Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000096
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00:01 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU 00:03 BY AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:12 >>YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERFECT BILL OF HEALTH FROM THE DOCTOR, 00:15 BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAISE THE LORD YOU ARE 00:17 SPIRITUALLY CRIPPLED. 00:22 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:24 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES 00:28 HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:32 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING 00:36 FACTS PRESENTS. 00:38 (MUSIC) >>THE MORNING'S MESSAGE 00:43 IS TALKING ABOUT MORE PRAISE IN YOUR DAYS. 00:48 AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T HAVE GENUINE PRAISE APART FROM 00:52 THANKSGIVING. 00:53 BIBLICALLY, THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME. 00:56 I REMEMBER A STORY YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BEFORE ABOUT A 00:59 CIRCUIT-RIDING PREACHER. 01:01 HE GOT OLD AND IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO RETIRE. 01:03 THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAYS WHERE THESE PREACHERS WOULD RIDE THEIR 01:06 HORSE FROM TOWN TO TOWN, THEY'D DO A LITTLE REVIVAL, THEY'D GO 01:08 ON TO THE NEXT TOWN - AND HE WAS A LITTLE OLDER THAN HIS HORSE SO 01:13 HE THOUGHT HE'D SELL HIS HORSE. 01:14 WELL, HE FOUND A PROSPECTIVE BUYER WHO CAME BY AND HE SAID, 01:18 'I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE HORSE FOR A TEST DRIVE.' 01:20 HE SAID, 'FAIR ENOUGH,' HE SAID, 'BUT I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW 01:23 THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL, I AM A PREACHER AND THIS HORSE IS NOT 01:26 LIKE TYPICAL WESTERN HORSES. 01:29 IF YOU WANT TO GO, YOU DON'T SAY 'GIDDY UP' YOU SAY 01:32 'PRAISE THE LORD.' IF YOU WANT TO STOP, YOU DON'T 01:34 SAY 'WHOA' YOU SAY 'AMEN.'' HE SAID, HE'S USED TO THESE 01:38 BIBLICAL TERMS AND THAT'S ALL HE'S GOING TO RESPOND TO.' 01:41 HE SAID, 'FAIR ENOUGH, I THINK I CAN HANDLE THAT.' 01:44 HE SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO TRY HIM OUT.' 01:45 AND HE SAID, 'HELP YOURSELF.' AND SO HE HOPS ON THE HORSE AND 01:48 THEY LIVED THERE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN AND HE SAID, 'GIDDY UP' 01:53 AND THE HORSE DIDN'T MOVE AND HE SAID, 'OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.' 01:55 HE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD.' AND SO THE HORSE TOOK OFF AND HE 01:58 STARTED WALKING. 02:00 HE GOT OUT OF TOWN A LITTLE BIT AND HE SAID, 'HEY, THIS SEEMS 02:02 LIKE A GOOD HORSE.' HE SAID, 'I WONDER IF I KICK IT UP A 02:04 NOTCH - PRAISE THE LORD!' THE HORSE STARTED INTO A 02:08 FASTER TROT. 02:11 THEN HE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!' AND THE HORSE WENT INTO A 02:13 FULL GALLUP. 02:15 AND HE THOUGHT, 'WELL THIS IS PRETTY GOOD. 02:17 THE HORSE IS PRETTY FAST.' BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HE LOOKED 02:19 DOWN THE TRAIL AND HE COULD SEE THAT THE HORSE WAS GALLOPING 02:21 TOWARDS A CLIFF. 02:24 HE SAID 'WHOA! STOP! HALT!' AND THE HORSE IS JUST CHARGING 02:29 UP TO THE EDGE OF THIS CLIFF AND HE'S TRYING TO THINK 02:31 'WHAT WAS THAT WORD AGAIN?' HE SAID, 'AMEN!' 02:34 AND THE HORSE LOCKED HIS LEGS AND STOPPED AND WENT SCREECHING 02:37 RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF AND ALL THE DUST BILLOWED 02:39 PAST AND TUMBLED OFF THE CLIFF AND THE MAN TOOK A BREATH AND HE 02:44 WIPED HIS BROW AND HE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!' 02:52 WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO SAY 'PRAISE THE LORD' IN A 02:57 CHURCH, AND WHEN NOT TO SAY IT, AND WHAT IT MEANS. 03:01 WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PRAISING GOD AND I FOUND, IN THE CHURCH, 03:04 THAT REAL PRAISE IS SOMETHING THAT IS MISUNDERSTOOD 03:08 - BOTH TIME AND PLACE. 