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Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
In His temple God be praised;
In the high and heavenly places
Be the sounding anthem raised. Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah
For His mighty acts of fame;
Excellent His might and greatness;
Fitting praises then proclaim. Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah
With the trumpet’s joyful sound;
Praise with harp and praise with viol,
Let His glorious praise abound. Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah,
With the flute His praises sing;
Praise Him with the clanging cymbals,
Let them with His praises ring. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
All that breathe, Jehovah praise;
Let the voices God has given
Joyful anthems to Him raise.
Scripture: Psalm 150
1 Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
2 Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
Message
We are alive and awake this morning. This is a mighty act of God. We have food to eat. This is a mighty act of God. We have clothes to wear. They may or may not be much to look at, but we have them. This is a mighty act of God. In times of trouble we have God to comfort us. In times of distress we have God to help us. And in times of joy God gives us that joy. These are His mighty acts, because He is great and because He cares about us. Therefore, there is no time when we shouldn't praise Him. We should praise God for His mighty acts of power. He is constantly doing mighty works in our lives each and every day. So we should constantly praise Him each and every day. We should praise Him according to His greatness. He is great at all times, and His loving kindness endures forever. So we should praise Him at all times and our loving admiration of Him should endure forever. We breathe as long as we are alive, therefore we should praise God as long as we are alive.
Make music to God right now, wherever you are. Do a dance. Sing a song. Play an instrument, even if it's a finger tapping on a table or a foot tapping on the floor. Shout to the LORD, because He is good. Shout to the LORD because He cares for you. Give Him all the praise you can, because He and He alone deserves all you can give. Don't stop praising God in all you do as long as you're alive. Because as long as you're alive, God, who keeps you alive, is worthy of praise.
Prayer
God, we thank You that You gave us life. We thank You that You woke us up. We thank You for feeding us and clothing us. We praise You for all Your mighty acts of power in our lives. We praise You just for being God. LORD, may we never stop praising You, because You will never stop being God. We constantly give You all glory, honor and praise, for You alone are worthy. We praise You in everything we do for as long as we're alive. In the holy name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Further notes
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