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    Your God is present among you,     a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love     and delight you with his songs. MSG      The Lord your God is in the midst of you,  a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction]  and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.  AMPC   Did you know God is singing to you? He sings quite songs...

As for the saints who are on the earth, “They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.” NKJV   So I said to the Lord God, “You are my Maker, my Mediator, and my Master. Any good thing you find in me has come from you.” 3 And he said to me, “My holy lovers are wonderful, my majestic ones, my glorious ones, fulfilling all my desires.”  TPT    When you accepted Jesus, you became an excellent one who God delights in. You were created to fulfill all his desires.  Can you wrap your head around that?  By becoming His holy...

God delights in showing us mercy and loving kindness. He not only shows us mercy and loving kindness, He takes extreme pleasure in doing so.  The Message Translation shows us what this looks like.  He wipes the slate clean of guilt.  He turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to our past sins.  He stamps out our wrongdoing and sinks our sins to the bottom of the ocean.  He doesn't nurse his anger, but shows us mercy and compassion. Mercy is compassion or forgiveness shown toward us when it is in God's power to punish or harm.  It is...

The word for delight used here is the Hebrew word rō·w·ṣeh which means to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt -- (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favor(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self When you accepted Jesus, you went from just being plain folk to one who delighted God so much that he decorates you with salvation garland!  When I picture that in my mind, I see the garland like the lei's they put around your neck in Hawaii. That garland in made from flowers, but...

   As we journey into a new year and a new decade I believe the prayer Moses prayed In Psalms 90 should be our prayer.  12 Help us to remember that our days are numbered, and help us to interpret our lives correctly. Set your wisdom deeply in our hearts so that we may accept your correction. 13 Return to us again, O God! How much longer will it take until you show us your abundant compassion? 14 Let the sunrise of your love end our dark night. Break through our clouded dawn again! Only you can satisfy our hearts, filling us...