What Prevents Praise - Home Group Bible Study Series #3
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010
by Marijo Phelps
What prevents praise to God?
Sin – whatever the sin is: repent and confess and ask the Lord to cleanse you
Self Abasing – pride prevents praise: renew your mind in the Word
Problems – our focus on problems rather than Jesus prevents praise: renew your mind in the Word
Wrong Concept of God – our wrong concept prevents praise: Jesus=God=Jesus: renew your mind in the Word
Prayer is always appropriate. We are so blessed to have a Father that we can come to with ANYTHING. Try taking those things mentioned above; sin, self abasing, problems, wrong concepts of God and fear directly to Him who is able!
Praise puts God between you and your circumstances!! Praise involves a choice, an act of our will. Think of a cross. The vertical piece represents God’s Word and His will. The horizontal piece represents our will. Our will appeals to our intellect, reasoning and our flesh. We need to surrender our will to Jesus. Surrender daily, probably or even more often that that!
Yielding our will becomes a sacrifice of worship and we are free to praise!
Psalm 9:1
[ To the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Death of the Son." A Psalm of David. ] I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart;I will tell of all Your marvelous works. (NKJV)
Psalm 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in You;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. (NKJV)
Psalm 54:6
I will freely sacrifice to You;I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good. (NKLV)
Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me to get ME out of the way so I can freely and clearly praise and worship You. You alone are worthy and You alone are able to keep this captive captivated only by You! AMEN
This was written in January 2010 partially from notes taken by Marijo Phelps in May of 1980 Virginia Parks speaker Women’s Aglow Fellowship in Modesto California.
Marijo Phelps,saved by Jesus grace in 1974, from 9 years atheism into His loving arms. She is wanting to spread the good news about His redemptive plan for our lives through written media. Her name is pronounced Mary Jo. She was an RN for 23+ years, missionary with YWAM,statistical analyst for Every Home for Christ 9 years. Her first poem published when she was four years old. (her mom had much to do with that!) She has been writing ever since.
Her new blog can be found: http://myincrediblelord.blogspot.com
Her new blog can be found: http://myincrediblelord.blogspot.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (6 total)That was awesome and up lifting. We need more people that will step out for Jesus. Let that little light shine. AWESOME!!!!Michael - thanks so much for your encouragement and welcome to Searchwarp! Marijo
Marijo: You are passionate about your experiences. I give you all the credit, space and support in your passion and experience. Years ago, I worked at KSGN (Keep Sharing the Good News) radio in Riverside, CA. I lived the life you talk about in your article. Keep at it, Woman.Hope that is not all past tense, Harlan! HE is so very able, even when we miss the mark! Marijo
Good morning sister! Excellent - very encouraging, as usual! Have a great day - lunch is tomorrow!, TYahoo! Praying 4U!!
Thanks for continuing your mission. As always, I enjoy hearing from youAppreciate your coming and commenting - your encouragement! Need to get caught up on my reading but your latest are varied and quite enjoyable!
Very well written content-wise; It is truly amazing and surprising to understand the importance of thanking God for all the small and large goodness of our lives.Yes, I agree! Thankls for reading Ravi!
I was never too big a fan of preaching or writing about religion.There are numbers of categories on Searchwarp which deal with faith based topics, Bible studies, Biblical poetry, Devotionals etc. Some on this site write about their firm beliefs in atheism. So the topics on "religion" can run the gamut. there are also many, many other topics you can read and enjoy - home page and to the right there is a listing of articles by category - maybe you could find many topics there that would be of interest. Thanks for your honest comments.
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