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Psalm 9:1-2, I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.  I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

 

I have to admit there were days I got tired of all the negative and just needed to have someone stop by my office and give me a word of encouragement.  It was amazing how something simple could lift up my spirits.  I believe God desires those who follow Him to give praise to Him through our words, actions, thoughts and any other way we can give praise to Him.  Praise is at the very center of every Believer’s relationship with Him.

 

Throughout the Bible God’s people are told to give praise to Him for who He is and for what He has done.  We are told to give Him praise while going through trials because He is with us during those times.  Through all things and all the time our faith should be giving Him praise.

 

Praise and thanksgiving go together.  Praise and thanksgiving were given by the Israelites after crossing the Red Sea safely, for giving them the Promised Land, and for the victories over the enemies Israel faced.  David’s desire to praise the Lord is evident in so many of the Psalms he wrote.  Others who wrote recorded Psalms express the need to praise the Lord as did many of the prophets instruct God’s people to praise Him.

 

The New Testament records Jesus praising His Father in heaven. Paul exhorting saved people to praise Him for the salvation offered through Jesus Christ.  The Revelation gives several glimpses of multitudes, including the twenty-four elders and the angels bowing before the throne of God in praise.  Psalm 150:6 explains the idea of giving praise, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” 

 

It is not only God’s people who are commanded to give God praise.  He also commands inanimate nature to praise Him.  The sun, moon, stars, lightning, hail, mountains, hills, rivers, seas, trees and all living creatures are to give God praise.  When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the crowd rejoiced and praised Him.  When the Pharisees told Jesus to rebuke the crowd for doing so He replied, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”  (Luke 19:40)

 

We are to lift up praise to our Lord for all He has done, doing, and going to do.  We lift up praise for who He is, because He deserves our praise.  Praise is part of our worship – both individually and when we gather together as the body of Believers.  We praise Him with out mind, with the words we speak, through our action, by lifting hands in surrender, and through instruments.  We give Him praise by telling others the things He has done for us and through us; we tell others of His forgiveness.  We praise Him for His continual care both physically and spiritually. 

 

Consider today what you have to give Him praise for.  Then do so.

 

 

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