03:10 IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT AND STUDY THE SUBJECT OF 03:13 MORE PRAISE IN OUR DAYS BECAUSE IT IS A BIBLICAL THEME. 03:17 OVER 290 TIMES IN THE BIBLE YOU'LL FIND THE WORD PRAISE. 03:23 IT'S INTERESTING, IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS 03:25 TO REVELATION. 03:27 THE FIRST MENTION OF PRAISE IN THE BIBLE YOU FIND IN GENESIS 03:32 CHAPTER 29, VERSE 35. 03:36 WHEN LEAH GIVES BIRTH TO THE BOY JUDAH. 03:40 "AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN AND BORE A SON AND SHE SAID, 'NOW I 03:45 WILL PRAISE THE LORD.' THEREFORE SHE CALLED HIS NAME 03:49 JUDAH." 03:51 IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT THE WORD PRAISE, IN HEBREW, IS 03:54 YADAH, WHICH MEANS JUDAH AND IT SIMPLY MEANS PRAISE. 03:59 IN GREEK THE WORD IS AENOS. 04:02 AHEENOS IS HOW YOU WOULD SAY PRAISE. 04:05 BUT, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT VERSE THERE IN GENESIS 29, 04:09 VERSE 35. 04:10 THE FIRST TIME YOU FIND THE WORD PRAISE IS WITH THE SON OF THE 04:16 TRIBE JUDAH, THROUGH WHICH THE MESSIAH WOULD COME. 04:20 HE WAS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF PRAISE. 04:26 AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN BE A MEMBER OF THE 04:29 PRIZE - OF THE TRIBE RATHER - OF PRAISE. 04:32 PRAISE SHOULD BE PART OF WHO WE ARE. 04:34 MAYBE I SHOULD START WITH A DEFINITION. 04:38 PRAISE COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD PRETIUM OR TO PRIZE. 04:44 IT'S DRAWN EITHER FROM THE WORD TO PRIZE OR TO PRICE SOMETHING. 04:49 AND SO, THE WORD PRAISE MEANS 'EXPRESSION OF WARM APPROBATION, 04:57 APPROVAL, COMMENDATION, OR ADMIRATION. 05:01 TO EXTOL, LAUD, WORSHIP. 05:05 TO EXALT A DEITY, RULER, OR HERO. 05:08 TO PRAISE. 05:11 NOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PRAISING THE LORD BUT JUST 05:15 IF WE WERE TO TALK IN A MORE GENERAL SENSE OF THE WORD 05:19 PRAISE, EVERYBODY APPRECIATES PRAISE. 05:23 I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES BEING TOLD, 'YOU DID A GOOD JOB. 05:27 WE LIKE WHO YOU ARE.' TO EXTOL SOMETHING GOOD THAT 05:31 YOU'VE DONE OR A TALENT YOU MIGHT POSSESS AND, JOHN RUSKIN 05:36 ONCE SAID, "WHEN WE FAIL TO PRAISE SOMEBODY THAT DESERVES 05:40 IT, TWO SAD THINGS HAPPEN. 05:42 FIRST OF ALL, WE RUN THE CHANCE OF DRIVING HIM FROM THE RIGHT 05:45 ROAD FOR LACK OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND WE DEPRIVE OURSELVES, 05:48 SECONDLY, OF THE HIGHEST PRIVILEGE OF BEING A REWARDER 05:52 OF HIM WHO DESERVES REWARD." 05:55 YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF DISPENSING REWARD WHEN YOU 05:58 OFFER PRAISE. 06:01 SOMEONE ELSE SAID, ROGER ASHKIM, "THERE IS NO SUCH WHET STONE TO 06:05 SHARPEN GOOD WITH AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN LIFE, AS PRAISE. 06:11 IT'S NOT JUST IN THE SCHOOLROOM, IT'S TRUE EVERYWHERE. 06:13 PRAISE WILL SHARPEN AND IMPROVE ANY SITUATION, RELATIONSHIP, ANY 06:17 PERSON, PROVIDED THAT IT'S TRULY DESERVED AND SINCERELY GIVEN." 06:22 YOU'VE PROBABLY ALSO KNOWN PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS THANKING 06:24 AND PRAISING PEOPLE FOR EVERYTHING - AND THAT'S GOOD, 06:28 AND WE ALL WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THAT, BUT SOMEBODY 06:30 ONCE SAID, 'HE WHO PRAISES EVERYONE REALLY PRAISES NO ONE.' 06:36 IF YOU HAVE NO RATIONING AT ALL OF YOUR PRAISE, THEN PRETTY SOON 06:39 PEOPLE BEGIN TO WONDER HOW SINCERE YOU ARE. 06:42 AND SO THE PRAISE OUGHT TO BE GENUINE AND IT OUGHT TO BE 06:45 TIMELY IN THE WAY THAT IT'S GIVEN. 06:48 EVERYBODY APPRECIATES BEING APPRECIATED. 06:51 A PAT ON THE BACK ACCOMPLISHES A LOT MORE THAN A SLAP 06:53 IN THE FACE. 06:55 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU HERE WHO 06:59 MAYBE HAD FATHERS THAT USED TO RATION THEIR PRAISE A LITTLE 07:04 TOO SPARSELY. 07:06 MY DAD WAS THAT. 07:07 HE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET BETTER PERFORMANCE AND SO YOU'D OFTEN 07:10 HEAR THE CRITICISMS AND SELDOM WOULD YOU HEAR THE PRAISE. 