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>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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>>YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERFECT
BILL OF HEALTH FROM THE DOCTOR,
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BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
TO PRAISE THE LORD YOU ARE
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SPIRITUALLY CRIPPLED.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH
MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF
OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING
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FACTS PRESENTS.
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(MUSIC) >>THE MORNING'S MESSAGE
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IS TALKING ABOUT
MORE PRAISE IN YOUR DAYS.
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AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T
HAVE GENUINE PRAISE APART FROM
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THANKSGIVING.
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BIBLICALLY,
THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME.
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I REMEMBER A STORY YOU
MAY HAVE HEARD BEFORE ABOUT A
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CIRCUIT-RIDING PREACHER.
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HE GOT OLD AND IT WAS
TIME FOR HIM TO RETIRE.
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THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAYS WHERE
THESE PREACHERS WOULD RIDE THEIR
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HORSE FROM TOWN TO TOWN, THEY'D
DO A LITTLE REVIVAL, THEY'D GO
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ON TO THE NEXT TOWN - AND HE WAS
A LITTLE OLDER THAN HIS HORSE SO
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HE THOUGHT HE'D SELL HIS HORSE.
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WELL, HE FOUND A PROSPECTIVE
BUYER WHO CAME BY AND HE SAID,
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'I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE
HORSE FOR A TEST DRIVE.'
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HE SAID, 'FAIR ENOUGH,' HE SAID,
'BUT I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW
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THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL, I AM
A PREACHER AND THIS HORSE IS NOT
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LIKE TYPICAL WESTERN HORSES.
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IF YOU WANT TO GO, YOU
DON'T SAY 'GIDDY UP' YOU SAY
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'PRAISE THE LORD.' IF
YOU WANT TO STOP, YOU DON'T
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SAY 'WHOA' YOU SAY 'AMEN.''
HE SAID, HE'S USED TO THESE
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BIBLICAL TERMS AND THAT'S
ALL HE'S GOING TO RESPOND TO.'
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HE SAID, 'FAIR ENOUGH, I
THINK I CAN HANDLE THAT.'
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HE SAID, 'I'D
LIKE TO TRY HIM OUT.'
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AND HE SAID, 'HELP YOURSELF.'
AND SO HE HOPS ON THE HORSE AND
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THEY LIVED THERE ON THE EDGE
OF TOWN AND HE SAID, 'GIDDY UP'
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AND THE HORSE DIDN'T MOVE AND
HE SAID, 'OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.'
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HE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD.'
AND SO THE HORSE TOOK OFF AND HE
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STARTED WALKING.
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HE GOT OUT OF TOWN A LITTLE BIT
AND HE SAID, 'HEY, THIS SEEMS
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LIKE A GOOD HORSE.' HE SAID,
'I WONDER IF I KICK IT UP A
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NOTCH - PRAISE THE
LORD!' THE HORSE STARTED INTO A
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FASTER TROT.
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THEN HE SAID, 'PRAISE THE
LORD!' AND THE HORSE WENT INTO A
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FULL GALLUP.
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AND HE THOUGHT,
'WELL THIS IS PRETTY GOOD.
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THE HORSE IS PRETTY FAST.'
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HE LOOKED
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DOWN THE TRAIL AND HE COULD
SEE THAT THE HORSE WAS GALLOPING
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TOWARDS A CLIFF.
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HE SAID 'WHOA! STOP! HALT!'
AND THE HORSE IS JUST CHARGING
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UP TO THE EDGE OF THIS
CLIFF AND HE'S TRYING TO THINK
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'WHAT WAS THAT WORD
AGAIN?' HE SAID, 'AMEN!'
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AND THE HORSE LOCKED HIS LEGS
AND STOPPED AND WENT SCREECHING
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RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THE
CLIFF AND ALL THE DUST BILLOWED
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PAST AND TUMBLED OFF THE CLIFF
AND THE MAN TOOK A BREATH AND HE
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WIPED HIS BROW AND HE
SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!'
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WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN
TO SAY 'PRAISE THE LORD' IN A
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CHURCH, AND WHEN NOT TO
SAY IT, AND WHAT IT MEANS.
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WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PRAISING
GOD AND I FOUND, IN THE CHURCH,
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THAT REAL PRAISE IS
SOMETHING THAT IS MISUNDERSTOOD
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- BOTH TIME AND PLACE.
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IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TALK
ABOUT AND STUDY THE SUBJECT OF
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MORE PRAISE IN OUR DAYS
BECAUSE IT IS A BIBLICAL THEME.
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OVER 290 TIMES IN THE BIBLE
YOU'LL FIND THE WORD PRAISE.
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IT'S INTERESTING, IT
GOES ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS
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TO REVELATION.
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THE FIRST MENTION OF PRAISE
IN THE BIBLE YOU FIND IN GENESIS
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CHAPTER 29, VERSE 35.
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WHEN LEAH GIVES
BIRTH TO THE BOY JUDAH.
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"AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN AND
BORE A SON AND SHE SAID, 'NOW I
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WILL PRAISE THE LORD.'
THEREFORE SHE CALLED HIS NAME
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JUDAH."
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IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT
THE WORD PRAISE, IN HEBREW, IS
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YADAH, WHICH MEANS JUDAH
AND IT SIMPLY MEANS PRAISE.
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IN GREEK THE WORD IS AENOS.
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AHEENOS IS HOW
YOU WOULD SAY PRAISE.
