thanksgiving and praises

Psalm 95:2
"Let us come to Him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to Him.”


I challenge you today, to think about things you want to thank God for.
Maybe today was a bad day. Perhaps you can thank God that it didn’t end up too bad.
Maybe today was a good day, easy to find something to thank God for.
Maybe today you said goodbye to someone, in fact we need to thank God for friendship?
Maybe today you had an answered prayer, all the more reason to praise God.
Maybe today someone did a huge favour for you, yay for people helping you.
Or maybe today you were down. All the more reason to be singing to Him, turning the despair into praises.

Whatever day you’ve had, turn it into psalms of praises to God.
It’s a good feeling when one swaps one bad thing and God changes it for good.
It’s a good feeling when one brings a good thing and God makes it even better.

Lifting up praises to God is one thing we were inclined and born to do.
And one thing we will definitely do in heaven.
But here on earth we have a tendency to forget to praise Him, and wallow in despair.

I know I have a tendency to wallow in self pity, and when feeling down you just want to listen to songs that mirror that. It can get so dangerous. Instead, listening to songs that have praising God lyrics can be very beneficial and remind us all of God’s amazing power, love and faithfulness.

In good times and bad times, praise Him.
We spend too much time in our days thinking about the bad negative things, and we forget to thank God for our blessings.
We spend too much time taking credit for things, but really, we need to thank God for all He gives us, or helps us with.

In good times and bad, let’s sing psalms of praise to Him, offering thanksgiving to the One who so freely blesses us abundantly.