Praise Your Way Through This Storm

"And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord, because he is good, for his mercy endureth forever toward Israel" Ezra 3:11

The people whom God delivered out of Egypt went through a lot that at times their faith was slim to none. If we sit and look at our current lives now, I am quite sure we have at least one thing if not plenty more to complain to God about. It is something we have grown accustomed to. We take it to prayer which is a good thing since scriptures states, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and supplication,with thanksgiving make your requests known to God" Philippians 4:6.

Notice the scriptures tells us to bring our request to God, but the biggest key words are "WITH THANKSGIVING". It did not say come to God complaining about your situation, begging or pleading with him to save you from what storm you are in. It says with THANKSGIVING! We are all called to praise God at all times in our lives whether happy or sad. I want you to learn the importance of being able to come to God, with THANKSGIVING, and tell him what it is you need and know that the moment you bring it to him, he is already working on your behalf.

I have a small testimony! Bible says that we are over comers by our testimony! I remember when my prayer life was not always that great. I was surrounded by chaos, and felt like I was all alone. I turned to God in prayer, but I approached his throne with the wrong attitude. I knelt down in anger, angry that he was allowing these things to happen to me. What did I do to deserve these things,I follow you daily. I pray, I read, I do all that you ask me to do Lord. That right there was my first mistake.


Then I would further go on in prayer begging God to help me. I would cry my eyes out until they couldn't cry anymore. I felt like God would answer me if he saw the tears falling from my eyes. Maybe I wasn't expressing my feelings enough in prayer. This was my second mistake. I had to sit down and re evaluate my payer life and see what it was that I was doing wrong. I came across the scripture, "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" Hebrews 11:1. It took me about a week to fully understand the meaning of this verse.

Here I am coming to God, complaining about my situation to God as if he did not know. God sees all that we go through, he is waiting on the moment for us to call it out to prayer to him. He wants to hear faith based prayers, not prayers filled with fear. God operates based off of FAITH, the enemy
moves based off of your fears. Know the difference.

I call you forth to praise God like never before! Lay your burdens down at his feet and pick them up no more. Put on some gospel music and sing until you can't sing any further. Praise God like never before. Angels rejoice in heaven at the sound of our praise. Especially, when it comes from a heart filled with positive vibes! PRAISE YOUR WAY THROUGH THIS STORM! NEVER STOP PRAISING GOD!