August 17, 2025 • 25 mins
FULL LESSON FOR DAY 15
Day 15: Gratitude in Presence Scripture: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” — Psalm 16:11 (ESV) Affirmation: I BLESS GOD FOR HIS CONSTANT PRESENCE AND JOY IN MY LIFE Introduction Some days feel loud, hurried, and heavy. But gratitude has a way of quieting the noise and opening our eyes to the nearness of God. Today, we slow down to honor His presence—not just for what He gives, but for who He is. Psalm 16:11 reminds us that God doesn’t leave us guessing about life; He guides us, fills us with lasting joy, and anchors us in a security nothing on earth can shake. Gratitude in His presence is not denial of challenges—it is the decision to look for Him in the middle of them and to bless Him because He is here. Backstory on Psalm 16:11 Psalm 16 is a miktam of David—likely written in a season of pressure and uncertainty. Instead of grasping for control or running to other sources of comfort, David declares that the Lord is his portion, cup, and inheritance (Psalm 16:5-6). He sets the Lord always before him (v. 8), which steadies his heart and banishes fear. Verses 9–11 rise like a crescendo: God will not abandon him to death (a promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus, as Peter cites in Acts 2:25–28), God will show him the path of life, and God’s presence is the place of fullness—complete, not partial—joy. For David, and for us in Christ, the presence of God is not a place we visit; it is a reality we live in. This psalm invites us to trade anxiety for awareness, hurried striving for holy nearness. Word of the Day: Abide To abide means to remain, dwell, and stay present. It’s not a quick visit; it’s a way of living with God moment by moment. Jesus said, “Abide in me… for apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:4–5). Abiding positions our hearts to receive guidance, joy, and steady courage—exactly what Psalm 16:11 promises. Three Powerful Takeaways (with Scripture) God’s presence reveals the path of life. Promise: “You make known to me the path of life” (Psalm 16:11). Support: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go” (Psalm 32:8); “Your ears shall hear a word behind you… ‘This is the way, walk in it’” (Isaiah 30:21). Insight: Guidance is not a puzzle to solve but a Person to walk with. 2. Joy is found in nearness to God, not in perfect circumstances. Promise: “In your presence there is fullness of joy” (Psalm 16:11). Support: “The joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10); “These things I have spoken to you… that your joy may be full” (John 15:11). Insight: Joy in God’s presence is complete—even when life feels incomplete. 3. God’s right hand secures your future with eternal goodness. Promise: “At your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11). Support: “You hold my right hand… afterward you will receive me to glory” (Psalm 73:23–24); fulfilled in Christ’s resurrection (Acts 2:25–28). Insight: His presence gives us both present peace and future hope. How to Apply Today (with Scripture)
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Day 15: Gratitude in Presence Scripture: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” — Psalm 16:11 (ESV) Affirmation: I BLESS GOD FOR HIS CONSTANT PRESENCE AND JOY IN MY LIFE Introduction Some days feel loud, hurried, and heavy. But gratitude has a way of quieting the noise and opening our eyes to the nearness of God. Today, we slow down to honor His presence—not just for what He gives, but for who He is. Psalm 16:11 reminds us that God doesn’t leave us guessing about life; He guides us, fills us with lasting joy, and anchors us in a security nothing on earth can shake. Gratitude in His presence is not denial of challenges—it is the decision to look for Him in the middle of them and to bless Him because He is here. Backstory on Psalm 16:11 Psalm 16 is a miktam of David—likely written in a season of pressure and uncertainty. Instead of grasping for control or running to other sources of comfort, David declares that the Lord is his portion, cup, and inheritance (Psalm 16:5-6). He sets the Lord always before him (v. 8), which steadies his heart and banishes fear. Verses 9–11 rise like a crescendo: God will not abandon him to death (a promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus, as Peter cites in Acts 2:25–28), God will show him the path of life, and God’s presence is the place of fullness—complete, not partial—joy. For David, and for us in Christ, the presence of God is not a place we visit; it is a reality we live in. This psalm invites us to trade anxiety for awareness, hurried striving for holy nearness. Word of the Day: Abide To abide means to remain, dwell, and stay present. It’s not a quick visit; it’s a way of living with God moment by moment. Jesus said, “Abide in me… for apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:4–5). Abiding positions our hearts to receive guidance, joy, and steady courage—exactly what Psalm 16:11 promises. Three Powerful Takeaways (with Scripture) God’s presence reveals the path of life. Promise: “You make known to me the path of life” (Psalm 16:11). Support: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go” (Psalm 32:8); “Your ears shall hear a word behind you… ‘This is the way, walk in it’” (Isaiah 30:21). Insight: Guidance is not a puzzle to solve but a Person to walk with. 2. Joy is found in nearness to God, not in perfect circumstances. Promise: “In your presence there is fullness of joy” (Psalm 16:11). Support: “The joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10); “These things I have spoken to you… that your joy may be full” (John 15:11). Insight: Joy in God’s presence is complete—even when life feels incomplete. 3. God’s right hand secures your future with eternal goodness. Promise: “At your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11). Support: “You hold my right hand… afterward you will receive me to glory” (Psalm 73:23–24); fulfilled in Christ’s resurrection (Acts 2:25–28). Insight: His presence gives us both present peace and future hope. How to Apply Today (with Scripture)
