How to Help Keep Church Choirs from Becoming Extinct, Song Story: "Amazing Grace! * Praise helps us to remember that Gods salvation goes beyond meeting our greatest need (forJesus as our personal Lord and Savior) to meeting our everyday needs through all of the ways that God shepherds and cares for us and helps us to grow in grace. Join with the voices of people all over the world, from the ends of the earth. Here are 10 of the benefits of praise. Praise truth # 16: Praisefor the Lord is celebrated joyfully with music. When we praise another person, we tell them something good that we have observed about them or something good that we have experienced as a result of our relationship to them. He mentions Gods truth, Gods commitment to personal relationship with us (O, my God), Gods holiness, Gods commitment to the nation of Israel (as keeper of promises and covenant, redeemer, refuge, sustainer); and, most importantly, he mentions Gods salvation (my soul, which thou has redeemed). He is greater than we can imagine. However, any time that it is possible for you to seek God in prayer and come toHim first withthanksgiving and praise, do so. Do you know someone who is looking for answers? Knowing the 5 verses of Psalm 100 can be a lifelong reminder of the reasons to praise Him. I will praise Thee with the psaltery, even Thy truth, O my God. (Some days may be easier than others, but the clear implication is a daily testimony of a transformed life!). When we begin to truly understand who God is and the incredible truth that He loves us and knows us and wants us to know Him, how can we keep from singing His praise? I need to be committed to bringing God glory through my life. Lets praise Him anytime that we assemble to worship, to fellowship, or to serve Him in any way. People need to know that God has the power and mercy and love and grace needed to transform our lives from the inside out. Saying them at the same time you are hearing yourself say them helps you to memorize them. Youll be surprised how many of the verses you already know. Because of this fact, words of praise to God are some of the most important words that will ever come out of our mouths. Singing a song of praise doent necessarily mean that you are praising God as you sing. Here are some lyrics (by James H. Sammis)from that great testimony of faith: When we walk with the Lord, in the light of His word. He says Iwill give thanksand Iwill sing praise. He also shares the reason for his thanksgiving, the Lords righteousness. Memory Challenge: Praise Him with Psalm 100. * Youcould also choose tosimply stop at the photo verse each time to work on memorizing the verse (either before or after scrolling down to read the days praise devotional). Music can unite our hearts in an expression of team loyalty or holiday wishes or patriotism. He is great, He is Sovereign, He is personal, He is a loving and caringShepherd, He claims us as His own, He wants us to know Him, He is a God of truth, He is merciful(FULL of mercy), He is a giver, He is generous (desiring our joy! Unlike prescriptions for medication, praise has no harmful side effects. What gives us the confidence to trust Him and obey? Its your heart and the expression of your true praise that He values. The Amplified Bible translates the word selah as pauseand think of that. When we sing of the majesty and splendor and glory of God and praise Him with our whole heart, we are bringing Joy to the very heart of God. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him in His mighty firmament!. He surrenders himself and his lips to the Lord and asks that God will allow them to be open for the purpose of praise. The promise of forever is as real as the present moment to him as the Psalmist makes his own promise to God. with Christ in our midst as we gather in His name. People need to know. Praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Praise truth # 17: Praise opens the courts of intimacy in our relationship with God. 
Praise Him for all of the love that you know.
