Praise To My Savior

I thought I would do a praise Tidbit today because praising the Lord is good medicine.  The state the world is in today, with the fear that people have and the anxious moments that so many are feeling, with depression being so wide spread, we need something that will lift our spirits and bring joy back into our hearts.  I don’t think that a day goes by without hearing about some kind of tragedy and with all the negativity that is going on I believe we need a lift that will take out the negative and bolster the positive in our lives.  I believe Christians are also affected by the onslaught of the negative news also.  I want to remind everyone that we were created to praise the Lord, believer and non-believer alike, and I believe it is good medicine to do so, as I said earlier in this message.

Please read Ephesians 1:11-13, “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”

We were made in God’s image and were created to praise Him!!  In fact everything He created was created to praise Him!!

Read Psalms 148:1-14, “Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.”

Please read Psalms 149:1-5, “Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.”

Now, please read Psalms 150:1-6, “Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.”

Verse 6 sums it up, it says, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!!”  When we are praising the Lord, putting our all into it, it takes our minds off of ourselves and our problems and the world’s situation and puts them on the Lord, the best place that our minds could be.

This just came to my mind; God created everything in six literal days and on the seventh day He rested, how many of us really do rest on the seventh day, or is it just business as usual?  It would do us good to listen to what the Lord commanded us to do; to rest on the Sabbath!!  I believe this is also good medicine and if we apply both of these things to our lives it gets our minds off the negative things for a while, it well help us to think more positive and will be good medicine for us.

Now please read Philippians 4:4-8, “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

I have given you something to think about. May you have a super day and may the good Lord bless you and yours!!