GPS for the week of November 23rd, 2025

“Make A Joyful Noise To The Lord, All The Earth”

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What a noise this will be! Can we imagine the music of all the

creatures in heaven and on earth? It will be powerful music of

thanksgiving, sharing, and kindness to overcome sadness and

hardship and fill us with joy. Thanks be to God!

 

Dear Lord, thank you for your gracious love. Amen.

 

Monday 11.24 “Worship the Lord with gladness.”

Psalm 100

“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord

with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the

Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his

people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with

thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless

his name. For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures

forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” This is a week of

thanksgiving. We may keep this psalm of joy with us each day.

 

Tuesday 11.25 “To give thanks to the name of the Lord.”

Psalm 122

“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the

Lord!’ Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together. To it the

tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to

give thanks to the name of the Lord. For there the thrones for

judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for

the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you. Peace

be within your walls, and security within your towers.’ For the

sake of my relatives and friends I will say, ‘Peace be within you.’

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your

good.” We join together to give thanks to our Lord.

 

Wednesday 11.26 “Let us walk in the light of the Lord.”

Isaiah 2:1-5

“The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and

Jerusalem. In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house

shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be

raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Many

peoples shall come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain

of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach

us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion

shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many

peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their

spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against

nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob,

come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!” The light of our Lord will

overcome all shadows of sadness and bitterness.

 

Thursday 11.27 “Keep on doing the things that you have

learned and received and seen in me.”

Philippians 4:4-9

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your

gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not

worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication

with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And

the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard

your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, beloved,

whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just,

whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable,

if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise,

think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have

learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of

peace will be with you.” We see the power of God in our humble

and gracious Lord.

 

Friday 11.28 “Let us live honorably as in the day.”

Romans 13:11-14

“Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment

for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than

when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near.

Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor

of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and

drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in

quarreling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” We

need the love of our Lord to live in freedom, openness, and light.

 

Saturday 11.29 “Keep awake therefore.”

Matthew 24:36-44

“But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of

heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah

were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those

days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and

giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they

knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too

will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two will be in the field;

one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding

meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake

therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what

part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed

awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at

an unexpected hour.” We have unspeakable joy coming! Let us

live in the quiet awareness of our Lord working in this world.