Lets' admit it, our prayer life is mostly made up of us asking for things, praying for miracles and prayers of healing. Here and there it might include a sprinkle of repentance and dash of thanksgiving. But where is the praise? Where is the selfless devotion? A time where all we do is give God praise. The praise that he deserves for what he has done, is doing and will do. The praise for not just in the ups but also in the down. The praise not when we've just received our answer but also when we're unsure. We love to give people praise and receive praise for mediocore acts. How much more does our God deserve praise. Not only for the extravagant but also for the miniscule, not only for the supernatural but also for the natural. Give him praise for it all. Give him praise because he is the alpha and omega and without him we are nothing.
To give praise means to give glory.
Hebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name
Isaiah 25:1
LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.
Daniel 4
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Pslam 34:1
I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
Psalm 42:11
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Psalm 63:3-4
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.
Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.
Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.
I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 134 - A song of ascents.
Psalm 136 - A Hymn of Thanksgiving
Psalm 145- A Psalm of Praise of David
Psalm 146 - In Praise of God the Savior
Psalm 147 - In Praise of God the Almighty
Psalm 148 - A Call for the Universe to Praise God
Psalm 149 - A Hymn of Praise
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