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Let everything that has breath praise the"); document.writeln("Lord! Praise the Lord!1

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It is mid-November \'€” the holidays are upon us! It is the time of year when everyone"); document.writeln("is planning menus and hopefully taking a moment or two to ponder on what we are"); document.writeln("thankful for this year.

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Throughout"); document.writeln("the book of Psalms, David continually thanked and praised the Lord for"); document.writeln("basically just giving him breath! Over fifty times he encourages us to \'€œpraise"); document.writeln("the Lord\'€. When we recognize how greatly the Lord has blessed us we realize"); document.writeln("that just thanking Him is not enough\'€¦ we have to praise Him! And when we"); document.writeln("praise, we draw closer to the Giver of Life \'€” God, the Father. Being thankful"); document.writeln("fills us with peace and happiness, both of which are much needed during the"); document.writeln("holidays. It is easy to get so caught up in the busyness of the season that we"); document.writeln("forget to be thankful for the family and friends we have to share it with. We"); document.writeln("neglect being thankful for the job we have and the transportation to get us"); document.writeln("there, the roof over our head and the warm home-cooked meal that too many won\'€™t"); document.writeln("get to enjoy. Those are the simple things that we can be thankful for, and"); document.writeln("being truly thankful will make us happy. It\'€™s a default setting! Have you"); document.writeln("thanked God today? It is not happy people who are"); document.writeln("thankful, but thankful people who are happy.

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Suggested prayer: Dear Lord, I cannot"); document.writeln("begin to express how thankful I am for loving me so much that you gave your Son"); document.writeln("to die for my sin. I praise you because without you I am nothing. I love you"); document.writeln("because you are my God. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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1.    Psalm 150:6.

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Today\'€™s Encounter was written by:"); document.writeln("Veronica B.

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This and other devotionals by Richard (Dick) Innes can be read online.

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