There’s quite a lot of things that get praise. Someone sings a song on television and it gets praise. Someone scores a goal and it gets praise. Someone draws a picture and it gets praise. Someone makes a meal and it gets praise. You name it and it gets praise for it. A lot of […]
Read More It’s PraiseworthyIf Jesus gets in on the act of praise as a common activity, it makes sense that praise is a holy habit. When I think of what it is to praise and the heart from which it comes, there are a lot of good reasons why praise is an essential holy habit. I asked my […]
Read More Holy Habits: PraiseNot that long ago I shared how I didn’t always take scriptures in their proper context and treat them properly. Lately, I was challenged about another oft repeated verse. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (Psalm 34:1) It won’t take too long to be in certain church […]
Read More Praise and the Defeat of DiscouragementIn the relatively short period of time that I have breathed the breath of life on planet earth, I have come across a number of ways and means to highlight the worth of something. Without in anyway suggesting I am at the Grandmaster level of expressing myself in the English language, I do take pleasure […]
Read More Psalm 150 – Praise Him, Praise Him!Here’s a good Psalm to pay attention to carefully. Reasons to praise God? Sure, they are there and offer strong encouragement for the readers to remember how great God is and what He does for His people. It’s all going well and then … “Two-edged swords … execute vengeance … punishments … bind with fetters […]
Read More Psalm 149 – Call To Praise … And …Heaven and earth encouraged to praise God. With good reason. Once more I like how the Psalm is set from the big picture of the universe to the smaller picture of the earth and then the more intimate picture of the relationship with a people on the earth. At every stage there’s a reason to […]
Read More Psalm 148 – All Creation Praise HimI had the great privilege of being on a road trip with some saints. As the sun set and night settled in, rather than snoozing off after an exhausting day, those saints saw it fit to sing songs to God. There were songs of adoration, songs of praise, songs proclaiming the wonders of God. In […]
Read More Psalm 147 – In AweOne of the many reasons why I love this Psalm is how it shows very good reasons to praise the Lord. It’s a great exhibition of praise. It’s all based on both what the Lord has done and who the Lord is. I could run through the list and would I love to do that! […]
Read More Psalm 145 – The Lord Is …There is a chant that is sometimes used in football games that suggests that a striker of a greater quality ‘scores when he wants’. That degree of acknowledging brilliance in doing whatever he wants can also be attributed to the Creator of the Universe. God, though, does not need to give you His CV to earn […]
Read More Psalm 135 – Great God, Great Track RecordI appreciate scripture for what it says and what it means from the writer at the time. This Psalm is written at a time when there was a temple and there would be priests who would serve in the temple in the night. It’s great that the Psalmist wants these servants to be encouraged in their […]
Read More Psalm 134 – The Night Watch
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