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“I will praise the name of God with a song; I will MAGNIFY him with THANKSGIVING. This will please the Lord more than an ox bull with horns and hoofs.” Psalm 69:30-31 (ESV)

Not only are we to praise the name of God with a song, but scripture says to MAGNIFY Him with thanksgiving. Magnify means to make great, to increase in size, to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held, to praise highly, to extol. The real testing in our praise comes when we go through trials. What an awesome opportunity to magnify the Lord rather than magnify our problems (Hebrews 13:15). If we keep our eyes on God, our problems will seem small and we will magnify the Lord. He will look a lot bigger than our problems and big enough to take care of us. If we focus on our problems, they will be magnified and God will seem small,  or we won’t even be able to acknowledge Him. What or Whom are we magnifying? When we begin to magnify God, we will have a heart full of thanksgiving. Joy and thanksgiving go hand in hand. When we magnify God, we will have a grateful heart and we will be joyful. Choose today to magnify the Lord. Begin to release praises no matter what you are going through, even if you don‘t feel like it. Take a step of faith – the feelings will follow. Our God is a great big God; we will praise Him and magnify Him.

“Father, I choose to magnify You today and continually praise You with my mouth with thanksgiving. I thank You that you are bigger than any of my problems and will see me through as I trust you.”

For His Glory

Linda Reyes Shepherd
TRBC Mountain Blend