365 Days of Praise
Praise to JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH
“Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts (Jehovah Sabbaoth) in Shiloh. “
My friend, Stephanie Shott, who addressed the name Jehovah Sabbaoth in her blog, Do Not Depart, shares the following: “JEHOVAH SABBAOTH is mentioned over 270 times in Scripture and means the Almighty, Sovereign, Self-Existent God over all the multitudes (whether an army, the sun, moon and stars, or creation itself).”
- In Psalm 24:10, The LORD of Hosts is the King of glory
- In Psalm 46:7 He is our Fortress.
- In Zechariah 4:6, He declares that He alone wins our battles when He tells Zerubbabel, “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit…”
- And in Isaiah’s life-altering vision of the Lord, he heard the Seraphim speaking to one another, crying out, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)
There is nothing He cannot do, nothing He does not know, nothing He cannot control, no enemy He cannot defeat, no heart He can not heal, no miracle He cannot perform. And how beautiful to know He longs to work in our lives and on our behalf as the LORD of Hosts.”
Thank you, Stephanie, for sharing this with us today!
JEHOVAH SABBAOTH, I praise You and give You glory for who You are and all You do!
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Praise to the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
“Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; and the ships of Tarshish will come first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.”
Have you been to Israel? My family went several years ago. It was the trip of a lifetime. But a future trip of a lifetime awaits us. Isaiah prophesies a day when people from all over the world will bring their wealth to Jerusalem to worship the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. The glory of Israel will not be shared with others. It will not be tainted. It will rest on Christ – the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
Christ, I praise You, the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
Praise to GOD, WHO HEARS
“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, ‘I have HEARD YOUR PRAYER, I have seen your tears;‘”
“I have heard your prayer.” Was this a statement that God made only to one person in all of time? Hardly. God hears. May I repeat that? God HEARS our prayers. Perhaps we need to HEAR that God HEARS us. Because KNOWING He HEARS us changes everything. It means we’re not doing life alone. It means we’re not doing illness alone. It means we’re not doing family alone. It means we’re not stranded in our circumstance with no one to hear our pleas for help, guidance, and deliverance. “God, do you hear me?” we may cry. “Thus says the LORD, ‘I have heard your prayer.'” God told Hezekiah that He would add 15 years to his life, but Hezekiah had to walk each day of those 15 years in faith. So, we too, in faith, take one day at a time – believing – God hears my prayers.
Lord God, You HEAR MY PRAYERS! I praise and trust You!
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Praise to the Lord, QUIET IN HIS LOVE
“The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be QUIET IN HIS LOVE, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”
Terror. Pain. Suffering. Disappointments. “Where is God?” people often ask. Does He not care? Today we live in what is referred to as a “fallen” world. We have fallen away from God. We have fallen from living by His commandments. We have a “fallen” nature that if left alone falls further and further into sin. But, God is still with us. He is the ultimate victorious warrior. He is joyous over us when we turn to Him for salvation, and we will see His joy one day when we are in His presence. He is QUIET IN HIS LOVE. Rather than hearing trumpets and cymbals announcing God’s love, we know it in our hearts. We sense God’s presence and love. Wherever you are, know that God is QUIET IN HIS LOVE for you, and He is with you every minute.
Lord, I praise You that You are with me and QUIET IN YOUR LOVE for me.
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Praise to GOD who Has ESTABLISHED EQUITY
“The strength of the King loves justice; You have established equity;”
Can you imagine if God ruled by ever-changing emotions and laws? What if on a whim, He decided to not be forgiving? Or, to forgive one person, but not another? What if God’s standard of holiness changed year by year? But, praise HIM, that is not who our God is. He loves justice. He has ESTABLISHED EQUITY, and He rules with equity. That is why the psalmist says, “Let them praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He.” (Psalm 99:3) That is why we praise our great and awesome God!
GOD of EQUITY, I praise You!
Praise to God Who DWELLS ON HIGH
“The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.”
“So, you’re visiting here? Where do you live?” Can you imagine having that conversation with Jesus when He visited earth? Can you imagine His response, “I live in heaven. That’s where I’m from. I’m visiting here. I saw that people were trapped in sin and came to rescue them. I’m going back to heaven soon.” It sounds funny, but that’s exactly what happened. And, Jesus told people He had come down from heaven. Of course, they didn’t believe Him. Do you? Do you believe that Jesus dwells on high, but came to earth to rescue us from sin? If so, then you have a great reason to praise Him!
Lord Jesus, “amazing” is the only word that describes You, who DWELLS ON HIGH! Thank You for coming to earth to save us from our sins. All praise to You, our most merciful Lord!
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Praise to the DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH
“Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH hath visited us,”
As the sun rises in the east and brings light to the world, so Zacharias, filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied that Jesus would be the rising star giving light to our dark world. However, Jesus gave more than physical light. The Dayspring from On High, from heaven, gives spiritual light. He shines in our hearts and dispels the darkness. He shines on our day and gives light for our path. He shines and through His light we become fruit bearers of His life giving presence.
DAYSPRING from ON HIGH, I praise You for rising in my heart and being the Light of my soul!
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Praise to CHRIST
“Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’”
Jesus asked His disciples who others were saying He was. Then He asked, “But who do you say that I am?” That’s a question every one of must answer. Simon Peter replied that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God. He got it right. Jesus affirmed Peter, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.” (v17). Peter had a heavenly grasp on the fact that Jesus wasn’t just a prophet or good man. He was the anointed Messiah who had come to save us from our sins. Today, the question remains, “Who do you say Jesus is?”
Jesus, You are the CHRIST, the SON OF THE LIVING GOD, the anointed Messiah. I praise You!
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Praise for the BREATH of the ALMIGHTY
“The Spirit of God has made me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
One of ways in which God the Spirit is referred is the breath of the Almighty. Herbert Lockyer comments, “As the thoughts of my mind are articulated through the action of my breath upon the vocal cords, and are transmitted in the shape of words from the inner world of my being to the outer world when I speak, so the Spirit, or Breath of God, takes the thoughts of God, as well as the inexpressible yearnings of the believer and articulates them (Rom 8:26,27). As God’s Breath gave life to the first man, Adam (Gen 2:7), the same gives life to sinners (Jn 3:8), and to Scripture which honors the Spirit as the livingness of His divine inspiration. In the life-giving power of a breathing life, Jesus endowed His own for life and service. He breathed on them saying, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit,’ – the Master’s breath symbolizing the Spirit who was to possess them. (Jn 20:22)”
You and I can read the above explanation but what is important is that we learn to live by the energizing, inspired breath of the Almighty!
*Herbert Lockyer, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1975, pg 295.
I praise You, BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY! Thank You for living in me and making me holy, set apart by Your presence. Help me live by Your empowerment and Word.
Praise to God who BINDS the BROKEN
“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick;”
The word “broken” in Ezekiel 34:16 means “torn to pieces.”* In this passage, God’s heart for His people is seen. He states in verse 11, “I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.” He continues, “As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for my sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scatterd on a cloudy and gloomy day. (v 12) Are you “broken”? Does it seem everything is going wrong? Are you hurt or hurting? Is it a gloomy day? God cares. He loves you more than earthly words can describe. Turn to Him in your brokenness.
Thank You, Lord, for loving us and BINDING us up in our BROKENNESS. We love and praise You.
*https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=H7665&t=NASB