How Majestic

 How majestic

The Psalmist writes.

"O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" Psalm 8:9.

I make no secret of it I am a believer in Christ Jesus. I believe that Jesus is the one and Only Son of God. The Saviour of mankind. I believe as C. S. Lewis put it,

"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less." C.S. Lewis.

That is why I want to tell people about Jesus. That is why from time to time like now, I like to join with the Psalmist who said,

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 consider yourself a believer in Christ Jesus why not take some time right not to simply praise God.

Please think about it.

Need to Praise

Need to praise.
The Psalmist writes,

“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.

I think it is important for us as believers especially in these uncertain times to lift up our voices and praise God. To remember that God does bless us.
I am blessed to live in Canada where Covid-19 is relatively under control. To make things better I attend a small church that because of its size can meet, socially distance and take all precautions necessary to prevent spread of the illness.
So it just seemed appropriate the other day when our congregation sang,

"Praise God from whom all blessings flow. 

Praise Him all creatures here below. 

Praise Him above ye heavenly host. 

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost." 

There is a lot of changes we must live with during this pandemic. At the same time there are a lot of things that don’t have to change. Principle among them is worshipping God.
You don’t need to meet in a Church building to worship God. All you need to do is lift your voice no matter where you are and give praise to God.
So why not take a few moments right now to praise God?
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.