Memory Challenge: Praise God with the words of Psalm 100 and Psalm 150, and then praise Him for everything else that comes to mind. Praise him specifically for all that He is and all He has done. * If you read through and speak out loud the 5 verses of Psalm 100 each day as part of your devotion time, you should have it memorized very well by day 17. As long as God is active within the hearts and livesof His people, new songs of praise will continue to be written. Enter your email address to follow this blog and learn about new posts by email. He continues to give all that He is through the indwelling of His Holy Spirit in our hearts and through the fulfillment of every promise of and plan of old, faithful and true. If there are instruments that you can play in genuine praise, do so. Would we spend more time getting ready to appear before someone who is an earthly leader for a few years than we do in praising the King of all eternity? He hears our praise, even though we dont see Him visually. (We added them as a post also so that we could tag the post and make it easier for people to locate these resources. Because of who He is (His character, His person) and because of who He is to us (Father, Creator, Savior, Redeemer, Shepherd,), we praise Him at the beginning of each day and all the way through until the end. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? What a tragedy it is when we fail to join this chorus of praise. Everytime you do this, you add to your memory (and theirs). He does not say that he will praise God while he is feeling good. Praise truth #9: The heart attitude is most important in praising God. Therefore our response should beto give glory to the Lord, to the name of the Lord. Praise the Lord! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. Praise the Lord with the words of Psalm 150. He tells his soul to wake up! Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
The first two times, the Psalmist is referring to his own heart commitment to God. (Psalm 100, verse one) Make a joyful moise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Hold the pot lid by its handle and have some sounding cymbals to accompany the words of the Psalm. Memory Challenge: If you have memorized Psalm 100, continue to say it out loud every day during your private time of worship and praise. The photo can also be printed in the size that works best for you. Why do we praise God? Praise truth #3: There is no doubt that God wants us to sing His praises and delights in the praises of His people. NOW, ITS TIME TO BEGIN MEMORIZING PSALM 150. He does not say that he will praise the Lord only on the good days or when things go his way. Praise can beone brief statement,or it can be a more lengthy expression. Usually, thankfulness is mentioned first. Clearly, I need to be willing to praise God verbally and openly. His presence is with you in that place, and His presence also fills the mighty firmament. And, in every way that we can, His people should declare His greatness: verbally, through songs, through ourlives, and through praising Him for who He is and for all that He has done. FOREWORD to the daily devotions: Thoughts about praise. He gives value to our weakesteffort. Again we see that the Psalmist speaks of praise in terms of the depth of his being (O my soul). * Our WORSHIPwith wonder! category of posts, https://worshipsounds.wordpress.com/category/worship-with-wonder/, <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>, This post, including the devotions for each day of praise, was written by Cynthia A. Boyd. Speak them as to the Lord. Sometimes people weve never personally met inspire us with stories of strength and courage; and wecould choose to respond to that with praise, sharing our good thoughts in some way (telling others, writing a letter to the person, etc.) His response is declaring Gods praise with his whole heart. The heart of our praise is always most important and matters much more than our physical location or our understanding of where God is. Sing to God, sing praises to His name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; His name is the Lord, exult before Him. Psalm 68:3 & 4. With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise Him in the midst of the throng. Psalm 109:30. The Psalmist uses the word comely in describing a song of praise. In Christ, all of the promises of God are already yesand amen (2nd Corinthians 1:20). Memory Challenge: Speak the words of Psalm 150 without looking, and see how much you have already learned. Note: The adjective gracious is applied in the Old Testament to Yahweh, as indicative of His favor and mercy, His long-suffering and ageneral inclination of favor, compassion,and kindness. (Bible dictionary definition by Walter G. Clippinger at this link: http://classic.net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Gracious). I will awaken the dawn! Let the peoples praise Thee, O God; let all the peoples praise Thee! Unto Thee will I sing with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel. Our sincere praise and thanksgiving can also impact the hearts of others and allow them to have a bigger picture of who God is as well. ), He hasour best interests at heart, and He is powerful. So, praise Him with joy and abandon (even dancing with joy! you know, your happy dance!). When you choose to express thanksgiving and joyful praise first, you demonstrate that you trust theheart of God and know thatHe is already aware of everything in your life.
Praise God at church; Praise God at home. We have to choose to be both vulnerableand strong in expressing praise to God within the congregation. I need to be passionate about sharing His praise verbally and through singing, and I need to be asking God to help me praise Him all the more. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Praise Him for His majesty today. Any time that you hear a new song, remember that it is a result of God seeking fellowship with man and His desire to reveal Himself to us. I have read this Psalm hundreds of times in the 35 years since I became a Christian, but I dont think I saw all of the reasons for praise until I started looking for them. What do you see? * Our 30 Thankful Verses post has 30 days of brief devotions based upon 30 scriptures about giving thanks. So, why should we sing praises to our God? Awake, my soul! When you have them memorized, begin working on Psalm 100 in your family worship times so that your children can learn it, too! Unchanging in His love for us, He has continued to do wonderful things in the world and in our hearts and lives. It is a command.