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BUT, I WANT TO GO BACK TO
THAT VERSE THERE IN GENESIS 29,
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VERSE 35.
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THE FIRST TIME YOU FIND THE WORD
PRAISE IS WITH THE SON OF THE
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TRIBE JUDAH, THROUGH
WHICH THE MESSIAH WOULD COME.
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HE WAS THE LION OF
THE TRIBE OF PRAISE.
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AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT EVERY
CHRISTIAN BE A MEMBER OF THE
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PRIZE - OF THE
TRIBE RATHER - OF PRAISE.
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PRAISE SHOULD BE
PART OF WHO WE ARE.
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MAYBE I SHOULD
START WITH A DEFINITION.
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PRAISE COMES FROM THE
LATIN WORD PRETIUM OR TO PRIZE.
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IT'S DRAWN EITHER FROM THE WORD
TO PRIZE OR TO PRICE SOMETHING.
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AND SO, THE WORD PRAISE MEANS
'EXPRESSION OF WARM APPROBATION,
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APPROVAL,
COMMENDATION, OR ADMIRATION.
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TO EXTOL, LAUD, WORSHIP.
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TO EXALT A
DEITY, RULER, OR HERO.
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TO PRAISE.
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NOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT PRAISING THE LORD BUT JUST
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IF WE WERE TO TALK IN A
MORE GENERAL SENSE OF THE WORD
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PRAISE, EVERYBODY
APPRECIATES PRAISE.
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I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES
BEING TOLD, 'YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
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WE LIKE WHO YOU ARE.' TO
EXTOL SOMETHING GOOD THAT
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YOU'VE DONE OR A TALENT YOU
MIGHT POSSESS AND, JOHN RUSKIN
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ONCE SAID, "WHEN WE FAIL TO
PRAISE SOMEBODY THAT DESERVES
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IT, TWO SAD THINGS HAPPEN.
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FIRST OF ALL, WE RUN THE CHANCE
OF DRIVING HIM FROM THE RIGHT
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ROAD FOR LACK OF ENCOURAGEMENT
AND WE DEPRIVE OURSELVES,
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SECONDLY, OF THE HIGHEST
PRIVILEGE OF BEING A REWARDER
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OF HIM WHO DESERVES REWARD."
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YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
OF DISPENSING REWARD WHEN YOU
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OFFER PRAISE.
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SOMEONE ELSE SAID, ROGER ASHKIM,
"THERE IS NO SUCH WHET STONE TO
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SHARPEN GOOD WITH AND ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE IN LIFE, AS PRAISE.
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IT'S NOT JUST IN THE SCHOOLROOM,
IT'S TRUE EVERYWHERE.
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PRAISE WILL SHARPEN AND IMPROVE
ANY SITUATION, RELATIONSHIP, ANY
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PERSON, PROVIDED THAT IT'S TRULY
DESERVED AND SINCERELY GIVEN."
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YOU'VE PROBABLY ALSO KNOWN
PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS THANKING
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AND PRAISING PEOPLE FOR
EVERYTHING - AND THAT'S GOOD,
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AND WE ALL WANT TO BE AROUND
PEOPLE LIKE THAT, BUT SOMEBODY
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ONCE SAID, 'HE WHO PRAISES
EVERYONE REALLY PRAISES NO ONE.'
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IF YOU HAVE NO RATIONING AT ALL
OF YOUR PRAISE, THEN PRETTY SOON
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PEOPLE BEGIN TO
WONDER HOW SINCERE YOU ARE.
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AND SO THE PRAISE OUGHT TO
BE GENUINE AND IT OUGHT TO BE
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TIMELY IN THE
WAY THAT IT'S GIVEN.
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EVERYBODY
APPRECIATES BEING APPRECIATED.
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A PAT ON THE BACK ACCOMPLISHES
A LOT MORE THAN A SLAP
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IN THE FACE.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE
PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU HERE WHO
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MAYBE HAD FATHERS THAT USED
TO RATION THEIR PRAISE A LITTLE
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TOO SPARSELY.
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MY DAD WAS THAT.
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HE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET BETTER
PERFORMANCE AND SO YOU'D OFTEN
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HEAR THE CRITICISMS AND SELDOM
WOULD YOU HEAR THE PRAISE.
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I THINK IT WAS THE DUKE
OF WELLINGTON, THE ONE WHO
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CONQUERED NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO,
WHO WAS A VERY BRILLIANT
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GENERAL, BUT HE WAS ALSO A VERY
EXACTING OFFICER AND GAVE OUT
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VERY SCANT
RECOMMENDATION TO PEOPLE.
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HE VERY RARELY EXPRESSED
APPRECIATION OR PRAISE FOR
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A JOB WELL DONE.
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AND HE RECOGNIZED THAT WAS A
FLAW, BECAUSE AT THE END OF HIS
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LIFE SOMEBODY ASKED HIM, 'IF YOU
COULD LIVE YOUR SUCCESSFUL LIFE
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OVER AGAIN, IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU'D DO DIFFERENTLY?'
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HE SAID, 'YES, I
WOULD PRAISE MORE.'
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NOW THAT COULD PROBABLY BE SAID
NOT ONLY OF THOSE IN POSITIONS
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OF LEADERSHIP FOR PEOPLE YOU'RE
WORKING WITH, OR PARENTS, BUT I
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THINK THAT COME ETERNITY, EVERY
CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO SAY, 'YOU
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KNOW, I WISH, DURING THIS
LIFE, I HAD PRAISED MORE.'
