Have you found it to be true?Ī well-planned playlist with my favorite Hillsong worship songs has been just the thing to help me keep my joy on those kinds of days. This Psalm says we should praise God in song. When you’ve had a bad day that leads into a bad night when everyone is sick and the youngest spikes a 102 temp, sending you to the urgent care all night, you can still praise God. It’s one thing to read a few Bible verses about faith in hard times and say to yourself you will lean in and not run but it’s another thing to live it out. After you’ve experienced that power you will say as I do, “I will praise God at all times.” What God Says About Overcoming Obstacles The power of praise in times of trouble is that His joy bubbles up inside of you and covers you in peace. If you are the temple of God, that same joy you get when praising God in Church can come while praising God anywhere. Yep, praising God in the midst of trouble is a powerful tool. How do you get that faith in hard times? Praise God. When times get hard we can be tempted to lose faith, but if we lean into Him instead of walking away our faith will grow and blessing is on the other side. When we remember that we can join in with praising God during difficult times! More than that, we will begin to praise God in all circumstances!!!!! How Do You Get Faith in Hard Times? The Warrior God of Hosts we can rely onĭo you see what God says about hard times here? They will come, but we can rely on God to be our shield and defender.Ĭhristians have the hope of Christ alive inside our souls because the Holy Spirit lives in us our body is the Temple of God.We observe in Psalm 84 a turn from longing to praise God to a note of what we are to praise. The envy of Israelites longing to Worship God in God’s house.
Those birds lived in the temple, nested and raised chicks in the temple. Historians note that birds were kept in the temple to sing praise to God, to add harmony to the singers as they worshiped. The Psalmist seems almost jealous of the Temple birds. Something about being in God’s presence makes your heart and soul sing for joy and so we sing in God’s House. If they lived far from the temple they would make a long journey just to worship in the Temple of God. The presence of God brings blessings that cover us in grace and feed our souls.īeing in the Temple was something Israelites longed for. Being in God’s House was the way they entered into God’s presence. The Israelites understood the blessing of being in God’s House. The religion of Christianity dictates that we go to church regularly but if that is where it ends for us we’ve missed the point. So what’s the big deal about going to Church and praising God during difficult times? In America, there is a church on every other corner and most of us have a pastor or faith blogger in the family. When was the last time you longed to be in church? Click To Tweet When Should We Praise God? We are also called to praise Him – no matter what the circumstances. The Israelites were taught from birth about praising God during difficult times. It is beautiful really to see the example they set for us. The children of Israel know all about the difficulty and still, they Worship. What I find interesting about this longing is that it came in the midst of trials.
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The Psalmist is full of longing to be in God’s House. The context of Psalm 84:4 uses the phrase “be still” in a different way than we’ve seen so far in our study.
“Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence They will be (Be Still) singing Your praises all the day long. 5 Will You Begin Praising God During Difficult Times? Should We be Praising God During Difficult Times?
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