Praise God on your Epic Journey!

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, October 2.

Today is a big day – the last day of the 150-day prayer journey, and the conclusion of the third volume of my Seize the Moment daily devotional series. Thank you for walking with me on this epic journey! It has taken me over three-and-a-half years to write a devotion on every chapter of the New Testament and Genesis through Psalms of the Old Testament. While I have experienced the fatigue of this epic journey, like any person would who has undertaken such an ambitious adventure, I continue to praise the Lord who gives me the strength to CM to the finish line of the Old Testament. I join with the psalmist who, praised the Lord with Psalm 150:

Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty expanse. Praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him according to His excellent greatness. praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. Praise Him with loud cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

I see my life as one big adventure, from answering God’s call to be a pastor at the same church for fourteen years now, to a multi-week tour of the national parks out west, or a multi-day hike on the Appalachian Trail, or even twenty-four years of marriage to my beloved wife. Life is a journey, and we are transformed by the decisions we make every step of the way, so choose wisely so that you are formed into the image of Jesus Christ along the way!

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 150, meditating upon the Lord of the journey. Life is an epic journey, so praise God every day, at every mile, and with every decision upon life’s journey!

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