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Good morning, the morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
good morning, good morning, good morning. And welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Hello, Hello,
hell Lo, hell Loo, y'all, we are yet moving alone.
We are day number fifteen inside of this twenty one
day Shina. We are day fifteen inside of this twenty
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one day devotion. God is my refuge in my present health.
God is my refuge in my present help. Y'all. I'm
gonna take a moment and share this out with some
of our friends. I'm gonna share this out with some
of our friends. Child. This is our date day devotion.
I've been doing this now since March, so we'll wet
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five months. In five months in I think we went
through two three. This is our third devotion. The first
one was a thirty well the second one. At first
I was just coming on and sharing from some of
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my stuff, and then I started sharing devotions with you guys.
If you would like to purchase one of the devotions
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So what am I bots to do is go ahead
and start off with our lesson after I go into prayer,
I'm gonna share this out with a couple of people,
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go directly into our lesson. So let me get over
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go back over here. I'm trying to get these devices together,
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to share this with some people so that those that
wanna chime in. They can chime in and connect with
us here as we share this word, as we share
this daily devotion. And I do this every day until
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God tell me to do otherwise, until he tells me
to do other wives. I want to just stick it
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down out of that, go over here and do this.
Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
good morning, good morning. Y'all, Come on in, and we
get ready to do our daily devotion. Get ready for
our daily devotion, our daily devotion. Today is day number
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fifteen on this twenty one day journey. We are headed
into week number three. A Everlasting Praise is the title
for this week. A Everlasting Praise is the title for
this week and our devotion for the day, day number fifteen, y'all,
The devotion for today is coming from Psalm sixteen and eleven,
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Gratitude and presence. Gratitude and presence. So y'all, come on in,
Come on in, Come on in, Come on in this morning,
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morning as we prepare for our day to devotion. Let
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I'm gonna get some people in the room this morning.
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Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
good morning.
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I hope your morning is off to a great start.
And those that will be seeing this as a replay
or as a clip, or however you are able to
run across it on today, I pray that you will
be blessed as well. Pray that you will be blessed
as well. So come on in the room, get in
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and get out. So our scripture today is coming from
songs sixteen and eleven, So let me go into prayer
before we start, Father God, in the name of Jesus, Lord,
I thank you for this space. I thank you for
this opportunity that I can yet share your word, Lord
God with someone that may not even know you want today, Lord,
But through something that we do, maybe we could give
it to witness to them. Maybe we'll be able to
share us You'll getness that will draw them onto you.
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On today, Lord, god Father, we thank you for sending
your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to see
this day because somebody and didn't get to wake up
this morning to chase after their dream and aspirations to
a god. But Father, we thank you for yet another chance,
another day that we was not promised, another day that
we've never seen before and that we will never see again.
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So Father, may everything that we do today point back
to you and bring you glory. And that is my
prayer and Jesus name my prayer. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen Again.
