Let’s Just Praise the
Lord.
Let’s look
at Psalm 34 Verses 1 to 3 in the Good News Bible today.
(1) I will
always thank the Lord; I will never stop praising him.(2) I will praise him for
what he has done.
May all who
are oppressed listen and be glad!
(3) Proclaim
with me the Lord’s greatness;
let us
praise his name together!
Today let’s
thank God for all He has done and will do in our lives. He gave us life, He
fills our soul with all His goodness, and we are welcome in His presence 24
hours a day —every day we live here on this earth. I might venture to say we
are greatly blessed and we should never stop praising Him as we are told in
verse 1 of our reading today.
We must give
thanks every day, even when trials and troubles are around us. Praising God
takes our attention from anything in this world (including our problems) and
allows us to give our adoration to God. When we put Him before and above all
else we will magnify Him alone. Our souls will be lifted to Him and our burdens
will not seem quite so heavy.
To those who
are oppressed or depressed listen to the word of God and be glad you have His
word to claim and proclaim. In times of trouble or hardship look at Psalm 9
verses 1 to 2 in the Good News Bible.
(1) I will
praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the wonderful things
you have done.
(2) I will
sing with joy because of you. I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.
Let the
“power of praise” rise up within you and you will feel His peace overtake you.
Soon you will sing, with joy, praises unto His name.
When we
proclaim how great the Lord is and all He has done for us, our attitude of
gratitude shines through. Our praise can help us rise above our circumstances
and in our obedience to praise Him at all times, God will work out our
circumstances to bring glory to Him. He has better solutions to our problems
than we can even imagine. So let’s praise Him before we receive.
I noticed
Jesus always waited on the Lord, He stayed alert and He looked up to where He
knew His help came from. He openly declared (proclaimed) the love of His father
and gave glory to Him. He set these examples for us and when we follow His
example we will be praising the Lord. With Thanksgiving we will lift our voices
as we see in Psalm 67 versus 5 to 7, (GNB.
(5) May the
peoples praise you, O God, may all the peoples praise you!
(6) The land has produced it’s harvest; God, our God,
has blessed us.
(7) God has
blessed us;
may all the
people everywhere honour him.
When we send
our praises to heaven, we see showers of blessings. Our praise must be genuine,
(honest and sincere), from the heart. We must praise in spirit and in truth. We
praise because God has already been so good to us, we praise with thanksgiving,
for what the Almighty Lord has done in our lives. Let our praise be our
testimony of how amazing and faithful God is and has been, and will always be.
We want everyone to know our Heavenly Father so they can have Him as Lord and
Saviour and can praise His name from a grateful heart. Our prayers must be our sacrifice to the Lord
as we see in Psalm 50 verse 14 (GNB).
(14) Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to
God and give the Almighty all that you promised.
What can we
give our God? Let’s all give the sacrifice of praise. Dave Moody wrote this
praise song in 1989, or at least that was the copyright year given, and it is
so appropriate. Here are the words.
Praise the
Lord
Praise the
Lord
Let all
God’s people praise the Lord
Shake off
those heavy bands
Lift up
those holy hands
Let all
God’s people praise the Lord.
Say these
words over and over or sing them if you remember the tune, or Google it and
sing along.
Today let’s
bring our praises to God our Father, Jesus our Saviour and to the Holy Spirit,
Who is our Guide. Three in one, our all in all – praise be to the Lord of Glory
and King of Kings!!
Enjoy your
day praising the Lord till the sun goes down. Let’s just lift our hands toward
heaven and praise the Lord, as the song says. Sing, speak, write or shout your
praise because God loves it all. And He deserves every ounce of our praise!!
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