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Ephesians 3:20–21 (NRSV)
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.
INTRODUCTION
AS WE CLOSE OUT THIS SUMMER SERMON SERIES ON YOUR NEXT MIRACLE WE CELEBRATE THIS MORNING HOW
“Miracles happen [when] we praise God.”
The story is told about a woman missionary in China many years ago.
She contracted a deadly disease and
was given up to die.
For days she lay quarantined in her bunk, with no medical help—it was a hopeless
situation.
The only thing she could do was pray.
So hour after hour, she pled with God to heal her.
Then suddenly the
Lord gave her a vision.
She saw an old-fashioned scale, the kind often seen on justice statues, with a
fulcrum and plates held by chains on each side.
This scale she saw was heavily weighted on one side, while
the other side was way up in the air because it was empty.
The scale was clearly out of balance.
The Lord revealed to her that the heavy side was her prayers—she had certainly prayed many prayers—
while the empty side was her praise.
God quickened to her that the praise side needed to be filled to
outweigh the trouble she was facing.
When the scale was balanced, her healing would be manifested.
So this desperately sick woman stopped pleading for her healing and started praising God.
She praised Him
for His greatness.
She praised Him for sending Jesus and for all His benefits.
She praised Him for being her
savior, her healer, her provider, and for everything He’d ever done for her.
At first, she was so weak that her praises were mere whispers.
But as she continued to do nothing but praise
and worship God all day and all night, she grew louder.
As the people outside her room heard her fervent
praises they feared for her life, thinking that maybe she was delirious with fever.
You can imagine how
amazed they were, several days later, when she walked out of that room on her own, totally healed!
She
had taken “the praise cure” and she was completely made well.
FROM THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER PATIENT PORTAL BLOG DATED AUGUST 12th
AND WE’VE ALL HEARD IT SAID, EVEN IF WE HAVEN’T SAID IT OURSELVES, BELOVEDS, “WHEN THE PRAISES GO UP,
THE BLESSINGS COME DOWN.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY, IN CHINA, IS HOW
PRAISES ALSO CAN PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN YOUR NEXT MIRACLE.......YOUR NEXT SET OF BLESSINGS.....YOUR WAY OF
SHOWING GOD THE DESIRE YOU HAVE TO REALLY TUNE IN AND LISTEN AND TO BE AWARE THAT IF ALL YOU CAN DO
IS PRAISE GOD SOFTLY, PRAISE GOD FROM YOUR HEART.......IF ALL YOU CAN DO IS COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS ONE BY
ONE AND PRAISE GOD IN THE PROCESS.....BELOVEDS, PRAISE GOD IN THE PROCESS.....
PRAISE HIM, THE GOSPEL SONG WRITER, WROTE....FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN UNTO THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SAME, HE’S WORTHY, JESUS IS WORTHY…OH HE’S WORTHY TO BE PRAISED.......Glory!
Glory!
In all things give him
glory.
Jesus, blessed Savior, he's worthy to be praised
SO, ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR NEXT MIRACLE NEVER FORGET TO PRAISE THE GOOD LORD IN ADVANCE…AMEN?
4 ADDITIONAL WAYS YOUR PRAISES OF GOD WILL BLESS YOU
THE MISSIONARY’S PRAISES PREPPED AND POSITIONED HER FOR HER NEXT MIRACLE......AND FOR PEOPLE OF
FAITH OUR PRAISES CAN DO MUCH MORE.........SO DON’T LET ANY DISCOURAGEMENT THAT COMES YOUR WAY KEEP
YOU DOWN.....RICK WARREN, THE PASTOR WHOSE CREATIVITY BROUGHT US ALL THINGS PURPOSE DRIVEN IN
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, NAMED 7 BENEFITS OF PRAISING GOD......WE WON’T LOOK AT 7, WE’LL LOOK AT HIS 4 BEST
BENEFITS
#1 - PRAISES LIFT YOUR SPIRIT.....FOR THE MISSIONARY IN OUR STORY REMEMBER THAT LAST LINE, “She
had taken “the praise cure” and she was completely made well.
