PRAISE HIM

(This post comes from a previous Christmas message I had written years ago. But the words are still relevant for the time in which we live.) Let's do what we are accustomed to. Begin with prayer and worship to our Most High King. Oh Holy Spirit, please help me to pray. We come to you with worship in our hearts for You and the God You reveal to us. Our Father God Almighty and our hero and champion..Jesus Christ our Lord. Open up our understanding to Your Word. Let it become alive within us. And above all we ask that You will help us be doers of what You show us. We love You..in Jesus name...AMEN.

As we surround ourselves with loved ones and exchange gifts this year....lets also be encouraged to privately exchange gifts with God. Not just now but every day til He comes.

Let's unwrap His gift of Jesus. That glorious, supreme gift. That living gift whom yields to us salvation, forgiveness, healing, provision, access to the Father, joy, peace, hope, dreams, wisdom, strength, anointing, grace, mercy, eternal life, love, truth, faithfulness...the list is endless.

And let us give to Him the gift of our heart. A heart full of humility, servant hood, thanksgiving, worship, praise, love, admiration, faith and obedience.

As we meditate upon such things, let us dare to access the Holy of Holies and the very presence of God. God desires hearts who will worship Him in spirit and truth ( John 4:23). In that deep intimate relationship with Him, we gain wisdom and power to be better equipped to know and do His will in these last days. Let's prepare ourselves to better serve Him and spread His Kingdom. We are His Kingdom. It is all about Him. All about Jesus. Surely we have countless reasons to celebrate, dance, sing and offer up praises. He saved us and rescued us from darkness...PRAISE HIM. Philippians 4: 19 says He meets all our needs...PRAISE HIM. He is so mighty, strong, faithful and beautiful...PRAISE HIM. What other countless things can we think of that amazes us? PRAISE HIM.

In II Chronicles 5:13,14 we read, "when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals, and praised the Lord saying: "For He is good, His mercy endures forever," that the house, the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God!"

Let's build God a chair upon which He may sit. A mercy seat composed of our heartfelt and repentant worship. Oh God that your Glory would fill the earth. Salvation for our towns, states and countries. Come let us PRAISE HIM.