Day2_Praise_Pippa

Hey I’m Pippa. I’m here today to talk to you about praise and the gift of praise. I want to start by asking you, take a second to think about someone that's really impacted your life. Can you think of some great things that you would say about them, some ways that you would praise them. For me there are many people in my life who have impacted me in great ways, but the person categorically who has impacted me the most is Jesus Christ. When I accepted Jesus into my heart when I was 20 my life completely changed. I have found purpose and peace and joy and courage. So I just invite you now to think about someone in your life who has made impact on you, who has made a great impact on you. It maybe a friend, a family member, somebody at work, somebody at school. For me there are many people in my life who have made a great impact on my life, but the person who has categorically made the most impact on me is Jesus Christ I’ve been brought up a Catholic and I've always known the love of God but I made a personal decision to following when I was 20 and when I did this my life completely changed. I have found purpose and peace and joy like nothing else has ever given me and for that I want to give God my praise. I want to give him my thanks. I want to give him everything that is in my heart In the last book of the Bible, in the Book of Revelation we see a snapshot of what heaven is like Did you know that? We know a bit of what heaven looks like and in Revelation we hear about these twenty four elders who are gathered around the throne of God and they are casting their crowns down before Jesus. They are astounded at his beauty and they are taking the crowns that God has given them and they are laying them at his feet, because they see that he is worthy of praise. They are not slaves, they are not people who have to, who must worship God. But Jesus in comparison to everything else is more glorious and is worthy of them constantly laying their crowns down. This is what I think praise is. A natural reaction to responding to how God has blessed you. My life would not be the same without Jesus and so I have to give Him my praise, I want to give Him my praise. It's a natural reaction to the goodness of Him in my life. So I invite you today, what are you thankful for? What are the things that God has done in your life? Call them to mind and give Him the praise that he is worthy of. He loves you and let's love him back with our praise today.