An Expression Of Love!

Always Pray.. And Not Give Up!
Another meaning for taking a break in our frenized life, is staying connected with Him, through prayer!

Prayer to me is more than saying the blessing before I eat, or even getting on my knees just before I go to bed...It's a life changing experience! When you really understand the POWER of prayer... it becomes, each breath you take, each thought you process, and the strength you need each moment, of every day!

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Psalms: 150:6







"Let Everything That Has Breath Praise The Lord."

I Believe Praise is The Language Of Heaven! Lets take a closer look. If your best friend only spent a few minutes a week with you, would you be hurt? What if when she called you, she only asked to borrow something or to complain about her life. She never asks how you are doing, or strikes a genuine conversation by listening to you. If you did get the chance to speak, she would only grumble or criticize about what you thought. It wouldn't take long for you to wonder about your relationship!

Compare this to how you comunicate to your Best Friend and Saviour! Is your prayer one sided! Do you complain and treat Him like He owes you something? Do you only talk to Him, regarding your wish list or problems in life?

I think we sometimes forget He is "King Of Kings" and "Lord of Lords," Holy and worthy of all our praise!

Our soul yearns to develope a friendship, a relationship with Him... we do this through prayer and spending time with Him! Think of prayer as "The Circle Of Life"! It's Perpetual. Meaning continueous, uninterupted, lasting and eternal! Our connection between heaven and earth! A relationship is built on spending time with the one you love, your hearts desire! When you are with the one you love, do you criticize, complain and find fault or do you admire and praise him?

I have a book written by Don Gossett, "There's Dynamite in Praise." This is where I first began to understand the concept of the power of praise! He shares the scripture Psalms 22:3. "Thou are Holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel." This is powerful! God inhabits our praises! Meaning He manifests Himself when we praise Him! It makes since to me, to adore and praise Him as we pray. This glorify's His name, (Psalms 50:23.) and we are unleashing the power of praise! God enjoys our Affirmation. I imagine God, longing to spend time with us. Maybe how we pray makes a difference to how He responds. Praise is Gods will. "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Praise is an expression of love! Can we also say praise is an expression of faith? Sometimes I may not feel like praising because I have had a pretty rough day. But God says, "Praise Anyway". (Philippians 4:4) Because there is POWER in praise! It can lift your spirits, loose you from any bondage and give you victory in all circumstances! "Prayer and praise are two wings of spiritual power!"

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As we continue on this journey of life, lets not forget, to use the power God has given us, prayer and praise. If Praise is the language of heaven, we need to make it our language on earth!

All heaven lives to Praise God! "And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great." (Revelation 19:5)

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A Special Gift!

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Have you ever stopped to think about what the word Sabbath means? We live our life, taking children to school, working two jobs to make ends meet, traffic, noise, pain, suffering, and when tragedy strikes our life, we scream from within... STOP! Enough is enough.

We need some down time every week! Even God rested at the end of his six days of work. God said, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." There is a reason for the Sabbath Rest, WE NEED IT!

Our societies are spinning out of control! We are not spending time with God and seeking His Word, His life. Sabbath is a good thing! We know that every Sabbath, we will have time to spend with family, friends and our Creator. Its a day, when we can let the world and all its troubles fade! A time to rejuvenate our mind, body and soul.

This is a special gift from God! He created us, and has given us His Word, as a guide for healthy living. We should study and understand, what God, our Creator is saying. We can compare it to this: Say someone gives you a brand new BMW, and you Ignore its manual. The car falls apart! That is how it is with us! He has given all we need, to understand, yet we Ignore Him and toss out one of His GREATEST gifts, The Holy Sabbath Day!

You see, God is our friend! He loves us and longs for us to obtain our hearts desire! He asks us to SLOW down in life, read our manual, His Word, and enjoy our time spent with Him. This is the main reason He has given us our "Special Day", the Sabbath.

Now, imagine with me, as we take time to enjoy what God has made for families. Watch with me a moment. Friday evening is here. Remember, Sabbath begins and ends by the sun. Your weeks work is finished. Home is peaceful, your children are sitting by the warm glowing fire as you share the story of redemtion how God gave up His only Son, Jesus, so we could live forever, with Him! Quiet music, softly playing ,and all your family laughing, talking, sharing stories and experiences of the past week. This is just the beginning of some down time, with God and our families! If we don't take these precious moments God has given, 24 hours of reflection, we miss the blessings He has in store for us!

All through His Holy Word, He tells us to "Remember The Sabbath Day". If you notice this is the only commandment, He mentions the word, remember. Exodus 20:8. I believe it's because He knew, we would get SO busy in our daily life's, with work, children, sickness, running here and there, finances, vacations....He understood, down through the generations of time, we would forget to stop and spend time with Him! Again, He is saying, Slow down and remember your Creator, take time to refresh, renew, and prepare for another week. "I am the Life and The Way!" We NEED Him in order to survive the trials each day! He knows we cannot live without HIM! This life is difficult, and if we don't take time to rest we will break under the stress of it all!

I personally LOVE the Sabbath Day! It is a blessing and I cannot imagine going through this life without it! I look forward to spending special time with our family, bible studies and worshiping God with our church family! Singing praises and lifting His name is a privilege! When Friday night is here, I know I can forget about the trials of life and focus on HIM!

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