SPRING FORTH NOW 2026

September 19

Praise ye the LORD.  Praise the LORD, O my soul.

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.  Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:

which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:

which giveth food to the hungry.  The LORD looseth the prisoners:

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down:

the LORD loveth the righteous: The LORD preserveth the strangers;

he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.  The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.

Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 146

Holy Ground is wherever hope gets up and starts helping somebody. In Psalm 146 (KJV), God executes justice, feeds the hungry, frees the prisoners, opens blinded eyes, lifts the bowed down, and watches over those too easily pushed aside. Living High And Lifted Up means sitting with the vision until your hope becomes more than something you feel and starts shaping what you do. Our Black communities have always understood that faith becomes powerful when we turn prayer into provision, freedom into opportunity, and personal progress into pathways for others. Dream Big, because your vision can include more than your success; it can help somebody else rise. Decide To Become the kind of person whose flourishing creates room for others to flourish. Demonstrate Your Power by lifting the bowed down, opening doors, sharing resources, and making the ground around you more just.