Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Today is a great day

Today is a great day in my life. It is a day for knowing and experiencing the love of God in a greater way. It is a day of knowing and loving Jesus, with all my heart, soul and spirit. Today is a day of a closer walk with the Holy Spirit. Today is the day of miracles, signs and wonders. Today is a day of Divine exchange- I have power, authority and love beyond measure today. Today, the Word of God is working in, through and for me. Today is Jesus is GOOD day.

Praise is what we do all the time

PRAISE IS WHAT YOU DO ALL THE TIME
Praise is what the heart does when it rises before the Great God in adoration and worship. The heart is amazed at the extravagant love of God and just chooses to bow down and sing to the Lord. Praise is what you do when you begin to appreciate the greatness of the power of God and the fact that he died to save you from the power of the evil one and of sin. Praise is what you do when you begin to realise that life on earth is for one purpose only and that is to bring glory and honour to God and to show forth his goodness in the world. Praise is what you do when you realise that you cannot live without Jesus Christ and indeed he is all that you need. Praise is what the heart does when it approaches the Almighty God on bent knees and proclaims that He is God and that he rules in the kingdom of men. Praise is what you do when you bring your life as an offering before the Lord and you submit to his sovereign will for your life. Praise is what you do when you know the power of God is being released through your life and that it is reaching to the furthest part of your being. Praise is what you do when you see the Man of Galilee being nailed to the cross and you realise that it was all for you. Praise is what you do when you know that you have lost it all and that God is all that you will ever need. Praise is the wow actor of living on earth.

Praise is what you do when the people you hold so dear to your life, decide to walk away to be able to live the life that God has called them to live. It is the antidote to the feeling of loneliness and sometimes pain that arises out of the loss. Praise is what you do when the ones that you choose to love, decide to go away and find the Lord themselves. Praise is what you do when you think there is no other person in the world that could take away this feeling of loneliness. God will bring you to the altar of praise and there he will heal and restore you. Knowing the pain of rejection is a tool in the hand of the Holy Spirit, to open the fountain that God has put in you and me. The next time you feel the pain, just praise the Lord.

Praise is what you do when you look at the mountain and you feel it is impossible to overcome in the face of such challenges. Praise is what you do so that the balm of Gilead could be poured out to grease your ailing wings and to bear you up on the wind of power and authority. Praise is what you do so that the carriage of heaven might appear to take you over the challenges into the land flowing with innumerable blessings and glory. God is waiting to show himself mighty on your behalf, just praise the Lord. He rules in the kingdom of men.

Praise is what you do when you look at the pain in the world, and you feel the grief, but you realise that God is not the author of pain and suffering; and that these things have come to being because of the rebellion of man to the commandments of God. Praise is what you do as you look above the pain and you see the God of Love; and you bow down before him ad proclaim that he is good. Praise is what you do when you know that God will turn your sadness into joy; it is what you do when you know that God will never leave you nor forsake you. It is what you do when God is in the fire with you and you know that not even the hair on your head will be hurt by the flame of affliction. Praise is what you do when you know that the Path of pain will bring you to the throne and that God will turn your story around. Praise is what you do when all seems to be lost. Let’s just praise the Lord.

Praise is what you do when you bring your family before the Lord, and you know that they are going through things that are out of your area of influence, because they have chosen to walk alone with the Lord. Praise is what you do as you lovingly bring them to the throne of Grace and call on the name of the Lord, on their behalf. Praise is what you do when you know that God is in control in their lives and that he is working all things together for their good. Praise is what you do when you cannot understand the path that others have CHOSEN BUT YOU KNOW THAT Jesus cares and that his sacrifice on the Cross has paid the price for their redemption from the deceit of the evil one. Praise is what you do when God seems to be far away but you know that he never leaves you nor forsakes you. Praise is what you do all the time.

Praise is what you do when you suddenly realise that the children that God gave to you are not yours but they belong to the Lord. Praise is what you do when God the Holy Spirit calls on you to surrender them to his loving hands so that he might take them on a journey of knowing and loving Jesus more. Praise is what you do as you allow God to take over the lives of your children and to lead them into blessings and victory but sometimes with tribulations. Praise is what you do as you fix your eyes on the Lord on their behalf. Praise is what you do all the time.

Praise is what you do when it seems a particular blessing seems to be absent in your family and you are wondering what is happening. Praise is what you do so that God would be revealed as the God who delights in blessing us and reaching out to bring us into the place of blessing. Praise acknowledges that God is all knowing and all powerful.

Praise is what you do so that God might set your heart and attitude in the path of blessing and breakthrough. Praise is what you do when it seems you are not making progress in one area of your life. You need to realise that your perception of your reality could be very different from the point of view of the Lord. Praise is what you do as you release your view to the Lord of lords. He rules in the kingdom of men. As you praise the Lord, there will be a changing of your views to align with the will of God. God will make a way through you and would richly bless you. Take time to praise and wait on the Lord. Wise people do not rush but patiently wait of the Lord. Do you know that this is A WISE THING TO DO.? The discrepancy between our thoughts and God’s thoughts could be very wide and the alignment sometimes takes time. Wait patiently with praise.

Praise is what you do when you look around and you are unsure of the way ahead. Raise up your voice and praise the Lord as he reveals himself to you as your Shepherd. Praise is the vehicle used to develop an attitude of faith and hope as God guides, though you cannot see him. He is opening and closing doors. He is roiling the sea and making a path for you to walk through. He is opening the windows of heaven and pouring out manna; He is doing the impossible. He is richly cultivating all around you a field of unthinkable blessings; He is opening a land OF EXPLOITS ALL AROUND YOU AND CAUSING YOU TO WALK INTO THEM. It is time to praise the Lord. Praise is what you do all the time.