Praising Anywhere

Psalms 103:22, “Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.”

Good morning everyone! Are we all looking forward to today and all it has to offer? Have we already had our first conversation with God so that He might bring peace to anything that is negative? As you see in the title, we want to talk about praising God no matter where we are or what we are doing. Everyone should already be aware that praise is not restricted to just the church building, but should be anywhere that we are. Through every circumstance, each of us should show adoration, thankfulness. Just knowing that we can live another day should be a time of praise to the one and only God the Father! When we look at the Bible, we find detail after detail, from the very beginning of all that God can and will do. We read chapter after chapter of people enduring hardships, grief, poverty, yet because they believed, they still praised God. Then in those same scriptures, God showed His mercy and grace, His healing, His winnings of battles, His giving of lands, riches, and again people praised Him. Many of those people didn’t wait until they traveled to the temples, or the Passovers; they praised everywhere and anywhere they were located! They didn’t wait for the miracles to be seen, they chose to praise the God that was with them, inside their hearts, and have faith that good things would come. They chose to praise Him before the need as well as during the need and then as the need came to light! Have you not been driving listening to music and you feel God’s presence feel your soul? Have you not been watching a minister online and suddenly their words touched your soul and you had to lift your hands and start praising God for just being there with you? Maybe you were at a praise and worship meeting and the music just pulled you into a dance and shout, a thankfulness filled your soul so deep you had to join in the praise? Could be that you were at the hospital waiting on a loved one in surgery and when praying you felt God moving, His touch reaching out to you overwhelming you that you raised your hands, bowed your head and began praising for the healing that was coming? Have you ever been in a conversation about how God had touched someone else at a gathering and the excitement of that new brother or sister in Christ just made your skin tingle? Praise, again, is not limited to being in a building; it belongs everywhere and, in every moment, because it is God Himself touching our hearts! Stop holding your praise back and share it everywhere!

Scriptures:

Read: Psalm 34:1-4, Psalm 150, I Thessalonians 5:16-18, Psalm 103:1-2, 20-22, Isaiah 25:3-4, Psalm 23:3-4, Hebrews 13:15, Psalm 7:17, Psalm 18:3, Jeremiah 17:14, Psalm 9:1-2, II Corinthians 12:9-10, James 1:2-3, I Chronicles 16:23-25, Jeremiah 20:13

Prayer:

Jesus, we come now thanking you for everything you sacrificed so that we could be born again. Thank you, Jesus, for the teachings, the warnings, the Bible that holds all the things that will help us to be more like you. Thank you, Jesus, for showing us that praising is thanking you. Help us Jesus, to not hold back our praise for all you do, no matter where we are. Amen.