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First Chronicles, chapter 23, verse 30.

And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord.

And likewise at evening.

This is the description of the sons of Levi, the Levites, their duty in the house of the Lord.

Let me say it again.

They were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening.

Morning and evening.

Thanking and praising God.

What a job. What a privilege. What an honor. And it's not just

for the Levites in the Old Testament. This is for you and me. You just think about commands we have

to give thanks in all circumstances as we pray continually and we rejoice always like we are designed by

God to experience life and continual Thanksgiving and praise morning and evening and evening. And I just want to encourage you to

build this rhythm into your life. I think about a conversation I was having with a secular

mental health professional and they were talking about the practice of gratitude. And what they do in the morning and the evening,

she was just describing how she goes through

and she just practices gratitude by saying out loud

what she is thankful for.

Now, I was like, well, that's a great practice.

And that's actually what the Bible tells us to do.

Like God tells us, has designed us to do like God tells us has designed

us to do this but not just to give thanks like generally to nobody but to give thanks to him

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