Praise truth # 23: As we grow in our Christian life, we begin to discover that we no longer think of praise in terms of an obligation. * On day 18, begin to do the same thing with the 6 (shorter) verses of Psalm 150. Sometimes people have other motives, and praise can be meaningless or empty or even a part of a personal betrayal or an attempt to influence the actions of another person. As we meet together for the purpose of worship, we enter into a praise party that is already happening. He also states that he will sing praise with the harp and that he will do so while greatly rejoicing. For the Lord is good: His mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations.. It is good to sing praises to our God! It is very apparent to me that the writing of a song of praise to God flows out of our relationship to God and what we are learning in fellowship with him, In other words, a song often comes when there has been a new revelation of truth or a new perspective that we have seen concerning a truth that we already knew. Singing praises would be good (pleasing), as this scripture says, for that reason alone. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of His name; give to Him glorious praise! Psalm 66:1.
Awake, O harp and lyre! The Psalmists repeatedly talk about thankfulness and praise together. Memorization helps: In order to make the memorization easier for you, we have included printable versions of Psalm 100 and Psalm 150 in this post. Do you hear it? Do you remember the hymn, Trust and Obey? Here we have the why of praise. * Praise brings peace to our hearts because it reminds us that He is ourpeace. Like a parent who is pleased when His child expresses appreciation for parental love and care, God is pleased when we praise Him more for what our genuine praise says about who we are becoming than for any other reason. Still, we can choose, as the Psalmist did, to be alive in Christ and alive in praise.as long as we have being. He has given Himself to us in the person of Jesus and in His Word and His promises, which will all be fulfilled. We do not have to be perfect in order to genuinely praise the Lord, but we need to be in the process of becoming more like Christ through walking in fellowship with the Lord.
4 I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. Notice all of the truths about God and his deeds that are praiseworthy.
We have to choose to become people who make a commitment to express praise to God and to others about God. (Romans 8:28) Praise Him today for His righteousness, and determine that you will make every day be a day of thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. Its so amazing that God chooses to meet us and transform us with His presence when we make the choice to praise Him! So, intentionally express your praise to God with words and with song, andcause His name to be revealed as BIG with your thanksgiving. * with the reverent recognition of who He is, * with knowledge that praise is the password to His presence, * with the desire to go deeper in seeking and knowing Him. Praise is not something to ever take lightly. Praise truth #6: Praisecan bejoyful and glorious.
We not only have the why of praise in Psalm 100. As you speak the words of Psalm 150, beat a rhythm on a makeshift cymbal. Only when we see all of Gods promises fulsilled will we fully know all of the wonderful things for which we praise God even now. Memory Challenge: The words of Psalm 100 make a joyful noise, too! Praise the Righteous One. This is the way we should spend all our days. I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify Him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30. Memory Challenge: PraiseGod today with the words of Psalm 150. Praise Him with timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and pipe! His name is always big, but we are more aware of who He is when we are thanking and praising Him. Its music to His ears. You aredeliberately coming into Godspresence as someone who loves and cares for Him and is mindful of His infinite love andcare for you. The style of music you prefer does not matter to God. The benefits of praise are spiritual, emotional, mental, and even physical. For Your steadfast love is great above the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. He also knows that music can express deep emotion and help us to remember and to celebrate. Once again, His lovingkindness guided and comforted us all day long. Praise is an expression of something good. Memory Challenge: Can you say all 5 verses of Psalm 100 from memory yet? We have reason to be glad and to sing for joy. As the wife of a songwriter and someone who has occasionally been given a melody and some words of praise, I am very aware of one way that writng a Christian song of praise differs from writing any other kind of song. From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. Isaiah 24:14 16a\. When he remembers Gods love and faithfulness, the Psalmist is ready to exalt and praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul! Make a joyful moise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Notice that these 2 verses mention musical praise in several different ways: a joyful noise, a loud noise, rejoicing, singing praise, singing with a harp, and singing with the voice of a Psalm. Praise truth # 31: When we praise the Lord for what He has done, we are also praising Him for His promises and plans that are yet to be fulfilled on earth, knowing that they are already settled in Heaven. Praise truth # 28: A new song of praise can give us a fresh revelation of who God is and how much He loves us. There is no end to His goodness and mercy, and there is no end to praise. I believe that it is pleasing to God. From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised! If you have children, get them involved, too. It is important for every generation to take responsibility for sharing the truth of Gods love and mercy with future generations. Heres a paraphrase: Oh, wouldnt it be wonderful if we would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His care (wonderful works!) NOTE: Sometimesan immediate crisis in our lives allows for only a one word plea for Help! or a short phrase or sentence spoken as a prayer, God hears all of our prayers and knows the cries of our hearts. Praise truth #4: Praise is far-reaching. Praise truth #12: When we praise God wholeheartedly, we bring glory to His name. Blessing comes from walking with Him, and then thanksgiving and praise naturally follow. We are sharing with others the news that God is good and at the same time telling Him that we know He is good.
