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RENDER ACCEPTABLE PRAISE (3): BY LIVING IN THE FEAR OF YAHWEH

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Tuesday September 27, 2022

RENDER ACCEPTABLE PRAISE (3): BY LIVING IN THE FEAR OF YAHWEH

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: …
Habakkuk 1:13a (KJV)

For your praise to be acceptable and satisfactory, you must deal with every enmity between you and Yahweh. The same Yahweh that responds to prayer is the same One that responds to praise. If when you hide iniquity in your heart, He does not hear your prayers (see Psalms 66:18), will He now celebrate you in praise? Yahweh’s eyes cannot behold evil. This attribute of Yahweh is what provoked the Psalmist to ask: ‘Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.’ (Psalm 15:1-3) Righteousness is your gateway to enjoying any benefit from Yahweh. Since He won’t behold iniquity, your praises to Him in iniquity won’t be acceptable before Him. He couldn’t even behold His only begotten Son on the cross when He bore the sins of the whole world upon Himself, how then would He listen to you when you praise Him in sin?

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (10): DESTRUCTION OF PRIDE

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Sunday September 18, 2022

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (10): DESTRUCTION OF PRIDE

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Acts 12:23 (KJV)

Pride is a trap of the enemy; it has destroyed many destinies. Most unusual liftings lead to pride; but the answer to pride is praise. If you must escape the trap of pride, then you must understand the mystery of praise. A personal life style of continuous praise is able to destroy the poison of pride. Worms ate up Herod because he did not give Yahweh the glory. That means that if he had given Yahweh the glory, he would have been preserved. That means that giving Yahweh the glory, kills pride. If you want pride to be eliminated from your life, then you must learn to promptly and honestly return the glory back to Yahweh. Pride is real and it goes before destruction (see Proverbs 16:18). Whenever pride appears, the next thing that you will see is shame (see Proverbs 11:2). So destroying pride must be the goal of everyone that wants to go far with Yahweh. With pride you don’t need the devil to attend to your case, it is Yahweh Himself that will destroy you because He resists the proud (see 1 Peter 5:5). There was a man called Ahithophel. He was David’s counsellor. When he gave counsel, it was like hearing from Yahweh. But he saw this as a personal achievement and became puffed up. So, when his counsel was rejected, he hanged himself (see 2 Samuel.17:23). He was cut down because of pride. Remember also the story of the rich fool? He said, “I have made enough wealth, I will pull down these barns, I will build bigger ones, and I will say to my soul…” (Luke. 12:16-19). He was too full of himself, thinking that his rich harvest was as a result of his expertise. But Yahweh said to him in verse 20 ‘…Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?’ Pride cut him down!

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (3): A HURT-FREE ZONE OF LIFE

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Sunday September 11, 2022

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (3): A HURT-FREE ZONE OF LIFE

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms 16:11 (KJV)

II Peter 3:13 (KJV) says, ‘And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?’ It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord (see Psalms 92:1) and when you align yourself with that which is good, you enter into a hurt-free zone of life. You become unharmable, untouchable, unmolestible, unconquerable, indomitable and unsubduable. Praise is a good thing. Praise is comely (see Psalms 33:1). Why does praise secure and usher one into a hurt-free zone of life? Firstly, II Peter 3:13 answers that. Praise is a good thing and no one can harm you if you are a follower and doer of that which is good. Embedded in that which is good is security that covers every practitioner. Secondly, praise is the habitat of Yahweh. Divine presence is realised in praise and when Yahweh comes down, nothing that hurts can remain around. The presence of Yahweh has the mountains skipping like rams and the hills like lambs. The earth literally trembles at the presence of the God of Jacob (see Psalms 114:7). Can you imagine what opposition against your life and destiny that can stand that majestic presence of Yahweh? Can you imagine whatever brings hurt and pain that can stand before the presence of Yahweh? That presence turns the rock into a standing water. That is no matter how hard your situation seems to be, at the presence of Yahweh, there is a supernatural intervention turning obstacles into testimonies.

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (2): UPWARD AND FORWARD EXISTENCE

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Saturday September10, 2022

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (2): UPWARD AND FORWARD EXISTENCE

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
II Samuel 23:1 (KJV)

“The words of the man who was raised up on high.” Praise ensures existence in upward and forward living. You never know a better yesterday. Your paths are like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day (see Proverbs 4:18). While others say that there is a casting down, you are always on the mountain top shouting there is a lifting up (see Job 22:29), and they are wondering at the wonders that are oozing forth from your life. Praise establishes one on the upward and forward life. That was the secret of David who at the end of his journey on earth made the statement we read in our opening text. When you are praise-full, you enjoy being raised. Yahweh designed praise for your supernatural lifting, but how much light you have on it determines how much raise you enjoy by it. No Christian will ever be at his best without an understanding of praise. Psalm 92:1,12 says, ‘It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.’ “…He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon”, that talks about you being outstanding. The cedar tree grows far above all other trees. In verse 14, God says you will not only be outstanding for a season, but you will also bring forth fruit in old age! That means you will keep producing results, until when you leave this earth.