07:15 I THINK IT WAS THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, THE ONE WHO 07:19 CONQUERED NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO, WHO WAS A VERY BRILLIANT 07:22 GENERAL, BUT HE WAS ALSO A VERY EXACTING OFFICER AND GAVE OUT 07:27 VERY SCANT RECOMMENDATION TO PEOPLE. 07:31 HE VERY RARELY EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OR PRAISE FOR 07:35 A JOB WELL DONE. 07:36 AND HE RECOGNIZED THAT WAS A FLAW, BECAUSE AT THE END OF HIS 07:39 LIFE SOMEBODY ASKED HIM, 'IF YOU COULD LIVE YOUR SUCCESSFUL LIFE 07:42 OVER AGAIN, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D DO DIFFERENTLY?' 07:46 HE SAID, 'YES, I WOULD PRAISE MORE.' 07:50 NOW THAT COULD PROBABLY BE SAID NOT ONLY OF THOSE IN POSITIONS 07:53 OF LEADERSHIP FOR PEOPLE YOU'RE WORKING WITH, OR PARENTS, BUT I 07:56 THINK THAT COME ETERNITY, EVERY CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO SAY, 'YOU 08:00 KNOW, I WISH, DURING THIS LIFE, I HAD PRAISED MORE.' 08:06 BECAUSE REALLY, THAT'S WHY WE EXIST. 08:10 WE EXIST TO GIVE WORSHIP TO GOD. 08:13 YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY DON'T ENJOY ANYTHING UNTIL YOU SHARE IT WITH 08:18 SOMEBODY ELSE. 08:22 AND IF YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AND YOU'RE BY YOURSELF, 08:26 UNLESS YOU CAN EXPRESS PRAISE TO GOD FOR IT, OR TELL SOMEONE ELSE 08:30 THAT YOU ELBOW, 'ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?' 08:33 YOU REALLY HAVEN'T FULLY DELIGHTED IN IT. 08:36 PRAISE IS THE EPITOME OF YOUR EXISTENCE. 08:40 AND SO, - AND THE BIBLE IS FULL OF IT. 08:42 MATTER OF FACT, I THOUGHT OF THIS WHILE I WAS JUST UP THERE 08:44 LISTENING TO THE SPECIAL MUSIC. 08:46 YOU LOOK IN LUKE 24 - TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOSPELS 08:51 OF MATTHEW AND MARK, THEY END WITH THE GREAT COMMISSION AND 08:55 YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, IT ENDS TALKING ABOUT 08:58 JESUS AND HIS COUNSEL TO JOHN AND TO PETER. 09:03 BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF LUKE, IT SAYS IN VERSE 50 "HE 09:09 LED" - AND THIS IS LUKE 24, VERSE 50. 09:11 "HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS BETHANY, HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS 09:14 AND HE BLESSED THEM. 09:16 NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE BLESSED THEM, HE WAS PARTED FROM 09:19 THEM AND CARRIED INTO HEAVEN." 09:21 NOTICE - "AND THEY WORSHIPED HIM AND THEY RETURNED TO JERUSALEM 09:27 WITH GREAT JOY, AND THEY WERE CONTINUALLY IN THE TEMPLE 09:33 PRAISING AND BLESSING GOD." 09:36 THEY WENT FROM WORSHIPING GOD INTO THE TEMPLE WHERE THEY WERE 09:41 OCCASIONALLY? OR CONTINUALLY? 09:43 CONTINUALLY PRAISING AND BLESSING GOD. 09:47 CHRISTIANS, IF KNOWN FOR ANYTHING, WE OUGHT TO BE KNOWN 09:49 FOR A PEOPLE THAT PRAISE GOD. 09:52 NOW THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IT 09:55 MEANS TO PRAISE GOD. 09:56 AND SOME OF THIS CAME FROM RECENT GENERATIONS WHERE SOME OF 10:00 THE TELEVANGELISTS WOULD HAVE PROGRAMS - THEY HAD ONE PROGRAM 10:03 CALLED 'PRAISE THE LORD' - AND YOU MIGHT HEAR SOMEONE SAY 10:07 THE WORDS 'PRAISE THE LORD' 90 TIMES DURING ONE SHOW. 10:11 AND SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES IN SEQUENCE. 10:15 IT WAS JUST LIKE VAIN REPETITION. 10:17 'PRAISE THE LORD. 10:17 PRAISE THE LORD. 10:18 LET'S ALL PRAISE THE LORD.' THAT WOULD MEAN EVERYBODY STARTS 10:19 RAISING THEIR HANDS AND WAVING THEM AND SAYING, 10:21 'PRAISE THE LORD. 10:22 PRAISE THE LORD.' THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT 10:24 PRAISE IS. 10:25 BECAUSE PRAISE IS WHERE YOU EXTOL, YOU IDENTIFY, 10:29 YOU SPECIFY, SOMEONE'S GOODNESS. 10:32 YOU SPECIFICALLY THANK THEM FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC. 10:39 IF YOU WALKED UP TO A STRANGER ON THE STREET AND SAID, 10:40 'THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 10:41 THANK YOU.' THEY'D THINK YOU'RE MAD. 10:43 'FOR WHAT?' THEY'D SAY. 10:45 YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE THEM A SPECIFIC. 10:48 AND IT'S OKAY TO GIVE EACH OTHER ENCOURAGEMENT. 