Praise Him For All Things Psalms 100:1-5 Psalms 136:1 Psalms 139:14 Psalms 145:14-17 Ezekiel 34:25-26 Romans 10:11-12 Hebrews 13:15-16 Revelation 5:13 Psalms 33:1 01.26.18

PRAISE HIM FOR ALL THINGS

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¹ Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. ² Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. ³ Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. ⁵ For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.  Psalm 100:1-5 (NIV)

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.  Psalm 136:1 (NIV)

¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.   Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

¹⁴ The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. ¹⁶ You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.  Psalm 145:14-17 (NIV)
 

²⁵ “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety. ²⁶ I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.’”   Ezekiel 34:25-26 (NIV)

¹¹ As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”  ¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him.   Romans 10:11-12 (NIV)

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name. ¹⁶ And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.   Hebrews 13:15-16 (NIV)

¹³ Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”    Revelation 5:13 (NIV)

¹ Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.  Psalm 33:1 (NIV)

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“You awaken us to delight in Your praise.”  Augustine

“Be not afraid of saying too much in the praises of God; all the danger is of saying too little.”   Matthew Henry

“Lord, when thou showest thyself, let me love thee; when my mountain stands strong, let me praise thee; when thou withdrawest thyself, let me follow thee; when thy countenance is hid, let me still believe that thou lovest me:  under all my changes here, let my soul be always breathing, panting, longing, and reaching after thee, till I shall so perfectly enjoy thee, that I may never lose thee more Amen. Lord, guide me in this Christian race, and keep my mind intent on thee; rejoicing when I see thy face, and trusting when I cannot see.”     K. H. Bogatzky

“Praise as hard as you pray.” Amen and Amen!   Laura Black

“You don’t learn to praise in a day.  But you can begin today, and practice tomorrow….until it becomes part of you.”   Erwin Lutzer

“Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God, in every part with praise; that my whole being may proclaim Thy being and Thy ways.”   Horatius Bonar

“Since I know I have nothing I have not received – I can’t even claim the breath in my lungs – all things come from His loving and good hands – all things.  I am to be grateful.  I must train my mind and my mouth to be perpetually thankful for all that He has given me.  God delights in the praise of His people.”   BHY   

“Whenever you react with praise and thanksgiving for an opportunity to grow more like Jesus in your way of reacting to things, instead of grumbling or feeling self-pity, you will find that that whole situation will be changed into a great blessing.”    Hannah Hurnard

“Christian thanksgiving is the life of Christ in the heart — transforming the disposition and the whole character.  Thanksgiving must be wrought into the life as a habit—before it can become a fixed and permanent quality.  An occasional burst of praise, in the midst of years of complaining, is not what is required. Songs on rare, sunshiny days; and no songs when skies are cloudy—will not make a life of gratitude. The heart must learn to sing always.  This lesson is learned only when it becomes a habit which nothing can weaken.  We must persist in being thankful.  When we can see no reason for praise—we must believe in the divine love and goodness and sing in the darkness.  Thanksgiving has attained its rightful place in us, only when it is part of all our days and dominates all our experiences.”   J. R. Miller

“Unyielding gratitude to God — is how God makes us unstoppable.”   Ann Voskamp

“Praise is the beauty of a Christian. What wings are to a bird, what fruit is to the tree, what the rose is to the thorn, that is praise to a child of God.”    Charles H. Spurgeon

HEART SAVOR

·         Believers are to be a grateful people.

·         We serve a loving and good God and we are to be thankful.

·         All our blessings come from His Hand.  ⁷ For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?   1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NIV)