* Praise gives us eternal perspective and helps us hold on to faith in God, even when things dont seem to make sense. He commits himself to praise. Praise Him for his goodness. Praise God today for His sovereignty over all of Creation. You are doing exactly what the Psalmist did. Let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy! Praise Him because Heis great and becauseHe does great things. He has decided to live a life of praise as long as God allows him to live on the earth, and he makes no mention of circumstance. He inhabits (dwells within or manifestsHis presence within)the praise of His people. HERE IS YOUR MEMORY HELPER PHOTO. * HELPFUL POSTS for Every Christian (Discipleship, Worship, & Inspiration), * MAKE NOTE OF THIS! Only when we see all of Gods promises fulsilled will we fully know all of the wonderful things for which we praise God even now. Because He is gracious, as the verse says; because it is pleasing to God, and because singing praises strengthens, encourages, and unites us as a congregation. Praise truth # 27: A song of praise is pleasing to God. Memory Challenge: You are declaring His greatness by hiding His word in your heart. Knowing that we can give something in return to the One who has given us everything we have ever had and ever will have is a joy for us as well. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forever more! The highest use of this powerful expressive tool that we call music is to use it in praise to the Lord (genuine, heart-felt praise). Praise truth # 20:We fail to praise God as often as we should and as publically as we should. Music can have special meaning within relationships of friends or loved ones. Whenyou thank Him (knowing that He is good and that He cares for you) and praise Him (knowing that He is theSource and Sustainer ofeverything good and theRedeemer of your soul), your heart becomes open to His presence and aware of our loving Father God who is always there. Hell be showing us His love and mercyfor all of eternity, and we will respond with praise. Praise the Lord. We also have the how. Singing praises unites the hearts of a congregation in one common focus (the Lord) and intention (bringing Him glory). Sharing God's love through worship and ministry Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praisethe fruit of lips that openly profess his name. Hebrews 13:15, <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>, The devotions for 31 Days of Praise were written by Cynthia A. Boyd. Praise the Lord! The Psalmistsgratitude for Gods salvation and his knowledge that God is good and that He is at work for our good produces a whole-hearted response of praise. When we allow Him to become our sufficiency, we do not lack any good thing. When we are willing to give to God the sacrifice of praise, knowing that He is good and merciful even in the midst of our trials or suffering, we give Him an opportunity to minister peace and comfort to our hurting hearts. However, even though, as with every other human behavior, there is the potential for harm when praise is done for the wrong reasons,praise is still generally a beneficial expression that can be very meaningful and can even change someones life. Memory Challenge: Dont forget to speak the verses of Psalm 100 aloud each day! Our God loves goodness and justice, righteousness and truth. We hope that it has been helpful to you. Praise Him for the people He has redeemed. Memory Challenge: Praise the Lord with the words of Psalm 100. Praise God when you get up in the morning to get ready for the day. What does that mean for today? But singing praise goes beyond appropriate. Because He is good Because His mercy is everlasting Because His truth endures to all generations Because we are His people Because He is like a Shepherd to us Because the pasture is His (we dwell within His creation) Because He is God Because He made us Because anything we have as far as abilities and gifts came from Him (we didnt make ourselves) Because He allows us tocome into His presence Because He wants to be in relationship and fellowship with us, so He tells us that thanksgiving and praise are the outer and inner gateways to communion with Him Because He wants us to be glad and to be joyful. Although God has chosen the people of Israel to be the ones that would proclaim His salvation through their history and through the coming of Jesus, He is at work within all peoples and nations. Praise truth #7: Praising God is for all nations and all peoples. He wants other people to be secure in the love of God, too. What reflectsHis glory? Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen. Praise the Lord! Psalm 106:48. One otherthing to consider about the prescription for praise found in Psalm 100 is the benefits of praise. I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. Psalm 7:17.
Praise the Lord! He is worthy of our praise. Note: You can use these praise scriptures and devotions as part of your personal worship at any time. Praise God when you are with your brothers and when you are alone.
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