Godispowerful
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You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11
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We rejoice with you in this beautiful declaration of God's goodness, You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11. What a precious promise to cling to, that our God is not stingy or reluctant but lavish in His kindness, crowning each year not with struggle alone but with His own goodness going before us and following after us.
We see in this Psalm the heart of a God who provides, who visits the earth and waters it, who enriches it greatly. This reminds us that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. James 1:17. His bounty is not only material, though He certainly promises to supply our needs, for we know that our God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19. His abundance is also spiritual, His mercy, His forgiveness, His peace that passes all understanding, and His presence that never leaves us. The Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want, and His carts overflowing speak of more than enough, pressed down and running over, for those who trust in Him. Psalm 23:1 and Luke 6:38.
We also want to gently share with you that we come to the Father only through Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. It is only by His shed blood and resurrection that we can boldly approach the throne of grace to receive this bounty and abundance, and to have our sins forgiven and be reconciled to God. If you have not yet placed your trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior, we encourage you to believe on Him today, confess your sins, and follow Him, for whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13.
We pray together for you now.
Father, we thank You in the name of Jesus Christ for Your faithful love that crowns this year with Your bounty. We thank You that You are the source of all abundance and that Your goodness overflows toward Your children. Lord, we ask that You make this promise real in the life of the one who shared this verse, that they would see Your hand of provision, protection, and peace in every season of this year. Let their heart overflow with thanksgiving as they see Your carts of blessing in their family, their work, their health, and most of all in their walk with You. Teach them to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness, knowing all these things will be given to them as well. Matthew 6:33. Keep them from trusting in abundance itself, but in You, the Giver, and cause them to be a blessing to others out of the overflow You provide. We ask that You crown not only this year but their whole life with Your steadfast love and mercy. In the precious and powerful name of Jesus we pray, amen.
We encourage you to keep this verse before you daily, to remember that God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8. Walk through this year with expectancy, not in our own strength, but in the confidence that He who has crowned the year will carry you through it from beginning to end.
We see in this Psalm the heart of a God who provides, who visits the earth and waters it, who enriches it greatly. This reminds us that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. James 1:17. His bounty is not only material, though He certainly promises to supply our needs, for we know that our God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19. His abundance is also spiritual, His mercy, His forgiveness, His peace that passes all understanding, and His presence that never leaves us. The Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want, and His carts overflowing speak of more than enough, pressed down and running over, for those who trust in Him. Psalm 23:1 and Luke 6:38.
We also want to gently share with you that we come to the Father only through Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. It is only by His shed blood and resurrection that we can boldly approach the throne of grace to receive this bounty and abundance, and to have our sins forgiven and be reconciled to God. If you have not yet placed your trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior, we encourage you to believe on Him today, confess your sins, and follow Him, for whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13.
We pray together for you now.
Father, we thank You in the name of Jesus Christ for Your faithful love that crowns this year with Your bounty. We thank You that You are the source of all abundance and that Your goodness overflows toward Your children. Lord, we ask that You make this promise real in the life of the one who shared this verse, that they would see Your hand of provision, protection, and peace in every season of this year. Let their heart overflow with thanksgiving as they see Your carts of blessing in their family, their work, their health, and most of all in their walk with You. Teach them to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness, knowing all these things will be given to them as well. Matthew 6:33. Keep them from trusting in abundance itself, but in You, the Giver, and cause them to be a blessing to others out of the overflow You provide. We ask that You crown not only this year but their whole life with Your steadfast love and mercy. In the precious and powerful name of Jesus we pray, amen.
We encourage you to keep this verse before you daily, to remember that God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8. Walk through this year with expectancy, not in our own strength, but in the confidence that He who has crowned the year will carry you through it from beginning to end.
We were so encouraged to see your note of thanksgiving. Taking time to name God's bounty and to say thank you out loud is a beautiful pause at the end of a year.
We find gratitude has a quiet way of settling our hearts. When we linger there we remember we have not walked alone, and we get a clearer view of God's steady care through the whole year, not just the easy days. It also leaves us more peaceful and hopeful for what is ahead, because a thankful heart rests easier.
One simple way to keep this moment with you is to jot down two or three specific ways you saw His abundance this year, large or small, and share one of them with someone close to you this week. Speaking it out loud often deepens the joy and lets your thanks encourage someone else as well.
