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The Little Book
Day 7 God.
Praise and Creation
Introduction- All creation does praise the Lord so we as Christians should desire to worship Him all the time for Jesus is worthy. We need to get used to praising the Lord for in Heaven we will praise the Lord. Praise is important to God for God created a whole slew of angels to just praise Him of whom Lucifer was the archangel. (Ez,28) God wants your praise. God SAYS I want you to praise Me. God wants your praise but the Devil does not want you to praise Him for that was his job in Heaven and it bothers the devil that he was replaced by what he considers to be an inferior creation!
Focus Scripture – Rev 5:8-14 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
In Heaven we will praise the Lord and sing to Him as will the angels for He is worthy. So understand that if you do not like praising the Lord now, that is one thing that you will do in Heaven. Get used to praising the Lord! Jesus should be honored. The church will be honored but the Lord will be honored above all! We will honor him because of the work that He did on Calvary. He is praised because Jesus is the Savior. HE defeated the devil and should be praised for his work!
Ps 19:1-3 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
The heavens itself declare the glory of God and there is a sound that the stars have that glorify God. All languages will praise God and all language is given to glorify God. The work of God in creation is given to show men that there is a God so they can know that they should worship Him! All mankind should praise Him! Honor God with His word! Speak praise to Him because of the creation of God!
Share with others that God cleaned you- The work that God did is what cleansed you so that you can be right with Him! When you see that God did not just create man but lives in you and wants to know you so much that he corrected and cleaned you up that is also a reason to praise Him! IT is HIS work that made you right and not your work. You cannot do the work for the need can only be met by God. God is the only one who can do that work for the work can be only done by someone who is eternal!
Holy Mindset of Paul 2 Cor 7:1-2 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
The Apostle Paul did many evil things. He went around killing Christians before he was called and saved. Yet God does hold that to his account anymore. God calls him holy. God says that now he no longer is credited with doing wrong to anyone or corrupting anyone. God does not hold that to his account. The promise of God is greater than the deeds of man. God calls us holy and righteousness because of the blood of Christ!
In Christ Jn 15:1-4 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forthmore fruit.3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
You are in Christ and that means that the work you do can only be done because of the fact that the Messiah lives in you! The Messiah did not just live centuries ago but lives within you! Christ is alive within you! You abide in Him and He abides in you! So do not focus on what you see in the flesh but instead focus on Him who lives in you! The only work we can do is that abide in Him! That means that we must focus on Him!
Spirit of God is in you Ez. 36:25-27 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
The concept of sprinkling clean water is the idea of baptism. Then we are clean from what defiled us. The sin of following idols is the sin that the Jewish people kept doing for they kept going after false gods! God put within us a new heart and a new spirit for He put a new spirit inside of you when He gave to you the Holy Spirit! Once you walk in the Holy Spirit God fellowships with you so you can praise Him and create with him in your life and the lives of others!
All of Creation will praise Him- animals, angels, men and the stars of heaven will praise Him! God created us for praise. The Devil was the leader of praise in Heaven and when he left there was a void in Heaven. God then created us to fill that void. We now praise him out of willingness to do so. We should RUN to him out of love for him and our desire to be with Him. He wants us, and we need Him! Do not RUN away from Him but RUN to Him! That is why Jesus is worthy! That is why we can create for we can fellowship with Him!
Renew a Right Spirit Ps 51:10-14 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Not all of us have blood on our hands but David did! He was responsible for the death of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba who was the mother of Solomon. David wanted to renew the fellowship that he once had with God. He wanted to love God and have God love him! He wanted God to be the deliver in His life again. He knew that God was the source of his life and wanted to know that love of God in his life again1 He wanted sinners to be converted and to be restored to that level of fellowship again!
Unholy Praised Christ Mt 8:1-3 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
The leper came and praised Jesus. The leper was separated from those in Israel and had to yell unclean, unclean so no one would approach him So, the leper was unholy! Yet the leper came to Christ and gave him worship for they knew that He was God in the flesh! Jesus, help me! They came to Christ seeking for what they could not do in themselves. They needed healing and knew that Jesus could give it to them! Jesus said OK I will! It was cleansed so that means that the leprosy stopped so he could show himself to the priest and the priest would pronounce him clean!
New Covenant Reality Mt 15:16-20 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
There are New Covenant understandings throughout the Bible but no one could walk in them until they were born again and the Spirit of God lived in them! What causes evil in the man is the things that come from Satan and not from God! The heart is the spirit of man and that part of man is where the evil thoughts such as desiring to murder someone or commit evil deeds come from. The desire to do evil comes from the thoughts and until you act on them and they are just thoughts they will be manifested! But just someone who does not wash their hands are not evil!
