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The Power of Praise

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.  Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.  Knowing ye that the Lord he is God:  it is he that hath made us, and not ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations – Psalm 100:1-5.

The Hebrew verb for make a joyful shout is a highly charged command for public praise.  The command is addressed not just to Israel but to all the earth.  The Israelites were to be a people who would attract the nations to worship God.  The word “praise” in the superscription is actually the word “thanksgiving” or thank-offering that one presented when God had especially answered a prayer or given a great deliverance. Praise is powerful in places us in the presence of God. Read More

Five Minutes

And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (lose heart) – Luke 18:1

 Jesus knew as humans we would become weary and lose faith in God as well as believing that our prayers would be answered. He instructed His disciples then and now to have a prayer life. Prayer shouldn’t be when one is in trouble or in a need, but as Christians, we should be praying daily and throughout the day.  Prayer keeps us connected with God, it keeps the relationship with our Heavenly Father and it also builds our faith in God when we pray and receives answered prayers. Read More

Faith

Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you – Matthew 9:29.

Faith is a human belief in and reliance upon the divine. It can not be seen, but its action on the behalf of the person who trusts in the Lord. God wants His people to have faith in Him and not what they see, hear, or feel.

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