I thank you guys for chiming in. I thank you
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he share this side. I'm gonna share it out to
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can get some people in the room. So we can
get some people in the room, I'm gonna go ahead
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and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started, y'all.
So today's stricture is coming from Psalm sixteen and eleven.
It's coming from song sixteen and eleven, and say, you
may know you, may you make known to me the
path of life. In your presence, there is fullness of
joy at the right hand, or pleasures forevermore that songs
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sixteen and eleven come out the es V version. Our
affirmation for today is I bless God for his consistent
presence and joy in my life. I bless God for
his consistent presence and joy in my life. Y'all. Some
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days feel some days we feel loud, hurried, and heavy.
But gratitude has a way of quieting the noise and
opening our eyes to the nearness of God. Today we
slow down to honor his presence, not just for what
he is, but for who he is. Sixteen and eleven
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reminds us that God does not leave us guessing about life.
He guides us, He fills us with lasting joy and
anchors us in security. Nothing on earth can shake gratitude
is his presence. Is not denial of challenges, but it
is decisions to look for him in the middle of them,
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to bless him because he is right there. Y'all, no
matter what you're going through, no matter what you're experiencing,
you gotta understand that he's always in the midst. He
told us he will never leave us nor forsake us.
So understand that on today he's right there with you
because he left the Holy Spirit to leave God in
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direct us. If there's anything that we are lacking of,
we can go to the Holy Spirit. We can ask
the Holy Spirit a little backstory on sixteen and eleven.
Psalm sixteen is a MiPT take of David Like writing
in the season of pressure and uncertainty, instead of grasping
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for control or running to other source of comfort, Dave
declared the Lord is his portion, his cup, and his inheritance.
And Psalms sixteen, five and six, he sets the Lord.
He sets the Lord always before him, which steadies his
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heart and banishes fear. In verses nine through eleven, he
rises like a syne sent tentedle. God will not abandon
you to death, a promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus, as
Peter sees and Acts twenty two and Acts two, twenty
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five and twenty eight, God will show him the path
of life in God's presence. It's the place of fulfilledness,
complete and not partial joy. For David and for us
in Christ, the presence of God is not a place
we visit. It is a reality that we live in.
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The Psalms invite us to trade anxiety for awareness, hurd
striving for holy nearestness. Our word today is abide. To
abide means to remain dwell, to stay present. It is
a quick visit. It is a way of living with
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God's moment by moment, Jesus said, abide in me for
a part. For me, you can do nothing. That's John
fifteen four and five. Abi Biden positions our heart to
receive guidance, joy, and steady courage, exactly what Psalm sixteen
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and eleven promise God's presence reveal the path of life,
promises that you. In Psalm sixteen eleven, he say, promise
you make known to me the path of life. He
promised you that that he will make known your path.
He said, I will instruct you, teach you in the
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ways that you should go. Your ears share here a
word behind you. This is the way to walk in it.
Guidance is not a puzzle to solve, to solve, but
a person to walk with. I want you to get
that guidance isn't a puzzle to solve, but a person
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to walk with. Joy is found in the nearness of God,
not in perfect circumstances. In your presence there is fullness
of joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength.
These things I have spoken to you that your joy
may be feeled. Understand that God and joy in God's
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presence is complete even when life is incomplete. Joy in
God's presence is complete, even when things are going all
the way around you. Understand that His joy is not
like man's joy. This joy that I have, the world
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didn't give it. The world can't take it away. We
got to remember that God's right hand secures your future
with eternal goodness. At your right hand, our pleasures are
forever more. And that's in Psalm sixteen and eleven, he says,
you hold my right hand. Afterword, you will receive me
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to glory. Psalms seventy three, twenty three, and twenty four
say fulfilled in Christ's resurrection. You can go over to
Acts two, twenty five and twenty eight. His presence gives
us both present peace and future hope. Trust and believe
his word. Stand on his word. Know that his word
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is true and that it will not return to him. Boy,
So how can you apply these things to your life?
Understand that every day we should pause and center our hearts.
Practice taking those that that slow breath, and I've been
sharing with y'all this last week. Take that five minute
slow breath with every in hell whisper you are here.
