n

To acknowledge God’s hand in every area of our lives (Psalm 91)<\/p>\n

To release God’s power into our situations (Psalm 144)<\/p>\n

To know God better (Psalm 50:23)<\/p>\n

To break our chains of bondage and bring deliverance (Psalm 50:14-15)<\/p>\n

To be under His covering of safety and protection (Psalm 95:6-7)<\/p>\n

To strengthen the soul and be transformed (Psalm 138:1-3)<\/p>\n

To receive guidance and establish God’s purposes in our lives (Psalm 16:7-11)<\/p>\n

To thwart the devil’s plans for our destruction (Psalm 92)<\/p>\n

To dissipate doubt and increase faith (Psalm 27)<\/p>\n

To be delivered from fear (Psalm 34)<\/p>\n

To bring a fresh flow of His Holy Spirit in us (Psalm 40)<\/p>\n

To possess all God has promised for us (Psalm 147)<\/p>\n

I delight to do Your will, O my God.<\/p>\n

Psalm 40:8<\/p>\n

Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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