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BECAUSE REALLY,
THAT'S WHY WE EXIST.
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WE EXIST TO GIVE WORSHIP TO GOD.
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YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY DON'T ENJOY
ANYTHING UNTIL YOU SHARE IT WITH
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SOMEBODY ELSE.
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AND IF YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL
SUNSET AND YOU'RE BY YOURSELF,
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UNLESS YOU CAN EXPRESS PRAISE TO
GOD FOR IT, OR TELL SOMEONE ELSE
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THAT YOU ELBOW,
'ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?'
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YOU REALLY HAVEN'T
FULLY DELIGHTED IN IT.
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PRAISE IS THE
EPITOME OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
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AND SO, - AND THE
BIBLE IS FULL OF IT.
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MATTER OF FACT, I THOUGHT OF
THIS WHILE I WAS JUST UP THERE
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LISTENING TO THE SPECIAL MUSIC.
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YOU LOOK IN LUKE 24 - TYPICALLY,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOSPELS
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OF MATTHEW AND MARK, THEY END
WITH THE GREAT COMMISSION AND
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YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOSPEL
OF JOHN, IT ENDS TALKING ABOUT
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JESUS AND HIS
COUNSEL TO JOHN AND TO PETER.
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BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE END
OF LUKE, IT SAYS IN VERSE 50 "HE
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LED" - AND THIS
IS LUKE 24, VERSE 50.
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"HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS
BETHANY, HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS
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AND HE BLESSED THEM.
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NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE
BLESSED THEM, HE WAS PARTED FROM
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THEM AND CARRIED INTO HEAVEN."
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NOTICE - "AND THEY WORSHIPED HIM
AND THEY RETURNED TO JERUSALEM
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WITH GREAT JOY, AND THEY
WERE CONTINUALLY IN THE TEMPLE
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PRAISING AND BLESSING GOD."
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THEY WENT FROM WORSHIPING GOD
INTO THE TEMPLE WHERE THEY WERE
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OCCASIONALLY? OR CONTINUALLY?
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CONTINUALLY
PRAISING AND BLESSING GOD.
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CHRISTIANS, IF KNOWN FOR
ANYTHING, WE OUGHT TO BE KNOWN
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FOR A PEOPLE THAT PRAISE GOD.
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NOW THERE'S A LOT OF
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IT
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MEANS TO PRAISE GOD.
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AND SOME OF THIS CAME FROM
RECENT GENERATIONS WHERE SOME OF
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THE TELEVANGELISTS WOULD HAVE
PROGRAMS - THEY HAD ONE PROGRAM
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CALLED 'PRAISE THE LORD' -
AND YOU MIGHT HEAR SOMEONE SAY
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THE WORDS 'PRAISE THE
LORD' 90 TIMES DURING ONE SHOW.
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AND SOMETIMES
SEVERAL TIMES IN SEQUENCE.
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IT WAS JUST
LIKE VAIN REPETITION.
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'PRAISE THE LORD.
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PRAISE THE LORD.
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LET'S ALL PRAISE THE LORD.'
THAT WOULD MEAN EVERYBODY STARTS
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RAISING THEIR HANDS
AND WAVING THEM AND SAYING,
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'PRAISE THE LORD.
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PRAISE THE LORD.'
THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT
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PRAISE IS.
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BECAUSE PRAISE IS WHERE
YOU EXTOL, YOU IDENTIFY,
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YOU SPECIFY, SOMEONE'S GOODNESS.
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YOU SPECIFICALLY THANK
THEM FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC.
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IF YOU WALKED UP TO A
STRANGER ON THE STREET AND SAID,
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'THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU.'
THEY'D THINK YOU'RE MAD.
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'FOR WHAT?' THEY'D SAY.
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YOU'D HAVE TO
GIVE THEM A SPECIFIC.
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AND IT'S OKAY TO GIVE
EACH OTHER ENCOURAGEMENT.
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EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.
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DOES GOD EVER
ENCOURAGE AND PRAISE PEOPLE?
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IS PRAISE ONLY FOR GOD? NO.
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YOU CAN READ IN THE
BIBLE ABOUT CORNELIUS.
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DOES GOD PRAISE PEOPLE? YES.
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ACTS 10, VERSE 4.
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AN ANGEL COMES TO THIS
ROMAN CENTURION SAYING,
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'GOD HAS LOOKED AT YOUR
GENEROSITY - HE'S LOOKED AT YOUR
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ALMS AND YOUR KINDNESS.' HE
SAYS, "YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR
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ALMS HAVE COME UP FOR
A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD."
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GOD HAD BEEN TAKING NOTE OF THAT
AND GOD SENT AN ANGEL TO TELL
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HIM THAT HE NOTICED.
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IN THE BOOK OF JOB, DOES THE
LORD TALK ABOUT HIS SERVANT JOB?
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AND SPEAK OF HIM
IN A PRAISEWORTHY WAY?
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HE EVEN SAID TO THE DEVIL, "HAVE
YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB,
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THAT THERE'S NONE
LIKE HIM IN THE EARTH?"
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IT'S LIKE HE'S BRAGGING ON HIM.
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"A BLAMELESS AND AN UPRIGHT
MAN WHO FEARS GOD AND TURNS AWAY
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FROM EVIL."
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NOTICE HE GIVES THE SPECIFICS.