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With every ex heal whisper I am yours. So as
you in hell, you are here, and as you exhale,
say I am yours said and repeat it in your
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in your mind you are here, I am yours. You
are here. I am yours. And then pray songs for
the six and ten. Let that be your prayer. Pray
it over your life. Understand that if you be still
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and know that I am God, that's his word, that
is a commandment He say, be still and know that
I am God. Then present your concern to him and
receive his peace. Spend time with him in the morning
when you rise, ask him for today steps to order
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my path. Say, Father, order my steps today. What is
it that you will have me to do on today?
Lead me, God me direct me. Practice. Writing down one
decision or one worry a day. Whatever is on your mind,
whatever you need a decision about, write it down and
pray Proverbs three five and six over it. Asks for
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wisdom James one and five. And then listen in the stillness.
Commit to the next step of obedience, and he'll show you, y'all.
He'll show you your way, he said. Trust in me
with all your heart. He said. The Proverbs three five
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and six say trust in the Lord with our yard,
and he will make straight your path. Trust them on
today mark his present with gratitude. Every day you should
think of some things and take time to think about
some things that you're grateful for. Those things that you know,
without a shadow of a doubt, that you have no power,
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and you know that it was God that did it. Y'all,
we got used of our limbs. We woke up this morning.
Some of us may we may have on glasses, but
we still can see. We can talk, we're breathing, you know,
we able to use our hands. These are the little
things that a lot of people take for granted. Somebody
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don't have use something that their limbs on this morning.
Somebody didn't walk up and couldn't walk this morning. But
because you were able to do these things, these are
little things that sometimes we overlook. But these are the
things that we should be thanking Him for. We should
be showing him gratitude in all things. So write down
a list, jotted down, list five moments from the last
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twenty four hours where you since God's nearness, big or small,
it can be just the mere fact that you were
able to do something that you hadn't been able to
do in a while. For those that are eeling in
their body and sick in their bodies, it may be
a time that you may not been able to sit up,
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but now you're able to sit up on your own.
You're able to do some things that you wouldn't able
to do. Be grateful for those things. Thank Him for
each thing. Psalms on All three at one, in verse
two it said, if one is for someone else, act
on it today with encouragement of kindness, gratitude, trains your
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heart to notice what God is doing right now. Again,
gratitude trains your heart to know what God is doing
right now, y'all, He's near gratitude in the presence. Understand
that the scripture today came from Psalms sixteen and eleven.
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I'm gonna repeat it for you. You make known to
me the path of life in your presence, there is
fullness of joy at your right hand, or pleasures forevermore.
And that songs sixteen and eleven, that was our scripture focus
scripture for today. And then I share it some some tips.
I'm challenging every person tune in to put Psalms sixteen
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in eleven to practice today. Put it to practice today.
God's presence may not remove every storm, because y'all understand this.
He already told us. And if you're reading your word,
and if you read your word, you know these things.
So the things that I'm sharing with you are not
things a new. We know that weapons are gonna form,
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but guess what they won't prosper. We know that we're
gonna go through storms. We know that things are gonna happen.
But just because God is present, it may not remove
every storm. Some things we have to go through, because
it has to mold and mend us into who He
has called us to be. If we don't experience something,
how can we tell somebody else how we got through.
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How can we share that test that trial, that tribulation
that only lasts for a moment, so that we could
have the testimony. How can we share the testimony? How
can we share His goodness if we're not experiencing anything?
Begin with a morning present moment. Read Psalms sixteen and eleven.
Slowly breathing and you are here, Breathe out, I am yours.
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Sit in a minute of silence, Psalms forty six and ten.
Be still and know that I am God Lord. Where
are you working in me today? You can ask him?
Ask him, where are you working in me today? And
as He revealed it to you know it in impressions. Next,
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do a storm swap? Do a storm swap? What is
a storm swap? Write down one storm you are facing? Okay,
write it down, Pray over it, Pray over it, and
pray it back to God and release it. Verse Peter
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five and seven. Read it, meditate on it. Philippians four
six and seven. Read it, Meditate on it. Ask for
one obedient practical step and do it today. Pray direct
my steps, ask him to direct and order your steps,
and take the next simple move call forgive, apply, rest, apologize,
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begin trusting, and here'll light the next step. As you go.
