Status Updates From 31 Days of Praise Journal: ...

I am also rereading this wonderful devotional that my mentor gave me many years ago (2002). This is either my third or fourth time reading through it. There is truly nothing else like it, and I especially love this edition with the journaling space for each day.

Could it be that one of Satan’s major strategies is to divert us from praise?

They did not deny their feelings or simply ignore them.Nor did they wallow in them until they’d all but drowned. And it doesn’t seem that they postponed their praise until they had worked through their emotions and felt better. Instead, they mingled an honest pouring-out of their feelings with sincere, God-honoring praise.

Dr. John G. Mitchell,”To give thanks when you don’t feel like it is not hypocrisy; it’s obedience.”

I find that my worship is richer when I offer the Lord praise and thanks for three things: who He is, what He does, and what He gives.

It’s fine if we blend worship, praise, and thanksgiving any way we like.

As C. H. Spurgo wrote, our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, they are simply the bass notes of our life song.