Let Everything Praise the Lord

  

 

 

Psalm 150: 1-6

 

December 22, 2022

 

Let Everything Praise the Lord

Praise the Lord!  Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!   Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!  Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!  Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!  Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!  Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

 

I am sure most of those who read the Back Porch, are seekers of the Truth, and most of you do not struggle in many areas that I do, with that said, shall we agree that we all have been blessed by our Lord and God, Jesus Christ?  

 

When we are instructed by God to honor Him and His only Son Jesus with praise, it is not a suggestion but an order. It has become very clear that I have fallen short often in the past busy life of acknowledging and praising the Lord.

 

But I grew up in my Salvation, and Jan and I daily count the many blessings and know that God has blessed, and protected us every day of our lives.  He not only has given us a love for Him, but a desire to serve Him, and to seek Him and to hunger and thirst for His righteousness in our love for our neighbors and an understanding that everyone we encounter is our neighbor.

 

I am still a mess, talk too much, and get upset with the foolishness of our government, and the evil that controls so many in our government.  But I’m so blessed with two grandsons who are seekers of Christ, and you can see His hand all over them.  We are blessed to have friends and family who pray for us, call us, and want to know how we are and share what the Lord is doing in their lives.  We are blessed to live in the Texas Hill Country and have pastors who love us and will confront us when we make bad choices and are true to the Word of God.  We are free as of now to share our understanding of God’s written word, and yet the culture would like to take that freedom from us.  Scripture tells us to know the truth and the truth will set us free.  But many are against the Truth, and our understanding of Truth is Jesus Christ, the Messiah.  

 

In that many of you are very smart and seekers of the Truth, be wise,  give thanks and praise to our Lord, for He has blessed you and given you, life in the full.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice