Praise you, dear Lord, that in your gracious goodness, you unfailingly guide and direct, provide and protect. Praise you for the richness of your character, the perfection of your personality, the graciousness of your goodness, and the firmness of your faithfulness.
Thank you that you lead us through difficulties, darkness and disappointments, using each to deepen, mature, chasten and develop us. You are wise beyond words, knowing exactly what is right, always doing what is best, and working out what is wonderful, no matter how it may appear to us.
I praise you, Lord, that whatever comes today, I can thankc you for it. Confidence in you is never misplaced, praise is always appropriate, trust is always right.
To you now I lift my heart and soul in praise, for you are worthy of it in your perfect power, wonderful wisdom, lavish love, great goodness and flawless faith, in your strong sternness and touching tenderness. Every quality needed is there in the exact amount and in perfect balance: mercy triumphs over justice, forgiveness comes before condemnation, love covers a multitude of sins.
You are a marvelous Lord, the only God, the perfect Father. You are far better than any god we could make up: in our flawed thinking, anything we could produce would be also faulty, like the Greeks’ human-like sinful gods.
Thankfully you are completely different, far beyond any human conception: perfect and eternal, wise and good, being light, love and life yourself. Your essence is totally other than that of your creation–uncorrupted and uncorruptable–and for that we are thankful.
Praise be to you forever and ever. Your faithfulness is the reason we can praise you before anything comes to pass, for you are fully sovereign and totally powerful, easily able to allow or prevent whatever you desire. It is a certainty that you will bring to us whatever is right.
Praise you for our weakness in the events before us now, and for your strength you will use for good in our lives. We give you glory, honor and praise now for what you will do today, tomorrow, next year and forever. You are Lord, you are God, you are worthy. Amen.
