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Psalms 50:15
"And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me."

We were studying the questions that Jesus asked. Last week, we went into Jesus asking if God would spare Him the agony on the cross. And then we heard the answer from heaven! GOD said "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." GOD gave the stamp of approval to Jesus and His mission. This moment is up there with Jesus's Baptism and the Transfiguration!

Events like this should inspire us to glorify God in the little ways that we can. Take chances to help spread the Gospel. Work with Jesus in His mission field. Call on the Holy Ghost to inspire us and guide us in our lives. Pray to God. Read and study the Holy Scriptures. Worship in the Lord's house every chance we can. Weekly or more. Share God's love with a world that doesn't love GOD.

Even way back in the Psalms, people understood this dynamic of our need to be thankful to GOD. Long before Jesus's incarnation people knew they needed to pray to GOD. God spoke through His prophets telling people to pray to Him. Like we read in today's verse. "And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me." Clear instructions to call upon the Lord. A promise that He will answer our prayers. And rightly we should GLORIFY GOD! This week we begin our study of prayer. We want to become as prayerful as we can!

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