In time of Trouble offer Praise to the Lord

Verses: Psalms 28 : 1 - 9

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

Have you ever thought about how many times you have God to step in and help you work out your problems?  Have you ever stopped and thanked God for help was given?  Have you ever lifted praises up to the Savior for being your strength?

We are good at asking for help.  We ask God to heal us and our friends and family.  We ask God for a better job.  We ask God to help us get us through rough times.  We ask over and over again knowing God will provide the answers.

Yet, how often do we thank God?  God is to be praised when things go right in our life.  God is to be honored when we get through rough patches in our life.  God is to be worshipped at all times.  Yet, do we do this?

I learned a valuable lesson several years ago.  Those of us that are Christian I need to thank God every day for just being alive.  See even though I am sick God is my strength.  I have nothing to fear because God is there.  Therefor I have learned that I am living each day to my fullest because of the gift God has given me.

People have a tendency to think that we can ask for help without thanking God.  Even Jesus taught in his example of prayer to thank God first.  We might not get the exact solution that we want.  Yet, we need to thank God for getting through and giving us what we truly need.

People often ask me if I am so convinced God heals why I feel that my disease is incurable.  I believe that God has given us science to solve the mysteries of life.  That through doctors God has provided the next healers.  This process is a learning process and may take years even decades to find a way to cure simple illnesses.  Yet, we need to thank God for being with these people as they try to make the sick healthy.

Lifting praise up to God is easy.  It is opening our hearts to a new way of thinking.  Offering up prayer even when we do not get the answer we though we wanted are essential.  Praising God needs to become second nature in our life.  When we pray we should offer up to God our thanks.  We should praise God for what is happening.  We should honor  God by our prayers. 

Consider your prayers a time of worship.  Prayers are a time when you have an opportunity to commune one on one with God.  Prayers are a time when you can praise God for the things of the present, past and future.  Prayers are a time when we put our needs and desires out of the limelight and allow our praises to be the forefront.  You will come to realize that when you praise God you are also worshiping the one that has created you.  That is enough reason to praise God every day.

Prayer:

We thank you for both answered and unanswered prayers.  We praise you for helping us get through this time on Earth.  We thank you dear Jesus for dying on the cross to set us free.  We praise you God for loving us when we do not deserve it.  We worship you today God for being our strength and protector.  In the name of the Most High we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Do you worship God in your prayers?  Do you praise God for the gifts you have in this life?  Are you worshiping god when you pray?  So is today the day that you start putting your praises to God before your own needs?