Go on a joy hunt. What's a joy hunt? And joy?
And look for five joy sightings in God's present Record them,
share one to encourage one somebody else. Remember his right
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hand by listing three moments God help you fast in
the past on I can list about twenty thanking him aloud.
Set at midday, remind him title at the right hand,
and just take a time to pause and remember. Add
three present things throughout the day and label them you
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are here, I am yours. Pause for sixty seconds, and
then let him resonate. And when you get ready to
lay down at night, in the evening, or whenever you
get a quiet time, through a simple examine, where did
I sense your presence today? What steps did I take
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to the path of life? Where did joy surprise me?
And then give thanks, Give thanks, and entrust tomorrow to
him Psalms four and eight. Again our affirmation for today,
I bless God for his consistent presence in my life,
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en joy in my life. I bless God for his constant,
consistent presence and joy in my life. I want y'all
to join me tomorrow right here, same place, same same time. Well,
I'm not gonna say same time between seven and nine.
That's a normal time between seven nine. Join me tomorrow
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as we continue with trust his plan. We're going to
be coming out of Proverbs three five and six. Trust
the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on
your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him that
he will make straight your path. Come expecting that God
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want to be near, and he's going to guide you,
and he's gonna show you something that maybe you didn't know,
something that you didn't get from when you read it
on your own. But we're gonna dive deep into it
and see what God has to share with us on tomorrow. Again,
I want to thank you guys for joining. If you
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Good morning, the morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
good morning, good morning, good morning. And welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Hello, Hello,
hell Lo, hell Loo, y'all, we are yet moving alone.
We are day number fifteen inside of this twenty one
day Shina. We are day fifteen inside of this twenty
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one day devotion. God is my refuge in my present health.
God is my refuge in my present help. Y'all. I'm
gonna take a moment and share this out with some
of our friends. I'm gonna share this out with some
of our friends. Child. This is our date day devotion.
I've been doing this now since March, so we'll wet
(01:07):
five months. In five months in I think we went
through two three. This is our third devotion. The first
one was a thirty well the second one. At first
I was just coming on and sharing from some of
(01:27):
my stuff, and then I started sharing devotions with you guys.
If you would like to purchase one of the devotions
or check out some of my books, you can go
to my website with is www. Angela Thomas Smith books
dot com. Again, that is in Jella Thomas Smith books
(01:48):
dot com I'm gonna share this out with a couple
of people. Get some people in the room, y'all, Get
some people in here with us, gonna share it out.
If you don't mind tapping that screen as you come in, Hello, Hello, Hello,
tap that screen, and if you feel lead to share
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to sit up a daily hort, are you more than
welcome to do that. Those that are chiming in on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch,
and kick thank you for joining us on today. Thank
you for joining us on today. Thank you for joining
us on today. Thank you for joining us on today.
I truly, truly, truly appreciate you guys joining us on today.
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So what am I bots to do is go ahead
and start off with our lesson after I go into prayer,
I'm gonna share this out with a couple of people,
and then we're gonna go into our lesson. We're gonna
go directly into our lesson. So let me get over
here and share this really quick, and then let me
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go back over here. I'm trying to get these devices together,
trying to get these devices together. I wanna be able
to share this with some people so that those that
wanna chime in. They can chime in and connect with
us here as we share this word, as we share
this daily devotion. And I do this every day until
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God tell me to do otherwise, until he tells me
to do other wives. I want to just stick it
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down out of that, go over here and do this.
Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
good morning, good morning. Y'all, Come on in, and we
get ready to do our daily devotion. Get ready for
our daily devotion, our daily devotion. Today is day number
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fifteen on this twenty one day journey. We are headed
into week number three. A Everlasting Praise is the title
for this week. A Everlasting Praise is the title for
this week and our devotion for the day, day number fifteen, y'all,
The devotion for today is coming from Psalm sixteen and eleven,
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Gratitude and presence. Gratitude and presence. So y'all, come on in,
Come on in, Come on in, Come on in this morning,
Come on in, Come on in, and join me this
morning as we prepare for our day to devotion. Let
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me share this out with a couple of people. So
if I can share this stop on a couple of
people y'all. Come on in, Come on in, Come on in.
