Psalm 100
Psalm 100 calls us to “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.” It’s an invitation to bring praise into every part of life, not just in church pews or moments set aside for prayer, but in the thick of our daily living.
Everyday praise is about paying attention. It’s about leaning into the gift of being alive, noticing what we so easily overlook. The warmth of coffee in your hands. A friend’s unexpected message. The laughter at the dinner table. The steady rhythm of your own breath.
When we live with praise, we live awake. We refuse to let the ordinary become invisible. We remember that every heartbeat is a borrowed gift, every relationship a chance to love well, every corner of our day a place where gratitude can grow roots.
To praise God in everyday moments is to say: I will not take this life for granted. I will not sleepwalk through what should make me sing.
Maybe praise this week is offering a genuine thank you to someone who usually goes unnoticed. Maybe it’s taking five quiet minutes to watch the clouds. Maybe it’s blessing your meal with more than habit, really tasting it, naming the goodness of it.
Maybe it’s telling someone, “I’m grateful for you.”
A few questions to hold this week:
- Where are you being invited to notice life’s small gifts?
- What ordinary moment can you turn into praise?
- How can your praise overflow into kindness and care for someone else?
May your gates swing wide this week, may your everyday courts be full of thanksgiving, and may you feel the steady goodness of the One whose love endures forever.
Let’s pray:
Holy and loving God, open our eyes to the wonder tucked inside our ordinary days. Teach us to greet each moment with a thankful heart, to find Your goodness in small things, to delight in the people we share this life with, to turn each breath into a quiet hallelujah. May our lives be songs of praise that echo far beyond these words: in how we love, how we listen, how we care. Guide us to live wide awake, never taking for granted the gift of life You’ve given. In Jesus’ name, we pray. AMEN
*** Please Note ***: There will be no Mid-week Moment for July 23rd or July 30th while Rev. Richard is away on leave.
