30 Words With a Large Impact

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PRAISE the Lord, ALL you nations. PRAISE Him ALL you people of the earth. For His UNFAILING LOVE for us is powerful; the Lord’s FAITHFLNESS ENDURES FOREVER. Praise the Lord!

 

Many Reasons to Praise God

God has done so many wonderful things in our lives – we should have a long list of blessings to count and thank God for.  (Psalm 105:1)

 

Let’s Look at the 4 Key Phrases of Psalm 117

PRAISE the Lord

We Are Commanded to Praise the Lord:

  1. Psalm 148:1-14 – v5-6 Praise God because He issued a command and we came into being.
  2. Philippians 2:10-11 – A day is coming when every knee will bend and every mouth will praise God.

 

The Attributes of God make it easy for us to praise Him.

  1. Psalm 86:15 – “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
  2. Psalm 138:5 – He is full of glory
  3. Psalm 145:3 – He is great
  4. Daniel 2:20 – He is wise and powerful
  5. Psalm 89:1 – He is merciful and faithful.
  6. Psalm 35:28 – His righteousness.

His Wonderful works makes it easy for us to praise Him.

  1. Psalm 18:46 – He is the One who saves us
  2. 1 Kings 8:56 – He keeps His promises
  3. Psalm 103:1-3 – He pardons sin.
  4. Psalm 136:25 – He gives us our daily food.
  5. Ephesians 1:3 – He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
  6. 1 Peter 2:9 – He called you out of darkness into His glorious light.

 

Challenge: Psalm 107:8 KJV – How can you praise God for His goodness and His wonderful works?

 

ALL nations — ALL people of the Earth

  1. John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
  2. 2 Peter 3:9 – “9 The Lord is not slack his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
  3. 1 Timothy 2:1-6 – “… 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.”

 

He LOVES us — With UNFAILING LOVE

  1. 1 John 4:7-12 – God is love.
  2. Galatians 5:22-23 — Love is the fruit of the Spirit.
  3. Romans 5:8 – “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
  4. Romans 8:31-39 – nothing can separate us from the love of God.
  5. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 – “4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.8 Love never fails.”

 

FAITHFULNESS of the Lord — ENDURES FOREVER

  1. Psalms 100:5 – His faithfulness endures through all generations.
  2. Psalm 119:90 – Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
  3. Deuteronomy 7:9 – Keeping His covenant of Love to a thousand generations.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 – He protects us from the evil one.
  5. Psalm 33:4 – “For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. 5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.”
  6. 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
  7. Psalm 9:10 – God never forsakes those who seek Him

 

Conclusion

  1. Psalm 86:11-13 – “11Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. 12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. 13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.”
  2. Psalm 86:15 – “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
  3. Psalm 111:7-9 – “7The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. 8 They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness. 9 He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.”

God’s hearts desire is that none should perish – He has opened His salvation to all people through Jesus.

These 2 verses will be fulfilled. See – Revelation 7:9-10 – “ 9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

 

We are without excuse – all of us, every person who lives can praise God for His unfailing love and for his faithfulness which is not dependent on our faithfulness (2 Timothy 2:13).

 

How has God demonstrated His faithfulness to you? Share in the comment box below.

 

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