How much time do we spend praising the God of all creation? Nothing gives us a renewed perspective on life and our purpose as much as praise and worship of the One True God! As I spent time in study this morning one thing kept repeating in my head. "By the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony".
We know that we are saved by the blood of Christ and not by works that man can do. He saved us not so that we alone could be saved but so that we could share His word and light with others. This is one of the main reasons I faith book. I document my faith journey so that it can be an encouragement to others, so that it can help point others to the God of all, so that others can see how God has worked in my life and believe that He is God and God alone. He saved us and it is our blessing and responsibility to share His truth with others so that they too may be saved and can live a life joyfully serving Him and His kingdom.
There are so many things to love about our God!! I can't possibly list them all so we created a template just to put ten on. It does not do justice to the love I feel for Him or the attributes of God but I am finite and my scrapbook only has so much room on each page. Just know that there are many, many other things I love about our Lord.
A few of the things that continue to come up in my life are: 1. He is so patient with me as He works on all my sins and imperfections. He consistently helps me to see those things in me that need to be refined. He is gracious not to work on everything at once and to encourage me when I am struggling in an area of my life. He helps me see when I am backpeddleing and gives me the tools I need or the words I need. 2. He has a plan and a purpose for me and my family. He doesn't need any of us to carry out His plan but He uses us because He wants us to be involved. I love that He wants me! I love that I can trust that He has a bigger plan for my kids, my husband and the rest of my family and friends. I don't have to worry about them but I continually pray for them. I can trust that His plan will prevail in my life and in theirs. 3. I love that He created all things and that he was/is so detailed in His creation. He is so detailed that we can never fully understand the universe and it's ways. He created so much beauty for us to enjoy and we cannot fathom the depths of His love for us in all that He created.
He is an awesome God! We should not keep that to ourselves. We should share it with everyone so that they can enjoy Him as He desires to have a relationship with each and everyone of us and He desires for us to be part of His kingdom.
I am going to put together a praise file in my Spotify so that I can wake up each morning and spend some time in praise before I start my day. Help hold me accountable by sharing some of your favorite praise songs so that I can add them to my file. I would love to hear how you are spending time in praise in worship. I challenge you if you don't already to spend 5-10 minutes each morning singing praises to the Lord. If you start tomorrow I would love to hear how it changes your life. I know it will. When we spend time praising the one true God each day we get a better perspective on everything.
I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. Psalm 86:12
Seek first His kingdom and Righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
