Category: He Is Worthy of Our Praise

¹⁷ Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, ¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! ¹⁹ The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. ~ Habakkuk 3:17-19

Even though we go through tough times, God is still with us. He doesn’t abandon us when things get hard. Before the drought even comes, God made a plan to get you through it. He is our strength. He carries us when we can’t walk for ourselves. He guides us when we’re lost. He is our light and Salvation. So, rejoice in the LORD even when everything seems to go wrong. He has never forsaken us. Put your trust in Him, and He will guide you back to your land of Milk and Honey.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Rejoice In Your Drought.

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⁸ Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹ And he said to Him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.’” ¹¹ Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to Him. ~ Matthew 4:8-11

The Bible states, resist the devil, and he will flee. But how does one resist? By not giving in, but it doesn’t just end there; otherwise, the tempter will wear you down. When Jesus was being tempted, He resisted, and the devil kept chipping away. It wasn’t until He began to worship God that the devil left Him for a more opportune time, and then angels came and attended Him.

So, the moral of the story is, the devil will flee when you worship. Make it a point today to have a good time of worship with your family and see the difference it will make, the peace it will bring. Remember that angels are ministering spirits that bring comfort from God in times of turmoil.

Our Heavenly Father, please give us Your spirit of worship so that we can worship You in spirit and in truth. Direct our thoughts and our prayers, and when we know not what to pray, let Your Holy Spirit make intercession for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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“¹ Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens! ² Praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him according to His excellent greatness! ³ Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp! ⁴ Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with strings and pipe! ⁵ Praise Him with sounding cymbals; praise Him with loud clashing cymbals! ⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!” ~ Psalms 150

The Psalmist says to praise the LORD, but he doesn’t give just one way to praise the LORD. He says to praise the LORD with trumpets, cymbals, harps, lutes, tambourines, dance, etc., because there is no one way to praise the LORD. As long as we are lifting up the LORD, there is no “right” way to praise Him. Painting, singing, dancing, writing, drumming are all ways of praising God. So praise the LORD with the talents He has bestowed upon you.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise Him With Your Talents!

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“⁵Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation ⁶ and my God.” ~ Psalms 42:5-6a

When we are depressed or mourning, the last thing we want to do is praise God. For the majority of us, we want to go deeper into depression. Go deeper into mourning. We don’t want relief because, for some reason, it begins to feel comfortable having a pity party instead of moving forward. But why?

The Devil’s mission in life is to destroy the Children of God, and if he can’t do it physically why not mentally? He sends little thoughts into our minds so that we dwell on them and sooner or later, it becomes our only thoughts. It begins to consume us and we stop moving forward. Mourning is good, but only for a time.

Don’t let your mourning overcome you as it does so many of us, including myself. You just want time to stop and because it can’t, you stop moving forward. But don’t let the enemy win. Fight back. Praise. Worship. Because God abides on the praises of His people. And where the Spirit of The LORD is, there is freedom.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise Until You Find Peace.

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“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” ~ Matthew 5:11-12

As Christians, we are attacked by the world simply because of the Name of Jesus. We often become discouraged, overwhelmed, stressed, depressed, etc. because we only see the pain in this moment. We can’t look forward to eternity and see how short the pain will last on this Earth compared to eternity.

Tribulations will come, it’s unavoidable. Persecution will come, it’s everywhere. But don’t be discouraged, be encouraged because if the world loved you, you would be of the world. Instead the world hates you because you are not a part of the world. You have been chosen by God and separated from the world. So rejoice and be glad when you are despised or persecuted, for your rewards will be great in Heaven.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Rejoice.

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“¹⁰ And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” ~ Job 42:10

Sometimes the LORD will allow us to go through times of difficulty, sorrow, pain, and suffering, so that the accuser may test us. See Satan accuses us day and night, and the LORD allows for him to take us through hardships that we don’t think we’ll be able to make it through. But that only lasts for a season, and if we still hold on to God. If we still trust in Him and give Him the praise and glory He deserves, He will take us through to the other side. And once we enter that other side, there will be a reward like we haven’t seen before. Whatever the devil took, God, will repay us, but with interest. Thank the LORD. For Job didn’t just receive back what was given to Him, but He received twice as much as before.