Let me get this shared out with some people so
we can get some people in the room. Get some
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people in the room. Get some people in the room.
I'm gonna get some people in the room this morning.
Come on in, Come on in, Come on in. Trying
to get some people in the room this morning, y'all,
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trying to get some people in the room this morning.
Come on in for this daily devotion. Come on in
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Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning,
good morning.
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I hope your morning is off to a great start.
And those that will be seeing this as a replay
or as a clip, or however you are able to
run across it on today, I pray that you will
be blessed as well. Pray that you will be blessed
as well. So come on in the room, get in
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and get out. So our scripture today is coming from
songs sixteen and eleven, So let me go into prayer
before we start, Father God, in the name of Jesus, Lord,
I thank you for this space. I thank you for
this opportunity that I can yet share your word, Lord
God with someone that may not even know you want today, Lord,
But through something that we do, maybe we could give
it to witness to them. Maybe we'll be able to
share us You'll getness that will draw them onto you.
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On today, Lord, god Father, we thank you for sending
your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to see
this day because somebody and didn't get to wake up
this morning to chase after their dream and aspirations to
a god. But Father, we thank you for yet another chance,
another day that we was not promised, another day that
we've never seen before and that we will never see again.
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So Father, may everything that we do today point back
to you and bring you glory. And that is my
prayer and Jesus name my prayer. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen Again.
I thank you guys for chiming in. I thank you
for chiming in. If you would please share this out
with someone in your circle of a friend of influence
and never know what the next person may be in
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need of. So I'm gonna wait just a second. You
get people some chance, give a few people a chance
to come on in the room, Come on in the room,
come on in the room. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
he share this side. I'm gonna share it out to
a couple of more places. I'm gonna share it out
to a couple of more places and see if we
can get some people in the room. So we can
get some people in the room, I'm gonna go ahead
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and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started, y'all.
So today's stricture is coming from Psalm sixteen and eleven.
It's coming from song sixteen and eleven, and say, you
may know you, may you make known to me the
path of life. In your presence, there is fullness of
joy at the right hand, or pleasures forevermore that songs
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sixteen and eleven come out the es V version. Our
affirmation for today is I bless God for his consistent
presence and joy in my life. I bless God for
his consistent presence and joy in my life. Y'all. Some
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days feel some days we feel loud, hurried, and heavy.
But gratitude has a way of quieting the noise and
opening our eyes to the nearness of God. Today we
slow down to honor his presence, not just for what
he is, but for who he is. Sixteen and eleven
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reminds us that God does not leave us guessing about life.
He guides us, He fills us with lasting joy and
anchors us in security. Nothing on earth can shake gratitude
is his presence. Is not denial of challenges, but it
is decisions to look for him in the middle of them,
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to bless him because he is right there. Y'all, no
matter what you're going through, no matter what you're experiencing,
you gotta understand that he's always in the midst. He
told us he will never leave us nor forsake us.
So understand that on today he's right there with you
because he left the Holy Spirit to leave God in
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direct us. If there's anything that we are lacking of,
we can go to the Holy Spirit. We can ask
the Holy Spirit a little backstory on sixteen and eleven.
Psalm sixteen is a MiPT take of David Like writing
in the season of pressure and uncertainty, instead of grasping
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for control or running to other source of comfort, Dave
declared the Lord is his portion, his cup, and his inheritance.
And Psalms sixteen, five and six, he sets the Lord.
He sets the Lord always before him, which steadies his
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heart and banishes fear. In verses nine through eleven, he
rises like a syne sent tentedle. God will not abandon
you to death, a promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus, as
Peter sees and Acts twenty two and Acts two, twenty
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five and twenty eight, God will show him the path
of life in God's presence. It's the place of fulfilledness,
complete and not partial joy. For David and for us
in Christ, the presence of God is not a place
we visit. It is a reality that we live in.
