O is for Offering

Offering sacrificial praises with our voices and instruments to glorify Jesus (Hebrews 13:15)

As we sang yesterday with the congregation..."on my lips there's a shout of praise". Scripture puts it like this, "that the fruit of my lips offer up a sacrifice of praise."

Sometimes we are so overwhelmed with His love that it is not a huge sacrifice to lift our voices up in energetic praise to our Savior and Lord. There are other times that we would rather not sing a word. Being the extremely deep emotional person that God made me, I have to constantly keep those emotions in check when the negative things of this world hit me. If I let it, my emotions could absolutely shut me down. I know I am not alone in this. There are many of you that feel the same things. But it is those times where the sacrifice of praise comes to our lips. No matter how we feel (or even if we like or dislike the song or style of the song) the sacrifice of praise that is on our lips can be pleasing to God.

It is in these hard times where our trust in the Lord pushes us through and we sing loudly and boldly to the Lord.

Have a great day.

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