Times of trouble will come in each of our lives, but it’s how we react to those times of trouble that matter. It’s who we become in those times of hurt and pain that determines where we will end up, whether it be on the other side with less or on the other side with more. Don’t turn from God, for His benefits are everlasting. Praise in the good. Praise Him in the bad. And see if things will not change before your eyes. God honors the righteous.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise Him in the Bad.

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“to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.” ~ Isaiah 61:3

When we go through times of difficulty, we usually do everything in the book except praise. We cry. Scream. Yell. Rant. Get angry. Get counseling. Pray. Talk to each other. But we never stop and start praising. I understand why it’s hard to praise when your world comes crashing down on top of you. When you’re overwhelmed, and you can’t seem to get it together. It is hard to praise! But it’s necessary.

Praise isn’t for God. He doesn’t need our praise. God doesn’t suddenly get weak, or His glory grow dim because we stopped praising Him. Praise is for us. When we praise, God hears us. And if God is hearing us, then He will answer. Things begin to change when we praise because we’re no longer looking at our own self, we’re no longer looking at our own problems, we’re now completely focused on God. That’s when He can heal what’s been broken, breathe fresh life into us, and change our point of view. Depression has to flee when you praise. Suicide has to flee when you praise. Anxiety has to flee when you praise. Illness has to flee when you praise. Don’t stay defeated, put on the garment of praise, and watch your new outcome take place!

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise.

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²⁰ When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

²¹ David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. ²² I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.” ~ 2 Samuel 6:20-22

A lot of times pride will stop us from praising God. We’re so caught up in what people will think, that we stop caring about what God thinks. We’d rather please humans than please God. God desires us to give Him our very best. He desires us to give Him our everything, but how can we do that when we’re focused on what the person next to us will think? David, the King of Israel, didn’t care what anyone said, not even his wife. David said he would make himself more undignified than this.

See, we get caught up with how we will look to people. Or how we will come across to people. We say, ‘oh I don’t want to turn them off from our church,’ but really we’re saying, ‘I don’t want to offend their religious spirit, it is better we offend God and not give Him our everything.’ Too often we allow the spirit of religion and pride to overtake us. We have to make a stand as David did, we have to decide who we’re doing all of this for. Who we’re celebrating before. Bringing praises to. We need to make a stand before man and before God. We have to choose who we’re going to worry about offending.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Become Even More Undignified Than This.

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¹⁹ David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.” ²⁰ Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions, and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request, they served him food, and he ate. ~ 2 Samuel 12:19-20

Because of David’s sin, his son died as a baby. David could have closed up and drawn into himself, but instead, when the news was told to him, he went and prepared himself that he would be accepted before the LORD and he worshiped. He went to God even when it was God who took his child, He still went back to God. He didn’t get angry at God. He didn’t rebel against God. He humbled Himself before God and worshiped. When we worship, we release pain. Regret. Sorrow. Anger. We release emotions that hold us back, and we give them to God.

How often can we say we bring our pain, sorrows, and hurt to God? More times than not, we go to friends. Family. Alcohol. Drugs. Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat. We go to social media more than we go to God. Why is that? The majority of the time, we don’t want to let go of our pain. We want to hold on to the pain, post on social media unnecessary TMI posts all to get sympathy and pity. We don’t want to release the pain, we want to gain recognition that we have it hard, that it’s such a difficult thing to overcome. Now I’m not saying, never talk to another person about your problems, or never share on social media your trials. I’m saying go to God first, worship, release that hurt and pain, then go to trusted friends and family. Go to them not seeking pity, but seeking to build each other up. Use social media to tell the world it’s possible to overcome, not woe is me. Worship changes things, don’t neglect a time of worship!

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Worship Away The Pain!

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