No Matter What...

Good morning, my friend!  Good morning, Father!

“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” - Psalm 150:6

It's time to start worshipping.  Before the answer comes... before relief is in sight...before the healing is felt, the reconciliation is realized, the finances appear or the war is over...it's time to worship.  You alone are worthy of our praise.  You are worthy of praise whether our prayer is answered in the manner we hope it will be, or not.  Whether You ever answer one more prayer or provide one more thing for us, You are worthy of our praise.  Even those with no relationship with their creator will say, "Thank God" after a test or a trial has passed.   But it takes a measure of faith to wholeheartedly thank and praise God before the test and trial are over.  It’s an exercise of faith.  Its time to start exercising.

Father I lift up my friend.  Encourage them to join me in sliding into their spiritual work-out clothes today.  Invite them to click on worship music, crack open their Bible, whip open their journal, and worship for all they are worth.  We thank You for salvation, for Your kindness and provision.  We recount Your mighty deeds, tender mercies and faithfulness.  We marvel at Your power, imagination, creation and miracles.  We are in awe and wonder that while we are but dust, You were willing to give up everything to have us.  And we are overcome with the very thought of Your endlessness, unmatched compassion and the depths of the sea of forgetfulness.  Your are outside of time and space, yet fully inhabit them both.  What a wonder You are!  Father, help my friend to take their eyes off of their troubles and place them fully on the One who is worthy of praise.  We choose to honor You, Lord.  You loved us first and love us best.  Before the answer comes, and even if the answer never comes, You are worthy of our praise.  To God be the glory!  In Jesus Name ❤️

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A City On A Hill

Image
A CITY ON A HILL By:  Julie Souza Bradley Lilly “You are light for the world. A city cannot be hidden when it is located on a hill. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket. Instead, everyone who lights a lamp puts it on a lamp stand. Then its light shines on everyone in the house.” – Matthew‬ ‭5:14-15‬ ‭GW‬‬ And I saw thousands of souls struggling in a churning sea.  Under the darkness of a moonless sky, without a boat, they were tossed.  Beneath them sharks swam, nipping at heels, eliciting sharp cries from those who flailed.  It caused them to cling to their neighbor, pushing them to submerge, sputter and gasp.  Exhaustion, chaos and hopelessness hovered over the waters like a mist, obscuring the small points of light that seeped out from around the boarded windows of the nearby city on a hill.  The city on a hill—a beacon of hope to those drowning, contained behind windows shuttered with fear. Lord, we see chaos all around us —man’s inhumanity to man— fear, anxiet
Read more

Paul’s Handkerchief Prayer

Image
Good morning, my friend!  Good morning, Father! “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” - Deuteronomy 31:6 Lord, we don’t have to be the only one in a room to feel alone.  We can be in a coliseum full of people and still feel lonely.  We feel alone in our skin.  You encourage us to not forsake meeting together as a church (Hebrews 10:25), but it is the internal companionship that keeps us from feeling loneliness in that packed coliseum. Father, I lift my friend.  Your Word says that where two or more are gathered in Your Name, You are there in the midst of them.  So Lord, as in Acts 19:12 when Paul sent a blessed handkerchief to the sick and they were healed, likewise, across time and space I take hands with Your precious child.  Together we bow before You and admit we need You.  We invite Your presence.  If they feel lonely or alone today, in their life or in
Read more

Beauty Among the Ashes

Image
Good morning, my friend!  Good morning, Father!   “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that   I would see the goodness of the Lord in  the land of the living.   Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage,   And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” - Psalm 27:13-14 Father, we thank You that with You all things are possible.  All around us there are financial troubles, poverty, disease, depression, anxiety, divorces, confusion, disappointment, illness, loss, pain and grief.  The list goes on and on.  People are suffering, Father, and are clinging to the last vestiges of hope.   Lord, I lift up my friend.  You know precisely what weighs on their mind today, and which troubling thoughts strike fear in their heart.  Long seasons of struggle bring with them weariness and discouragement.  I cry out to You on their behalf, Lord.  You are able.  We ask for miracles.  Nothing is too difficult for You.  We ask that You take what the enemy intended for evil
Read more