We are grateful with you and we join you in giving thanks for all God has provided.
Father, we thank You together for Your kindness and faithful provision this year. You have crowned these months with good things and we praise You for Your care. Keep this grateful heart tender toward You and let it be a blessing to others. In Jesus' name, amen.
We find gratitude has a quiet way of settling our hearts. When we linger there we remember we have not walked alone, and we get a clearer view of God's steady care through the whole year, not just the easy days. It also leaves us more peaceful and hopeful for what is ahead, because a thankful heart rests easier.
One simple way to keep this moment with you is to jot down two or three specific ways you saw His abundance this year, large or small, and share one of them with someone close to you this week. Speaking it out loud often deepens the joy and lets your thanks encourage someone else as well.
We are grateful with you and we join you in giving thanks for all God has provided.
Father, we thank You together for Your kindness and faithful provision this year. You have crowned these months with good things and we praise You for Your care. Keep this grateful heart tender toward You and let it be a blessing to others. In Jesus' name, amen.
EnricoLange
Beloved of All
Lord Jesus please richly bless, protect and guide them. Please help them in accordance with your perfect will Father. Thank you and praise you. In your holy name I pray. Amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
Your verse crowns the year well, for it sets the bounty where it belongs, upon the head of God who gives it. You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Here we have crowning mercies calling for crowning gratitude, and paths of fatness which should be to us ways of delight.
It is a good and necessary thing to give thanks, lest we fall into that want of gratitude which receives many blessings without making a note of them, or even seeming to know that they have them. Some call their increase luck and look to other causes, but every Christian man should be ambitious to have the hand of God connected with everything that he has, so that when he looks upon his house, his table, his fields, he may see God's providence in giving it to him. Not one good thing comes by chance, but by the bounty of Him who keeps His people and whose promise stands firm as His throne.
How then shall we give crowning thanksgiving for this crowning mercy? We can do it by the inward emotions of gratitude. Let us come into His presence with the voice of joy and thanksgiving, and worship and bow down before the Lord our God. Yet gratitude must not end in inward feeling or in mere words, for it never strikes an awakened person that mere words are a fit return for the grace of God. She who was healed rose and ministered, and proved her gratitude by tangible deeds, as if to say, The Lord has served me, I will serve Him. If we are grateful to God, we shall feel that the first thing to do is to give of our substance an offering of thanksgiving to the Most High, and then to serve Him, and to serve His children and His people next, and so prove our gratitude.
O come, let us exalt the Lord together for this year's abundance. May the sight of His hand in both plenty and trial end all rebellion against His will, and may we declare His wondrous works with pen and voice and life, bearing each man his offering of thanksgiving unto the Lord, and blessing His name that He crowns not only the year, but the whole life of His people, with lovingkindness and tender mercy.
It is a good and necessary thing to give thanks, lest we fall into that want of gratitude which receives many blessings without making a note of them, or even seeming to know that they have them. Some call their increase luck and look to other causes, but every Christian man should be ambitious to have the hand of God connected with everything that he has, so that when he looks upon his house, his table, his fields, he may see God's providence in giving it to him. Not one good thing comes by chance, but by the bounty of Him who keeps His people and whose promise stands firm as His throne.
How then shall we give crowning thanksgiving for this crowning mercy? We can do it by the inward emotions of gratitude. Let us come into His presence with the voice of joy and thanksgiving, and worship and bow down before the Lord our God. Yet gratitude must not end in inward feeling or in mere words, for it never strikes an awakened person that mere words are a fit return for the grace of God. She who was healed rose and ministered, and proved her gratitude by tangible deeds, as if to say, The Lord has served me, I will serve Him. If we are grateful to God, we shall feel that the first thing to do is to give of our substance an offering of thanksgiving to the Most High, and then to serve Him, and to serve His children and His people next, and so prove our gratitude.
O come, let us exalt the Lord together for this year's abundance. May the sight of His hand in both plenty and trial end all rebellion against His will, and may we declare His wondrous works with pen and voice and life, bearing each man his offering of thanksgiving unto the Lord, and blessing His name that He crowns not only the year, but the whole life of His people, with lovingkindness and tender mercy.
Jonathan_M
Beloved of All
I prayed for this in Jesus Name.
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