FURTHER REASONS WHY WE MUST PRAISE GOD

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE for SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: FURTHER REASONS WHY WE MUST PRAISE GOD

MEMORIZE: “Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever; 24 And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever;” Psalms 136:23-24.

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalms 136:8-26.

“The sun to rule by day, For His mercy endures forever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night, For His mercy endures forever. 10 ¶ To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn, For His mercy endures forever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them, For His mercy endures forever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, For His mercy endures forever; 13 To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever; 14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His mercy endures forever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy endures forever; 16 To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His mercy endures forever; 17 To Him who struck down great kings, For His mercy endures forever;  18 And slew famous kings, For His mercy endures forever-  19 Sihon king of the Amorites, For His mercy endures forever;  20 And Og king of Bashan, For His mercy endures forever-  21 And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy endures forever;  22 A heritage to Israel His servant, For His mercy endures forever.  23 ¶ Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever; 24 And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever;  25 Who gives food to all flesh, For His mercy endures forever.  26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.” 

EXPOSITION: 

Further Reasons Why We Must Praise God

I. As great and good in himself, Ps 136:1-3. 

II. As the Creator of the world, Ps 136:5-9. 

III. As Israel's God and Saviour, Ps 136:10-22. 

IV. As our Redeemer, Ps 136:23,24. 

V. As the great benefactor of the whole creation, and God over all, blessed for evermore, Ps 136:25,26. 

More particularly, 

[1.] He made the heavens, and stretched them out, and in them we not only see his wisdom and power, but we taste his mercy in their benign influences; as long as the heavens endure the mercy of God endures in them, Ps 136:5. 

 

[2.] He raised the earth out of the waters when he caused the dry land to appear, that it might be fit to be a habitation for man, and therein also his mercy to man still endures (Ps 136:6); for the earth hath he given to the children of men, and all its products. 

 

[3.] Having made both heaven and earth, he settled a correspondence between them, notwithstanding their distance, by making the sun, moon, and stars, which he placed in the firmament of heaven, to shed their light and influences upon this earth, Ps 136:7-9.  These are called the great lights because they appear so to us, for otherwise astronomers tell us that the moon is less than many of the stars, but, being nearer to the earth, it seems much greater. They are said to rule, not only because they govern the seasons of the year, but because they are useful to the world, and benefactors are the best rulers, Lu 22:25. But the empire is divided, one rules by day, the other by night (at least, the stars), and yet all are subject to God's direction and disposal. Those rulers, therefore, which the Gentiles idolized, are the world's servants and God's subjects. Sun, stand thou still, and thou moon.

ACTION POINT:

He that thinks deep shall know how to praise God. Remember, the dead cannot praise God. Cultivate the habit of praise God always wholeheartedly.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Genesis 47-50.

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