RICK WARREN WANTS US TO FLIP OVER IN
OUR BIBLES TO PSALMS 42: 5-6
OUR PRAISES TAKE OUR EYES OFF OURSELVES, OUR PRAISES POINT THE WAY TO THE HOPE OF OUR SALVATION,
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD....PRAISE GOD WHEN YOUR SPIRITS ARE LOW, BELOVEDS.....PRAISE GOD...
#2ndly - PRAISE HELPS YOU AND I SENSE GOD’S PRESENCE, BELOVEDS....
WE KNOW GOD IS ALWAYS PRESENT WHETHER WE SENSE GOD OR NOT.
SOMETIMES WE FEEL SO FAR AWAY FROM
GOD.....AND AS WARREN PUTS IT, “WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL GOD’S PRESENCE IS WHEN YOU NEED TO PRAISE GOD
THE MOST.
IT’S EASIER TO ACT YOUR WAY INTO A FEELING THAT FEEL YOUR WAY INTO AN ACTION.
IN FACT,
MATURITY IS WHEN WE DO WHAT’S RIGHT WHETHER WE FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT.
THE BIBLE SAYS, PSALMS 140: 13
3rdly - PRAISE ENLARGES YOUR PERCEPTION OF GOD
OUR TEXT THIS MORNING IS ABOUT HEARING THE APOSTLE PAUL PRAY WITH THE CONFIDENCE TO KNOW GOD IS
DOING MORE THAN WE CAN ASK OR IMAGINE.....THAT’S ENLARGING THE PERCEPTION OF ALL THOSE WHO WOULD
HEAR AND PRAY THIS PRAYER FOR THEMSELVES, BELOVEDS......PRAISE PREPARES US TO RECEIVE PAUL’S PRAYER,
PRAISE PREPARES US TO CONFIDENTLY PRAY THIS PRAYER FOR OTHERS......AND IT IS PSALM 69:30
THAT REMINDS US TO KEEP MAGNIFYING OUR GOD, AND AS WE MAGNIFY WARREN WRITES, WE ENLARGE THE VERY
THING WE’RE MAGNIFYING, AMEN?
AND WHEN OUR GOD GETS BIGGER, OUR PROBLEMS CAN GET SMALLER.....CAN
YOUR PROBLEMS EVER BE BIGGER THAN GOD? OUR PROBLEMS CAN FEEL LIKE THEY’RE CONSUMING US AT TIMES,
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS BELOVEDS.....WE’VE GOT TO PRAISE OUR WAY OUT THEM, PRAISE OUR WAY INTO THE
PRESENCE OF OUR GOD WHO’S BIGGER THAN EVERYTHING......
4thly and FINALLY, PRAISE CAN REVEAL SOLUTIONS WE CAN’T SEE....
AS WE COME INTO GOD’S PRESENCE SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO THE COMPLEXITIES OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES
WE HEAR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC MONK, THOMAS A. KEMPIS
TO PRAISE GOD IN ALL THINGS......AND TO CARRY OUT OUR VERY LIVES THIS WAY, BELOVEDS:
To act well, and suffer evil, to praise God in all things, and never to draw vanity from his good gifts—such is the life of the just.
BELIEVERS COME TO RECOGNIZE AND AFFIRM THAT PRAISING GOD IN GOD’S PRESENCE CAN REVEAL SOLUTIONS
TO THE TOUGHEST TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN OUR LIVES WITH NEW WAYS TO THINK, ACT & SEE......PSALM 73:16-17
SOMETIMES WE’VE GOT TO PRAISE GOD IN THE SANCTUARY, EVEN AS WE PERCEIVE THIS BOTH LITERALLY AND
FIGURATIVELY........WE COME INTO GOD’S PRESENCE, AND ALLOW GOD TO WORK ON OUR MINDS, OUR HEARTS AND
OUR SOULS....WE COME INTO THE SANCTUARY AND LEAVE LIFTED, WE LEAVE WITH A SOLUTION OR TWO WE MAY
HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED BEFORE......
REMIND YOURSELF ABOUT HOW GOD MADE US
GOD GAVE US THE MANY, MIGHTY AND MYRIAD GIFTS OF ARTISTS &ACADEMICS OF SO MANY KINDS.......THE
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