Often in life we believe that it’s those times in life when everything is going well that God is with us-that might look like a great hair day, a yummy meal with friends, or even a courtesy cup of coffee at church-but is that really the case? I mean in the bible it talks about a time when Jesus was with His disciples, and a strong storm arose. A storm so powerful that they feared for their lives, and what was Jesus doing in the midst of this storm you may ask? Since I like you I’ll let you know…He was sleeping. Yup in the middle of gale force winds, He was so sure of His father’s love and control that He could have peace in the middle of the storm. I try to remind myself of this when the storms in my life seem to come out of no where…”chill your Father’s got this, you will get through to the other side.”
Praise is a weapon, and it’s so important that we learn to use it appropriately. We all have challenging days, and it’s those very times that we need to cling to Jesus. The Bible tells us that God inhabits our praise; Inhabit is defined as: ‘to exist or be situated within; dwell in’ I don’t know about you, but when I encounter difficulties or trials, there is nothing better than knowing that God is in the midst of it with me; moving and working on my behalf. I’m not going to say that my flesh doesn’t fight against this, and that there aren’t times when I want to ‘clap back’ as they say...after all they deserve it right? You hurt me, so I hurt you? It’s the way of the world after all, and we have so many sayings that attest to this...that speak of revenge, and payback...but God doesn’t agree with the things of this world. Psalm 22:3 KJV 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Something starts to happen when I begin to praise God for who ...
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