From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "C & P Greene" <greenehouse72@juno.com>
Subject: Sunday Greetings to All
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2000 9:28 AM

There has been a verse of Scripture that has been coming to my mind all
this week.  It is Psalm 34:3,
"O magnify the Lord with me,
 And let us exalt His name together."

'Magnify the Lord',  'exalt His name'!
Magnify: to make large; advance, boast, bring up, exceed, increase, lift up.
Exalt: extol, hold up, lift up,be lofty, offer up.  These are some words
which describe the words magnify and exalt.

Other translations of this verse read,
"Ascribe ye greatness unto Yahweh with me.
 And let us exalt His name together."  The Emphasized Bible
"Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh,
 Together let us extol His name."  The Jerusalem Bible

We magnify our God;  not just for what He as done for us, that indeed is
wonderful beyond all that we can say or even comprehend, but we magnify Him
because HE IS GOD, THE ALMIGHTY ONE!

The Psalmist had a heart for praising and magnifying the Lord as in the
following:
"Be Thou exalted, O Lord, in Thy strength;
 We will sing and praise Thy power."  Psa. 21:13
"Be exalted above the heaven, O God;
 Let Thy glory be above all the earth."  Psa. 57:9; Psa. 108:5 (same words)
"Thou art my God, and I give thanks to Thee;
 Thou art my God, I extol Thee."  Psa. 118:28

Isaiah says,
"...Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
 Make known His deeds among the peoples;
 Make them remember that His name is exalted.
 Praise the Lord in song, for He has done excellent things;
 Let this be known throughout the earth."  Isa. 12:4-5
"O Lord, Thou art my God;
 I will exalt Thee, I will give thanks to Thy name;
 For Thou hast worked wonders,
 Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness."  Isa. 25:l

Psalm 33:1 is one of my favorite verses, especially combined with
Isaiah 6l:3, it is God who has given us the "garment of praise" and then
in Psa. 33:l He tells us that, "Praise is becoming to the upright."
The sight of His people singing praises is becoming.  Let us be just that,
a people who continuously with a heart of thanksgiving exalt our
God with praise and worship!

King David wrote Psalm 34 (Titled in the New American Standard Bible:
The Lord a Provider and Deliver) at a very low point in his life.  (You can
read the account in 1 Samuel 21:10-15.)   It is a wonderful Psalm extoling
God's mercy, loving-kindness and goodness.  Read it and be blessed!

There are many verses in this Psalm that we sing in our Fellowship and the
ones that I have been singing all week are:

"I will bless the Lord at all times;
 His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
 My soul shall make her boast in Thee Lord;
 The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
 O magnify the Lord with me,
 And let us exalt His name together.
 I sought the Lord and He heard me,
 And delivered me from all my fears."  Psa 34:1-4

Our God is above all else; He reigns eternally!  Hallelujah!