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BY THE WAY, JESUS SAID THAT
IF WE SPEAK UP FOR HIM, IF WE'RE
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NOT ASHAMED OF HIM, GOD WILL
NOT BE ASHAMED OF US AND HE WILL
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CONFESS OUR NAME BEFORE
THE FATHER AND THE ANGELS.
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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
WHERE HERE GOD WAS CONFESSING
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THE NAME OF JOB BEFORE
THE THRONE OF GOD AND BEFORE
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THE ANGELS.
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WOULDN'T THAT BE
SOMETHING TO HAVE GOD PRAISE US?
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WILL JESUS SAY TO THOSE THAT ARE
SAVED - MATTHEW 25:21 - "WELL
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DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT;
ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD,
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YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL OVER
A FEW THINGS, I'LL MAKE YOU
00:12:16.10\00:12:17.90
RULER OVER MANY THINGS."
00:12:17.90\00:12:18.96
GOD IS PRAISING THOSE WHO HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB. 'WELL DONE.'
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HOW MANY OF YOU WISH THAT
MAYBE YOUR PARENTS HAD SAID THAT
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MORE TO YOU?
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'WELL DONE. GOOD
JOB.' TO BE ENCOURAGED.
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TO BE COMPLIMENTED.
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OUR HEAVENLY FATHER DOES.
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YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GETS ME?
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HE EVEN DOES IT AMONG
THOSE WHO WEREN'T PERFECT.
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WAS ABRAHAM PERFECT?
00:12:38.80\00:12:41.23
DID ABRAHAM KIND OF TELL A
HALF-TRUTH WHEN HE SAID SARAH
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WAS HIS SISTER?
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BUT WHEN GOD THEN REFERS
BACK TO ABRAHAM, BECAUSE ABRAHAM
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ACCEPTED THE BLOOD AND SACRIFICE
OF THE LORD, GOD LOOKED UPON HIM
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AND HE SAID, 'ABRAHAM IS ONE WHO
KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS AND HE'S
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DONE THAT WHICH
WAS RIGHT IN MY EYES.'
00:12:55.26\00:12:57.60
WHAT ABOUT DAVID?
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DID DAVID LIVE A LIFE
THAT WAS WORTHY OF PRAISE?
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WELL, FOR THE MOST PART.
00:13:02.00\00:13:04.06
HE MADE SOME BIG BLUNDERS.
00:13:04.06\00:13:06.36
AND YET, LISTEN TO
WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT DAVID.
00:13:06.36\00:13:08.56
FIRST KINGS, 14:8.
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"AND YET YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
AS MY SERVANT DAVID, WHO KEPT MY
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COMMANDMENTS, WHO FOLLOWED
ME WITH ALL OF HIS HEART, TO DO
00:13:14.36\00:13:17.33
ONLY THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT
IN MY EYES;" DOES GOD HAVE
00:13:17.33\00:13:20.56
A BAD MEMORY?
00:13:20.56\00:13:21.50
OR HAD GOD FORGIVEN HIM?
00:13:21.50\00:13:24.33
LOOKED UPON DAVID
AND HE PRAISED HIM.
00:13:24.33\00:13:26.16
HE ALSO LOOKED
AT THE BIG PICTURE.
00:13:26.16\00:13:28.90
NOW, SO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN
THEY LOOK BACK ON A LIFE WHERE
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THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR MISTAKE,
THAT'S ALL THEY THINK ABOUT.
00:13:31.03\00:13:33.56
THEY WON'T THINK ABOUT THE
GOOD THINGS THEY MAY HAVE DONE.
00:13:33.56\00:13:36.46
SOMETIMES HISTORY IS UNFAIR
IN THE WAY IT JUDGES, BUT GOD
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PRAISES PEOPLE.
00:13:38.83\00:13:41.13
JOHN 1:47. "JESUS SAW NATHANAEL
COMING TO HIM, AND HE SAID,
00:13:41.13\00:13:44.36
'BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE IN
WHOM THERE IS NO GUILE!'"
00:13:44.36\00:13:47.16
HE DIDN'T SAY HE WAS
SINLESS, BUT THIS WAS A VERY
00:13:47.16\00:13:49.66
HONEST MAN, NATHANAEL.
00:13:49.66\00:13:51.66
AND JESUS BROUGHT THAT OUT
AND HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY IT.
00:13:51.66\00:13:56.30
OF COURSE, IN THE WORLD, WE
SOMETIMES ARE MORE PREOCCUPIED
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WITH THE PRAISE OF MEN
THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD.
00:13:59.66\00:14:02.50
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEEK PRAISE,
THEN DON'T LIVE TO TRY AND GET
00:14:02.50\00:14:05.53
PRAISE BY MEN, BE MORE
CONCERNED WITH THE PRAISE
00:14:05.53\00:14:08.93
THAT COMES FROM GOD.
00:14:08.93\00:14:10.53
JOHN 12:43.
00:14:10.53\00:14:12.53
"FOR THEY LOVED THE
PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE
00:14:12.53\00:14:14.83
PRAISE OF GOD."
00:14:14.83\00:14:15.70
I WANT GOD TO
BE PLEASED WITH ME.
00:14:15.70\00:14:18.33
NOW, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT
OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS
00:14:18.33\00:14:24.26
WE LIVE TO
WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD.
00:14:24.26\00:14:26.50
BIBLE BEGINS WITH
WORSHIP AND ENDS WITH WORSHIP.
00:14:26.50\00:14:29.33
THE FINAL BATTLE IS OVER WORSHIP
AND SO, PRAISE IS CENTRAL TO
00:14:29.33\00:14:33.06
THAT AND WE NEED
TO UNDERSTAND IT.
