Psalms 34:1 says, "I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly speak his praises." Ponder this psalm for very long time and you will not be able to think of a single negative aspect of life. Your current circumstances will just melt away. As you praise the Lord and constantly speak his praises, your focus shifts. Just try it for a moment, then try it for a minute. Imagine praising God for just five minutes. I'm sitting in my kitchen, drinking ice tea, and I begin thinking "God I praise you for being with me always, you are my light in a dark world, you help me when I need help. I am pausing now, because I want to just thank God for many things, but the verse said to praise God constantly. I begin again-Lord, you are my king, you are my healer, I praise you because you are my King, my Savior, a living, active God, you wait for me, you live in me, your my teacher, my prayer partner, my intercessor... I raise my hands up to you in adoration! I am stopping now - you should get the picture. Take heart, let yourself indulge in giving God the praise. No matter your circumstances, praise the Lord. Praise Him in the morning, praise Him in the afternoon, praise Him in the evening - all day and all night. The results were very evident for me when I began praising the Lord. I no longer worried about me, I focused on God. I sensed His presence and He showed me that greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world.
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