The halfbaked Bard

Heb:13:15 Through Jesus, therefore let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. A sweet aroma, a sacrifice pleasing to Him who hears. Confess Jesus' name. Acknowledge His authorship in our lives. A sacrifice of praise. Nothing much sweeter for Him, than His child giving glory to Him, despite the circumstances. Praise is the natural word that comes in the mouth of the believer in all situations. Out of his belief that his Father has got all things in control. It is pleasing for Him to hear. Because it involves trust. And trust is something which pleases God. Let praise be your anthem. In joyous circumstances, let it be an anthem of thankfulness. In difficult situations let it be an anthem of trust and hope. As much as it pleases the Lord, it disturbs the enemy. The devil flees with the shout of praise. Let it be a natural response. Image courtesy: https://unsplash.com/s/photos/studio-mic

Psalm:150:6 The Last verse of the book of Psalms.  Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord.  Praise the Lord.  Every living being. Everytime. Every point.  Keep praising God.  Because He alone is worthy. The Creator. The Sustainer. The Deliverer. The Redeemer. The Author and Perfector of our faith. The Almighty, All Powerful. The Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient God. The I am.  The Lamb who was slain. Only He has done such a thing as this to save me.  So in times of joy, in times of trouble.  In times of laughter, in times of tears.  Always. Always I want to praise Him. Till my last breath I want to praise Him.  For that is what I am exactly created for. For praise. For worship. For fellowship. For communion with the Eternal Father.  Image credit; https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=praise+god+black+and+white

Psalm 148 13 times. In this psalm of 14 verses. The word praise comes as an admonition. As a command. As a responsibility.  In the morning. In the noon time. In the evening. In times of joy. In times of mourning. In times of harvest. In times of loss and famine. At all times.  For He is good. Not just in His doing. But in His being. On the calvary cross. In our daily lives. He is good. He does only good. The apparent bad things even He transforms to our good.  For He is love. His love is unfathomable. Beyond our understanding. While we were still His enemies, He loved us. And He continues to love us, despite the fact the a we continue to rebel against Him, if we get a chance.  For He is holy. For He is not created. He is eternal. Beginning and the end. Alpha and Omega. He is the righteous judge. He is worthy. The Lamb is worthy. He is Yahweh. He is my Saviour, Redeemer, Father, Lover, Brother, Friend, King. Reasons are not enough to praise Him. Always....

Praise.  The smallest Psalm in the Word of God has only two verses. But thrice in that two verses, there is an invoking to praise.  Shows how important it is to praise at all times. In good times. Or when you go through tough times. When you walk in a broad and smooth road. Or when it is dark and dusty and thorns all around. When you are blessed. When your heart is heavy. At all times, all we can do is praise.  We can praise Him only when we realise one particular thing. His faithfulness. Three words in that small Psalm highlights this attribute 1. Unfailing love 2. Faithfulness 3. Endures forever.  His character is that He is faithful. He will not leave you nor forsake you. His love is unfailing and everlasting. Which will not grow cold. Always and always.  That is the reason why we should praise Him always. Always remember that He is there carrying us on His houlders in our deepest trouble. Praise Him. When we feel alone. He is there by our side, p...

Isa:42:10 Sing a new song to the Lord Sing His praises from the ends of the earth Praise is an integral part of a christian's life. It is not synonymous with thankfulness or gratefulness. It is much beyond.  Isaiah is initiated to praise God, because He is not like other gods (who do not even exist).  He knows the past and the future. He is the one who holds the present in His hands.  Everything He prophesied has come true And now I will prophesy again I will tell you the future before it happens Isa:42:9 He is glorious. He is the righteous judge He is compassionate and everloving.  He is the creator. He is the sustainer.  He is holy with no iota of sin in Him. Pure.  Praise is directed to the person of God. It is about His attributes. His character. It is about who He is. Not what He has done for you. Expressing gratitude for what He has done in your life, is different from praising Him for who He is.  In your journey, therefore unless you...

Ps:96:2-3 Sing to the Lord; praise His name Each day proclaim the good news that He saved.  Publish His glorious deeds among the nations.  Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.  Praise.  Proclaim everyday.  Publish.  Praise has to be a daily routine. A regular phenomenon. Just like breathing in and breathing out. Just like the blood flowing in your veins. It has to be a natural method. Not like a conscious decision.  It would ultimately come to that level only if there is a constant decision now. Unless you take your first breath crying, there is no normal routine respiration. It becomes a natural phenomenon only after the first strenuous cry. So is praise. It becomes a natural phenomenon only if you are made to go through those strenuous testing times where you learn to cry before the Lord and through it all you see the goodness of God and praise Him and proclaim of His goodness on a day to day basis.  Make praise a practise...

In the midst of sadness, is there praise  In the midst of madness, is there thanksgiving In the midst of low spirits is there lifting up of voice In the midst of crying, is there joy In the midst of weeping, is there gratitude In the midst of crushing spirit, is there tears of joy. Ezra:3:13 The joyful shouting and weeping mingled together in a loud noise that could be heard far in the distance  You o friend, might be in the deepest pit In the darkest hour, with the heaviest load But is it an excuse to thank Him for what He has done in the past. Praise Him for what He is. Does your mood negate the truth? "I don't feel like." It's not your feeling. It is the fact. "You don't understand, brother." Yes i very well do. So does your Father in heaven. So does all mankind who has gone through their own troughs. But that does not negate the goodness of God. "I don't want to." That might be right. Because it is out of your rebellion you ...

Psalm 22:3 God resides on the praises of Israel.  This holy day, let us look back and thank Him for what He has done in our lives - on the cross, He lifted us up from the miry clay, undeservingly while we were still His enemies He loved us, without conditions, He has sustained us from the enemy's snares, He has provided and protected us.  Not by our merit, but by grace. 

God asked Moses to make two silver trumpets (Num:10) Apart from calling the community to assemble or calling the leaders or calling them to start moving, the other major purpose of these silver trumpets was to use them in times of gladness, to sound them in the times of annual festivals. Psalm 150 is a wonderful Psalm of praise. Itbis written as a final great Hallelujah, as a final conclusion of the Psalters. It just says, get everything you have got, to praise this God. ☑️ Blast of ram's horn. ☑️Lyre ☑️ Harp ☑️Tambourine ☑️ Dancing ☑️ Strings ☑️Flutes ☑️ Cymbals and loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Infact the Psalmist is trying to say. Don't sit quiet. If you are alive, praise Him. Today's church is filled with so much melancholy that it looks like a funeral procession which mourns for the death of its Saviour. Yes my sinfulness should definitely give me remorse when I come to His holy presence. Godly sorrow brings in repen...