What can I offer the LORD
for all he has done for me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the LORD’s name for saving me.
Psalm 116:12-13
(Notobasis – Syrian thistle – pic taken outside Abraham’s gate at Tel Dan…7-10 miles from where ISIS was fighting…could hear “booms” in background)
I love the LORD because he hears my voice
and my prayer for mercy.
Because he bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
Psalm 116:1-2
…rejoice, you who worship the LORD.
Search for the LORD and for his strength;
continually seek him.
Remember the wonders he has performed…
Psalm 105:3-5
(Window in the mill shop, Nazareth Village, Nazareth, Israel)
O LORD, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.
Psalm 104:24
…O LORD my God, how great you are!
You are robed with honor and majesty.
You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
you ride upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 104:1-3
…he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
But the love of the LORD remains forever
with those who fear him.
Psalm 103:14-17
(wildflower along the path at Caesarea Maritima, Israel)
…his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
Psalm 103:11-12
(Rose of Sharon, Caesarea Maritima, Israel)
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with your hands.
They will perish, but you remain forever;
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.
Psalm 102:25-27
(Mt. Arbel, on the Galilee, Israel)
…your people love every stone in her walls
and cherish even the dust in her streets.
Then the nations will tremble before the LORD.
The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem.
He will appear in his glory.
Psalm 102: 15-17
(Western Wall excavated tunnel—Temple Mount retaining wall—ashlar stones)
Acknowledge that the LORD is God!
He made us, and we are his.
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
Psalm 100:3-4
(Nazareth Village, Nazareth, Israel)