WE’RE MOVING FORWARD!!!

Numbers 10:11 – 14... Now it came to pass ... that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys;... So they started out for the first time according to the command of the LORD... The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies...
Judah: It is with praise that we enter His gates and it is with praise that we move forward.

Psalm 100:4, 5: Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His Name. For the LORD is good, His mercy is everlasting and His truth endures to all generations. Make a special attempt to praise the Lord every time you pray this week. If we are moving forward, we must praise Him and give Him thanks for His deliverence, mercy and truth. Thank Him in your praises for all that He has accomplished in our lives, especially in the dark times that we have passed through. Believe also, that the Lord is doing a new thing among us.

Ephesians 5:20, 21 ... giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. Thank Him for teaching us so much in the past. At the same time, lay down the past at the cross if you still have not done so. Believe that Jesus is our standard, leading us towards a new an exciting future where He wants us to go. Faith, hope and love is written on this standard in His Blood.

Romans 1:8... First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. As we move forward, we reflect on God’s Word that has been sown in so many hearts because of our faith. His Word will not come back empty. The seeds we have sown in the past will come to fruition, because His Word never fails. Thank God for the many times you have experienced answered prayer and thank Him for the prayers still to be answered. God is not a man that He should lie and Jeremiah 33:3 tells us that He will answer us. We move forward, knowing that He is faithful and true.

Daniel 2:23.. I thank You and praise You O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might. Daniel spoke these words of thanks and praise upon receiving the interpretation of the King’s dream which saved the lives of the very people upon whom the King relied to give his dream an interpretaion. Let us thank and praise God for the people whose lives will be saved, because we are prepared to move forward, guided by the Holy Spirit, to encourage, counsel, advise and pray for the lost. James 1:5 tells us that He will give us wisdom.

Luke 18:11...The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank You that I am not like other men...” Rid yourself of the mantle of pride and clothe yourself with humility. We are no better than other saved saints. Check your attitude towards others and lay down any sense of haughtiness that you have that you are better than “other men”. Thank Jesus for all that He has done for you through His death on the cross.

John 6:11... And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. How much do you want to move forward? Are you straggling behind, making those ahead of you, wait for you to catch up? Jesus distributes gifts and talents freely to all, as many as you want. Remember, you have gifts and talents that we ALL need! Give Him thanks for these gifts and talents and ask for opportunities to use them in HIS ministry to the Body and to the world.
Read the whole of Psalm 145 every day. Here is a foretaste:

All Your works shall praise You, O LORD, and Your saints shall bless You.
They shall speak of the glory of Your Kingdom, and talk of Your power, to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His Kingdom.
Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.