Passionate Praise Exodus 15:1-13 Psalms 66:1-4 Isaiah 12:1-6 Luke 1:46-50 Romans 11:33-36 10.07.19

PASSIONATE PRAISE

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¹ Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea. ² The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. ³ The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name. ⁴ Pharaoh's chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea. ⁵ The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone. ⁶ Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy. ⁷ In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.  ⁸ By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up.  The surging waters stood firm like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea. ⁹ “The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’  ¹⁰ But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. ¹¹ Who among the gods is like you, O LORD?  Who is like you-- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? ¹² You stretched out your right hand and the earth swallowed them.  ¹³ In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.  Exodus 15:1-13 (NIV)

¹ Shout with joy to God, all the earth! ² Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! ³ Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. ⁴ All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.” Selah.  Psalms 66:1-4 (NIV)

¹ In that day you will say: “I will praise you, O LORD.  Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.  ² Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” ³ With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. ⁴ In that day you will say: “Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. ⁵ Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. ⁶ Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”  Isaiah 12:1-6 (NIV)

⁴⁶ And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, ⁴⁸ for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, ⁴⁹ for the Mighty One has done great things for me-- holy is his name.
⁵⁰ His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.  Luke 1:46-50 (NIV)

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! ³⁴ “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” ³⁵ “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?”
³⁶ For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.  Romans 11:33-36 (NIV)

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

“Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.  Unresting, unhasting and silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might; Thy justice like mountains high soaring above Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.”   Walter C. Smith

“Praise elevates our eyes off our circumstances and places them on to Him Who is able to keep us from falling.  Praise often precedes the movement of God’s hand for His children because it demonstrates our love and dependence upon Him having full knowledge it is He  Who is actually in control of all things – not  us.”   BHY

“I cannot understand Him, but I can trust Him.   And so today, when everything physical and emotional in me is completely drained, and there is not a single note of praise in my heart, I choose to praise Him anyway.  Not for what He does, but for Who He is.  When I cannot praise Him out of joy, I will praise Him out of obedience.  And I am learning that when I praise Him out of obedience from the depths of the pit, it is always more meaningful than when I praise Him out of an overflow of my heart from the heights of the mountain.  And because I know His nature, and I know that even when I don’t feel it, He is still a kind, loving, good God, then I know that soon, He will fill my heart with joy once again.  And the praise will flow easily from the depths of my heart.”    Laura Black

“Men in general praise God in such a manner that He scarcely obtains the tenth part of His due.”   John Calvin 

“To bless God for mercies is the way to increase them.”   William Dyer

“There is nothing that pleases the Lord so much as praise.”   Anonymous

“Man’s chief work is the praise of God.”   St. Augustine

“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  

“The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God.”   Thomas Merton

“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

“O for a heart to praise my God, a heart from sin set free; a heart that always feels Thy blood so freely shed for me.”   Charles Wesley

HEART SAVOR

• ·         Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
• ·         Praising God is giving the credit to where credit is always due – flesh can accomplish   nothing of eternal value.  Anything we do eternal is done through the power of the   indwelling Holy Spirit and the One that gives the power gets the glory.
• ·         Praise Hm as hard as you pray to Him.  Not because He needs it, but because we do.