You should Praise God – From AGE to AGE we will glorify God. In ages past they praised God and will do so in the ages to come. The level of praise that we will have is based on part in the AGE that we live. We need to want to praise God and it should be part of our thought life and how we interact with God!
All heaven should praise Him Ps 148:1-6 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Praise should flow from our mouths because of how worthy God is in our life! The Psalmist says that all of Heaven should praise Him. The angels should praise Him. The creation itself should praise Him. The stars and land should praise him. Jesus said the rocks would praise Him. There is nothing that should not praise Him for God created all things. What is created should praise Him. Your children should value you and since we are the children of God we also should praise and value God most High!
Garment of Praise Isa 61:3 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
God wants us to have the garment of praise when we are heavy with sorrow and mourning! We are called righteousness of God and are like trees which are able to live a long time on the earth! Even your very clothes that God gives are to be worn as a testament of praise. I believe this is a garment for when we get to Heaven but there are not many references to the garment of praise in the Scripture! So walk in the praise that you should give to God no matter what the Devil does!
Earthquake brought Salvation Acts 16:25-31 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Paul and Silas praised God and it caused an earthquake! The praise of the saints moved the earth to respond to them! Praise is powerful! God responded to the praise of his saints so the jail was opened! Praise brought salvation and created new lives because of the praise that came from his saints! Did you know that you have this power in your life to move things in the earth!
Show people the right direction- we should want to point people in the right direction. Most of us do! We want to do good things and want to honor the Lord and help people know the Lord. People have misunderstandings and will not listen to you! People did not listen to Jesus! People rejected Him. People rejected the Spirit of God throughout time so people may not listen to you either. You can create in people’s lives by speaking into their lives!
God of my Salvation Ps 25:4-114 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
I need to walk in truth and to do that I can know his ways. I should know the mercy of God and focus on the love and grace of God. The word here for lovingkindness is the word hesed and it is the word for grace in the OT. Don’t focus on the things of the past but focus on the goodness of God! He will guide those that focus on Him! God walks in mercy and truth and when we walk in that then we can overcome
Obedience of the Heart Pr. 3:1-6 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I am made obedient in the heart when I focus on the Lord and his Word for He His One with his Word. god wants to give us peace and add the blessing to us. Let not the things of God forsake me. Bind the things of God around my neck. Trust in the Lord and lean to the understanding of God Acknowledge God and God will direct your paths with the Holy Spirit! God wants you to create by believing the direction of the Holy Ghost and cause God to move you to the right place! Trust God and trust that God will provide for you!
Divine Direction Ps 37:23-25 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
You need to have direction and to do that you must be able to get direction from the Lord. To create you must get direction from the Lord so you can walk in the creative power of God. You must create by not being upset or put down for God will lift you up. God wants us to lift Him up and He will lift us up with his power. God will lift us up in Heavenly places for we sit in heavenly places!
Conclusion: Praise and creation go hand in hand. So, when you learn to praise God in all situations it will change your situation. Praise God no matter what and things will change for you can only create when you allow yourself to get in the presence of God and walk in the newness of life! This creates a new feeling of assurance. God wants you to walk in life like Jesus did with power and authority in this life!
Application Praise causes you to get away from your problems. Praise causes you to focus on Him and not on what is wrong in your life! Praise is what helps you to get in the presence of God so the Devil cannot defeat you! Praise enables God to move in your life and allows the creative juices He put within you to flow. So, learn to praise God when things are going good or bad! Make praise a way of life and a habit for you!
Prayer for healing- (pray in faith believing) Expect a miracle and see yourself as being healed. Find a Scripture for your healing and speak that forth. Heavenly Father I pray for healing. I thank you for manifesting healing in my body today! You took all my sickness, disease, pain, sorrow for you paid for it on the cross of Calvary. I speak healing into my body and command ______________ to leave my body! No weapon can defeat me! I call myself healed because of the blood of Jesus Christ. Devil take your hands off of me for I am the child of the living God! Now thank the Lord for healing you!
Prayer for Salvation- I pray that all of you will come to know Jesus. Pray with me: Heavenly Father I recognize my need for you for without Jesus, I cannot make it in this life. I need you! I know I am a sinner and I need your SON. I recognize that Jesus died for my sin when Jesus died for me on Calvary. I believe that he rose again so that I can go to heaven and live with you there. Thank you for paying for my sin and bringing me into your forever family. So, Jesus come into my heart and live in me today! I am now a Christian!
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