God Inhabits The Praise Of His People

You cannot get drunk with your friends while praising God because God is first in your life and the Word of God says do not get drunk…

…. Now… your friends may make fun of you…. But I promise you… they also see what God is doing in your life…

You cannot be having an affair outside of marriage while you are praising God… because that is contrary to God’s word… and when God is first in our lives… we will not disobey…

you cannot miss church because you want to go to a ballgame or even watch one on TV while you are praising God… because when we praise God.. God is first in our lives and scripture tells us to not forsake assembling together in worship as some have done…

….you see… you cannot willfully sin while praising God… because as we praise God.. He is enthroned or dwelling in that praise..

God is first in our lives… and we are announcing that God is first in our lives to all those around us as we praise Him…

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But again… realistically… how about when we are trying our best to put God first… and it seems like there is still trouble… how can it actually help us?

What does God inhabiting or dwelling in or being enthroned upon our praise really mean?

… if you will remember… in our study of Genesis… Adam and Eve had a special relationship with God before the fall…

They walked with God in paradise… and had an intimate close personal relationship with Him…

… The Bible also says that Enoch walked with God… and he never died… he was taken up to be with the Lord…

The Bible says that Noah walked with God… He also had that special relationship with God…

And my friends… when God is first in our lives… when we praise Him… when we announce His presence to ourselves and the world around us… we have a closeness… an intimate relationship…. That we cannot have when we are in opposition to the will of God..

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But back to the beginning of the message…

Lord what can I do… “Praise the Lord”…

How is that the answer…

Well my friends… when we get that report from the doctor… and we are not happy with what we hear…

Yet we specifically seek to Praise the Lord… we announce to ourselves and to the World that His presence is with us… and we grow in our faith and knowledge of the fact that Scripture says Christ is the Great Physician… and He CAN heal us in this lifetime…

But as a believer… we WILL BE HEALED ultimately… no matter what…

…You know… we tell those who are going through difficult times that we will pray for them…

But the Bible tells us that when we pray we must pray believing that God will answer…

Jesus said in Mark 11:24 that whatever we ask for in prayer we are to BELIEVE that we have received it…