Protect Your Praise. Part [7] 05/07/2025 (Morning thought)

Lamentations 3:24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore, will I hope in him.

[The Great Controversy pp 621] God's love for his children during the period of their severest trial is as strong, and tender as in the days of their sunniest prosperity. [Last Day Events pp 72] We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history. Instruction [2] Keep the promises of God front and center of your experience.

That song we often sing: “Standing on the Promises” will have meaning in the most literal sense. One ploy of the enemy is to try to get the Christian who is facing trial, to focus on the problem instead of the solution. Hence the reason why the Hebrews were instructed not to look at their wounds, but on the uplifted serpent, which represented Christ, and the healing that is to be found in Him.

Therefore, by dwelling on the promises of God, an aura of positive outlook will envelop the mind, and this will also go a long way in the recovery process. That’s what Christ told the man who needed help so desperately for his young son, who was in adversity. All things are possible to him that believeth, and it is the mere possibility that opens the door of hope to the one who is tried, because you never know what God will do.

Psalms 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keeps thee will not slumber.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Protect Your Praise. Part [6] 05/07/2025 (Evening thought)

Psalms 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people.

Now, to the strictly rational mind, it may seem as if the logical thing to do is try not to tick satan off. But if we were to go that route, then the victories which attended the heroes of faith may evade us. Therefore, the right thing to do, and the only thing to do is for us to protect our praise, meaning, that whatsoever may be our lot in this life, and whatever may come our way, let us try by the grace of God to keep our praises to Him intact.

Definite, and pertinent instructions are therefore given in the Bible for us to achieve this end, and as we study the counsels given, let us ask God to keep our faces lifted to the skies. The up and down experiences will not last forever, for we are pilgrims heading to a better world, where these circumstances will be things of the past. Instruction [1] Remember, and call to mind all of the good things and deliverances God has done for us in times past, for it’s the song of our experience that is the catalyst for praise, especially when you’re being tried.

Where possible, the Christian should have a diary or some means of preserving, for reference purposes, God’s dealings with us. Whenever this is done, and if you were to pull the files when tempted and tried, your mind will be greatly refreshed and much better prepared to deal with the current issues.

Lamentations 3:21 This I recall to my mind therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!