00:14:33.06\00:14:35.03
WE NEED TO SPEND
MORE TIME PRAISING GOD.
00:14:35.03\00:14:38.06
WE WORSHIP GOD FOR WHO HE IS.
00:14:38.06\00:14:40.36
WE PRAISE HIM,
MORE SPECIFICALLY,
00:14:40.36\00:14:41.86
FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
00:14:41.86\00:14:43.50
WE THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
00:14:43.50\00:14:46.43
BUT SO OFTEN, AND IT HAPPENS
IN RELATIONSHIPS, IT HAPPENS IN
00:14:46.43\00:14:49.86
MARRIAGES, IN
FAMILIES, WITH WORKERS.
00:14:49.86\00:14:54.03
WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOING A
GOOD JOB WE SORT OF TAKE IT FOR
00:14:54.03\00:14:55.96
GRANTED AND WE FORGET
TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION.
00:14:55.96\00:15:00.70
SOMETIMES YOU THINK,
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE IT
00:15:00.70\00:15:03.20
BEFORE' - AND WE
FORGET HOW LONG IT'S BEEN.
00:15:03.20\00:15:05.70
IT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO
DO FREQUENTLY AND YOU SHOULD
00:15:05.70\00:15:08.23
NEVER REALLY BE DONE
EXPRESSING APPRECIATION.
00:15:08.23\00:15:12.30
LIKE THE HUSBAND, HIS WIFE
SAID, 'YOU NEVER TELL ME YOU
00:15:12.30\00:15:14.70
LOVE ME ANYMORE.' AND
HE SAID, 'WELL, I TOLD YOU
00:15:14.70\00:15:17.60
WHEN I MARRIED YOU.
00:15:17.60\00:15:18.30
IF I CHANGE MY
MIND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.'
00:15:18.30\00:15:21.23
AND, LET'S FACE IT,
WE'RE ALL THAT WAY SOMETIMES.
00:15:21.23\00:15:26.56
ERWIN LUTZER SAID, "PRAISE
IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP, AND IF WE
00:15:26.56\00:15:30.00
HAVEN'T LEARNED TO WORSHIP
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW
00:15:30.00\00:15:32.20
WELL WE DO ANYTHING ELSE."
00:15:32.20\00:15:35.66
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN
THAT MAYBE WENT TO CHURCH ON THE
00:15:35.66\00:15:38.43
WRONG DAY, BUT THERE WON'T
BE ANYONE IN HEAVEN THAT DOESN'T
00:15:38.43\00:15:41.70
PRAISE GOD.
00:15:41.70\00:15:44.43
SO, IF WE DON'T GET THAT
RIGHT, WE GET IT ALL WRONG.
00:15:44.43\00:15:49.10
HEAVEN IS FILLED WITH
BEINGS THAT PRAISE GOD.
00:15:49.10\00:15:53.10
GOD IS PRAISED IN HEAVEN.
00:15:53.10\00:15:55.36
REVELATION 7, VERSE 10 -
AND THERE'S SEVERAL VERSES
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I COULD READ.
00:15:57.70\00:15:59.46
"THESE ANGELS AROUND THE THRONE
OF GOD, THEY CRY WITH A LOUD
00:15:59.46\00:16:02.10
VOICE SAYING 'SALVATION TO OUR
GOD THAT SITS UPON THE THRONE,
00:16:02.10\00:16:06.40
AND UNTO THE LAMB.' AND
ALL THE ANGELS STOOD ROUND
00:16:06.40\00:16:09.96
ABOUT THE THRONE, AND ABOUT THE
ELDERS AND THE FOUR BEASTS, AND
00:16:09.96\00:16:13.23
THEY FELL BEFORE THE THRONE ON
THEIR FACES AND THEY WORSHIPED
00:16:13.23\00:16:15.86
GOD, SAYING, 'AMEN: BLESSING,
AND GLORY, AND WISDOM, AND
00:16:15.86\00:16:20.03
THANKSGIVING, AND HONOR, AND
POWER, AND MIGHT, BE UNTO OUR
00:16:20.03\00:16:23.00
GOD FOREVER AND
EVER.'" THEY WERE THANKING AND
00:16:23.00\00:16:25.66
PRAISING HIM IN HEAVEN.
00:16:25.66\00:16:27.63
IF WE HOPE TO BE THERE, WE
NEED TO PROBABLY START LEARNING
00:16:27.63\00:16:29.96
TO DO THAT MORE HERE.
00:16:29.96\00:16:32.56
ISAIAH 6, VERSE 3.
00:16:32.56\00:16:35.40
HE HAD THIS VISION OF HEAVEN AND
THESE ANGELS BY THE THRONE OF
00:16:35.40\00:16:38.16
GOD ARE SAYING CONTINUALLY,
"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD
00:16:38.16\00:16:42.30
OF HOSTS.
00:16:42.30\00:16:43.43
THE WHOLE EARTH IS
FULL OF HIS GLORY."
00:16:43.43\00:16:46.10
THESE ARE COVERING
ANGELS BY THE THRONE OF GOD.
00:16:46.10\00:16:48.33
WHAT WAS THEIR JOB?
00:16:48.33\00:16:50.50
THEY WERE TO PRAISE GOD.