10:51 EVERYBODY NEEDS IT. 10:53 DOES GOD EVER ENCOURAGE AND PRAISE PEOPLE? 10:56 IS PRAISE ONLY FOR GOD? NO. 10:59 YOU CAN READ IN THE BIBLE ABOUT CORNELIUS. 11:02 DOES GOD PRAISE PEOPLE? YES. 11:04 ACTS 10, VERSE 4. 11:06 AN ANGEL COMES TO THIS ROMAN CENTURION SAYING, 11:08 'GOD HAS LOOKED AT YOUR GENEROSITY - HE'S LOOKED AT YOUR 11:11 ALMS AND YOUR KINDNESS.' HE SAYS, "YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR 11:14 ALMS HAVE COME UP FOR A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD." 11:17 GOD HAD BEEN TAKING NOTE OF THAT AND GOD SENT AN ANGEL TO TELL 11:20 HIM THAT HE NOTICED. 11:22 IN THE BOOK OF JOB, DOES THE LORD TALK ABOUT HIS SERVANT JOB? 11:28 AND SPEAK OF HIM IN A PRAISEWORTHY WAY? 11:31 HE EVEN SAID TO THE DEVIL, "HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB, 11:35 THAT THERE'S NONE LIKE HIM IN THE EARTH?" 11:37 IT'S LIKE HE'S BRAGGING ON HIM. 11:38 "A BLAMELESS AND AN UPRIGHT MAN WHO FEARS GOD AND TURNS AWAY 11:41 FROM EVIL." 11:42 NOTICE HE GIVES THE SPECIFICS. 11:44 BY THE WAY, JESUS SAID THAT IF WE SPEAK UP FOR HIM, IF WE'RE 11:47 NOT ASHAMED OF HIM, GOD WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF US AND HE WILL 11:51 CONFESS OUR NAME BEFORE THE FATHER AND THE ANGELS. 11:55 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WHERE HERE GOD WAS CONFESSING 11:58 THE NAME OF JOB BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD AND BEFORE 12:03 THE ANGELS. 12:04 WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING TO HAVE GOD PRAISE US? 12:08 WILL JESUS SAY TO THOSE THAT ARE SAVED - MATTHEW 25:21 - "WELL 12:12 DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT; ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD, 12:16 YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS, I'LL MAKE YOU 12:17 RULER OVER MANY THINGS." 12:18 GOD IS PRAISING THOSE WHO HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. 'WELL DONE.' 12:23 HOW MANY OF YOU WISH THAT MAYBE YOUR PARENTS HAD SAID THAT 12:25 MORE TO YOU? 12:26 'WELL DONE. GOOD JOB.' TO BE ENCOURAGED. 12:29 TO BE COMPLIMENTED. 12:30 OUR HEAVENLY FATHER DOES. 12:32 YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GETS ME? 12:34 HE EVEN DOES IT AMONG THOSE WHO WEREN'T PERFECT. 12:38 WAS ABRAHAM PERFECT? 12:41 DID ABRAHAM KIND OF TELL A HALF-TRUTH WHEN HE SAID SARAH 12:44 WAS HIS SISTER? 12:46 BUT WHEN GOD THEN REFERS BACK TO ABRAHAM, BECAUSE ABRAHAM 12:49 ACCEPTED THE BLOOD AND SACRIFICE OF THE LORD, GOD LOOKED UPON HIM 12:52 AND HE SAID, 'ABRAHAM IS ONE WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS AND HE'S 12:55 DONE THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN MY EYES.' 12:57 WHAT ABOUT DAVID? 12:59 DID DAVID LIVE A LIFE THAT WAS WORTHY OF PRAISE? 13:02 WELL, FOR THE MOST PART. 13:04 HE MADE SOME BIG BLUNDERS. 13:06 AND YET, LISTEN TO WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT DAVID. 13:08 FIRST KINGS, 14:8. 13:11 "AND YET YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, WHO KEPT MY 13:14 COMMANDMENTS, WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL OF HIS HEART, TO DO 13:17 ONLY THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN MY EYES;" DOES GOD HAVE 13:20 A BAD MEMORY? 13:21 OR HAD GOD FORGIVEN HIM? 13:24 LOOKED UPON DAVID AND HE PRAISED HIM. 13:26 HE ALSO LOOKED AT THE BIG PICTURE. 13:28 NOW, SO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY LOOK BACK ON A LIFE WHERE 13:31 THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR MISTAKE, THAT'S ALL THEY THINK ABOUT. 13:33 THEY WON'T THINK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THEY MAY HAVE DONE. 13:36 SOMETIMES HISTORY IS UNFAIR IN THE WAY IT JUDGES, BUT GOD 13:38 PRAISES PEOPLE. 13:41 JOHN 1:47. "JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING TO HIM, AND HE SAID, 13:44 'BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE IN WHOM THERE IS NO GUILE!'" 13:47 HE DIDN'T SAY HE WAS SINLESS, BUT THIS WAS A VERY 13:49 HONEST MAN, NATHANAEL. 