Sunday, February 19, 2006
Praises Belong to You
Scripture:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10
Saints of God, do you praise him enough? I mean, do you praise God only when things are going well? Do you even praise him then?
So often in our daily prayers, we tend to only want to ask God for things. Forgive us, help us, bless us. If we praise him, it is usually just a component of our prayers. (the seven parts to prayer: adoration, praise, thanksgiving, confession, oblation, intercession, and petition. The number and order will vary, depending on your church doctrine.)
But the bottom line is this, do you praise him anyhow? Do you praise him in the valley? Do you praise him even when the bills are do and the bill collectors are ringing? Do you praise him even when you don't feel well, or adversity is on any hand?
Something that I started doing many years ago as a part of my prayer life is dedicate my morning prayer strictly to praise and thanksgiving. I try to keep that first prayer of the day devoted strictly to God alone. I find that if I start my day by blessing him, it blesses me. For the most part, it keeps me from thinking about the negative and focusing on the positive. Now this may not work for everyone, but try it! He blesses us; now let's bless him with praise and thanksgiving.
Prayer:
Our Father, our Lord, our rock and our salvation. Great Jehovah, we come giving You all honor, praise and glory. Lord, You who are known by many names, Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide, Jehovah-rapha, the Lord who heals, Jehovah-nissi, the Lord our banner, no matter what name we choose, You are still El Elyon, the most high God. Father, we come lifting up Your name. We bless Your name Lord and give thanks to You alone. Father, we thank You for waking us this morning. We thank You for our daily bread. We thank You Lord, for family, friends, and fellowship. We thank You Lord for Your word. Your word, that blesses. Your word that comforts. Your word, that heals. We come lifting up holy hands in total submission to You. We come humbling our selves before You Lord. Holy, Holy, Holy. We worship You Lord. We Praise You Lord. We Bless You Lord. Hallelujah, hallelujah, glory, glory, glory, hallelujah. Amen
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10
Saints of God, do you praise him enough? I mean, do you praise God only when things are going well? Do you even praise him then?
So often in our daily prayers, we tend to only want to ask God for things. Forgive us, help us, bless us. If we praise him, it is usually just a component of our prayers. (the seven parts to prayer: adoration, praise, thanksgiving, confession, oblation, intercession, and petition. The number and order will vary, depending on your church doctrine.)
But the bottom line is this, do you praise him anyhow? Do you praise him in the valley? Do you praise him even when the bills are do and the bill collectors are ringing? Do you praise him even when you don't feel well, or adversity is on any hand?
Something that I started doing many years ago as a part of my prayer life is dedicate my morning prayer strictly to praise and thanksgiving. I try to keep that first prayer of the day devoted strictly to God alone. I find that if I start my day by blessing him, it blesses me. For the most part, it keeps me from thinking about the negative and focusing on the positive. Now this may not work for everyone, but try it! He blesses us; now let's bless him with praise and thanksgiving.
Prayer:
Our Father, our Lord, our rock and our salvation. Great Jehovah, we come giving You all honor, praise and glory. Lord, You who are known by many names, Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide, Jehovah-rapha, the Lord who heals, Jehovah-nissi, the Lord our banner, no matter what name we choose, You are still El Elyon, the most high God. Father, we come lifting up Your name. We bless Your name Lord and give thanks to You alone. Father, we thank You for waking us this morning. We thank You for our daily bread. We thank You Lord, for family, friends, and fellowship. We thank You Lord for Your word. Your word, that blesses. Your word that comforts. Your word, that heals. We come lifting up holy hands in total submission to You. We come humbling our selves before You Lord. Holy, Holy, Holy. We worship You Lord. We Praise You Lord. We Bless You Lord. Hallelujah, hallelujah, glory, glory, glory, hallelujah. Amen
