Praise Habits :)

Last Term i read a fabulous book called "praise habits" by David Crowder. It took me a while to get down to reading it, but looking back it was in God's timing, yet again. I'm at the stage in my faith where i'm seeking to worship God in new bible based ways, and this book gave me the basis for my worship. my reason for worship. and an encouragement to worship. It reminded me of why i want to worship, and the promises God has made to me and that he carries out every single one of them!

The author wrote a revised version of Psalm 84 which i had an urge to share with you.

"I'd rather scrub floors in the house of God than be honoured as a guest in the palace of sin. One day with you is better than a thousand anywhere else"

God hasn't promised us palatial housing but we have been promised his presence always. We often find ourselves in spaces that seem the last spot on earth that we should be in, but we know this comfort. Wherever we are we are in the very residence of God ad this is sweeter and greater than anywhere without him. We carry his residence into these spaces. Living praise often leads us to the ground. To dirt. To unglamorousness, unromantic places. It leads to lonesome valley's, but around the bend are cool springs. These moments are holy because we know that wherever we find ourselves we are in the house of God. And there is space and comfort here exceeding anything offered elsewhere. Even if it leads to dark places on our hands and knees, it is sweeter than lying on a beach in Greece because the SUNSHINE of our MAKER's presence is brighter and stronger than a thousand stars, and it reaches wherever we are.

what a reason to PRAISE.

Join me people! Being a christian is a fantastic adventure. You don't get victory unless theres a fight. Let our souls be consumed with longing for your laws all the time! psalm 119 v 18.