00:16:50.50\00:16:52.76
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED
THAT THE TRANSITION POINT FOR
00:16:52.76\00:16:56.23
LUCIFER, WHEN HE STOPPED BEING
A CHERUB AND STARTED BEING THE
00:16:56.23\00:16:59.63
DEVIL AND SATAN AND A REBEL?
00:16:59.63\00:17:01.86
WHEN HE CEASED TO PRAISE GOD.
00:17:01.86\00:17:05.70
WHEN HE BEGAN TO FROWN IN
THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND WANT THE
00:17:05.70\00:17:08.50
PRAISE FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD
OF BEING WILLING TO OFFER IT
00:17:08.50\00:17:11.33
FREELY TO GOD.
00:17:11.33\00:17:12.36
HE THEN CEASED BEING THAT
ANGEL AND HE TRANSITIONED INTO
00:17:12.36\00:17:18.40
BEING A REBEL.
00:17:18.40\00:17:20.06
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK
DISTINGUISHED THE FALLEN ANGELS
00:17:20.06\00:17:25.06
FROM THE GOOD ANGELS?
00:17:25.06\00:17:26.73
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE FALLEN
ANGELS STOPPED PRAISING GOD.
00:17:26.73\00:17:31.10
AND I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE
FALL - THEY BACKSLIDE IN THEIR
00:17:31.10\00:17:34.16
EXPERIENCE WHEN WE FORGET
TO THANK AND TO PRAISE GOD FOR
00:17:34.16\00:17:37.16
ALL THE BLESSINGS
THAT HE'S GIVEN US.
00:17:37.16\00:17:41.06
ALL OF CREATION PRAISES
GOD - NOT ONLY IN HEAVEN BUT
00:17:41.06\00:17:43.80
EVEN HERE ON EARTH.
00:17:43.80\00:17:45.23
LUKE 19, VERSE 40.
00:17:45.23\00:17:47.70
WHEN JESUS WAS COMING DOWN THE
MOUNTAIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN
00:17:47.70\00:17:51.06
WERE CRYING OUT,
SAYING 'PRAISE THE LORD' AND
00:17:51.06\00:17:55.36
'HOSANNA. HOSANNA.' AND
THEY TOLD JESUS TO TELL THEM
00:17:55.36\00:17:58.93
TO BE QUIET.
00:17:58.93\00:18:00.90
AND HE SAID, 'IF THESE SHOULD
BE QUIET, EVEN THE STONES WOULD
00:18:00.90\00:18:04.20
IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT.'
VERY NATURE WOULD PRAISE GOD.
00:18:04.20\00:18:09.33
PSALM 148, VERSE 5.
00:18:09.33\00:18:10.86
YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF
PRAISE IN THE PSALMS.
00:18:10.86\00:18:13.83
IT SAYS, "PRAISE THE LORD!
00:18:13.83\00:18:15.46
PRAISE THE LORD FROM
THE HEAVENS; PRAISE HIM
00:18:15.46\00:18:17.36
FROM THE HEIGHTS!
00:18:17.36\00:18:18.16
PRAISE HIM ALL YOU
ANGELS; PRAISE HIM ALL HIS HOST.
00:18:18.16\00:18:21.63
PRAISE HIM, SUN AND MOON; PRAISE
HIM, ALL YOU STARS OF LIGHT!
00:18:21.63\00:18:26.80
PRAISE HIM, YOU HEAVENS OF
HEAVENS, AND YOU WATERS THAT BE
00:18:26.80\00:18:30.53
ABOVE THE HEAVENS.
00:18:30.53\00:18:31.76
LET THEM PRAISE THE NAME OF THE
LORD, FOR HE COMMANDS AND THEY
00:18:31.76\00:18:34.40
WERE CREATED."
00:18:34.40\00:18:36.23
GO TO PSALM 96,
VERSES 11 AND 12.
00:18:36.23\00:18:39.36
"LET THE HEAVENS REJOICE, LET
THE EARTH BE GLAD; LET THE SEA
00:18:39.36\00:18:42.63
ROAR AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF;
LET THE FIELD BE JOYFUL AND ALL
00:18:42.63\00:18:46.00
THAT IS THEREIN.
00:18:46.00\00:18:47.50
AND ALL THE TREES
OF THE WOOD REJOICE."
00:18:47.50\00:18:49.36
AND YOU'VE HEARD THAT SONG
'ALL THE TREES OF THE FIELD WILL
00:18:49.36\00:18:51.56
CLAP THEIR HANDS.' IT
TALKS ABOUT NATURE PRAISING
00:18:51.56\00:18:53.90
THE LORD.
00:18:53.90\00:18:56.86
SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD
A DOG BARKING AT NIGHT.
00:18:56.86\00:18:59.26
HERE YOU THOUGHT IT
WAS PLAIN OLD NOISE.
00:18:59.26\00:19:00.86
MAYBE HE WAS PRAISING GOD.
00:19:00.86\00:19:04.40
JUST SOUNDS LIKE NOISE.
00:19:04.40\00:19:05.96
AND LET'S FACE IT, WHEN
CHRISTIANS ARE OUT IN THE WORLD
00:19:05.96\00:19:08.80
PRAISING THE LORD, SOMETIMES
THE WORLD THINKS THAT WE'RE JUST
00:19:08.80\00:19:11.23
MAKING NOISE.
00:19:11.23\00:19:13.16
BUT GOD KNOWS
WHAT IT'S COMING FROM.
00:19:13.16\00:19:15.66
PSALM 150 - THIS
IS THE LAST PSALM.
