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Praise Is Faith At Work
Wesley L. Duewel
Have you ever noticed the way God multiplies
your faith when you begin praising Him? There are
times when it is more important to praise God than to
pray to Him a prayer of intercession. Praise lifts your
eyes from your circumstances to your Almighty
Father who is the Ruler over all. Not one
circumstance in your life can come without His
permission, and that means that He has a way of
causing it to work together with other things for His
glory and your good.
Praise lifts your eyes from the battle to the
victory, for Christ is already a Victor, and though we
do not see all things under His feet, they are there in a
divine reality (Heb. 2:8; Eph. 1:22). When you need
faith there are two steps to take; go to God's Word,
and begin praising Him. These two go together as
naturally as hydrogen and oxygen together make
water. Stop worrying, fearing; try praising. Do you
need faith? Praise the Lord!
Praise Is Worship
If you want a new fountain of joy to spring up in
your soul, start praising God. God's Word tells us
that He places a song in our hearts. If we are not
singing Christians we are disappointing God. God
wants His people to “Enter into His gates with
thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise” (Psa.
100:4). All the graces of the Holy Spirit grow much
better in a happy heart.
In each crisis when God meets the soul in a new
way, He brings unspeakable joy, new peace, a touch
of His glory, and praise is as inevitable as for water to
flow from a fountain. Whenever the clouds of
darkness begin to hide God's loving face, praise is the
quickest way through to His glorious light again. Is
your spiritual life lacking in joy? Be sure that there is
no hidden sin, and then just start praising God. Praise
the Lord!
Have you ever realized that God's answers to
your prayers are at times delayed by your lack of
praise to God? Have you seen God remove
insurmountable difficulties and obstructions in
answer to praise? Did you know that you can often
rout Satan faster by praise than in any other way?
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