{"id":9419,"date":"2021-11-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9419"},"modified":"2021-11-28T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:07:10","slug":"thanks-and-praise-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9419","title":{"rendered":"THANKS, AND PRAISE TO GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0<\/strong>Give thanks and praise to God continually.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Psalm 95, 98, 150<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give thanks and praise to God continually, not at self-convenience.\u00a0<br \/>It is never too much for one with the God-given breath of life to be limiting giving thanks or praise to God.\u00a0<br \/>To be alive is a privilege of God but not a right; it is mercy but not of merit.\u00a0<br \/>Continually, give thanks and praise to God!<br \/>Giving thanks to God is not about thinking thank.<br \/>Also, not knowing to think will not know to thank.\u00a0<br \/>Giving thanks is praising God, and praising God is thanking God.\u00a0<br \/>Giving thanks, praising God must be meaningful with understanding.\u00a0<br \/><strong><em>Psalm 47:7<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0informs all:\u00a0<strong><em>For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Also, give thanks with understanding.<br \/>Before God, shouting with joy, the evidence of gladness is the thanksgiving character.\u00a0<br \/><strong><em>Psalm 95:2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0testifies,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Psalm 98:4, &#8220;Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Praising or giving thanks to God is serving God with a glaring gladness before God as\u00a0<strong><em>Psalm 100:2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0points out,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>What is your position in the time of giving thanks to God?<br \/>No one belongs to self, but all belong to God, the creator of all.<br \/>All should seek God to gain and retain self in the presence of God.<br \/><strong><em>Psalm 100:4<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0confirms,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>God is good, and giving thanks and praise cannot be too much or enough for His goodness and mercy.\u00a0<br \/><strong>CAN YOU COUNT YOUR OFFERING OF THANKS TO GOD?<\/strong><br \/>How many thanks offerings have you given to God today?<br \/>Can you count the number of thanks offered to God?<br \/>One that counts the number of thanks given to God is short and not give enough thanks to God.<br \/>One that is not thanking God is not praising God enough for all He has done, all He is doing, and all He will do.<br \/><strong><em>Psalm 150:6<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0buttress,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>If praising God at every breath will spare you from sudden death, will you not give thanks and praise to God at every moment?<br \/><strong>BEFORE GOD, ARE YOU COMPLAINING OR THANKING?<\/strong><br \/>Give thanks to God for all things, and all things shall work together for good.<br \/>Are you complaining before God by asking: &#8220;how long is it going be to get the answer for my prayer before you, God?&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>Be thankful to God, expressing how far God, He has brought you in life, not how long you are waiting to receive your request from Him.<br \/>Complain is the expression of dissatisfaction that can position one for a painful journey of life.<br \/>The children of Israel complained, and God responds,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness&#8230;&#8221; (Numbers 14:29)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>One thing God cannot do is: He cannot fail!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:&nbsp;<\/strong>Ask to be enabled with giving God thanks continually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Give thanks and praise to God continually.\u00a0 Psalm 95, 98, 150&nbsp; Give thanks and praise to God continually, not at self-convenience.\u00a0It is never too much for one with the God-given breath of life to be limiting giving thanks or praise to God.\u00a0To be alive is a privilege of God but not a right; it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9419\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THANKS, AND PRAISE TO GOD<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9422,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9419\/revisions\/9422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}