Article #176
Subject: litany of thanks
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 11/15/2009 01:42:53 PM

We thank the Lord, Our God, for your blessing of our land and us...Your land,
Your people:

1) For His gifts of heaven from the dew and from the deep that couches
beneath.
( the stars, the sunsets, the clouds, the dew sparkling in the sunshine, the
deeps of the ocean, the stillness of little pools, and the chief things of
the ancient mountains Otis Moore in a Pocket Prayer Book UMC General Board of
Evangelism) We thank thee Lord
2) For The precious things of the everlasting hills:
(ie majesty, serenity, power..Otis Moore ...strength,patience,
obedience...Andrew)
We thank thee Lord
3) For the favor and goodwill of him who dwells independently, as a fruitful
seed in His Tree of Life in us, and who dwelt,dwells in the bush and in our
words as a burning, sharp double edged, sword of Truth. (the brillancy of the
mind, [overwhemling] good will, and love that radiates from friends ibid
Moore... "I am not, but I know that I AM" John Giaglo, "Whereever I AM, thats
where I am supposed to be." Andrew) We thank thee Lord

Let these blessings come upon the crown of him who was separate and prince
among his brothers.
Deuteuronmy 33:13-16. Exodus 3:4

Article #178
Subject: King David gives thanks to God
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 11/22/2009 09:58:39 AM

2 Samuel 23:1-7
23:1 Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, son of
Jesse, the oracle of the man whom God exalted, the anointed of the God of
Jacob, the favorite of the Strong One of Israel:

23:2 The spirit of the LORD speaks through me, his word is upon my tongue.

23:3 The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: One who
rules over people justly, ruling in the fear of God,

23:4 is like the light of morning, like the sun rising on a cloudless
morning, gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.

23:5 Is not my house like this with God? For he has made with me an
everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. Will he not cause to
prosper all my help and my desire?

23:6 But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away; for they
cannot be picked up with the hand;

23:7 to touch them one uses an iron bar or the shaft of a spear. And they are
entirely consumed in fire on the spot.