{"id":31912,"date":"2024-07-03T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=31912"},"modified":"2024-06-30T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:21:53","slug":"praise-thanksgiving-fitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/praise-thanksgiving-fitting.htm","title":{"rendered":"Praise and Thanksgiving is Only Fitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nResponding in praise and thanksgiving is only fitting when we consider who God is and what He has done.<\/p>\n

“Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!” (Ps. 147:1)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

How Can We Not Praise Him?<\/h2>\n

When we consider “his acts of power” and “his surpassing greatness” (Ps. 150:2)<\/span>, how can we not praise Him? No one comes close to Him in ability.<\/p>\n

How can we not praise Him when we begin to grasp “the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God” (Rom. 11:33). “His understanding no one can fathom” (Isa. 40:28).<\/span><\/p>\n

This God of whom there is none greater, loves us beyond our ability to measure (Eph. 3:18)<\/span>. How can it not be “pleasant and fitting to praise Him”?<\/p>\n

Praising and Thanking God Always Appropriate<\/h2>\n

Offering praise goes beyond what we do in a church building or gathering as we’re exhorted to “praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens” (Ps. 150:1)<\/span>. That suggests God want us to praise Him no matter where<\/strong> we are. We don’t need a set time or place to worship.<\/p>\n

God also commands us to “give thanks in all circumstances<\/strong>, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thess. 5:18). That means we praise even in pain and suffering. Job, who suffered far more in a short period of time than most of us will in a lifetime, said, “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him?” (Job 13:15). In the early stage of his suffering Job affirmed God’s sovereign rights when he fell to the ground in worship saying, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, may the name of the Lord be praised” (Job. 1:21). His circumstances and feelings did not dictate praise but rather the reality of a God who could be trusted to have his best interest at heart regardless of appearance.<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/strong> Worship Ministry: Responding in Praise & Gratitude for Who God Is and What He Has Done<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Responding in praise and thanksgiving is only fitting when we consider who God is and what He has done. — \u201cPraise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!\u201d (Ps. 147:1) . . . Continue reading Praise and Thanksgiving is Only Fitting<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-praise-worship","category-worship"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t