Turn the Key of Praise On

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God- this is your spiritual act of worship." Romans 12:1.

Praise and Worship is not only a duty of all Christian, it is our life or the life of all Christians. True Praise and Worship (Bringing God Pleasure) happens when you give yourself completely to God. Offering yourself to God is what Worship is all about.

When we surrendered our lives to God we experience peace, freedom and God's power in our life.
Job 22:21 says "Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you."
Likewise, Romans 6:17 say "But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted." We must remember that Jesus Christ is the ultimate example of total surrender to God. "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4:24

God is telling the world today what he is like. That he is a God of loving-kindness. That He is a God of mercy, not only a God of truth. He's been presented as a God of truth for years and years and people have been in fear of the God of truth because the truth has shown them their lost condition, shown them their inability, shown them that they have not met the conditions that truth demanded. But God is a God of mercy and truth. We find that where He mentions truth in the Word, mercy comes along. They're twins. Mercy is God saying that person does not deserve this. They haven't met those conditions but they need help so badly and I can and I will help them. So everyone who recognizes that what you've received from God didn't come because you did everything right, because you said all the right words. When you realize that what we have from God came from His big heart of love then we can say, "Oh God your mercy endures forever, you're good God." 

But this component has been present every time the key has been turned. And as the Israelite praised the Lord, the word tells us God took that key, opened the door, and the glory cloud from heaven came down and filled the place and people were overcome by the great cloud of the glory of His presence.

When we praise the Lord, He works in our goodwill.

When Israel was being attacked, God said, "You won't need to fight in this battle because I'm going to create a different kind of an army for you, an army of praise. And when this army of praise began to praise the Lord what did they say?  They said, "For He is good and His mercy endures forever." The same notes of praise. Not the fact that they were able to keep all of God's laws. It was the fact that God's mercy and kindness was extended to them and they were recognizing this and God said, "I like it." He told Michael to get a big bunch of warring angels and said, "Get down there." And he hid them behind every bush. And as this attacking army came they jumped out at them, they scared the daylights out of them. Those people, I don't know if they saw them or not but they started sticking each other with swords. Israel was delivered, but they were saved when they turned the key of praise. Not just a certain group of people that are a little off centered (Choir). Everybody praise the Lord!!!