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Let us praise the Lord!
Christians glorify God. We praise God because of who He
is, and what He has done.
We glorify God because He is great and powerful.
“For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised” (Psalm
96:4). “Be exalted, O LORD, in Your own strength! We will sing
and praise Your power” (Psalm 21:13).
“Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the
congregation; and David said: ‘Blessed are You, LORD God of
Israel, our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the
greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the
majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is
the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head over all’” (2
Chronicles 29:10, 11). “Now therefore, our God, we thank You
and praise Your glorious name” (1 Chronicles 29:13).
“All nations whom You have made shall come and worship
before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name. For You are
great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God. Teach me
Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to
fear Your name. I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my
heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore”
(Psalm 86:9-12).
“I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your
name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, and I will
praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and
greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable”
(Psalm 145:1-3). “All Your works shall praise You, O LORD, and
Your saints shall bless You. They shall speak of the glory of
Your kingdom, and talk of Your power, to make known to the
sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His
kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your
dominion endures throughout all generations”
(Psalm 145:10-13).
We glorify God because He is righteous.
“And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness and of
Your praise all the day long” (Psalm 35:28). “I will praise the
LORD according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the
name of the LORD Most High” (Psalm 7:17).
We glorify God because He is faithful and true.
“O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise
Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels
of old are faithfulness and truth” (Isaiah 25:1).
We glorify God because of His mercy.
“Praise the LORD, for His mercy endures forever” (2
Chronicles 20:21). “Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the
LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever” (Psalm
106:1). “Oh, praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all
you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and
the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!” (Psalm
117:1, 2).
“Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! Serve the
LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.
Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and
not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His
pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His
courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For
the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth
endures to all generations” (Psalm 100:1-5).
“You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I
will exalt You. Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For
His mercy endures forever” (Psalm 118:28, 29).
We glorify God because He is our Savior.
“The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become
my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him” (Exodus
15:2). “The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be
exalted, the Rock of my salvation!” (2 Samuel 22:47). “Sing to
the LORD, all the earth; proclaim the good news of His salvation
from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His
wonders among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to
be praised” (1 Chronicles 16:23-25). “The LORD lives! Blessed
be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted” (Psalm
18:46).
Praise the Lord!
Let us glorify God for He is great and powerful. He is
righteous, faithful and true. He saves us because he is merciful.
Amen.
Roy Davison
The Scripture quotations in this article are from
The New King James Version. ©1979,1980,1982, Thomas Nelson Inc.,
Publishers.
Published in The Old Paths Archive
(http://www.oldpaths.com)
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