"Praise Him Anyhow"
Praise gives us what we need to get through what we face.
Praise the LORD!
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live.
I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper,
whose hope is in the LORD their God.
The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down.
Psalms 146–150 are called “Hallelujah Psalms” because they all begin and end with the Hebrew haleluyah, Praise the Lord
THESIS: Praise gives us what we need to get through what we face.
We praise Him because we CHOOSE to
Praise the LORD!
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live.
I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
expresses his own intention
all his life
“as long as I have breath,”
We praise Him because nobody else is WORTHY of our praise
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them.
We praise Him because praising Him restores our JOY
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper,
whose hope is in the LORD their God.
The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down.