13:51 AND JESUS BROUGHT THAT OUT AND HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY IT. 13:56 OF COURSE, IN THE WORLD, WE SOMETIMES ARE MORE PREOCCUPIED 13:59 WITH THE PRAISE OF MEN THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD. 14:02 IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEEK PRAISE, THEN DON'T LIVE TO TRY AND GET 14:05 PRAISE BY MEN, BE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE PRAISE 14:08 THAT COMES FROM GOD. 14:10 JOHN 12:43. 14:12 "FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE 14:14 PRAISE OF GOD." 14:15 I WANT GOD TO BE PLEASED WITH ME. 14:18 NOW, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS 14:24 WE LIVE TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD. 14:26 BIBLE BEGINS WITH WORSHIP AND ENDS WITH WORSHIP. 14:29 THE FINAL BATTLE IS OVER WORSHIP AND SO, PRAISE IS CENTRAL TO 14:33 THAT AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT. 14:35 WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME PRAISING GOD. 14:38 WE WORSHIP GOD FOR WHO HE IS. 14:40 WE PRAISE HIM, MORE SPECIFICALLY, 14:41 FOR WHAT HE'S DONE. 14:43 WE THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE'S DONE. 14:46 BUT SO OFTEN, AND IT HAPPENS IN RELATIONSHIPS, IT HAPPENS IN 14:49 MARRIAGES, IN FAMILIES, WITH WORKERS. 14:54 WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOING A GOOD JOB WE SORT OF TAKE IT FOR 14:55 GRANTED AND WE FORGET TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION. 15:00 SOMETIMES YOU THINK, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE IT 15:03 BEFORE' - AND WE FORGET HOW LONG IT'S BEEN. 15:05 IT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DO FREQUENTLY AND YOU SHOULD 15:08 NEVER REALLY BE DONE EXPRESSING APPRECIATION. 15:12 LIKE THE HUSBAND, HIS WIFE SAID, 'YOU NEVER TELL ME YOU 15:14 LOVE ME ANYMORE.' AND HE SAID, 'WELL, I TOLD YOU 15:17 WHEN I MARRIED YOU. 15:18 IF I CHANGE MY MIND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.' 15:21 AND, LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE ALL THAT WAY SOMETIMES. 15:26 ERWIN LUTZER SAID, "PRAISE IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP, AND IF WE 15:30 HAVEN'T LEARNED TO WORSHIP IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW 15:32 WELL WE DO ANYTHING ELSE." 15:35 THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN THAT MAYBE WENT TO CHURCH ON THE 15:38 WRONG DAY, BUT THERE WON'T BE ANYONE IN HEAVEN THAT DOESN'T 15:41 PRAISE GOD. 15:44 SO, IF WE DON'T GET THAT RIGHT, WE GET IT ALL WRONG. 15:49 HEAVEN IS FILLED WITH BEINGS THAT PRAISE GOD. 15:53 GOD IS PRAISED IN HEAVEN. 15:55 REVELATION 7, VERSE 10 - AND THERE'S SEVERAL VERSES 15:57 I COULD READ. 15:59 "THESE ANGELS AROUND THE THRONE OF GOD, THEY CRY WITH A LOUD 16:02 VOICE SAYING 'SALVATION TO OUR GOD THAT SITS UPON THE THRONE, 16:06 AND UNTO THE LAMB.' AND ALL THE ANGELS STOOD ROUND 16:09 ABOUT THE THRONE, AND ABOUT THE ELDERS AND THE FOUR BEASTS, AND 16:13 THEY FELL BEFORE THE THRONE ON THEIR FACES AND THEY WORSHIPED 16:15 GOD, SAYING, 'AMEN: BLESSING, AND GLORY, AND WISDOM, AND 16:20 THANKSGIVING, AND HONOR, AND POWER, AND MIGHT, BE UNTO OUR 16:23 GOD FOREVER AND EVER.'" THEY WERE THANKING AND 16:25 PRAISING HIM IN HEAVEN. 16:27 IF WE HOPE TO BE THERE, WE NEED TO PROBABLY START LEARNING 16:29 TO DO THAT MORE HERE. 16:32 ISAIAH 6, VERSE 3. 16:35 HE HAD THIS VISION OF HEAVEN AND THESE ANGELS BY THE THRONE OF 16:38 GOD ARE SAYING CONTINUALLY, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD 16:42 OF HOSTS. 16:43 THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY." 16:46 THESE ARE COVERING ANGELS BY THE THRONE OF GOD. 16:48 WHAT WAS THEIR JOB? 16:50 THEY WERE TO PRAISE GOD. 16:52 HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THAT THE TRANSITION POINT FOR 16:56 LUCIFER, WHEN HE STOPPED BEING A CHERUB AND STARTED BEING THE 16:59 DEVIL AND SATAN AND A REBEL? 17:01 WHEN HE CEASED TO PRAISE GOD. 17:05 WHEN HE BEGAN TO FROWN IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND WANT THE 17:08 PRAISE FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD OF BEING WILLING TO OFFER IT 17:11 FREELY TO GOD. 17:12 HE THEN CEASED BEING THAT ANGEL AND HE TRANSITIONED INTO 17:18 BEING A REBEL. 