Heb 13:15, Matt 12:34, Luke 6:45, Prov 4:23, Acts 13:22, Psalm 18:1, Psalm 27:1

Men and brethren, to praise God without ceasing is often times about consecration, a consecration with sensitivity to the presence of God. It is a walk in an atmosphere of the presence of God and gives the ability to access God whenever you need. Those who appreciates God are those who gives Him quality praise and he will in turn bless them. David was loved by God because he knows how to appreciate God.  As you appreciate God today, receive your long awaited miracle in Jesus name Amen. 

Right where you are, gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what a person receives, whether tangible or intangible. A child that knows how to say thank you to the parents or guardian after every meal shall be a great child. Time and again, we take things for granted, our miracles for granted because we are expecting a choice miracle, we fail to acknowledge the miracle in our hands. The scripture says, “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” Hebrews 13:15. As you appreciate God, receive only what God can give without tears and sorrow in Jesus name

The word gratitude is derived from the Latin word gratia, which means grace, graciousness, or gratefulness (depending on the perspective). In some ways gratitude encompasses all of these meanings. With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives. In the process, people usually recognize that the source of that goodness lies at least partially outside themselves. As a result, gratitude also helps people connect to something larger than themselves as individuals — whether to other people, nature, and to God.

Any man who knows how to Praise shall not be a noise maker but a wonder maker. He shall become the creator of his circumstances. Sometimes people have all night prayers that’s all noise night to God because the people’s heart are far from God. In all the night activities, there is no tangible amount of time spent in praising God. ‘The fruit of our lips’ will not just pop out, it has to come from a source. So lips service without a source means absolutely nothing at all. The fact that you say Hallelujah or Amen to every post because something is written or said to you is not the fruit on your lips. It is just you echoing something that was said. You can go to a mountain and shout I love you and the rocks will echo I love you back because the rock has an echo and really have no feeling about whether you are loved or not. A lot of times in the church we have people echoing what they hear other people saying without it being the fruits of their lips released from the confinement of their heart with deep and abiding relationship with the Lord.

Most of the time, we see people really working hard to be spiritual. They get convicted and try to be very spiritual. At times they end up a strange being, they end up denying who they are as a person, forgetting their biological and physical needs, forgetting to be nice, forgetting to be kind, and you see them act in some strange spiritual feeling, you see them walking around doing what they think God wants them to do. And that might work a little while but if you are going to walk with God a long time, you have to be real. You have to be yourself; you have to be a practically sound person. Let us look at some thoughts about Praise.

Number One: Praise is action because you must praise God with the fruits of your lips. Men and brethren, Praise is also attitude. If you have action without attitude, you will get the same thing as an echo from the rocks. Your lip is saying something but it is not really in your heart, so it is not the fruit of your lips but just your lips echoing something. Attitude deals with your heart while action deals with your lips. Don’t let your action be opposite to your attitude. I have seen people walking around saying thank you Jesus, Oh Glory but they are not really thankful; they don’t have an attitude of Gratitude. They don’t have a consecration and Gods awareness because they are doing something out of ritual of religious duty. They work real hard on religious duties and fail miserably because they are doing the outer things that the bible says do but no inner covenant connection with God that they really ought to have.

Number Two: Praise is an attitude of thankfulness. It is just appreciating the goodness of God in your life; appreciating every day. You will be surprise how our generation is producing many people who are not appreciative. You can have children that are not appreciative, they could have said thank you after eating your meal but may not be appreciative because it is more than lip service, it is an attitude that you have in your heart of appreciation. Appreciation will make a child wash some dishes and tidy the kitchen and sweep the floor after eating, and ask what more can I do. Brethren, your lips can write a cheque that your heart can’t cash.

There should be in your attitude that appreciates the blessings that God has given you. Sometimes people are not appreciative and thereby not thankful because they look at things in their life that are broken, that are not fixed, and that are not together. And the thing you must realise in this life is that everybody has things in their lives that are not the way things should be. Don’t walk around as if you are the only one passing through problems and looking as if the whole world is mounted on your shoulder to carry. And if you wait until everything is fixed before you are thankful; you are never going to be thankful. Don’t put your price tag to be too much that you cannot thank God for the little things He has given you. How many of us are thankful for little things. Some people have swap husband or wives for three times and still find fault in all three of them; your price tag is too high; you have more situations that the woman at the well and still can’t find.

Are you thankful that the woman you accuse everyday who is your wife agreed to marry you? Are you thankful that your husband no matter how stupid he looks is your husband? Are you thankful for your parents even if they did not send you to school? Your attitude comes out of your heart. When you start thanking God and appreciating God, it is your lips speaking what your heart is leaking. The bible says “out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks” Matthew 12:34. And when the heart is full of thankfulness, it will be reflected in your lips. Luke 6:45, Proverbs 4:23. There were many things that King David needed to work on, to put together but when God found David in Acts 13:22 He said, “After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do”

I believe God referred to David as a man after His own heart. The following words describe the heart of David as seen in his own writings: (All verses New International Version)

Humble – Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Psalm 62:9

Reverent – I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3

Respectful – Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. Psalm 31:9

Trusting – The LORD is my light and my salvation– whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life– of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

Loving – I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1

Devoted – You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7

Recognition – I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. Psalm 9:1

Faithful – Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6

Obedient – Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:34

Repentant – For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Psalm 25:11

David’s example is a great road map for how we are to live our life. He was in love with God, he has faults, he has problem but he was chasing after God. The only qualification that God used in making David King was because he was a PRAISER. He had one thing going for him; he had an Attitude of Gratitude.

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