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Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!<\/em> – Psalm 150:6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him. <\/em>– Psalm 33:1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord is faithful to all His words and merciful toward all He has made.
The Lord lifts up all who fall, and He supports all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look eagerly to You, and You give them their food at the proper time.
He opens his hand, and He satisfies the desire of every living thing.
The Lord is righteous in all His ways and merciful toward all that He has made.
The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.
He grants the desire of those who fear Him. He hears their cry and saves them.
The Lord watches over all who love Him, but He will destroy all the wicked. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. – Psalm 145:13-21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them saying, \u201cTo him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!\u201d <\/em>– Revelation 5:13<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise is a completely natural response to both the character of God and His marvelous works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a phone call earlier today, my mom-in-law was going down her prayer list, asking me the status of different ones for whom she has been praying. Over and over, she would say, “Answered prayer!” It was true. As we pause our lives and consider God, we can take hope, even rejoice, in all that He is doing in our lives and around us. This world feels broken, but He isn’t finished…not nearly so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may all have different ways we praise God and different preferences as to the setting of praise. In the expansive out of doors or inside in a “quiet time” chair. In the living room of a house church or a huge worship space. Alone or with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The point is that we keep praise a priority in our daily lives. Even in valley experiences or a season of suffering, when we look for it, we will find reason upon reason to praise the Lord. A dear friend of mine finishes her cancer treatment this week. We are praising God for how He walked with her through this time such that she made it through a hard regimen and will ring the bell on Friday to celebrate the last day of treatment. We are also praising God as another friend is getting prepared to start cancer treatment; her cancer was found before she started having symptoms. We are trusting God for good outcomes for both. Praise. Praise. Praise. He is worthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several months ago, I went with a friend to a concert that turned out to be so much more than just great music. It was church. Worship with a few hundred folks we didn’t know but shared a love for Jesus that would bring us to our feet, hands in the air, singing along with singer\/songwriter Brandon Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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