God is a Good Good God

This is one of the most foundational and joyful truths we can ever declare. It is not just that God does good things, but that His very nature and character are the definition of goodness.

Here is a celebration of our good, good Father.

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He Is a Good, Good God

When the world is shaking, unstable, and unsure,

When my own heart falters,and feels no cure,

One truth remains,a solid rock beneath my feet,

A promise that makes my journey sweet:

God is a good, good God.

His goodness is not based on what I see,

On circumstance or what's granted to me.

It is His nature,His heart, His name,

From everlasting,it is the same.

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." (Psalm 107:1)

He is good in the light, and good in the night,

Good in the answer,and good in the fight.

Good when the harvest is plenty and bright,

Good when I'm walking by faith,not by sight.

His plans for me are plans of good,

Exactly as His Word has said they would.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."(Jeremiah 29:11)

He is a good Father who gives perfect gifts,

My weary,waiting soul He lifts.

He withholds no good thing from His child,

Though His"no" is sometimes sweet and mild—

A protection from a pain I cannot see,

From a path that would only wound me.

So I will trust His heart, when I cannot trace His hand.

I will rest in the goodness of His eternal plan.

For the cross is the proof,the ultimate sign,

That His goodness and mercy are forever mine.

God is a good, good God.

This is my song.

This is my hope.

This is my story,all the day long.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving:

"Good, Good Father,

Thank you. Thank you that Your nature is goodness. Thank you that I can trust Your heart toward me, even when my circumstances are hard.

Forgive me for the times I have doubted Your goodness. Today, I choose to believe that You are good. I receive Your good plans for me. I rest in Your good gifts.

Let my life be a reflection of Your goodness to a world that needs to see You.

In the name of Jesus, who went about doing good, Amen."