March 20. 2012
Deliver me…. O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise. Psalm 51:14-15
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise. Psalm 51:14-15
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, the risen Savior,
“Singing along with the radio, LORD, I lift my voice in praise to You. My hands are open, my palms up, a gesture of surrender.”
Suddenly, I stopped singing, and focused on my hands. Were they posturing a mock surrender? How easily I lift my hands and sing praise, but ‘Lord do I live praise? Does my life praise You? Such as when I am driving; what is my attitude toward drivers that annoy me, like tailgaters? Does my life praise You in my choices of music and movies? Does my life sing your praise when I do not get my own way? Do I stay inwardly sweet when dealing with self-centered people? Or do I defend myself? Do I express a grateful spirit regardless of circumstances or give in to irritability? Do I share the Gospel for Your glory and praise? Do I ‘die daily’ as Paul states in I Cor 15:31? Lord, help me deny myself and take up my cross and follow You. This is Your requirement! Only then can I love by Your Spirit loving through me.’ Give me a heart like Paul in Phil 1:21
For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
I find it is so easy to sing Your praise in the privacy of my house, but I want my life to sing everywhere I am, 24-7! I want to offer each note a sacrifice of praise, a dying to my flesh, that by my life-song the world may know You are God and that there is Hope. This thought sets my feet to dancing, hands lifted high!
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
O Love of God, Do this for me,
Maintain a constant victory! ac
“Everything You do O Lord, is done in love, to the praise of the glory of Your grace, which You freely bestow on me in Christ. Forgiveness, redemption, grace, wisdom, deliverance and abundant mercy, are lavished on me. Lord, restore to me the joy of my salvation and renew a right spirit within me, a willing spirit to fill me, for then my mouth declares Your praise in word and deed and song! “
It’s not my grip of Christ, But Christ’s grip of me! Unkown
You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 118:28-29
My Deliverer, You who forgive my sins and wash me clean in Your shed blood, I bow and give thee thanks, Lord, You are my song. Thank You I am in your grasp and no one can pluck me from Your hand. How tender Your love. Thank You for defusing my sin and throwing it into the deepest ocean, forever gone! You paid in full, dealing with my sins, large, small and everything in between. All so I could respond and embrace Your love. How can it be that You died for me? How I long to love You perfectly, but I don’t. Even with great effort, I can’t. Enable me to find ways to remember your great goodness and live praise, today and forever. I pray in Jesus name, who is my life and Truth. I love you Daddy… amen
My prayer for you all is to live a life of praise!!
az