17:20 AND WHAT DO YOU THINK DISTINGUISHED THE FALLEN ANGELS 17:25 FROM THE GOOD ANGELS? 17:26 I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE FALLEN ANGELS STOPPED PRAISING GOD. 17:31 AND I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE FALL - THEY BACKSLIDE IN THEIR 17:34 EXPERIENCE WHEN WE FORGET TO THANK AND TO PRAISE GOD FOR 17:37 ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT HE'S GIVEN US. 17:41 ALL OF CREATION PRAISES GOD - NOT ONLY IN HEAVEN BUT 17:43 EVEN HERE ON EARTH. 17:45 LUKE 19, VERSE 40. 17:47 WHEN JESUS WAS COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND ALL THE CHILDREN 17:51 WERE CRYING OUT, SAYING 'PRAISE THE LORD' AND 17:55 'HOSANNA. HOSANNA.' AND THEY TOLD JESUS TO TELL THEM 17:58 TO BE QUIET. 18:00 AND HE SAID, 'IF THESE SHOULD BE QUIET, EVEN THE STONES WOULD 18:04 IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT.' VERY NATURE WOULD PRAISE GOD. 18:09 PSALM 148, VERSE 5. 18:10 YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF PRAISE IN THE PSALMS. 18:13 IT SAYS, "PRAISE THE LORD! 18:15 PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS; PRAISE HIM 18:17 FROM THE HEIGHTS! 18:18 PRAISE HIM ALL YOU ANGELS; PRAISE HIM ALL HIS HOST. 18:21 PRAISE HIM, SUN AND MOON; PRAISE HIM, ALL YOU STARS OF LIGHT! 18:26 PRAISE HIM, YOU HEAVENS OF HEAVENS, AND YOU WATERS THAT BE 18:30 ABOVE THE HEAVENS. 18:31 LET THEM PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD, FOR HE COMMANDS AND THEY 18:34 WERE CREATED." 18:36 GO TO PSALM 96, VERSES 11 AND 12. 18:39 "LET THE HEAVENS REJOICE, LET THE EARTH BE GLAD; LET THE SEA 18:42 ROAR AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF; LET THE FIELD BE JOYFUL AND ALL 18:46 THAT IS THEREIN. 18:47 AND ALL THE TREES OF THE WOOD REJOICE." 18:49 AND YOU'VE HEARD THAT SONG 'ALL THE TREES OF THE FIELD WILL 18:51 CLAP THEIR HANDS.' IT TALKS ABOUT NATURE PRAISING 18:53 THE LORD. 18:56 SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD A DOG BARKING AT NIGHT. 18:59 HERE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS PLAIN OLD NOISE. 19:00 MAYBE HE WAS PRAISING GOD. 19:04 JUST SOUNDS LIKE NOISE. 19:05 AND LET'S FACE IT, WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE OUT IN THE WORLD 19:08 PRAISING THE LORD, SOMETIMES THE WORLD THINKS THAT WE'RE JUST 19:11 MAKING NOISE. 19:13 BUT GOD KNOWS WHAT IT'S COMING FROM. 19:15 PSALM 150 - THIS IS THE LAST PSALM. 19:18 MATTER OF FACT, YOU COULD READ THAT - MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING 19:20 TO DO THAT REAL QUICK. 19:21 IF YOU GO TO PSALM 150, VERSES 1 THROUGH 6. 19:28 "PRAISE THE LORD!" 19:29 THIS IS THE LAST OF THE PSALMS. 19:31 I THINK THERE'S A REASON THAT YOU FIND THIS WORD SO 19:33 FREQUENTLY HERE. 19:35 "PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY; PRAISE HIM THE FIRMAMENT 19:39 OF HIS POWER. 19:41 PRAISE HIM FOR HIS MIGHTY ACTS; PRAISE HIM ACCORDING TO HIS 19:45 EXCELLENT GREATNESS! 19:46 PRAISE HIM WITH THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET; 19:48 WITH THE PSALTERY AND HARP. 19:50 PRAISE HIM WITH TIMBREL AND DANCE: PRAISE HIM WITH STRINGED 19:53 INSTRUMENTS AND ORGANS. 19:55 PRAISE HIM UPON THE LOUD CYMBALS: PRAISE HIM UPON THE 19:57 HIGH SOUNDING CYMBALS. 19:59 LET EVERY THING THAT HAS BREATH" - THAT'S NOT JUST TALKING 20:02 ABOUT PEOPLE. - "EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH 20:05 PRAISE THE LORD." 20:06 AND THEN IT ENDS - THE LAST WORDS IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS ARE 20:09 "PRAISE YE THE LORD!" 20:12 WE SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE PRAISING HIM IN PUBLIC. 20:15 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL HAS TRIED TO INTIMIDATE GOD'S 20:20 PEOPLE WITH THE SCORN OF THE WORLD IF YOU PRAISE THE LORD 20:24 IN PUBLIC. 20:25 YES, THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT YOU NARROWLY OR 20:27 THINK YOU'RE MAKING A SPECTACLE. 