Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name! 5For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations. – Psalms 100:4-5
Max Lucado, renowned Christian author says it best:
Next time your day goes south, here is what you do. Steep yourself in the grace of God. Saturate your day in his love. Marinate your mind in his mercy. He has settled your accounts, paid your debt. What a gift he has given you. You’ve won the won the greatest lottery in the history of humanity and you didn’t even pay for the ticket! Your soul is secure, your salvation is guaranteed. What more do you need?
If you could not think of a reason to sing His praises or lavish Him with words of worship and adoration, this ought to get you thinking. Aside from the many blessings God bestows on us, the chief reason He is deserving of praise is because of his son Christ. Because Jesus dared to pay the price, the gift of salvation is ours for eternity. Our soul is secure and our redemption and reconciliation with the Creator of the Universe is guaranteed. Therefore, we should gladly come to God with gratitude, offering sincere thankfulness. We should open our mouths and bless Him and affectionately praise His name.
In case you did not realize it, God is great and is greatly to be praised. His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting. Remember those times when you deliberately refused to do the thing He asked of you? Whether it was to apologize, even when you weren’t in the wrong or remain silent, you politely declined to do what God requested—we all have. Still, He never turned his back on us. He never despised us, wrote us off or even became angry with us. His faithfulness and His mercy covered us because we are His children.
Just like we would not discard our children for making mistakes, God does not discard when we do wrong. God’s mercy has no limits. For this reason, He is a praiseworthy God. He hears us when we pray. He moves and brings change when we ask. Why? God delights in our praise. The word of God says that God inhabits the praises of His people. He manifests His presence and power to His people especially when they offer Him sincere worship and praise Him. God is moved by our sacrifice of praise. He is moved by our heart-felt worship. What parent could hear their child crying and not want to do something about it? God is the ultimate parent, who answers when we call. Sikhs enjoy building close relationships with God. As believers, we know that sincere praise and worship help us to strengthen our relationship with our Father.
God is faithful. He is just. He is a praiseworthy God!
Max Lucado, renowned Christian author says it best:
Next time your day goes south, here is what you do. Steep yourself in the grace of God. Saturate your day in his love. Marinate your mind in his mercy. He has settled your accounts, paid your debt. What a gift he has given you. You’ve won the won the greatest lottery in the history of humanity and you didn’t even pay for the ticket! Your soul is secure, your salvation is guaranteed. What more do you need?
If you could not think of a reason to sing His praises or lavish Him with words of worship and adoration, this ought to get you thinking. Aside from the many blessings God bestows on us, the chief reason He is deserving of praise is because of his son Christ. Because Jesus dared to pay the price, the gift of salvation is ours for eternity. Our soul is secure and our redemption and reconciliation with the Creator of the Universe is guaranteed. Therefore, we should gladly come to God with gratitude, offering sincere thankfulness. We should open our mouths and bless Him and affectionately praise His name.
In case you did not realize it, God is great and is greatly to be praised. His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting. Remember those times when you deliberately refused to do the thing He asked of you? Whether it was to apologize, even when you weren’t in the wrong or remain silent, you politely declined to do what God requested—we all have. Still, He never turned his back on us. He never despised us, wrote us off or even became angry with us. His faithfulness and His mercy covered us because we are His children.
Just like we would not discard our children for making mistakes, God does not discard when we do wrong. God’s mercy has no limits. For this reason, He is a praiseworthy God. He hears us when we pray. He moves and brings change when we ask. Why? God delights in our praise. The word of God says that God inhabits the praises of His people. He manifests His presence and power to His people especially when they offer Him sincere worship and praise Him. God is moved by our sacrifice of praise. He is moved by our heart-felt worship. What parent could hear their child crying and not want to do something about it? God is the ultimate parent, who answers when we call. Sikhs enjoy building close relationships with God. As believers, we know that sincere praise and worship help us to strengthen our relationship with our Father.
God is faithful. He is just. He is a praiseworthy God!
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