{"id":18177,"date":"2017-06-21T22:39:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T05:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=18177"},"modified":"2017-06-21T22:39:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T05:39:49","slug":"rejoice-in-his-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/21\/rejoice-in-his-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice in His works"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201c\u00a0Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;\u00a0but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00a0Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"verseid:19.71.23\"><b>Psalms 71:23<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.\u00a0And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"verseid:19.104.31\"><b>Psalms 104:31<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works,\u00a0who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!\u00a0I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.\u00a0May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.<a href=\"verseid:19.104.35\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"verseid:35.3.17\"><b>Habakkuk 3:17<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,\u00a0\u00a0yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"verseid:19.32.11\"><b>Psalms 32:11<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"verseid:19.63.5\"><b>Psalms 63:5<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,\u00a0\u00a0when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"verseid:19.119.15\"><b>Psalms 119:15<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.\u00a0\u00a0I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.<\/p>\n<p>When our eyes are focused on God and His awesome power, might, grace, mercy, and love it is what bubbles out of our heart. \u00a0Rejoicing and giving Him praise comes natural then. \u00a0It is when we get sideways and are drifting away from Him that this becomes hard to do. \u00a0When other things fill our heart it is hard to rejoice and praise God. \u00a0Keep your eyes open to Him, stay in His word, and choose to seek Him and His purpose for your day. \u00a0Rejoicing and praise will begin to bubble up and out from the depth of your heart and soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u00a0Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;\u00a0but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.\u201d \u201cI will sing to the LORD as long as I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/21\/rejoice-in-his-works\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rejoice in His works&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1565,81,35,1785,2223,3478,4239,2041,4238,4233,4236,1966,65,4237,4234,1626,517,2307,2900,2035,2526,310,4235,1660,150],"class_list":["post-18177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-be-glad","tag-blessed","tag-counsel","tag-delight","tag-forever","tag-glory-in-the-highest","tag-i-will-not-forget-your-word","tag-joy-in-the-god-of-my-salvation","tag-meditate-on-your-precepts","tag-meditates","tag-meditation","tag-my-soul","tag-rejoice","tag-remember-you","tag-righteous-help","tag-scoffers","tag-shame","tag-shout-for-joy","tag-sing-praise","tag-sing-to-the-lord","tag-sinners","tag-tongue","tag-trembles","tag-upright","tag-works"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18177"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18256,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18177\/revisions\/18256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}