Psalm 34: 1-3
"I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together."
The answer to the question, where do we praise the Lord is automatically...Everywhere.
The Bible admonishes us, "In everything give thanks." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) If we are praising God in everything then we would have to praise God everywhere. If the praises of God are continually in our mouth and we bless the Lord at all times then we would have to praise Him everywhere.
In our previous message we said there are two times to praise the Lord....when we feel like it and when we don't feel like it. We praise Him in pleasant times and we praise Him in painful times. There are also two places to praise the Lord. We praise the Lord in private and in public. Jesus said if you are ashamed of me I will be ashamed of you. (Mark 8:28 and in Luke 9:26)
***Praise to God is worship. Praise is dedicated gladness...rejoicing before the Lord. We should thank God and praise Him for His blessings and benefits, but first and foremost we should praise God for Himself. Thank God for God. Praise the Lord for Jesus.
We are to praise God in church. Psalm 135 tells us to "Praise ye the Lord...ye that stand in the house of the Lord." The psalmist says in Psalm 35:18, "I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people."
We are to praise God at home. Psalm 149: 5-6 says, "Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth."
We are to praise God before the brethren. Psalm 22:22 says, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee."
We are to praise God before the unbeliever. Acts 2: 46-47 says, "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." The psalmist said again in Psalm 126:2 "......then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them."
Paul and Silas praised God in jail at the midnight hour. The jailer and his whole house were converted to Christ. Read this amazing story in Acts 16th chapter.
**One of the greatest ways to witness for the Lord is to live a life of praise to God before those who know Him not. The devil is made happy when Gods people go around complaining, grumbling, growling, fretting, frowning and fussing. When non-believers take note of this behavior they say "if that's what Christianity is all about and that's the only happiness they have I'll stay the way I am."
We are to praise God before our enemies...even the devil himself. In 2 Chronicles, the Bible records a great victory that was won by praise. King Jehoshaphat and Israel had 3 enemy armies moving in on him. King Jehoshaphat said we don't know what to do but our eyes are upon thee Lord. God said, "Stand still the battle is the Lords. You won't have to fight in this battle. Be not afraid for the Lord will be with you." (2 Chronicles 20:15) King Jehoshaphat and his people obeyed God. They began to worship and praise God. They stood and praised God with a loud voice and the Bible says the Lord set ambushments against the enemy and they were smitten. It goes on to say that God's people gathered the spoil and it was so much. (verse 25)
"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds."( 2 Corinthians 10:4)
You do not know how God is going to work out your need but believe He is and begin to thank and praise Him for doing it and victory will be yours. Amen?
Again......Psalm 34: 1-3
" I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together."
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