“For I had nothing –and God gave me something!” So I share to encourage you in your struggles –That your Praise to the Lord is your strength; and the Lord is your strong tower!
“The Bible teaches us by the Scriptures that are a written and hold to the account of God’s word to all mankind for as long as God allows each today on this earth; and before we enter into forevermore.”
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name (Psalm 100:4).
How do we praise the Lord?
We Praise the Lord by being thankful for forgiveness –and forgiving others as well.
- Praise prepares our hearts to worship God!
- Worship is the place of prepared Prayer by being gathered together in His Name! Where 2 or 3 are gathered together in His Name, God will be in the Midst!
How can you praise God today? Is there anything praiseworthy? –YES! Praise God there is! And, now give thanks unto the Lord for what is praise worthy! Enter into His Courts with Praise!
We praise God; and then together we can gather together in His Name and pray …
Are you facing a fear? Then, Praise God for Jesus –He is the strong tower we can run to in ALL things that come against us! Here is a powerful praise: Greater is God who lives in us who believe in our heart … than anything that is in this world!
But, do you believe? Or, do you doubt? Let your praise believe God; and believe also in His Son! Don’t believe your situation -Believe God! And, Praise God before you even see how you will overcome your situation, but you will -If you keep your praise on!
Trust in God and follow Jesus! Be very careful NOT to follow the patterns of this world! Follow the WAY in God’s Word!
The Name of the Lord is a strong tower! Believe it! Your Praise to God is that you believe Jesus is who God says He is –and believe with your heart that Jesus is with you, because He is near and you’ll know when you praise Him from your heart that believes!
If you don’t know Jesus yet, your praise is that God wants you to come to know and believe in His Son, whom is the Christ the Son of the Living God.
This is the miracle that you believe in your heart!
If you do believe in Jesus, your praise is that your ability to overcome all things rests within your heart that believes in whom Jesus is to you! Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God! God IS the CREATOR of ALL things and nothing is out of His ability!
God has given Hope in Today Ministries a vision of Teaching “How to Survive in this world after the Miracle, through Jesus!”
The Bible says that if you confess with your mouth, and BELIEVE in our heart (spirit) then you will be saved. The miracle is believing in your heart; and the praise is to God that He has SO loved you that He has given His only begotten Son for you to believe and have everlasting life -and live with His blessings to the full; even now on earth as it is in Heaven!
Lift your Praise to God for His Son! Thank Jesus with me for what He has done us and the world that if we only believe! We who believe God’s Testimony about His Son can call upon the great Name of Jesus in times that trouble comes at us!
Have you ever stood in Awe of Jesus?
Like the disciples stood in awe of God’s amazing Grace, when they stood amazed and said, who is this that even the wind and the waves obey him …
Jesus demonstrated (and we have a cloud of witnesses) that Jesus can take us from our fear to the glory the Father by the Praise to the Glory of God’s Grace that is with us and near to all who call upon His great Name and believe, and do not doubt!
When is the last time you trusted God like this?
Your praise is your trust in God by your faith that believes in God’s love for you! Yet, your praise begins by Grace -and is only by God’s grace that begins with the forgiveness of your sin! Our praise to God is connected to our ability to forgive others of their trespasses against us. Not that we are that capable, but that in us who believe, Jesus enables us to forgive others; and this is our most high praise to God that we can live free from that judgement that comes with fear, etc.
This is our most high praise to God! That we are forgiven and we also are equipped that we can forgive others! This is that Abiding in Love Commandment that Jesus teaches us day by day and is written for us to hear and apply to living life on this earth!
This is our praise to God that we abide in forgiveness –the love of God that Jesus come to demonstrate to us whom will believe –and to the world so that others might believe also!
How can we praise the Lord? When trouble hits, pray –be already in your praise that you are prepared to pray as you worship the Lord of our life –the one whom you praise from your heart that believes!
How can we praise the Lord? We praise the Lord by believing all that Jesus accomplished on that cross and live our life as a living (not dead) sacrifice to be a light in this dark (evil) world that others might also desire to believe!
When do you praise the Lord?
Praise the Lord at all times! Praise the Lord before you go into the world; and before you go to the Church! Praise the Lord when you first wake up and before you go to sleep! Forgive always and keep your praise on!
Praise the Lord when you go out into the world –Keep your praise on all the time! Do the right thing that pleases God -even when no one is looking, because it is God whom you are praising and let everything you do bring Praise the the Lord!
Your praise to the Lord is the power of your Worship and your worship is the power of your prayer!
“Only brush the teeth you want to keep,” is the phrase some DDS will say. Only praise God for the prayers you need answered is what the Bible really teaches to live by, because we need all that God provides, as we need all our teeth to eat.
Praise the Lord before you enter the Church for Worship! Then, as the believers gather together in HIS NAME, there will He also be in the midst! Praise to God prepares our hearts to be free in our forgiveness to trust God with our life; and is our power and authority to pray for each other and also those in the world!