00:19:15.66\00:19:18.56
MATTER OF FACT, YOU COULD READ
THAT - MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING
00:19:18.56\00:19:20.60
TO DO THAT REAL QUICK.
00:19:20.60\00:19:21.63
IF YOU GO TO PSALM
150, VERSES 1 THROUGH 6.
00:19:21.63\00:19:28.40
"PRAISE THE LORD!"
00:19:28.40\00:19:29.30
THIS IS THE LAST OF THE PSALMS.
00:19:29.30\00:19:31.90
I THINK THERE'S A REASON
THAT YOU FIND THIS WORD SO
00:19:31.90\00:19:33.70
FREQUENTLY HERE.
00:19:33.70\00:19:35.40
"PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY;
PRAISE HIM THE FIRMAMENT
00:19:35.40\00:19:39.90
OF HIS POWER.
00:19:39.90\00:19:41.50
PRAISE HIM FOR HIS MIGHTY ACTS;
PRAISE HIM ACCORDING TO HIS
00:19:41.50\00:19:45.03
EXCELLENT GREATNESS!
00:19:45.03\00:19:46.46
PRAISE HIM WITH THE
SOUND OF THE TRUMPET;
00:19:46.46\00:19:48.53
WITH THE PSALTERY AND HARP.
00:19:48.53\00:19:50.30
PRAISE HIM WITH TIMBREL AND
DANCE: PRAISE HIM WITH STRINGED
00:19:50.30\00:19:53.70
INSTRUMENTS AND ORGANS.
00:19:53.70\00:19:55.43
PRAISE HIM UPON THE LOUD
CYMBALS: PRAISE HIM UPON THE
00:19:55.43\00:19:57.70
HIGH SOUNDING CYMBALS.
00:19:57.70\00:19:59.50
LET EVERY THING THAT HAS BREATH"
- THAT'S NOT JUST TALKING
00:19:59.50\00:20:02.60
ABOUT PEOPLE. -
"EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH
00:20:02.60\00:20:05.16
PRAISE THE LORD."
00:20:05.16\00:20:06.40
AND THEN IT ENDS - THE LAST
WORDS IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS ARE
00:20:06.40\00:20:09.60
"PRAISE YE THE LORD!"
00:20:09.60\00:20:12.33
WE SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE
PRAISING HIM IN PUBLIC.
00:20:12.33\00:20:15.76
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL
HAS TRIED TO INTIMIDATE GOD'S
00:20:15.76\00:20:20.00
PEOPLE WITH THE SCORN OF
THE WORLD IF YOU PRAISE THE LORD
00:20:20.00\00:20:24.63
IN PUBLIC.
00:20:24.63\00:20:25.33
YES, THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE
THAT LOOK AT YOU NARROWLY OR
00:20:25.33\00:20:27.83
THINK YOU'RE MAKING A SPECTACLE.
00:20:27.83\00:20:30.36
I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU MAKE A
SPECTACLE, BUT DON'T BE ASHAMED
00:20:30.36\00:20:34.10
THAT YOU BELIEVE IN GOD.
00:20:34.10\00:20:36.10
ARE THE ANGELS EVER
ASHAMED TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD?
00:20:36.10\00:20:40.33
DO THEY EVER HIDE IT?
00:20:40.33\00:20:42.16
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY
OF THE CREATURES IN THE UNIVERSE
00:20:42.16\00:20:45.53
BELIEVE IN GOD, IS IT
THE MAJORITY OR THE MINORITY?
00:20:45.53\00:20:50.76
THE VAST MAJORITY.
00:20:50.76\00:20:52.46
IT'S ONLY A MINUSCULE FRAGMENT
OF HIS CREATION ON THIS PLANET
00:20:52.46\00:20:58.30
THAT DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE
EXISTS, THAT DON'T PRAISE HIM.
00:20:58.30\00:21:01.50
ARE YOU GOING TO COW DOWN TO
THAT SMALL GROUP THAT'S GOING TO
00:21:01.50\00:21:03.90
LOSE IN THE END?
00:21:03.90\00:21:06.66
AND HIDE YOUR PRAISE BECAUSE
YOU'RE AFRAID OF WHAT THEY
00:21:06.66\00:21:08.90
THINK OF YOU?
00:21:08.90\00:21:09.60
THEY'RE ON THE LOSING TEAM.
00:21:09.60\00:21:11.13
OR ARE YOU GOING TO REMEMBER
THAT ANGELS ARE WATCHING AND
00:21:11.13\00:21:13.46
DON'T BE ASHAMED
TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY?
00:21:13.46\00:21:16.90
ISAIAH 12, VERSE 4.
00:21:16.90\00:21:18.80
"PRAISE THE LORD, CALL UPON HIS
NAME; DECLARE HIS DEEDS AMONG
00:21:18.80\00:21:21.66
THE PEOPLE," -
PUBLICLY, IN CHURCH AND OUT
00:21:21.66\00:21:25.16
OF CHURCH. MATTER OF FACT, YOU
FIND AN INTERESTING STORY IF YOU
00:21:25.16\00:21:27.96
LOOK IN YOUR BIBLES - ACTS
CHAPTER 3. THIS IS A GREAT STORY
00:21:27.96\00:21:31.16
- AGAIN, WRITTEN BY LUKE.
00:21:31.16\00:21:35.03
PETER COMES TO THE BEAUTIFUL
GATE AND THERE'S THIS MAN WHO
00:21:35.03\00:21:37.76
HAS NEVER WALKED IN HIS LIFE.
