Praise the Lord

Praise the Lord
The Psalmist 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

Question: If you claim to be a believer in Christ Jesus do you praise The Lord, outside the church as well as inside the Church?
Please think about it.

Praise the Lord!

Praise The Lord

Psalm 150 reads,

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.
Do you take time to praise the Lord?
Here in Psalm 150 the Psalmist tells us how we should praise the Lord. With instruments, with our voice and even with dance.
If you claim to be a Christian do you?
Please think about it

Praise the Lord

Praise the Lord
The Psalmist 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

Question: If you claim to be a believer in Christ Jesus do you praise The Lord, outside the church as well as inside the Church?
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

Do you praise the Lord? In my youth I was part of a gospel group. We weren’t well known but we were good. We traveled around our province presenting the gospel message through the use of drama, music and dance.
We found that some more conservative churches found our contemporary style and in particular our dance routines not in keeping with how they felt one should praise the Lord. Something we respected.
 Psalm 150 however states,

“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.”

                                                    Psalm 150:3-5.

Back then as now, when well meaning Christians tell me we should be praising the Lord using the hymn book. When they do  I ask them the question, “what hymns do you sing? Do you sing Amazing Grace?” inevitably they say yes. To which I inform them that in it’s day Amazing Grace and indeed all the songs in the traditional hymn book were contemporary.
That one day the contemporary praise music we play today will more than likely be considered traditional.
My point being, it doesn’t matter how you praise the Lord be it with traditional music, contemporary music, with dance, drama, the spoken word or with instruments.
The important thing is to praise God from your heart.
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

If you claim to be a Christian. When was the last time you sat down on your own and praised the Lord?
I don’t mean listen to praise music. I mean you on your own in word or in song praising the Lord.
Sadly all too many Christians do not praise the Lord enough. They listen to praise music because it sounds good. It even makes them feel good. However they don’t praise the Lord themselves.
I think it’s important whenever we get a chance, to praise the Lord. Yes you can put on praise music and sing along with it. But mean what you are singing. Put your mind and soul into your words.
Give glory to God. Thank Him for all He has done for you. Magnify his name for he is worthy of your praise.
Here’s a simple task for you. Take a few minutes now to sit back in a chair, or stand or praying on your knees and praise God either in word or in song.
Perhaps even write words of praise to God. If you play an instrument use it to praise God. Don’t be afraid to give God the glory He is due.
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.” 

Psalm 150.

Here is something every Christian should do, praise the Lord.
Now I speak here as someone living with all the freedoms and peace North America has to offer. Which is all I can speak of as this is were I live.
Good Christians spend a fair amount of time praying to God and a lot of time asking for things. We even spend a great deal of time listening to praise music. But do we spend enough time just praising the Lord on our own?
We need to praise God. Not only does it relax you and get your mind off you and on to God, but wonderful things can happen when we praise God ourselves and not just listen to Christian music.
The book of Acts gives us an example of praising God in a bad circumstance. When it records that Paul and Silas, after having a dispute with some influential people they,
“...had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.  
Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”Acts 16:23-25.
When they were praising God they had no idea that there would be a positive outcome. That they would be released and not only that, that their jailor would be saved. They simply praised God.
This is what we need to do. We need to spend five, ten, thirty, or more minutes simply praising God and singing to Him.
Why not take a few minutes now to praise God.
Please think about it.