Total praise

Ten thousand clashing cymbals
A dozen or so tambourines
Four score and ten sekeres
Let's not forget the
talking drums,
or the stringed instruments
the saxophone
or the oboe
and most importantly millions of hands greeting each other
patewo
all saying in their own tongues
HALLELUYAH
Praise be to God Almighty
the whole earth is full of your glory
I am redeemed of the lord and I say so
I have breath so I'm counted amongst those
that are praising the Lord today
for indeed He has been good, His mercies endureth forever
HALLELUYAH
Amen

I feel like shouting, I've been singing and dancing but now I have company! Yes, I am crazy, crazy about my God. No, nothing happened, well at least if I can call the fact that I'm still alive and well nothing, or that my blocked nose is clear nothing, or the fact that my lunch is waiting for me in the fridge nothing, that the fact that there's no cash in the bank at the same time there are no bills to pay nothing! If I can say that my family is alive and well nothing, If I can say that my education is nothing or that some sales were made nothing well then nothing has happened! But these things I take for granted are not nothing because my God has got my back real good.

I am rejoicing, I am singing, I am dancing, I am jumping (on the inside), please join me, I know Remi is breakdancing so I'll just give her some space and do my running man at the side! Lol! But join me, let's give Him total praise. He more than deserves it!

A season of prayer; Day 25

A Prayer of Praise

O Lord my God, indeed you are very great. We call you an awesome wonder because that is what you are. I keep wondering at your might, your knowledge, your wisdom. Nothing can take you by surprise, before there was a beginning you were and when things cease to exist you will still be there. The One who creates things but was not Created. The One who sees all, who knows all, who is all. Father, I praise you. Like David I ask, who is Believer that you are mindful of her, she wakes up in the morning, she goes to bed at night for you have given her breath, your Spirit lives within her.

Daddy, where do I start from? Do I praise you for your mercy and your grace; not giving me what I rightfully deserve which is punishment but clothing me with your grace and glory. Do I praise you for my life? That in you I live and move and have my being? Do I praise you because I was created in your image that in you I can decree things and they must be so because I am seated in the heavenly places with you far above prinicipalities, powers and every name that is named. I join the whole of creation to give you praise. I have breath so I will praise the Lord.

I praise you because you are a miracle working God. You show up in situations and there is a turn around, everywhere you go, you do wonderful things, you do good things, you do great things. Lion of the tribe of Judah, Bright and morning star, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, I give you praise. There is power in my praise. As praises go up, you have promised that blessings come down.

I will praise you like your children did as they marched around the walls of Jericho, I will praise you like Gideon and 300 did against the Midianites, I will praise you like Hezekiah did when you utterly destroyed their enemies before them without them even lifting a finger. I will praise you in utter and total abandon like David did when the ark of the Covenant was brought back to Jerusalem. I will sing and dance, I will make melody in my heart for I serve a good God.

Eternal Rock of Ages, the one who has renamed me Hephzibah and Beulah, the one who took away garments of mourning and shame and has put me in royal garments. I honour and magnify your name. May my life be one not of complaints but of praise to the One, the Only, the God who reigns. Jehovah, Yaweh. Thank you Lord.

I praise you because of your word, I praise you because you can never go back on it, when you have promised it, you make it come to pass. I praise you because even though I am waiting on you concerning different areas of my life, I can rejoice and be glad because my soul waits patiently on One who hears and can do something about it. I praise you because even when I find myself sinking in the miry clay of depression and despair, you have the strength to pull me out and set me on a rock. Thank you for always being an anchor in the time of the storm. Thank you for being my peace. Thank you for being my God.

God of favour, who enables me to win wars even when He has to do ojoro for me. Thank you because you bestow your favour on whom you will. Thank you for calling and choosing me. I am grateful for my new nationality, a citizen of the Kingdom of God. The benefits are amazing and astounding...thank you Father, thank you Lord.

Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary;praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. Psalm 150:1-6

So you think you can....

...PRAISE!

I am just in one of those moods, when I just want to forget about everything else and lay on my face in the presence of my Master, the one and only God, the immortal, invincible and invisible....anyway Lord, this is from me to you.

There are kings
but you are the KING OF ALL KINGS
The are lords
but you are the LORD OF ALL LORDS
The God who created
the heavens and the earth
and all that is within them
God of wonders
An awesome God
Awesome in your majesty
Awesome in your beauty
Awesome in your splendour
Awesome in your holiness
I join everything and everyone that has breath to give you praise
Redeemer
Lover of my soul
My Husband
My song in the night
My strong tower
My great protector
My great provider
Who is there like you in all the earth?
I ask again...Who is there like you in all the earth?
Your knowledge knows no bounds
You know the number of hairs on my head
You know the thoughts in my heart
You know the tears that I cry
You know my yesterday, you know my tomorrow
Your power is limitless
You arise and your enemies are scattered
You decree a thing and it must come to pass
You watch over your word to perform
Who is there like you in all the earth
A great God, a God of justice
Yet also, a God of mercy
The One who has compassion on me
The One who sees me through the blood of His son
The One who clothes me with His own righteousness
The One who answers prayers
Ever Present
Ever Loving
All seeing
My Banner, you surround me
You clothe my enemies with shame
You give me confidence to laugh in the face of trouble
Osanobua
Olodumare
Igwe
Author of my story, you will finish it as well
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of all matters
Daddy I give you praise
Father I give you praise
You have been my Rock
You have been my song
You have been my testimony
You have been my UNCOMMON TESTIMONY
Giver of life
Giver of hope
Giver of new beginnings
My turn it around God
The Unexplained Explainer
Ese Modupe
For the victory
Daddy I thank you
You called me Hephzibah
You called me Beulah
You called me Grace
You called me Glory
You called me Beautiful
So I dance
So I praise
So I worship
Rocks, you can't take my place
I will holler from the rooftops if necessary
That my God is great, He is greatly to be praised
The One who understands all languages
Nothing takes Him by surprise
Is He not worthy
He is my Beloved and I am His
Shall we not give Him praise

...so if you think you can...give Him praise...