00:21:37.76\00:21:39.40
HE WAS LAME FROM BIRTH.
00:21:39.40\00:21:42.43
LEGS WERE GNARLED AND CRIPPLED
SO HE COULDN'T WALK AND SOMEONE
00:21:42.43\00:21:45.96
WAS KIND ENOUGH - THEY'D CARRY
HIM EACH DAY AND THEY'D SET HIM
00:21:45.96\00:21:48.33
DOWN AT THE DOORS OF THE TEMPLE
- AND HE'D HEARD ABOUT JESUS BUT
00:21:48.33\00:21:51.00
HE HAD MISSED
GETTING HEALED BY CHRIST.
00:21:51.00\00:21:53.80
HE JUST WAS ALWAYS IN THE WRONG
PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, AND SO
00:21:53.80\00:21:57.43
HE HAD NEVER BEEN HEALED DURING
ALL THE MINISTRY OF JESUS.
00:21:57.43\00:22:01.83
AND HE SAT AT THE
GATE THERE AND BEGGED.
00:22:01.83\00:22:04.70
HE COULDN'T GO IN
BECAUSE HE WAS LAME.
00:22:04.70\00:22:06.43
DO YOU REALIZE THAT CRIPPLES
WERE NOT ALLOWED IN ACCORDING TO
00:22:06.43\00:22:09.13
THE LEVITICAL LAW.
00:22:09.13\00:22:11.80
AND PETER AND JOHN COME AND THEY
SEE THIS MAN AND THEY COULD TELL
00:22:11.80\00:22:14.80
THAT HE HAD FAITH - THAT
HE WANTED TO BE HEALED BY
00:22:14.80\00:22:17.50
JESUS BUT NOW JESUS HAD
BEEN CRUCIFIED AND ASCENDED INTO
00:22:17.50\00:22:20.30
HEAVEN - HE WAS GONE.
00:22:20.30\00:22:22.00
AND THAT'S WHEN PETER REACHED
OUT - HE TOOK HIS HAND AND HE
00:22:22.00\00:22:24.60
SAID, 'SILVER AND GOLD I DO NOT
HAVE BUT SUCH AS I HAVE I GIVE
00:22:24.60\00:22:27.03
UNTO THEE IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST RISE UP AND WALK.'
00:22:27.03\00:22:30.43
THIS IS A GREAT STORY.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "HE TOOK HIM BY
THE RIGHT HAND AND HE LIFTED HIM
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UP," - I'M IN ACTS 3, VERSE 7
- "AND IMMEDIATELY HIS FEET AND
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HIS ANKLE BONES
RECEIVED STRENGTH.
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AND HE, LEAPING UP, HE STOOD AND
HE WALKED AND HE ENTERED WITH
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THEM INTO THE TEMPLE."
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NOTICE HERE, WALKING AND LEAPING
- HE'D NEVER WALKED BEFORE BUT
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HE'S "LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD.
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AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAW
HIM WALKING AND PRAISING GOD."
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NOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID
ONE TIME, 'A BODY IS NOT REALLY
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CRIPPLED UNTIL
IT CEASES TO PRAISE.
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AND IF A PERSON DOES NOT PRAISE,
THEN THEY ARE TRULY CRIPPLED.'
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YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERFECT BILL
OF HEALTH FROM THE DOCTOR BUT IF
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YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
PRAISE THE LORD, YOU ARE
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SPIRITUALLY CRIPPLED.
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'YOU DON'T LEARN PRAISE IN
A DAY,' - QUOTING ERWIN LUTZER
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HERE - 'ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU MAY
HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR YEARS.
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NEW HABITS TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP.
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YOU CAN BEGIN TODAY AND PRACTICE
TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY UNTIL
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IT BECOMES PART OF YOU.'
'GOD GIVES US BLESSINGS SO WE
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CAN GIVE GLORY TO HIM.
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MOST OF THE VERSES WRITTEN ABOUT
PRAISE IN GOD'S WORD WERE PENNED
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BY MEN AND WOMEN WHO FACED
CRUSHING HEARTACHE, INJUSTICE,
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TREACHERY, SLANDER, AND SCORES
OF OTHER INTOLERABLE SITUATIONS
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AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT,
THEY LEARNED TO PRAISE GOD.'
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THEY HAD DISCIPLINED THEMSELVES
TO PRAISE GOD DURING THE
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BLESSINGS SO THEY COULD
KEEP PRAISING GOD THROUGH
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THEIR TRIALS.
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BY THE WAY, THAT WAS WRITTEN
BY JONI EARECKSON TADA HERSELF.
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PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS THE MOST
PROFOUND WAY OF EXPRESSING OUR
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LOVE TO THE FATHER.
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GOD LOVES US - HE LOVES TO BE
SINCERELY PRAISED AND WORSHIPED.
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HE DOESN'T WANT US TO PRAISE HIM
JUST THROUGH VAIN REPETITION.
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IT NEEDS TO BE FROM THE HEART.
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I WONDER HOW MANY BATTLES WE'VE
LOST BECAUSE WE TRY AND FIND
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SOME EARTHLY MEANS AND -
YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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JUST PRAISE GOD.
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HAS GOD GIVEN YOU
SOMETHING TO PRAISE HIM FOR?
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HAS HE GIVEN YOU SOMETHING
TO BE THANKFUL FOR? THANK HIM.
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YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU
THANK HIM, YOU PAVE THE WAY FOR
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