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Highest Praise

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O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.  Isaiah 25.1 KJV

You are good.

I bless you daily.

For your grace and mercy I praise your name.

Hallelujah!

You sent help I didn’t deserve.

You gave love I couldn’t understand.

The pain that vowed never to leave, you erased.

I gave up and you poured out hope.

Hallelujah!

You allowed trials to see me achieve.

You passed out test to watch me soar.

You never failed a day in my life.

You showed me how you are like no other.

Hallelujah!

I give you praise,

I bless your name.

My voice is as a harp, a trumpet, a psaltery.

Hallelujah!

God’s Glory

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For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else. Isaiah 45:18 KJV

For His magnificence, His richness, the thickness of His power he is deserving of my worship and my adoration. He is God, and I exalt him.

He made man from dirt, and sculpted the woman from a bone. He designed us with perfection in mind; with a breath, life was created. Our life continues because of his air; we are examples of his power. What he has constructed is grand; the sun, the moon, the stars, the waters, and the land. His glory is divine. The day brings light and without hesitation night arrives at its appointed time. The power of God is at work each day and it goes unnoticed at times. The grass grows in spring and flowers bloom. The leaves of the trees lend shade and a colorful back ground before they fade. The snow falls and it melts. The rain feeds the land and we are provided with food. The sun supports life of living things. His glory surrounds us every day. The heavens he has waiting for us to occupy; a majestic place where all is excellent. The streets are radiant and filled with mansions that beam because of his light. When we arrive to that place will be able to praise him without interruption. We will not get tired, our voice will always be strong, and we will not have the cares of the world in our thoughts. We will have all the strength and help we need. Peace and joy will be among us all. We will be free to worship him always.

He is a magnificent God and I love to be in awe because of him.

Greatness

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Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.  Psalm 118:28 KJV

Greatness

Lord your deliverance is one of a kind.

Your perfect actions bring praise to my heart.

My song cannot be kept inside.

It is sweet to be in your care.

When I stumble you keep me from falling.

When I am in danger you become a shield.

Your comfort expands when I am hurt.

Lord you keep me from destroying myself.

I love your deliverance.

I am standing because you told me I could;

I am encouraged by you alone.

I soar, because of your greatness.

I honor you, I magnify you,

I praise you, I worship you, and I exalt you.

Fear or Doubt

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My hands use to not rise above my shoulders. I would just hold them up casually and I would mumble out a word of praise. Kneeling down to pray felt unusual and I would say a few quick words and get up again. There were no signs of intimacy with God coming from me. I was afraid of His touch, His power, His voice, the whole connection. Afraid that if I lifted my hands in worship, and sent out a praise that was clear I would get a reply and have to change or get no reply and leave change to my imagination. I was afraid to release my deepest needs and thanks in prayer, because I could not see God’s ear and did not know if I would be heard. Looking back I wonder was this belief and unbelief warring or was I crippled by fear of the unknown and what could be.

Doubt and fear will work together effectively if they each are not recognized for what they are. Serving each individually with cancellation notices is where to begin. This can be done by replacing your normal response to worship and praise or prayer with a new response. That little bit of belief that has you lifting your arm halfway up can cause you to extend it fully. The same belief that is there to get you to mumble can cause you to speak clearly and directly to God in praise and prayer. If you have enough belief to get on your knees you are already expecting some time to pass and a connection to occur or else you would just stand and speak your request to God. Your ounce of belief has you working in small ways that will lead to a greater confidence in God. You just have to follow through and not change your mind during the response.

Concern and hesitation are not unexpected when you are getting to know and trust God, and the Bible lets us know we only need a very little amount of faith to initiate a response. The key is to keep moving in the direction that will hold and increase our faith by switching out our responses that inhabit fear and doubt for responses that trigger confidence and belief.

And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matthew 17.20 KJV

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.  Jeremiah 29.13 KJV

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.  Psalm 29.2 KJV

Check The Foundation Of Your Praise

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By him therefore let us offer sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.  Hebrews 13.15

It is rare to find someone who has not thanked another person for one reason or another. We all have shown our appreciation in some way, it may have been for a gift, a compliment, or for the help that we were offered. The gratitude that we exhibit to one another sometimes rolls right off from the tongue by habit. We are helped, we feel good, and we express our feelings. When we recognize that we express our appreciation in this way to people on any given day we will also realize that we are capable of releasing great thanks. Thanks that comes from deep within our hearts, a thanks that only God deserves. In time this thanks becomes your worship to him which is initiated by your increasing praise.

God deserves the kind of thanks that he creates in your heart. The thanks inside of you will not be the same as anyone else’s, it is personal. It has been developed inside your heart over time. Everything that you have experienced with God builds up your thanks and turns into praise before progressing into worship. Once you have a clear picture of what God is to you and how God has been great to you the need to praise him will become alive.

To know what God has done for you, you must take time to know and understand him, his miracles, and his son. You cannot worship God the way that he wants you to (in spirit and in truth) if you do not know who or why you worship (John 4:24). After accomplishing these things you will be able to give a meaningful praise to God because you will know who you are praising and why. When a meaningful praise exists inside of your heart you will be open to experience an extreme praise. Your heart holds the background for your extreme praise and you can releases it with a simple background check.

When you authorize a background check you allow your extreme praise to exit your heart. An extreme praise does not consist of any hold backs. As it builds you will notice your intense love for God and see your need to worship him. This worship happens when you are devoted.  Being devoted means your love for him is greater than your love for any other person, place, or object in your life.  It is your honor and fear for him. A true worship experience with God ignites feelings that no other can achieve for you. The experience will cause you to want to release more praise to him and it will give you another memory to store in your heart.

To praise and worship God is a part our purpose. When our praise flows freely from our beings we please God, and he in return blesses us with more of his greatness. We have thanks, praise, and worship inside of us, but what are they to have if we do not release them to our creator. In our thanks we find delight, strength and hope. Through praise we receive our needs and desires. During worship our love for God grows, our faith increases and we become aware of a rest that is surrounded by peace and joy. We need all three of these qualities to be active in our hearts. If we find that they are not, we must do whatever is needed to develop a background that will bring these qualities back to life.

Scripture Inspiration; Psalm 145