What's Your Praise Phrase?

“My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because You rescued me....No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one besides You; there is no Rock like our God. For all the earth is the LORD's, and He has laid out His operations on a firm foundation. He protectively cares for His faithful friends, step by step...No one will succeed by strength alone. The childless woman now has seven children. God will set things right all over the earth..."

I purposely sent out the same verse from Friday’s DEVO and highlighted the words above to get us all thinking about our own praise phrase.  Just this morning I spoke with a buddy whose praise phrase is, “My son’s medical issues are stabilizing, and I am trusting God for a complete recovery.”  Trust me when I tell you that long before she said those words to me, there were plenty of tears and fears and pleas for God to go into action for her.

I also shared one of my praise phrases, “My children are finally settled into happy and healthy marriages!”  But please know that long before I had my praise phrase, there were also plenty of tears, fears, and pleas to God for His help.

The take away for all of us is that God is willing and able to give us all a praise phrase.  Actually, He wants us to have a life filled with them.  I Thessalonians 5:17 says, “Never stop praying.”  God wants us to keep on praying so He can keep on answering.  And notice how generous God is.  Hannah asked for one son, and God gave her six more beautiful children.  The same Lord Who went above and beyond for her is the same One Who will go above and beyond for us.

What would you like for your praise phrase to be?  Think about it, and let’s pray.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You that when we ask You to go into action for us, we can expect a praise phrase to follow.  I need Your help with ____________________________, and I thank You that I will soon declare that You rescued, strengthened, cared and made things right for me! In Jesus’ name, AMEN~