Read Psalm 103: 1-22
Praising God does not come easy to many people. I remember being in a church service where the excited and enthusiastic leader asked for 50 reasons to praise the Lord. Sadly, we the audience couldn’t quite get there!
To help you praise the Lord start by reading a Psalm to the Lord as your own praise. Psalm 103, for example, could well be read to God as our own praise. The forgiveness that the Psalmist has enjoyed and been blessed with is something that every believer can relate to. Over the next week, as you spend time praising God, read a Psalm of praise to the Lord as your own praise and as part of your quiet time.
As you develop and grow in the ability to praise you can use the tactic of the Psalmists. They begin with a note of praise or adoration and then begin to draw that out and develop it by focusing on one characteristic of the Lord. You could almost pick any characteristic (His forgiveness, His love, His mercy, His faithfulness, His enduring nature ...etc.) and spend time praising God for that characteristic. It’s amazing what effect praising God has in our own lives. But I’m not going to tell you about it. Next week, read a Psalm of praise to the Lord as your own praise and experience first hand what it means to praise God.
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