I bow down toward your holy temple

and give thanks to your name

for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, 

for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

On the day I called, 

you answered me; 

my strength of soul 

you increased.

Psalm 138:2-3 ESV

His Big Idea here is giving thanks. 

Thanks not for what God has done, but for who he is. 

We went to a friend's birthday a few weeks ago and people got up and were thankful, some spoke of the things this person had done, but only to illustrate the person that they are, and how grateful everyone was for who this person is, and grateful that we all knew this person. 

This is what the psalmist is doing here, grateful for who God is. 

I'm going to start my week here, lifting my view for a few minutes to who God is, and being thankful for Him.

#psalms

#songsthatbreakprisonwalls

#dangerousprayers

#startwithathankfulheart