By Treva Susuras

Today is the day the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

There are many ways to praise the Lord, we can praise Him with our words, with a song, the word says His praise is continually on my lips. You know when we praise the Lord first thing in the morning it sets the stage for the whole day. What we meditate on will dictate our day for us. Wake up feeling down and depressed, bad day. Wake up feeling down and depressed, go into praise and worship, that will change our thoughts, our attitude, give us hope, and joy, set us up for an awesome day. No matter what may be going on in our lives we can give it to the Lord and worship Him. I promise if you try this it will work You see our praise and worship is our weapon against our enemy the devil. The devil wants to still, kill and destroy us, BUT, God has a different plan for us. He wants us to depend on Him, to find joy in Him. I swear, I have never had the joy I have now and it is because of Jesus. When I am feeling down, and I do sometimes, I get in a quiet place and begin to sing to the Lord. If I can I will go into lock-down somewhere in my house I can be alone with Jesus and I will turn on my music. I put on praise or worship music and boom, new attitude, new hope, new joy. I am then ready to face the day. Have you ever been driving somewhere, feeling pretty low and a song comes on the radio, maybe a song of hope, or joy? A praise or worship song and as you begin to listen to it you begin to feel better. By the time you get where you’re going your whole attitude has changed. That’s what I’m talking about.

Praise and worship can change the atmosphere. What you think is what you get. If you are meditating on negative parts of your life. Maybe you are feeling hopeless, un loved and alone, financial problems, and if you think on these things all the time it will take over your mind. That will be all you think about. Then comes the sleepless nights, worry, stress and anxiety. STOP THE MADNESS. We know the battlefield is in the mind. So where is your mind at? What are you thinking about? Are you thinking about the goodness of God or are you meditating on the problems you have in your life? How is that going for you.

The enemy will put thoughts of hopelessness in your mind (remember the battle is in your mind). With what you think you can destroy your entire life. Worry can cause health issues, depression, lethargy, of course the Dr. will give you meds if you want. Now I am not saying no one ever needs meds because sometimes they do,  but I am saying if Jesus is the great physician and you run to Him, He will set you free from all you trouble. Did I say He will make your life perfect? Noooo I said He will set you free. We will always have troubles in this life, unfortunately, that is just the way life is, but when we lift up the Name of Jesus, it stirs the Holy Spirit, when we sing and shout unto the Lord it changes our atmosphere, it changes our thought patterns, and we begin to feel hope, even in the darkest of times. Some things we can change, some things only God can change. 

My oldest son was training to be a Navy SEAL. He died in drown proof training. Of course, the devil was telling me all sorts of things. It was the hardest thing I have ever had happen in my life, and the only, I say only, only way I got through it was praise and worship. I locked myself in the bathroom and turned the lights down, lit a candle, opened my bible, and turned on the worship music. Yes, I sang my way through that, then several years later they found an aneurysm in my youngest son’s head. He was rushed right away into surgery and I am grateful to God that the is fine now, but at the time as you can imagine I was fearful. I had to pray and praise my way through that and then, as my son was coming home form the hospital from his brain surgery (Dr said if they had not found it, he would have died within 3 months) I had to rush to Colorado as my mother was dying. A little overwhelmed, yep just a little, oh and by the way I quit a job I loved because they were so upset with my missing so much work. BUT, Jesus never left my side. He was always there and I sang my way back from the despair the enemy was trying to place in my mind. You can get through anything if you try. Sing, sing, sing, or if not at least listen to worship to get you through. It is positive and uplifting. It sets your mind on things of God and lays a foundation for your day. It’s better to draw near to God than to find drugs or alcohol and numb out. I made it through that and so many other things by praise and worship. It’s not something I do its who I am and you can do the same. Never let the enemy have your mind, you have the mind of Christ and nothing can ever take you away from that. I have problems just like everyone else. But Jesus never leaves me and He walks me through every step I take. Praise and Glory to His Name! Thank You Jesus.

I am attaching a song I think you will like, take a minute and listen. See how you feel when its over. Is there a difference? You have to really listen and receive the words in your heart.

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