IF I PRAISED YOU WITHOUT CEASING!

 

 

Lord, if I praised you from sun rise to sunset!

It would never be enough to repay my debt!

 

If I praised you without ceasing 24/7 every second of each day!

It would not repay you for showing me THE WAY!

 

If I got in a ship and sailed around the world proclaiming your name!

It would not repay you for your crucifixion where you bore "my" shame!

 

If I succeeded in leading every last lost soul to the Cross!

It would not repay my debt and my salvation's cost!

 

If I praised you without ceasing while awake and in my dreams!

It would not repay you for my soul that you redeemed!

 

If I praised you without ceasing forever and a day!

If I praised you until my voice was gone and worn away!

 

If I praised you with sign language until my joints were frozen in place!

"IT WOULD NEVER BE ENOUGH TO PAY YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING GRACE!"

 

Lord, I look forward to Eternity and Heaven above!

"Where I will join the Saints to praise you forever for your awesome love!"

 

 

 

Lewis E. Thomas

As given by God on 12/07/2017

 

 

 

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.' Isaiah 61:3 NKJV

Praise works like a magnifying glass. It causes what you're focusing on to get bigger, to be 'magnified.' David said, 'Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears' (Psalm 34:3-4 NKJV). It's a mistake to wait until you've no problems, fewer problems, or your problems are solved before you praise the Lord. Praise is one of the great Scriptural keys to problem-solving because it gets your focus on God, the problem solver. Charles Spurgeon said: 'My happiest moments are when I am worshipping God, really adoring the Lord Jesus Christ...In that worship I forget the cares of the church and everything else. To me it is the nearest approach to what it will be in Heaven.'

God has promised you 'the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.' It works like this. When you begin to praise him with a heavy heart, you experience a new sense of hope and joy. Through worship you are reminded that God is bigger than the situation you face; that he's not only capable of managing your concerns but willing, wanting and waiting to. The Psalmist wrote: 'Seven times a day I praise you' (Psalm 119:164 NKJV).

Fill your day with praise. Don't just take coffee breaks and tea breaks, take 'praise breaks.' Begin to praise God for two things: (1) His attributes. His power, love, grace, favour, guidance, etc. (2) His acts. Recall his goodness to you. Go ahead; take off the spirit of heaviness and put on the garment of praise.

Soulfood: Job 35-37, John 21:1-6, Ps 116, Ecc 12:1