How Blessed We Are

How blessed we are! And how thankful we should be!! If you stop to look, you will find the favor of the LORD!
If you have eaten today,    how blessed you are!
If you live in a peaceful country,   how blessed you are!
If you have a home,    how blessed you are!
If you have health,    how blessed you are!
If you have life,    how blessed you are!
If you follow Christ,    how blessed you are!
If you serve the LORD,    how blessed you are!
Friends, praise the LORD for what he has given you!  For how many people would stand up and testify against us if we ever thought that our meals came from our own efforts and not from the favor of the LORD.
How many people would stand up and testify against us if we ever thought that our peace and homes were secured by our own sacrifices and not because our Father has blessed our land and our country and the work of our hands.
Give praise and thankfulness as David, king of the Hebrews gave thanks. 

 ¹ I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; 

   before the “gods” I will sing your praise. 

² I will bow down toward your holy temple 

   and will praise your name 

   for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, 

for you have so exalted your solemn decree 

   that it surpasses your fame. 

³ When I called, you answered me; 

   you greatly emboldened me.

 ⁴ May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD, 

   when they hear what you have decreed. 

⁵ May they sing of the ways of the LORD, 

   for the glory of the LORD is great.

 ⁶ Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; 

   though lofty, he sees them from afar. 

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 

   you preserve my life. 

You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; 

   with your right hand you save me. 

⁸ The LORD will vindicate me; 

   your love, LORD, endures forever— 

   do not abandon the works of your hands.

Psalm 138