Prayer For The Week of July 28th

Father God, I will bless You and praise You with my mouth at all times.  I called on You in the day of trouble and You delivered me.  I shall honor and glorify You.  Thank You, Father, for delivering me out of the control and dominion of darkness and transferring me into the kingdom of the Son of Your love.  I will confess and praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; and I will glorify Your name forevermore. 

Lord, I receive and develop the gifts according to the grace given to me.  My life will lovingly express truth in all things.  I will grow up in every way and in all things in Christ, Who is the Head.  Whatever I say or do, I do in the name of the Lord Yeshua (Jesus), giving thanks to God the Father through Him.  Whatever my task may be, I work at it heartily as something done for the Lord and not for men.  To God the Father be all glory and honor and praise.  Amen.

 

 

“I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”  (Psalm 35:1, 3-5 KJV)”

“And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”  (Psalm 50:15 AMP)

“The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,” (Colossians 1:13 AMP)

“I will confess and praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; and I will glorify Your name forevermore.”  (Psalm 86:12 AMP)

“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;”  (Romans 12:6 KJV)

“Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).” (Ephesians 4:15 AMP)

“^Everything you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Yeshua, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”  (Colossians 3:17 NOG)

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”  (Colossians 3:23KJV)

“Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious!”  (Psalm 66:2 AMP)

Life of Praise

A Life of Praise

Psalm 34:1 says, “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in mouth.” 

Meditate on that scripture a moment.

Notice that David says that he will bless the Lord at all times, not just sometimes or not just when everything in his life was going great. 

David constantly had enemies pursuing him, yet David chose to bless the Lord at all times. 

How many of us are actually hiding from enemies that are out to kill us? 

The faith and trust in God that David had was pretty intense. David knew that the Lord was upholding him, no matter what the circumstances looked like.

Psalm 63:8 says, “My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.”

 David had a revelation of the importance of being close to God and not only that, but the importance of praising God. 

Some of us may have this idea that worship is in the sanctuary or worship is with music, but it is so much more than that. You can praise him with your mouth throughout the day whether you’re at work or in your car…anywhere. Notice that David didn't say he praised God when it was convenient or when he knew that he was safe from his enemy…no, it says that he would bless the Lord at all times.

I know that I need to work on this and I believe that the closer we cling to God that this will just be a natural product of that, but today I just want to challenge you to open your mouth more and praise God despite your surrounding circumstances. Know that God is with you and that He will never leave you nor forsake you. Remember that praise is an act of surrendering to God. 

Psalm 145:14 says, “The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.” There is something about bowing down and surrendering to God and living that life of praise that makes the enemy cringe.