Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!
The Psalmist writes,

“Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 

Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 

Know that the LORD is God. 

It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people,

 the sheep of his pasture. 

Enter his gates with thanksgiving 

and his courts with praise; 

give thanks to him and praise his name. 

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; 

his faithfulness continues through all generations.” 

                                                                                               Psalm 100:1-5.
The Psalmist although writing this about God the Father hundreds of years ago could have written it yesterday. For it is with great joy we as Christians celebrate the one who is central in our lives Jesus Christ.
We can, not only at Easter and Christmas celebrate all He has done for us but everyday. We can with the Psalmist say,

“Praise the LORD. 

Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 

Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, 

praise him with the harp and lyre, 

praise him with tambourine and dancing,

 praise him with the strings and flute, 

praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. 

Praise the LORD.” 

                                                                                Psalm 150.
Can you?
Please think about it.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

“Praise the LORD. 

Praise God in his sanctuary; 

praise him in his mighty heavens. 

Praise him for his acts of power; 

praise him for his surpassing greatness. 

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, 

praise him with the harp and lyre, 

praise him with tambourine and dancing, 

praise him with the strings and flute, 

praise him with the clash of cymbals, 

praise him with resounding cymbals. 

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. 

Praise the LORD.”  

Psalm 150.

When was the last time you took a few minutes to praise God. I can understand non-Christians not praising the Lord. But if you are a believer in Christ you need to take time to praise the Lord.
The psalmist here is pretty clear how we can praise the Lord. With trumpets, haprs, Lyres, tambourines, strings, flutes, cymbals. Even dance.
I know many Christians do not believe in dancing but when it comes to praising God the psalmist here makes it clear we can praise the Lord with dancing.
We are to praise the Lord with all the instruments we have including our voice and dance.
I love to watch some Jewish groups as they dance in praise to God. They give it their all. This is what we as Christians should be doing.  It’s all right to sing and use instruments but at times we need to let our bodies rejoice in exaltation of God who created all things including dance.
I for a number of years when I was younger toured with a small messianic gospel group. We performed locally both in churches and in various public venues. The best venue I found however was during rehearsals.
Our rehearsals quite often turned into praise sessions. It was during rehearsals that there was no pressure to preform perfectly. We could sing and move and praise God as we wished.
It made us feel good. Here we were praising our Lord and our God. Giving him glory and honour and receiving a blessing at the same time.
Over the years I’ve found you don’t have to be a good singer or dancer or great at playing an instrument. You just have to be willing to praise God.
If you are a believer in Christ why not take a few minutes to praise the Lord right now?
Please think about it.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord
The book of Exodus records,
“When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.  
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.  
Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.” 
              Exodus 15:19-21.
Dear Christian do you praise the Lord after a victory?
In Exodus we see the children of Israel being protected by God. Pharaoh’s armies being destroyed. It was a great victory.
We may never see such victories in our lifetime but we do have small personal victories. In my own life I can praise God that I survived cancer and my wife survived a major health problem also. Both conditions could have killed us. The two of us can also praise God for other victories in our life big and small.
I believe it is important from time to time to simply praise God for all He has done for us in our lives.
Take a moment to take stock of your life and ask God to show you victories in your life. We all have them.
Sing with the Psalmist who wrote,

Praise the LORD. 

Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 

Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 

praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, 

praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. 

Praise the LORD. 

Psalm 150.

Please take time to just praise God!

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

Praise the LORD. 

Praise God in his sanctuary; 

praise him in his mighty heavens. 

Praise him for his acts of power; 

praise him for his surpassing greatness. 

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, 

praise him with the harp and lyre, 

praise him with tambourine and dancing, 

praise him with the strings and flute, 

praise him with the clash of cymbals, 

praise him with resounding cymbals. 

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. 

Praise the LORD. 

                                                                        Psalm 150
Something simple for you dear Christian to think about. Do you praise the Lord enough? By that I mean yourself. Rather than just simply listening to praise music do you lift your voice in praise to God?
We all as often as we can need to take time to simply be alone with God and praise Him, in word, in song, with instruments or without.
Do you?
Please think about it.