“Praise and Worship”  

 Psalm 52:9

I will praise You forever, O God,

for what You have done.  (NLT)

     It is only right that we worship our Almighty LORD God with as much praise and thanks-giving as possible, because without his sovereign power, his unconditional love, his more than abundant mercy, and amazing grace, we would simply not be able to exist. Without the love of God there would be nothing good about this life. Without the wisdom of God our lives would be lived in vain. But we have an incredibly wonderful Creator who created the universe and our world for us to enjoy under his direction. He didn't just leave us to chance.  Instead, He has kept a protective eye on His creation and has been actively involved in mankind's history and future. The Lord is our heavenly Father and he takes care of us, whether we like it or not. He loves us, and it's his job to protect us from the enemies that want to destroy us. God created us to live in his holy presence; to have a loving, trusting, and an eternal life-bonding relationship with him.  The LORD created us and we depend on Him for everything. He is not an absentee Father nor is he a promise breaker.   And what I find so incredible about our God, is His unchanging, unconditional love for all peoples, even though we rebel against his laws, oppose his righteous ways, and mock his eternal justice. Yet, God chose to forgive and forget our sins, and gives us chance after chance. 

     Our Savior has paved the way to heaven for those who humbly repent and live out their lives in obedience. Our Lord God and Savior, Jesus Christ, voluntarily left the glory of heaven to live in this fallen world that he knew would hate and murder him. He knew before hand that he would have to suffer and die a criminal’s death to save us. Our Lord God, my friend, is the One that loves you so unconditionally, that he allowed himself to be unjustly condemned and nailed to a piece of dead tree where He would hang shamefully naked, despised, and abandoned by God the Father, so you could escape the horrors of Hell. Our sinless Savior paid our sin debt, because he knows how weak we are in fighting sin, and how hard it is for us to change.  You and I and everyone else is headed straight into the pits of hell if it were not for the blood of Jesus. He gave his human life so you could keep yours.  He paid the price that you could not, and gave you a gift that you do not deserve.

                                                 A Whisper of Hope 

 Honor Me, dear child…with your praise and thanksgiving. For when you live in thanksgiving, I am faithful to watch over you and guide you in ways that are good for you and glorify Me.  This is My way, this is your life.  Let us walk together in this troubled world and I will give you My peace—a peace unlike any you have ever known.

Ephesians 1:14

The Spirit is God’s guarantee that He will give us everything

He promised and that He has purchased us to be His own people. 

This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God.   (NLT)

                 Stand up and praise the LORD your God, 

               for He lives from everlasting to everlasting!

                                         Nehemiah 9:5

                                                (NLT)