Tuesday... It is a great way to really express how we feel.

Psalm 150:6 (AMP), "Let everything that has breath and every brerath of life praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah)"

Tuesday... It is a great way to really express how we feel.

And it really does make a difference in lifting up how we feel and it is also a great way to acknowledge who He is.

The last verse of the 150 Psalms says this, Psalm 150:6 (AMP) says, "Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah)" In these 6 verses in the Amplified Version of this Psalm the writer says, "Praise" thirteen times.

Yes, praise really does make a difference in lifting up how we feel but there is more to it than our emotions. Praise lifts our focus from our feelings to God and to what He is like and what He has done and what He can do and we really do need a change in focus.

So what is it? Well, Biblical praise is an act of expressing admiration, honor, and worship to God for who He is and what He has done. It is more than singing - it is a response of the heart that can be expressed through words, music, prayer, obedience, and daily living.

So how are you feeling today?

Look at this verse. See how it helps with what you are going through today. Verse 2 says, "Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to [the abundance of] His greatness."

Moses says in Deuteronomy 3:24 (NLT), "O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is their any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?"

I also read Acts 17 (NIV) this morning. Paul was having trouble with these Jews who were out to kill him for what he was sharing of the good news of Jesus and he found himself in Athens where some of the great thinkers were. Verse 21 says, "All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spend time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas" so they wanted Paul to come and tell them of this new teaching that he was presenting. This was a great opportunity for Paul.

And he started by saying in verse 23, "For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD, so you are ignorant of the very thing you worship - and this is what I am going to proclaim to you." So he went on and shared about this God that we serve.

Yes, we need to stop and get out eyes on our known God and a great way to do that is to praise Him. Let's not live as if we serve an unknown God. So let's "Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to [the abundance of] His greatness." And share who He is to others who don't know.

Now Paul in verse 30 says, "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." We need to change our direction, our focus.

So, let's spend time in really getting to know this God we serve. So let's praise Him for who He is and what He has done and then see the difference He makes in our life. So, "Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the LORD!" Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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