Read: Psalms 100: 1-5 1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Can you remember a time when you were feeling low and you decided to listen to music because you wanted to shift your mood? We begin to sing along, dance to the music and all of a sudden in that moment, we forget how we originally felt. When we begin praise the Lord it can take us from being low in our spirit to high and uplifted in his presence.
God wants to see us rejoice again in him. To see the blessings around us and thank him wholeheartedly. Things in our life and the world around us may not be perfect or ideal but God has graced us with another day. We should always take the posture of praise and worship him with everything within us. When we focus on how good God has been to us, our hearts become thankful and we remember his faithfulness in our lives. We reflect on all the times he extended his mercy and grace. We trace his favor in our lives and how he always came right on time when we needed him the most.
Be intentional with your praise. Today, don't bring a request in your private time with the Lord just spend some time giving him the glory. Our praise is powerful and it can shift our entire atmosphere around us. When we begin to praise God our atmosphere begins to align with heaven. Anytime we invoke the name of the Lord with a heart of thanksgiving, he enters our praise. The word of God declares that our Father in heaven inhabits the praise of his people!
Praising God can take on many forms. We can sing, dance, magnify his name and thank him for being the best thing that has ever happened to our lives, or you could write a sweet love letter to the Lord. Whatever your form of praise, God desires it because it is an open invitation to him. So, don’t neglect the praise in you. Take this moment right now to bless him!
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