Praise to God

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

October 8, 2025

Praise to God

Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.

Hebrews 13:15 

Every time the author of Hebrews contemplates the wonders of our God, he is called to worship and praise. (See the end of Chapter 12) Today, as we contemplate the call to continual praise as we proclaim our allegiance to God, let’s formulate our own psalm of praise. I invite you to fill in the blanks with words from your own personal experience as a follower of Jesus:

You are a . . . . . God.                                  God’s character is . . . . .

God’s truth is . . . . .                                     God’s strength is . . . . .

God’s discipline is . . . .                               God’s provisions are . . . . . for my needs.

God’s light is . . . . . . for my path.             God’s grace is . . . . .  for my sins.

God’s plan for my life is . . . . . .

(It is OK if you are thinking of Bewildering, Puzzling, or Troubling)

Spiritual exercises like this help us personalize our understanding of God in our life. Of course, we all are tempted to search for what we think is the expected answer – but for now my only hope is that you will express your understanding, your personal experience as a follower of Jesus.

My Takeaway: It has been my experience, the more I am consciously aware that I am a friend of God, that God is for me, that I am blessed to live in the F O G, the favor of God, the more sincere my prayer: My life is not my own, my life belongs to God, by creation and redemption my life belongs to God.

(Fill in the blanks adapted from, Max Lucado - Safe in the Shepherd's Arms - Hope & Encouragement from Psalm 23)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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