Prayer Changes Everything... Devotion for Today Podcast

"The Power of Praise and Worship"Friday October 01, 202115 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.HEBREWS 13:15 (New International Version)Praise is an opportunity to dwell on, be thankful for, and recount the goodness of God in our lives. And praise is something we can do continually.We can praise Him for His mighty works, the wonders He has created, and even the works of grace He is yet to do in our lives. We can also praise Him for His daily provision. A sacrifice of praise means doing it even when we don’t feel like it. As believers, in the hard times as well as the good, we can praise God for His goodness, mercy, loving￾kindness, grace, and long-suffering.While we are waiting to see the fulfillment of our prayers, we can choose to continually acknowledge and confess and glorify His name. It is not our responsibility to worry and fret or try to do God’s part by taking into our own hands situations that should be left to Him alone. Instead, it is our responsibility to simply cast our care upon the Lord, as 1st Peter 5:7, said, trusting Him and praising Him for what He has done, is doing, and what we believe by faith He is going to do. Even on days when it’s not easy—when we don’t necessarily see how everything is going to work out—we can offer a sacrifice of praise. This pleases the Lord and boosts our faith as we trust Him regardless of the circumstances around us. May a sacrifice of praise continually be in our mouths for the marvelous works of grace He has done for us.