20:30 I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU MAKE A SPECTACLE, BUT DON'T BE ASHAMED 20:34 THAT YOU BELIEVE IN GOD. 20:36 ARE THE ANGELS EVER ASHAMED TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD? 20:40 DO THEY EVER HIDE IT? 20:42 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE CREATURES IN THE UNIVERSE 20:45 BELIEVE IN GOD, IS IT THE MAJORITY OR THE MINORITY? 20:50 THE VAST MAJORITY. 20:52 IT'S ONLY A MINUSCULE FRAGMENT OF HIS CREATION ON THIS PLANET 20:58 THAT DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS, THAT DON'T PRAISE HIM. 21:01 ARE YOU GOING TO COW DOWN TO THAT SMALL GROUP THAT'S GOING TO 21:03 LOSE IN THE END? 21:06 AND HIDE YOUR PRAISE BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF WHAT THEY 21:08 THINK OF YOU? 21:09 THEY'RE ON THE LOSING TEAM. 21:11 OR ARE YOU GOING TO REMEMBER THAT ANGELS ARE WATCHING AND 21:13 DON'T BE ASHAMED TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY? 21:16 ISAIAH 12, VERSE 4. 21:18 "PRAISE THE LORD, CALL UPON HIS NAME; DECLARE HIS DEEDS AMONG 21:21 THE PEOPLE," - PUBLICLY, IN CHURCH AND OUT 21:25 OF CHURCH. MATTER OF FACT, YOU FIND AN INTERESTING STORY IF YOU 21:27 LOOK IN YOUR BIBLES - ACTS CHAPTER 3. THIS IS A GREAT STORY 21:31 - AGAIN, WRITTEN BY LUKE. 21:35 PETER COMES TO THE BEAUTIFUL GATE AND THERE'S THIS MAN WHO 21:37 HAS NEVER WALKED IN HIS LIFE. 21:39 HE WAS LAME FROM BIRTH. 21:42 LEGS WERE GNARLED AND CRIPPLED SO HE COULDN'T WALK AND SOMEONE 21:45 WAS KIND ENOUGH - THEY'D CARRY HIM EACH DAY AND THEY'D SET HIM 21:48 DOWN AT THE DOORS OF THE TEMPLE - AND HE'D HEARD ABOUT JESUS BUT 21:51 HE HAD MISSED GETTING HEALED BY CHRIST. 21:53 HE JUST WAS ALWAYS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, AND SO 21:57 HE HAD NEVER BEEN HEALED DURING ALL THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. 22:01 AND HE SAT AT THE GATE THERE AND BEGGED. 22:04 HE COULDN'T GO IN BECAUSE HE WAS LAME. 22:06 DO YOU REALIZE THAT CRIPPLES WERE NOT ALLOWED IN ACCORDING TO 22:09 THE LEVITICAL LAW. 22:11 AND PETER AND JOHN COME AND THEY SEE THIS MAN AND THEY COULD TELL 22:14 THAT HE HAD FAITH - THAT HE WANTED TO BE HEALED BY 22:17 JESUS BUT NOW JESUS HAD BEEN CRUCIFIED AND ASCENDED INTO 22:20 HEAVEN - HE WAS GONE. 22:22 AND THAT'S WHEN PETER REACHED OUT - HE TOOK HIS HAND AND HE 22:24 SAID, 'SILVER AND GOLD I DO NOT HAVE BUT SUCH AS I HAVE I GIVE 22:27 UNTO THEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST RISE UP AND WALK.' 22:30 THIS IS A GREAT STORY. 22:32 THE BIBLE SAYS, "HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND AND HE LIFTED HIM 22:35 UP," - I'M IN ACTS 3, VERSE 7 - "AND IMMEDIATELY HIS FEET AND 22:40 HIS ANKLE BONES RECEIVED STRENGTH. 22:43 AND HE, LEAPING UP, HE STOOD AND HE WALKED AND HE ENTERED WITH 22:49 THEM INTO THE TEMPLE." 22:51 NOTICE HERE, WALKING AND LEAPING - HE'D NEVER WALKED BEFORE BUT 22:55 HE'S "LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD. 22:59 AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAW HIM WALKING AND PRAISING GOD." 23:04 NOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, 'A BODY IS NOT REALLY 23:08 CRIPPLED UNTIL IT CEASES TO PRAISE. 23:14 AND IF A PERSON DOES NOT PRAISE, THEN THEY ARE TRULY CRIPPLED.' 23:18 YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERFECT BILL OF HEALTH FROM THE DOCTOR BUT IF 23:22 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAISE THE LORD, YOU ARE 23:23 SPIRITUALLY CRIPPLED. 23:26 'YOU DON'T LEARN PRAISE IN A DAY,' - QUOTING ERWIN LUTZER 23:29 HERE - 'ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR YEARS. 23:34 NEW HABITS TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP. 23:36 YOU CAN BEGIN TODAY AND PRACTICE TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY UNTIL 23:39 IT BECOMES PART OF YOU.' 