When we were little, growing up going to church, we always heard the preacher say “Praise the Lord or Praise God.” We repeated what we heard the preacher say never really understanding what it meant. As years went on, we became older and grew up, still really not understanding what we were supposed to do, or how to do it. I remember seeing people shouting and crying, and jumping up and down. I thought there was something wrong with them, and that’s when I learned that they were praising the Lord.
Praising God is showing Him how thankful we are for all that He does for us. Praising God is telling Him how wonderful He is and how much we love Him. Praising God is sharing His Word in a dark and lonely world to the lost. Praising God is what we do when we are struggling and going through situations we cannot control because we know He is there with us. Praising God in the good times shows Him that we can praise Him even when nothing is going wrong.
God inhabits the praises of His people. god loves praise. He is greatly to be praised. we were created to give Him praise, and to bring Him glory, and to give Him glory in all that we say and do that’s righteous in His sight. Praise god by singing songs of inspiration to Him…songs of praise and worship.
We always put God first before we do anything after He wakes us up, such as washing our face or brushing our teeth. God understands that we will have to use the restroom before we pray, but the most important thing is to always put God first because He is a jealous God, and He is a consuming fire. He doesn’t want anything put before Him. He doesn’t want us to worship false gods. He wants us to follow His Commandments and Statutes, and live a holy, and righteous life. He wants us to be perfect because He is perfect. He knows that we are human and we are going to make more mistakes than we care to, but He is a forgiving God. I don’t know what I would do if He wasn’t a forgiving God.
Praising God is what we should do no matter what. When we praise God, blessings come down. When we pray, He lightens the load we are carrying. He may not come when we want Him to come, but He is always on time. He is never late. We need God. We need Him in every area of our lives. We cannot live, move, and have our being without Him. His Spirit lives within us so, therefore we live. Without the shedding of the blood, there’s no remission of sins. If God had not sent His Son, Jesus Christ into the world to die for our sins, we would have to die in our sins because there would be no remission for sins. People would still be killing animals to pay for their sins. Jesus is the perfect, spotless Lamb of God who took the punishment that we deserved once and for all. He paid the ultimate price for us. We were bought at a price that we will never be able to repay. This is the reason why we should praise God. Jesus is our King and our Great High Priest who stands up for us when we call His name. He is our mediator. He mediates for us.
What Does it Mean That Jesus Is Our Mediator?
The reason a mediator is needed is because mankind cannot be reconciled to God on their own. Neither can God arbitrarily forgive sin without justice being satisfied. A mediator was needed to make things right, someone who was perfectly sinless, yet human. (Christianity.com)
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