Pausing to Praise: Embracing Gratitude in Life
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1) "It's a powerful thought that faith makes us well. Our praise makes us well. There were nine lepers that were cleansed. There was only one that was made well. See, praise is so crucial in our life because it makes our soul well. When we live with gratitude, it makes our soul well. We end up finding fulfillment that we could never find by just giving. We end up getting the next thing and the next thing because it never makes us happy. We are wired for gratitude. See, praise makes us spiritually whole. This word makes you well, this word in Greek means to be made completely whole. There is something about praise that makes our soul well." [10:06] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2) "Praise empowers us. Man, when you get your praise on, you start to remind yourself about the goodness of God. You start to remind yourself about how good He is. You start to remind yourself that He is good all the time. All the time. He is good. I love that praise this morning. Like all, even, you know, us white people, we start to boogie. We start to do the two-step, a bit of shimmy. Because there's something about praise that you start to feel, all right, I can take on the world. I can do this. Because praise. Praise. Come on, it empowers you." [14:18] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3) "Lack of praise is simply an awareness issue. I love the story a few years ago of Paul McCartney, who is, if you don't know Paul McCartney, he's a little bit more old school now, but co-founder of the Beatles and has incredible songs. But he performed a concert in the middle of New York's Central Station. And he did it as a bit of a campaign tour. But the amazing thing, was how many people just walked past his concert, not realising who was right in front of them. And so often in life, we can do the same. Walk through life, not realising the greatness that is with us. the greatness that is before us, the fact that the God who literally, with one word, spoke life, and the universe was formed." [16:19] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4) "Praise not only does that, but it empowers us because it moves us from a mindset of what isn't to a mindset of what is. When you praise, you realize what is actually in our hands. When you praise, you realize what we have to give. Something called gratitude in the trenches is used to describe what gratitude does even in the middle of circumstances such as war. Research shows that the difference that gratitude makes, especially in prison of war camps, it boosts morale, builds relationship, makes the most of circumstances, build health." [19:33] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5) "Praise enables God's provision. Praise opens our heart to God, and then he opens his hand to us. When we put God in his rightful place, he is able to manifest himself as God because he moves based on our faith. We can't have faith without praise. We can't have faith without praise. We can't have faith without praise. You notice as soon as you start to praise, your faith starts to lift. Because you remind yourself what God can do. The two go hand in hand." [23:55] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6) "Praise sacrifices self. Now it's not something that we like to often talk about, but over and over the Bible talks about to be a follower of Jesus, it is sacrificing self. It is laying down of our desires, of our needs, and it's choosing instead to follow him, to pursue him wholeheartedly with wholehearted devotion. And it brings us to the point where we say, that brilliant way that we can crucify self, which is what the Bible says for us to do, to kill flesh in us, is to praise. Because when we praise, we're elevating him and de-elevating ourselves." [28:21] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7) "Self leads to comparison. Praise leads to contentment. Self leads to fleeting pleasure. Praise leads to finding purpose. Self leads to entitlement and demand. Praise leads to gratitude. Gratitude and grace flowing. Self leads to confusion. Praise leads to clarity. Self ultimately leads to death. And praise leads to life. Jesus says in Matthew 10 verse 39, whoever finds the life will lose it. Whoever loses the life for my sake will find it. One of our goals as Christians is to keep sacrificing self, to keep laying it down. And we do that through praise." [29:25] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2) "Praise empowers us. Man, when you get your praise on, you start to remind yourself about the goodness of God. You start to remind yourself about how good He is. You start to remind yourself that He is good all the time. All the time. He is good. I love that praise this morning. Like all, even, you know, us white people, we start to boogie. We start to do the two-step, a bit of shimmy. Because there's something about praise that you start to feel, all right, I can take on the world. I can do this. Because praise. Praise. Come on, it empowers you." [14:18] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3) "Lack of praise is simply an awareness issue. I love the story a few years ago of Paul McCartney, who is, if you don't know Paul McCartney, he's a little bit more old school now, but co-founder of the Beatles and has incredible songs. But he performed a concert in the middle of New York's Central Station. And he did it as a bit of a campaign tour. But the amazing thing, was how many people just walked past his concert, not realising who was right in front of them. And so often in life, we can do the same. Walk through life, not realising the greatness that is with us. the greatness that is before us, the fact that the God who literally, with one word, spoke life, and the universe was formed." [16:19] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4) "Praise not only does that, but it empowers us because it moves us from a mindset of what isn't to a mindset of what is. When you praise, you realize what is actually in our hands. When you praise, you realize what we have to give. Something called gratitude in the trenches is used to describe what gratitude does even in the middle of circumstances such as war. Research shows that the difference that gratitude makes, especially in prison of war camps, it boosts morale, builds relationship, makes the most of circumstances, build health." [19:33] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5) "Praise enables God's provision. Praise opens our heart to God, and then he opens his hand to us. When we put God in his rightful place, he is able to manifest himself as God because he moves based on our faith. We can't have faith without praise. We can't have faith without praise. We can't have faith without praise. You notice as soon as you start to praise, your faith starts to lift. Because you remind yourself what God can do. The two go hand in hand." [23:55] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6) "Praise sacrifices self. Now it's not something that we like to often talk about, but over and over the Bible talks about to be a follower of Jesus, it is sacrificing self. It is laying down of our desires, of our needs, and it's choosing instead to follow him, to pursue him wholeheartedly with wholehearted devotion. And it brings us to the point where we say, that brilliant way that we can crucify self, which is what the Bible says for us to do, to kill flesh in us, is to praise. Because when we praise, we're elevating him and de-elevating ourselves." [28:21] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7) "Self leads to comparison. Praise leads to contentment. Self leads to fleeting pleasure. Praise leads to finding purpose. Self leads to entitlement and demand. Praise leads to gratitude. Gratitude and grace flowing. Self leads to confusion. Praise leads to clarity. Self ultimately leads to death. And praise leads to life. Jesus says in Matthew 10 verse 39, whoever finds the life will lose it. Whoever loses the life for my sake will find it. One of our goals as Christians is to keep sacrificing self, to keep laying it down. And we do that through praise." [29:25] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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