“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever.” (Psalm 118.1, ESV)
Because we live in a physical world and have physical needs, there us a tendency to focus on being grateful for our physical blessings. While it is good and fitting to be thankful for these things, it’s doubly important to remember our spiritual blessings. To have God as our Lord and Father is by far our greatest inheritance.
For the month of November, we’ll be writing through Psalm 118 and considering the goodness, mercy, and love of the Lord. It’s interesting that this Psalm is smack-dab between the shortest Psalm and the longest Psalm!
Depending on your translation, the phrase in verse 1 (which is repeated 4 additional times in the Psalm) may read:
- “His love endures forever” (NIV)
- “His lovingkindness is everlasting” (NASB)
- “His mercy endures forever” (NKJV)
The Hebrew word used can be translated in these various ways, and if you think about it, each word is true and each reflects God’s goodness toward us. As you write out each verse in this Psalm, I encourage you to consider how God’s goodness is demonstrated towards His people.
I hope you’ll join us as we write out Psalm 118 this month! As always, I post regularly about our daily verses on Instagram (@elihuscorner) and Facebook. I am looking to make those posts more easily accessible, so if you have an additional social media platform which you prefer , drop a note in the comments below and I’ll look into setting up an additional account.
To download a printable PDF of the plan, click here:
Got little scripture writers? Download the tracing and copying sheets below! (Special thanks to Sara McBroom for making these each month!)
If you’d like to do a different scripture writing plan, here are some of the previous November plans:
2023: The Effective Prayer
2022: Abundance
2021: Give Thanks to the Lord (Psalm 100, 107, 136)
2020: Faith Looks Up
2019: Perfect Peace
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