Today we have both a video message and a written message on the sacrifice of praise, we know some of you like reading the message, and some like watching the message, so if you would like to watch the message please click on the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Ve_GR96jM The written message will follow below...Hebrews 13:15 (NKJV)
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
God has put it on my heart to share what He has given me concerning the sacrifice of praise. There comes a time or times in every believer’s life where they feel that they do not have any praise in their spirit to give to God. This happens because we tend to let our situations justify our praise.
It is very easy to praise God when everything is going your way. When you have money in the bank, when you are totally healthy, when you are happy with your relationships and in your jobs, when you kids are acting right, etc… When things are on the up and up we go to church and show out for God, running around the sanctuary, lifting our hands so high they can almost touch the ceiling. Let me ask you this, are you praising God or are you praising your good situation?
But what about the times when it seems like nothing is going right in your life, what about when your bank account is in the negative, what about when all you and your spouse do is argue, what about when the doctor tells you that you have cancer, what about when your kids are involved in gang activity? During these times is your praise still the same? During these times do you go to church? During these times do you believe that God has left your presence?
It’s exactly during these times when we have to offer up a sacrifice of praise. I believe it’s called a sacrifice because we don’t have a lot of it when we are down and out. Think about a sacrifice, you call something a sacrifice when you give up a thing out of love, respect, or belief in the cause you’re giving it up to. So when we offer up the sacrifice of praise we’re actually saying… God I love you and even if I don’t feel like I have a lot of praise in my spirit, I’m going to sacrifice the little that I have for your Names sake.
The above scripture says “giving thanks to His name”, meaning when you offer up that sacrifice you’re giving thanks to the name of Jesus with the fruit of your lips, or in another term, your words. In the name of Jesus is your healing, in the name of Jesus is your wealth, in the name of Jesus is your abundant life, in the name of Jesus is your flourishing marriage, and in the name of Jesus is your children being saved. Deliverance and salvation lies in that name, but if we let our seemingly bad situations dictate whether we offer that sacrifice of praise, then we’re not accessing all of the answers to those negative situations. If we fail to believe in the name of Jesus, what we actually do is prolong the negative situation and we get stuck in a rut.
There are some situations that occurred in 2009 that you did not have to bring into 2010 but because you might have gotten stuck in a rut of unbelief and self pity instead of offering up that sacrifice of praise you may have prolonged yourself. Well guess what, we are in 2010 and the mess that you were dealing with in 2009 ends right now in 2010. When you offer up praise in what seems to be your darkest hour that pleases God because you are showing Him that you are in it for the long haul and not just the blessings.
I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.
Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org
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