Psalms – Prayers of Honesty and Praise
God can never be praised enough. Why? Because His greatness knows no boundaries! We will never come to the end of knowing God, realizing all He has done, is doing and will do for us. We will never know or realize the full extent of his love because his love has no boundaries!
God is all mercy, all grace, all the time! There is no limit to His mercy and grace either. His glory is seen every day in lives suddenly turned around, hearts softened, souls restored, minds blown by His power at work in them…and us! The strength of His power is unknown to human minds. We can only try to grasp the magnitude of God’s power displayed in Creation and the resurrection of Jesus Christ defeating death as we know death! His power knows no boundaries!
“God is magnificent; he can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to his greatness.”
Yet, daily we put God in a box by our childish thinking. We limit the power of His Holy Spirit by the boundaries of our small minds. Our conditional hearts limit His unconditional love that longs to flow freely in and through us to others. By our own worries and doubts we limit what God can and will do. We don’t ask to tap into His limitless power. We think we shouldn’t bother God with the trivial. We think we can handle the small stuff. But then the small stuff grows beyond our strength and wisdom. We limit God once more by not coming to Him with all of life. Our depressed state of minds limit His glorious work that is ready to burst forth from the center of our being. When will we learn: We pray. He works. We ask. God steps in. God is ready and willing to do what He does best…are WE ready?
“Everything God does is right–the trademark on all His works is love.”
“He does what’s best for those who fear him–…”
Read and praise God for His relentless love, abounding mercy and amazing grace. Lift your hearts, minds and souls and praise him because there are NO BOUNDARIES to His Greatness! HE is God and we are not. Praise God in that alone! All the heavy lifting of life belongs to the Creator of Life who gives Life! Let Him.
Psalm 145, The Message
David’s Praise
I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I’ll bless your name into eternity.
2 I’ll bless you every day,
and keep it up from now to eternity.
3 God is magnificent; he can never be praised enough.
There are no boundaries to his greatness.
4 Generation after generation stands in awe of your work;
each one tells stories of your mighty acts.
5 Your beauty and splendor have everyone talking;
I compose songs on your wonders.
6 Your marvelous doings are headline news;
I could write a book full of the details of your greatness.
7 The fame of your goodness spreads across the country; your righteousness is on everyone’s lips.
8 God is all mercy and grace—
not quick to anger, is rich in love.
9 God is good to one and all;
everything he does is suffused with grace.
10-11 Creation and creatures applaud you, God;
your holy people bless you.
They talk about the glories of your rule,
they exclaim over your splendor,
12 Letting the world know of your power for good, the lavish splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is a kingdom eternal;
you never get voted out of office.
God always does what he says,
and is gracious in everything he does.
14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck, gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.
15 All eyes are on you, expectant;
you give them their meals on time.
16 Generous to a fault,
you lavish your favor on all creatures.
17 Everything God does is right—
the trademark on all his works is love.
18 God’s there, listening for all who pray,
for all who pray and mean it.
19 He does what’s best for those who fear him—
hears them call out, and saves them.
20 God sticks by all who love him,
but it’s all over for those who don’t.
21 My mouth is filled with God’s praise.
Let everything living bless him,
bless his holy name from now to eternity!
O God, Heavenly Father and Creator of all,
We praise You. Everything we are we owe to You. You are everything we need. Your power is beyond our thinking. Your thoughts higher than our thoughts. Your love, mercy and grace brings us humbly bowing before you in gratefulness. You are the reason we live and breathe. May we always give you praise as we live expectantly for you. Great are you, Lord! May Your glory be seen in us!
In Jesus Name, Amen
And I’m singing praise to God…(By All Sons and Daughters)You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
Great are You, Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
Great are You, Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts…
