Why Do We Praise God?

We should praise Him for what He has done, for giving us this beautiful world we live in, but most of all, for His Son, Jesus Christ, who gave his very life to provide the way of redemption for us — to empower God’s great plan of salvation, so we might be saved. … It said: “Praise is faith set to music!”

Praise Glorifies the name of the LORD!!! As believers, we not only have something to sing about, but Someone to praise. So, whether it’s privately or corporately, musically, verbally or otherwise, let the praises begin.

Remember that the “battle is the Lord’s” (1 Samuel 17:47). David reminds us that our God is God, who is worthy to be worshiped. He is worthy of being our delight, worthy of our dependence, and worthy of our devotion. He is worthy to be loved; to be praised; to be exalted and to be followed.

1. The Bible commands it. As the Psalmist says, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Psalm 150:6).
2. Praise facilitates access to God. Obviously, it’s the blood of Jesus that paves the way for our forgiveness from sin and relationship with God (Hebrews 10:19). That being said, our perpetual praise provides a clear and unhindered passage. Therefore, “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise” (Psalm 100:4).
3. Praise is where God lives. Wait a minute, isn’t God omnipresent everywhere, all the time? Absolutely! Yet His presence is especially intense in an atmosphere of praise. The Bible says God is “Enthroned upon the praises of Israel” (Psalm 22:3).
4. Praise promotes productivity. According to the Word, the Earth yields its produce in the presence of praise (Psalm 17:5–6). Does this mean crops are actually going to grow better where praise is present? Perhaps. Why not? Whatever your feeling on the matter, I like Jack Taylor’s commentary in his book The Hallelujah Factor. “When we praise, productivity is maximized, fulfillment is realized and frustration is neutralized”.
5. Praise chases away despair. There’s no better way to beat the blues than to change our focus from self to God. Such a shift produces “the oil of gladness instead of mourning” (Isaiah 61:3).
6. Praise is an effective weapon against the devil. I firmly believe Satan, once the good angel Lucifer and God’s praise leader (Isaiah 14), was kicked out of heaven and doomed to destruction due to his desire to be like God. (That and PRIDE!)He has hated praise ever since because of its reminder of what he gave up and can’t regain.
7. God is worthy of it. “The Lord is great and worthy of our praise” (KJV). While it’s obviously good to praise and encourage those around us, God alone deserves our heartfelt worship and supreme allegiance.

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. ( Psalms 118:28–29)

We must recognize that God is our Creator; He is our Lord, and as a result, we should praise Him:

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. (Psalms 100:3–4)

Moreover, we should also praise God for His unending mercy. Salvation is from God, and He has given us many spiritual blessings. Our response should be one of praise and glory to God. After all, the Lord is good, and His mercy is everlasting.

Praising Him does not end here, however. As finite human beings, we can never truly give God all the praise he deserves. “Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise?” (Psalms 106:2) Of course, these are rhetorical questions, as the answer is most definitely “no one.”

Sadly, there are those who do not want to recognize God as their Creator, because they do not want to be accountable to Him. Instead, they worship His creation. As Christians, we should never compromise by exalting the creation over the Creator. We need to stand firm on the truth of God’s Word our foundation for praising God.

Today’s big idea: the truth of God’s Word is our foundation for praising Him.

What to pray: ask God to help us to never compromise His Word and to give Him the praise that is due Him. Magnify his name daily in good times bad times before you sleep and when you wake up!

I hope this entry has blessed you now its up to you to put this information in your mental data base and don’t just leave it there use it and pass it on not only will it benefit you personally and spiritually but eternally as well. Passing it on will help others reap the very same rewards! We are called as brothers and sisters in Christ to share the word!

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)