Are you shirking your Christian duties?

“I will praise thee, O Lord.”

Psalm 9:1 (A psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune "The Death of the Son.") I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart and tell about the wonders you have worked.

Have you given praise to Him that let you awake this morning? That in itself is answer to prayer. As your feet hit the floor from a good nights rest, did you Praise Him for the good nights rest? My friends I have seen people without feet also. One woman that the God's Love Outreach Ministry ministers to has lost both feet and she is always telling me how awesome God is. Did you praise Him yet today? Read how Charles Spurgeon describes why as Christians we should be praising our Lord and Savior.

[Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earth’s gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and inclined his ear to the voice of thy supplication? Then praise him as long as thou livest. Let the ripe fruit drop upon the fertile soil from which it drew its life. Deny not a song to him who hath answered thy prayer and given thee the desire of thy heart. To be silent over God’s mercies is to incur the guilt of ingratitude; it is to act as basely as the nine lepers, who after they had been cured of their leprosy, returned not to give thanks unto the healing Lord.]

As I think about those lepers that being healed from one of the most worst disease and not even to say thanks to Jesus for His grace to do that. My heart saddens just to read about it. Again my question to all, did you say thanks at all today?

[To forget to praise God is to refuse to benefit ourselves; for praise, like prayer, is one great means of promoting the growth of the spiritual life. It helps to remove our burdens, to excite our hope, to increase our faith. It is a healthful and invigorating exercise which quickens the pulse of the believer, and nerves him for fresh enterprises in his Master’s service.]

As I read this part of the devotional I was being uplifted by the words "remove our burdens, to excite our hope, to increase our faith", Charles Spuregon is right on again, well for me anyways. I am glad to be ready for fresh enterprises for Christ. Yes Lord, quicken my pluse as I sing praise to You!

[To bless God for mercies received is also the way to benefit our fellow-men; “the humble shall hear thereof and be glad.” Others who have been in like circumstances shall take comfort if we can say, “Oh! magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together; this poor man cried, and the Lord heard him.” Weak hearts will be strengthened, and drooping saints will be revived as they listen to our “songs of deliverance.” Their doubts and fears will be rebuked, as we teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. They too shall “sing in the ways of the Lord,” when they hear us magnify his holy name. Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels pray not, but they cease not to praise both day and night; and the redeemed, clothed in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands, are never weary of singing the new song, “Worthy is the Lamb.”]

Are you feeling like a weak heart? Fellow saint are you drooping today? Sing with Charles and I as we give praise to our Father in Heaven, that by His grace sent His "only begotten Son" to be the lamb sacrificed for our salvation.

Worthy is the Lamb
by Hillsong

Thank you for the cross, Lord
Thank you for the price You paid
Bearing all my sin and shame
In love You came
And gave amazing grace

Thank you for this love, Lord
Thank you for the nail pierced hands
Washed me in Your cleansing flow
Now all I know
Your forgiveness and embrace

Worthy is the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Crown You now with many crowns
You reign victorious

High and lifted up
Jesus Son of God
The Darling of Heaven crucified
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott