Unshakeable Praise: Worshiping Through Life's Storms

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The problem lies when the only time you praise God is when God is blessing you with the things that you need. Some people only praise God when things are going right. Some people only praise God when there's money in the bank. Some people only praise God when everything is lining up in order in the way that they want. But how many of us say that all hell can break loose in my life? I'm still going to praise the Lord. [00:39:14] (35 seconds)  #PraiseBeyondCircumstance

Can I tell you, that's a sign of spiritual maturity. When you can praise God when all hell is falling in your life. When you can praise God when you don't know where your next bill is coming from. When you can praise God when you lost your job and you don't know how you're going to make rent. How you're going to pay your right bill. But here's some of us in here. They know God is so able in our life that he can take our brokenness and turn them into a blessing. [00:45:42] (32 seconds)  #FaithInBrokennessToBlessing

How many of us this morning can just thank God for what we have? Not concerned about what we don't have, but just thank God for what we do have. I told my wife, I want a Range Rover, but I'm going to thank him for my Ford out there. I want to have a big man cave, but I'm thinking that I just got a roof over my head. And I'm trying to teach my children, they like the grand name. I ain't trying to keep up with the Joneses. My last name, Oya Doken. And what God has for me is for me. And I'm going to thank God for what I have. [00:46:57] (40 seconds)  #ThankfulForEnough

We're too busy looking at the list of items that didn't make it. That we forget to thank God for the blessings that did. And so somebody in here, you look at where you are in life right now. And somebody in here can testify that when you look back over your life, that you could have been in a worse off situation than where you are right now. Things may not be where you want them to be now. But you thank God that it could have been worse. [00:48:38] (33 seconds)  #CountingBlessingsNotLosses

We are stewards only of what God has given unto us. Everything that we have, we did not create it. It does not belong to us. It belongs to God. And so watch this. If it doesn't belong to me, and I'm just a steward, then it lets me know that I can't control what happens to that that is not mine. [00:51:35] (38 seconds)  #StewardshipNotOwnership

Job did not allow Satan to rob him of his worship to God. Job knew who God was and that all things will work together as long as God is still in control. And so Satan said, God, if you take your hedge of protection from around Job, he's going to curse you to your face. But Job flipped the script and said, God, everything that I had anyway belongs to you. And so now even though you've taken it away, I'm still going to bless your name. [00:55:16] (58 seconds)  #UnwaveringWorshipInLoss

I've learned that we've got to praise God in advance. And we can praise God no matter what the situation might be. We can praise God no matter what's going on in our life. And so, why can I praise God even in some turmoil situation? Because God is faithful. He's never left us nor forsaken us. [01:00:35] (36 seconds)  #PraiseInAdvance

The only way that Job could praise God when he didn't have anything was because he already had a relationship with him. And in that relationship, Job understood that coming into this world, it was God. And even when I leave, it's going to be God. [01:09:17] (23 seconds)  #RelationshipBeforePossessions

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