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (1): PROVOKES/PROCURES HARVESTS

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Friday September 9, 2022

AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (1): PROVOKES/PROCURES HARVESTS

5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Psalms 67:5-7 [KJV]

Praise provokes the release of your harvest. Even when you are a cheerful and consistent giver, you still need praise to turn your seed into harvest. When you praise Yahweh, His blessings upon your life become inexhaustible. No matter what you do in the kingdom of Yahweh, until you have praised Him, you cannot be fruitful. Behind every prosperous life is the mystery of praise. This is because praise effectively waters the seeds you sow – your services and offerings in the kingdom. David was a mighty seed sower and was also a praising king. As a result, he became a mighty man on the earth! The more you praise Him, the more meaningful your life becomes! The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your praise. Let’s give it to Him! I’d like you to know this: Yahweh owes you nothing, for He has done all things well. Rather, you owe Him praise. And as you praise Him, you won’t need to struggle for your needs to be met any more; they will be met of their own accord. Remember that the presence of Yahweh is the environment that man was created to live in and for his life to produce fruits and harvests, he must continue to exist in the presence of Yahweh. What the soil is to the plant is what the presence of Yahweh is to the life of man. Without the presence of Yahweh we wither and die.

PRAISE IS YOUR PURPOSE

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Tuesday September 6, 2022

PRAISE IS YOUR PURPOSE

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isaiah 43:21 (KJV)

Purpose is the original intention for the creation of a thing. For everything created there was a purpose behind the manufacturer’s mind for the making of that thing. Man is the creation of Yahweh and He didn’t leave us ignorant of the purpose for Him making man. Dr Myles says that if purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. The reason there is so much abuse of purpose in the human race is because for most part, most people don’t even know the purpose for which they are alive. They were born into a routine of being born, going to school, getting a job or starting an enterprise, getting married and giving birth to children, growing old and dying. Most people go through this routine and for them, that is life. No wonder, there is so much bustle in the rat race. Everyone wants to beat everyone else. For the majority, there is no consciousness of purpose at all. Consequently, what you don’t know you can’t pursue. The good news is that man has a purpose for his making and it can be discovered. There is the general purpose of man and there is the specific purpose of man. The specific purpose gives the individual the specific ways to fulfil the general purpose. By all means the general purpose is the life assignment of man and that is to show forth the praises of the Yahweh; to bring Yahweh praise and glory. Whatever man is doing that does not fulfil this purpose is a wasted life and securing an eternity in agony and anguish. Though praising Yahweh is our purpose, it is only the living that can praise the Lord (see Isaiah 38:19). Ephesians 2:1 says that we were dead in trespasses and sins. Apostle Paul says that the law came and sin revived in him, thereby killing him (see Romans 7:9). Sin kills and Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of Yahweh. Therefore, everyone born of a woman was born in sin, consequently, spiritually dead. That implies that you cannot praise Yahweh until you are alive and living.

PRAISE DEFINED (3)

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Monday September 5, 2022

PRAISE DEFINED (3)

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
Psalms 95:6 (KJV)

We shall be concluding our discuss on the seven Hebrew words that define praise. We have seen Towdah, Yadah, Halal, Shabach and Zamar in the preceding days. Let’s continue with the sixth.

6. Barak (Strong’s, H1288; Vine’s, “To Bless”), the sixth dimension of praise, is a primitive root meaning, “to kneel, to bless Yahweh as an act of adoration, to salute.” (Psalms 95:6). This is often the response of the human spirit to the presence of Yahweh during praise and worship. While barak is often translated to “bless,” particularly in the King James Version (see Genesis 9:26; Deuteronomy 1:11; Jer

YAHWEH MADE LIFE TO RUN ON PRINCIPLES

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Friday September 2, 2022

YAHWEH MADE LIFE TO RUN ON PRINCIPLES

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:32 [KJV]

Man’s ability to fulfill his purpose and to be all Yahweh intended him to be is predicated on the requirement that he obey the principles Yahweh established when He created human beings. Principle is a law that explains the fundamental reasons of the working of something in nature. Why is this true? Yahweh is a God of principles. Everything He created was established to operate by certain principles that guarantee its proper function. This pattern in creation includes human beings. We were created to operate by principles that Yahweh established before He created us. These principles or rules of operation for human beings are found throughout the Bible, although they are not always referred to as principles. They may also be referred to as Yahweh’s laws, ordinances, precepts, statutes, commands, commandments, decrees, instructions, word, and ways. Although the meaning of each of these words carries a slightly different nuance from the others, they all carry within them the basic concept of a principle, which is a law that is established to preserve and protect a created thing and to assure its maximum performance. So each time these words occur in Scripture, the particular word used may be removed and the word principle may be inserted in its place.

FOUNDATION FOR PROSPERITY (3): AFFECTION

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Friday August 19, 2022

FOUNDATION FOR PROSPERITY (3): AFFECTION

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:18 (KJV)

Deuteronomy 28:47-48 says “47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.” Today, we want to consider the foundation for prosperity called affection. I define affection as delightsome commitment—getting involved with excitement. There is this prophetic parable in Jeremiah 23:36-39, “36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken? 38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord; 39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:” So you have to be delighted in Yahweh, you have to be excited! Yahweh loves a cheerful giver. That is, Yahweh doesn’t love just the giver, but the one that gives cheerfully. Giving therefore without being cheerful is wasting your seed. It has no future. When you do it as a burden and not as a delight, you end up in shame and reproach. When you don’t obey Yahweh with delight, it’s a curse.

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (5): IS NOT INFLATED WITH PRIDE

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Saturday June 18, 2022

CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (5): IS NOT INFLATED WITH PRIDE

… love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); …
I Corinthians 13:4-5 (AMP)

The very word translated “pride” is the Greek word ‘phusioo’ meaning to “puff up” or “blow up.” The English idiom “having a big head” communicates the same idea. To be puffed up is to have an inflated opinion of oneself. According to William Penn, the founder of the Colony of Pennsylvania, “A proud man then is a kind of glutton upon himself; for he is never satisfied with loving and admiring himself; whilst nothing else, with him, is worthy either of love or care” (from No Cross, No Crown, chapter XII). In pride we become the objects of our own love; in humility we learn to love others.