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The Psalms invite us to trade anxiety for awareness, hurd
striving for holy nearestness. Our word today is abide. To
abide means to remain dwell, to stay present. It is
a quick visit. It is a way of living with
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God's moment by moment, Jesus said, abide in me for
a part. For me, you can do nothing. That's John
fifteen four and five. Abi Biden positions our heart to
receive guidance, joy, and steady courage, exactly what Psalm sixteen
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and eleven promise God's presence reveal the path of life,
promises that you. In Psalm sixteen eleven, he say, promise
you make known to me the path of life. He
promised you that that he will make known your path.
He said, I will instruct you, teach you in the
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ways that you should go. Your ears share here a
word behind you. This is the way to walk in it.
Guidance is not a puzzle to solve, to solve, but
a person to walk with. I want you to get
that guidance isn't a puzzle to solve, but a person
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to walk with. Joy is found in the nearness of God,
not in perfect circumstances. In your presence there is fullness
of joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength.
These things I have spoken to you that your joy
may be feeled. Understand that God and joy in God's
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presence is complete even when life is incomplete. Joy in
God's presence is complete, even when things are going all
the way around you. Understand that His joy is not
like man's joy. This joy that I have, the world
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didn't give it. The world can't take it away. We
got to remember that God's right hand secures your future
with eternal goodness. At your right hand, our pleasures are
forever more. And that's in Psalm sixteen and eleven, he says,
you hold my right hand. Afterword, you will receive me
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to glory. Psalms seventy three, twenty three, and twenty four
say fulfilled in Christ's resurrection. You can go over to
Acts two, twenty five and twenty eight. His presence gives
us both present peace and future hope. Trust and believe
his word. Stand on his word. Know that his word
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is true and that it will not return to him. Boy,
So how can you apply these things to your life?
Understand that every day we should pause and center our hearts.
Practice taking those that that slow breath, and I've been
sharing with y'all this last week. Take that five minute
slow breath with every in hell whisper you are here.
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With every ex heal whisper I am yours. So as
you in hell, you are here, and as you exhale,
say I am yours said and repeat it in your
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in your mind you are here, I am yours. You
are here. I am yours. And then pray songs for
the six and ten. Let that be your prayer. Pray
it over your life. Understand that if you be still
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and know that I am God, that's his word, that
is a commandment He say, be still and know that
I am God. Then present your concern to him and
receive his peace. Spend time with him in the morning
when you rise, ask him for today steps to order
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my path. Say, Father, order my steps today. What is
it that you will have me to do on today?
Lead me, God me direct me. Practice. Writing down one
decision or one worry a day. Whatever is on your mind,
whatever you need a decision about, write it down and
pray Proverbs three five and six over it. Asks for
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wisdom James one and five. And then listen in the stillness.
Commit to the next step of obedience, and he'll show you, y'all.
He'll show you your way, he said. Trust in me
with all your heart. He said. The Proverbs three five
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and six say trust in the Lord with our yard,
and he will make straight your path. Trust them on
today mark his present with gratitude. Every day you should
think of some things and take time to think about
some things that you're grateful for. Those things that you know,
without a shadow of a doubt, that you have no power,
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and you know that it was God that did it. Y'all,
we got used of our limbs. We woke up this morning.
Some of us may we may have on glasses, but
we still can see. We can talk, we're breathing, you know,
we able to use our hands. These are the little
things that a lot of people take for granted. Somebody
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don't have use something that their limbs on this morning.
Somebody didn't walk up and couldn't walk this morning. But
because you were able to do these things, these are
little things that sometimes we overlook. But these are the
things that we should be thanking Him for. We should
be showing him gratitude in all things. So write down
a list, jotted down, list five moments from the last
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twenty four hours where you since God's nearness, big or small,
it can be just the mere fact that you were
able to do something that you hadn't been able to
do in a while. For those that are eeling in
their body and sick in their bodies, it may be
a time that you may not been able to sit up,
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but now you're able to sit up on your own.
