Today we find a mortal being in scripture that will give us some thoughts that will strengthen our spiritual life. We are flesh, and sometimes fail our beloved God, but let us look at a man whose "heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord!"

Psalm 145 is the psalm I wanted us to look at and meditate upon, so today the question is before us. "How often do I praise God?" When we praise Him, it is like saying I love You, Lord, and then we go into the many reasons we love Him. Then we declare His wonderful works to everyone around us! This psalm is a personal psalm of King David.

John 20:27-29 "Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."

As we celebrate Palm Sunday, it is sad that the praise that sounded forth was temporary - for some of the same voices that "Praised Jesus ultimately turned to yell crucify Him." Shallow praise will never be in eternity! Only the ransomed will experience the glorious unending high praises that fill the heavens.

As we walk with Jesus in this Lenten Season we come to "A Mountain" where the awesome holy moment of Transfiguration happened. What a powerful moment that the disciples were given to see Jesus illuminated, glorified, and brilliantly shining, and with Moses and Elijah.

There may be various studies on the manifestation of Christ, but today, in this Holy Season of Lent, it is good to remember and mediate upon the fact that Jesus was manifested to destroy the works of the devil.

Today we follow Jesus into the synagogue and hear His first sermon. It is more than a sermon, it is a revelation of who He is and what He has come to earth for ... He stands up to signal He will read the Torah. Interesting, they hand Him the book of Isaiah. Hear the passage He chooses ... Isa. 61:1-3.

We do not have the whole account of Jesus' temptations for the scripture begins with "being forty days tempted of the devil, and Jesus fasting, now He was hungry. After these forty days of temptations we are now privy to the final three temptations which no doubt encompassed the totality of His temptations.

This is a remembrance! It is placed on the church calendar by our fore fathers many years ago that there would be a call to keep the suffering of Christ before us that we might remember the price He paid for our eternal life. So we stop in this holy season of sacrifice and each Sunday we walk with Jesus until resurrection brings the glory of life after death to us!

We know we are not perfect, yet He remains the same. Heb. 13:8 tells us, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." He asks one thing of Us; Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." Luke 10:27