'GOD GIVES US BLESSINGS SO WE 23:43 CAN GIVE GLORY TO HIM. 23:45 MOST OF THE VERSES WRITTEN ABOUT PRAISE IN GOD'S WORD WERE PENNED 23:48 BY MEN AND WOMEN WHO FACED CRUSHING HEARTACHE, INJUSTICE, 23:52 TREACHERY, SLANDER, AND SCORES OF OTHER INTOLERABLE SITUATIONS 23:56 AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT, THEY LEARNED TO PRAISE GOD.' 23:59 THEY HAD DISCIPLINED THEMSELVES TO PRAISE GOD DURING THE 24:02 BLESSINGS SO THEY COULD KEEP PRAISING GOD THROUGH 24:05 THEIR TRIALS. 24:06 BY THE WAY, THAT WAS WRITTEN BY JONI EARECKSON TADA HERSELF. 24:11 PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS THE MOST PROFOUND WAY OF EXPRESSING OUR 24:14 LOVE TO THE FATHER. 24:17 GOD LOVES US - HE LOVES TO BE SINCERELY PRAISED AND WORSHIPED. 24:22 HE DOESN'T WANT US TO PRAISE HIM JUST THROUGH VAIN REPETITION. 24:26 IT NEEDS TO BE FROM THE HEART. 24:28 I WONDER HOW MANY BATTLES WE'VE LOST BECAUSE WE TRY AND FIND 24:31 SOME EARTHLY MEANS AND - YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. 24:33 JUST PRAISE GOD. 24:35 HAS GOD GIVEN YOU SOMETHING TO PRAISE HIM FOR? 24:38 HAS HE GIVEN YOU SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR? THANK HIM. 24:43 YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU THANK HIM, YOU PAVE THE WAY FOR 24:45 FUTURE BENEFITS. 24:48 >>STAY TUNED. 24:49 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 24:51 (MUSIC) >>NOW, IS IT WRONG TO 25:02 WANT TO SEE MIRACLES? 25:06 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT, 'LORD, PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE SAW 25:08 ANGELS, PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE SAW MIRACLES. 25:11 I WANT MORE FAITH. 25:12 IF I COULD SEE MORE MIRACLES, I'D HAVE MORE FAITH.' 25:18 YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF THE GREAT SIGNS IS FOR US? 25:20 THAT GOD IS REAL? 25:22 IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKING TO OUR HEARTS. 25:27 >>EXPERIENCE BIBLE PROPHECY LIKE NEVER BEFORE WITH 25:30 PROPHECY FOUNDATIONS. 25:32 THE NEW MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM WITH 27 UNIQUE BIBLE STUDIES FOR 25:36 ADULTS AND KIDS. 25:38 OVER 32 HOURS OF BIBLE-TEACHING VIDEO SERMONS BY PASTOR 25:41 DOUG BATCHELOR. 25:42 THE ELECTRONIC AMAZING HEALTH MAGAZINE FILLED WITH 25:45 LIFE-TRANSFORMING HEALTH TIPS OVER 160 AUDIO QUESTIONS AND 25:50 ANSWERS AND OVER 57 BOOKS ALL ON ONE DVD. 25:53 GO TO STORE.AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 25:58 >>DURING A TIME OF GREAT SPIRITUAL DARKNESS. 26:07 WHEN BRAVE SOULS RISKED EVERYTHING. 26:12 THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD WAS GIVEN BACK - TO ALL MANKIND. 26:30 COSMIC CONFLICT. 26:38 >>THIS COSMIC CONFLICT PROJECT IS GOING TO CHANGE LIVES AND 26:41 LIBERATE PEOPLE WITH THE TRUTH, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 26:45 WILL YOU PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER JOINING WITH US IN THIS 26:48 EPIC PROJECT TO CHANGE LIVES WITH THE TRUTH? 27:01 >>PRAISE TO GOD IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD. 27:03 DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH HOW LOUD YOU SING? 27:05 IS IT AS SIMPLE AS WHETHER THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN YOUR WORSHIP 27:08 SERVICE OR IF IT'S MORE SUBDUED? 27:10 THE PRINCIPLE OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO GOD SHOULD 27:12 HAPPEN ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS. 27:15 PRAISE TO GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH YOU HAVE 27:17 OR DON'T HAVE. 27:19 OUR PRAISE AND THANKS TO GOD MUST REMAIN CONSISTENT SIMPLY 27:22 FOR GOD BEING GOD. 27:25 IMAGINE WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU KEPT A POSITIVE 27:28 SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THANKSGIVING IN MIND. 27:31 WHY DO WE WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS WE CANNOT CONTROL INSTEAD OF 27:33 FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED AND THE BLESSINGS WE 27:37 HAVE RECEIVED IN SPITE OF THEM? 27:39 WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU A WONDERFUL POCKETBOOK ENTITLED 27:42 'FROM STRESS TO JOY.' 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