I will exalt You, my God the King
I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Every day I will praise You and extol Your name forever and ever.
Psalms 145:1-2 NIV
In this psalm I am able to see that we need to praise the Lord at all times despite our adversaries that are in this life. Ignoring the works of the devil while praising God makes the devil want to give up on us.
What is unceasing praise?
Revelations 4:8 says, “Each of the four creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: ‘Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come.’
If the four creatures were able to say ‘Holy Holy Holy,’ what more you and I who are created in His very own image—us who were given dominion over the creatures? He gave us the power over things. And here the same creatures are saying ‘Holy Holy Holy!’ (How about us?) I feel ashamed when sometimes a day passes without being able to praise the Lord in the name of being busy. Praise has to come from deep down in our heart. It has to be a daily thing to do and a thing that we need to love to do. Let us therefore choose to praise the Lord at all times.
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea
and all that is in them singing: ‘To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power for ever and ever.’
Revelations 5:13
Praise the Lord forever! In Psalm 35:28 we read,
My tongue will speak of Your righteousness and of Your praises all day long.
The birds of the air are able to praise God; what more you and I?
I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 104:33
Praise can only done when you are alive. Let us give the best to our Lord now while we are alive. If we die it becomes another issue altogether. Let us make best use of our time to praise the Lord.
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Father, I thank You for Your answers to prayer always and for the revelations each time I come to You. Lord, You are indeed worthy! Glory and honor be unto You. Father, give us the grace to praise You more each day and without ceasing forever and ever. I pray for an intimate relationship with You, Lord. Let Your Presence saturate us with Your anointing always. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Ann, I like to start my day with praise to our Lord. But even when I get off to the right start sometimes busy-ness gets in the way of my continual praise, as you mentioned. I, too, want to praise Him at all times. Thank you for this good nudge. 🙂
I’m adding my “amen” to your prayers.
I agree with both of you and add my AMEN to your prayer, also. Thanks, Ann, for a well-timed reminder!