You may be able to spin on the world with one finger (if that were possible for some), but no one but Jesus has overcome the world! Only God has put the world into motion! Only to God will glory go! Only God can spin the world on HIS finger! Praise God we can trust God and trust also in the love He has for us through His Son!
I want to be in that cloud of glory, so let us praise God together and lift up the Name of Jesus. Forgive and let go of the wrong(S) that have been done against you, so that you can live and pray for others. Forgive even those you know have only thought about doing wrong against you; and pray for those.
Forgiveness is our praise to God, because Jesus hung on a cross and died for all who will believe! The Praise is that Jesus is not on that cross anymore! Jesus has Risen! The Praise is that Jesus is not dead; the praise is that He only died for a purpose to conquer death and then Jesus Rose by the power of God in Him!
So; you might think that you can’t forgive what has been done to you?
Jesus says you can, if you Praise the glory of God’s Grace and enter into his gates!
Jesus understands your pain and sufferings -Jesus experienced more wrong done against him than I can bare to imagine. Jesus understands and Jesus cares … YET< Jesus shares HIS knowledge from the FATHER with us who believe … Here lies the power of overcoming all things! PRAISE!
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name (Psalm 100:4).
If you want a better future, get your answer and solution from God about how to Bless His Holy Name from your heart that believes to follow Jesus, who is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
“We can’t choose our consequences, but we can choose our choices.” God desire for us to choose with Wisdom from Heaven, because there is a choice set before us and there are two kinds of wisdom that come to us.
Praise God that we have Praise to Give! Praise God that we can Pray for His Wisdom! Praise God that we can hear God’s Word to know how to survive in this world after the miracle of believing!
How can you praise God today?
Lift up your biggest fear, regret, concern, question, test, trial or trouble to Him who is the maker of all things; and thank God for the opposite to the way that things appear in the trouble! Thank God for your health –if you fear something unhealthy! Thank God for your job (or provisions in the Lord) –if you fear your financials! God always makes a way for you –if you will Praise the Lord and lift up his Holy Name!
Nothing is a surprise to God! The secret is trusting God and also trusting in His Son!
If your situation appears to be gloom and doom, praise God for the light that you can see!
How do you see the light?
You see the light when you enter into God’s Courts with Praise!
Be thankful unto God and His Son for what you can’t see, but know by faith is true!
Let your Praise be to God for the good that has come to save you; and not the evil that works to take you!
Praise God by your forgiveness –and thank God for the good work that HE does for you! God loves you! –you know? God loves you! Jesus has SO loved you, that he gave His life for you that you can know the Father by calling on his Name -JESUS!
The moon will light up the world when the sun goes down –if it is in perfect position to be a reflection of the sun.
So it is with our praise to God as our position with God and in the SON!
Jesus is the Son of God and the light that has been given to the world to believe.
Don’t allow the dark moments of your life to steal your praise and put out your light for the Lord! Instead, in those dark moments, always remember to Praise the Lord!
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe (Proverbs 18:10, KJV).” Learn to keep your praise on –so that in times of trouble, you are prepared to stand with God; and know that the Name of the Lord is your strong tower of hope that is real!
Your situation may have come to harm you, but God only allowed it to promote you! A muscle will only grow strong if it is worked! Our senses must be exercised to discern good and evil. Our faith must have opportunities to lean on the Lord and experience what it is to have authentic believing trust in God’s love.
God’s love is for (not against) all who will love Him and all who will call on His Name and believe.
Your situation is not unique –You are unique! Don’t let the devil steal your Praise to God. Use your situation to allow Jesus to grow in your faith; and become more and more like Jesus as you grow. Jesus is the one –who enables us to bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2).”
For every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts (Proverbs 21:2).”
If you are at a crossroad in your life –where something is dramatically, or even slightly changing, Roll this Scripture through your believing heart and mind again and again until God himself gives to your faith the answer of what to do and what not to do –so that your blessings and life will succeed for God’s glory alone!
Roll your works up on the LORD, commit and trust them wholly to Him; and He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable with His will –and so your plans will be established and succeed.
A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure!
Both Scriptures are from Proverbs Chapter 16 AMP (The Amplified version is the one the Lord used for me!)
Be set free and walk by faith –to please God and stay in your assignments as it is God who is directing your paths and keeping them straight!
We are running a race with Jesus believers –Keep the pace with the Holy Spirit! Let the Lord hear your mouth speak your praises to Him; and be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name by your believing Spirit that can praise God for what you believe!
Don’t be tempted to do for you –what the Lord has a greater power over! Praise His Name and give God the glory for the Peace and Joy in Christ who lives in you when you confess His Name and believe in your heart to praise God for the miracle that you believe. And, let the light of the Lord shine through your freedom that rings through your soul that believes!
I hope this is a blessing to you! I believe these are the words that the Holy Spirit spoke through me –I pray this read in the spirit of hope; and To God be the glory!
This is “to the praise of the glory of His grace!” I hope this is a blessing to you!
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe, Director
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
The Train Whistle, Sounding the call of God’s Love (Published 2012 Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC)
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