You're able to do some things that you wouldn't able
to do. Be grateful for those things. Thank Him for
each thing. Psalms on All three at one, in verse
two it said, if one is for someone else, act
on it today with encouragement of kindness, gratitude, trains your
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heart to notice what God is doing right now. Again,
gratitude trains your heart to know what God is doing
right now, y'all, He's near gratitude in the presence. Understand
that the scripture today came from Psalms sixteen and eleven.
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I'm gonna repeat it for you. You make known to
me the path of life in your presence, there is
fullness of joy at your right hand, or pleasures forevermore.
And that songs sixteen and eleven, that was our scripture focus
scripture for today. And then I share it some some tips.
I'm challenging every person tune in to put Psalms sixteen
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in eleven to practice today. Put it to practice today.
God's presence may not remove every storm, because y'all understand this.
He already told us. And if you're reading your word,
and if you read your word, you know these things.
So the things that I'm sharing with you are not
things a new. We know that weapons are gonna form,
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but guess what they won't prosper. We know that we're
gonna go through storms. We know that things are gonna happen.
But just because God is present, it may not remove
every storm. Some things we have to go through, because
it has to mold and mend us into who He
has called us to be. If we don't experience something,
how can we tell somebody else how we got through.
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How can we share that test that trial, that tribulation
that only lasts for a moment, so that we could
have the testimony. How can we share the testimony? How
can we share His goodness if we're not experiencing anything?
Begin with a morning present moment. Read Psalms sixteen and eleven.
Slowly breathing and you are here, Breathe out, I am yours.
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Sit in a minute of silence, Psalms forty six and ten.
Be still and know that I am God Lord. Where
are you working in me today? You can ask him?
Ask him, where are you working in me today? And
as He revealed it to you know it in impressions. Next,
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do a storm swap? Do a storm swap? What is
a storm swap? Write down one storm you are facing? Okay,
write it down, Pray over it, Pray over it, and
pray it back to God and release it. Verse Peter
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five and seven. Read it, meditate on it. Philippians four
six and seven. Read it, Meditate on it. Ask for
one obedient practical step and do it today. Pray direct
my steps, ask him to direct and order your steps,
and take the next simple move call forgive, apply, rest, apologize,
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begin trusting, and here'll light the next step. As you go.
Go on a joy hunt. What's a joy hunt? And joy?
And look for five joy sightings in God's present Record them,
share one to encourage one somebody else. Remember his right
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hand by listing three moments God help you fast in
the past on I can list about twenty thanking him aloud.
Set at midday, remind him title at the right hand,
and just take a time to pause and remember. Add
three present things throughout the day and label them you
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are here, I am yours. Pause for sixty seconds, and
then let him resonate. And when you get ready to
lay down at night, in the evening, or whenever you
get a quiet time, through a simple examine, where did
I sense your presence today? What steps did I take
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to the path of life? Where did joy surprise me?
And then give thanks, Give thanks, and entrust tomorrow to
him Psalms four and eight. Again our affirmation for today,
I bless God for his consistent presence in my life,
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en joy in my life. I bless God for his constant,
consistent presence and joy in my life. I want y'all
to join me tomorrow right here, same place, same same time. Well,
I'm not gonna say same time between seven and nine.
That's a normal time between seven nine. Join me tomorrow
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as we continue with trust his plan. We're going to
be coming out of Proverbs three five and six. Trust
the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on
your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him that
he will make straight your path. Come expecting that God
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want to be near, and he's going to guide you,
and he's gonna show you something that maybe you didn't know,
something that you didn't get from when you read it
on your own. But we're gonna dive deep into it
and see what God has to share with us on tomorrow. Again,
I want to thank you guys for joining. If you
want to grab a copy of the Devotion, you can
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go over to my website which is www. Angela Thomas
Smith books dot com. Again, that is www. Angela Thomas
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literary works from magazines to journals, to devotions to inspirational books.
As you do. I am a survivor of domestic violence.
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those things that I am passionate about because I truly
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believe that I am the change that I desire to
see in this world. And that's what we do through educating, empowering,
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change that we desire to this world. Change starts and
ends with us. So again, I want to thank you
guys for joining me on this morning. I pray that
your day it's blessed beyond what you can see in
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the natural role. Thank you guys. Y'all have a great
day and I will see y'all back here on tomorrow.
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