I love going through the Psalms in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan. I have found that praise is the highest form of prayer and "Book of Psalms" in the Hebrew is "tehillim", which means "Book of Praises"! David is the author of 73 of the 150 psalms. Many of His psalms begin with a crying out to the Lord for deliverance in a time of trouble, but end with him encouraging himself in the Lord by reminding himself (and us) of the times that the Lord delivered him before and of the promises of the Word. If you would like to increase your praise life, try singing the Psalms to the Lord! Remember, He inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3)! Psalm 150 closes the Book and is full on praise! This psalm tells us where to praise the Lord, how to praise the Lord, why to praise the Lord and who SHOULD praise the Lord! I am going to share all of Psalm 150 here so that YOU can use this psalm to develop your very own worship service!
Psalm 150
1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the heavens of His power!
2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness!
3 Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp!
4 Praise Him with tambourine and [single or group] dance; praise Him with stringed and wind instruments or flutes!
5 Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
AMEN! And even though Psalm 150 closes the Book of Psalms, and we will be beginning the Book of Proverbs, YOU and I can take out the Psalms and read/study/sing/praise with them every day if we really want to! The choice is up to us! Here is Hillsong with "Praise Him":
Shalom in Him!
