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The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
Published through www.godtracker.co.uk
19 February 2016
Dear God-tracker
GOD-TRACKING IS PRAISING GOD IN THE FACE OF EVERY DILEMMA
Psalm 146:1-2
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
In his book, Prison to Praise, Merlin Carothers shares about how he ended up in prison for a crime he’d committed and how he found Jesus as Lord and Saviour behind bars. It was there that he discovered the power of praise. That is, he discovered that praising God for a need was even more powerful than simply praying to God for that need. He teaches that praising God in advance for the answers to prayers raises the levels of faith in the person praying. Praise anticipates what God can do. Carothers writes, “I have come to believe that the prayer of praise is the highest form of communication with God, and one that always releases a great deal of power into our lives.”
I have discovered that, like worship, praise is prayer. When we praise God we are actually praying. Praise proclaims the power and presence of God right into a situation. Praising God moves you from today, where your need is prevalent, into tomorrow, where your need is met. Praising God does not plead a case; praising God anticipates case closed! Praising God raises your levels of faith as you seek God, and faith pleases God who rewards the seeker. Praise is expectant of answers to prayers made in the morning. We are told to have no anxiety about anything but to let our requests be made to God with thanksgiving: thanking God that we have the privilege to pray; thanking God that he has the power to meet our needs and thanking God that he has already done it!
I have also found praise to be a powerful weapon in my battle against temptation. The devil levels temptation and trials against us to cause us to lose faith and fall away from God. But, God’s Word exhorts us to rejoice in tribulation. Listen: “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.” Praising God takes us into the realm of joy. I have found that it is impossible to praise God and sin at the same time. Therefore, when I am tempted I will begin praising God for his presence and his goodness and his strength.
Whatever you’re going through today; whatever you’re facing tomorrow begin praising God now! Open your mouth and declare his goodness and his holiness. Confess that he is great and greatly to be praised. Begin singing praise songs to your Lord and proclaiming his glory right into your situation. Instead of praying for your needs, praise for your needs and you will be amazed at how God will release a great deal of power into your life.
God-tracking is praising God in the face of every dilemma
God bless you
Dudley
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As I praise you I believe that you release a great deal of power into my life
Pray
“Dear God, I praise you that you are omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Thank you that already know all about my needs and worries and have the power to meet them. Thank you that you are already on the other side of this wall I face, preparing my way and meeting my needs. Today – here and now – I submit to your will and your purposes. I give my life to serve you and seek your plans. I praise you for your goodness, your power and your presence in my life. I will bless you and praise you with all that is within me. Thank you that your good presence and strength are here with me, even as I face every trial and temptation. As I praise you I believe that you release a great deal of power into my life. For yours is the Kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.”
“Dear God, I praise you that you are omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Thank you that already know all about my needs and worries and have the power to meet them. Thank you that you are already on the other side of this wall I face, preparing my way and meeting my needs. Today – here and now – I submit to your will and your purposes. I give my life to serve you and seek your plans. I praise you for your goodness, your power and your presence in my life. I will bless you and praise you with all that is within me. Thank you that your good presence and strength are here with me, even as I face every trial and temptation. As I praise you I believe that you release a great deal of power into my life. For yours is the Kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.”
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GodTracker and trACker owe their origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, On Track. Although On Track went off-air in 2005, trACker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.
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