Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
Psalm 103:1-5

Dear God, it’s a couple of days after Christmas, and I feel the need to just worship. It’s not like I didn’t worship you over the last week or two as Christmas got nearer, but I didn’t worship you much yesterday. I thought about you. I prayed. I wrote an encouraging letter to a new Christian. But this morning, I walked into a room where my wife had some music playing, and it was just worship music. It hit me in such a refreshing way. Ahhh. Worship!

Then I looked to see what the verse of the day was for Bible Gateway, and this was it. Perfect! Yes. This is what is on my heart right now. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. And all that is within me bless His Holy Name! That is what is in my heart right now. You are my God and I want to worship you. I need to worship you. My soul longs to worship you. And worship you beyond the Christmas story. While the Christmas story is pivotal, it’s only a small piece of what Jesus did. It’s you becoming man for me. But it’s what you did while you were man that is really amazing.

It makes me think of a couple of songs. One is “Bless His Holy Name” by the Gaithers and the other is “Indescribable” by Chris Tomlin. You are amazing, God!

Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, I have an unstructured day in front of me and you know I don’t usually do well with little structure. Help me to use this day for you and your glory. Help me to use it to have you nurture my soul. Let this be a day when you will use me to help your kingdom to come and your will to be done on this earth as it is in your heaven. Lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil. Forgive me of my sins as I forgive those who sin against me. And please give me this day my daily bread. Make me worthy of being your ambassador.

I offer this prayer to you through the grace offered to me through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus,

Amen