Continuation of ~ WHAT MAKES GOD SMILE? ~ The Purpose Driven Life (Pastor Rick Warren) * GOD SMILES WHEN WE PRAISE & THANK HIM CONTINUALLY. Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise & appreciation from someone else. God loves it, too. He smiles when we express our adoration & gratitude to Him. Noahs life brought pleasure to God because he lived w/ a heart of praise & thanksgiving. Noahs first act after surviving the Flood was to express his thanks to God by offering a sacrifice. The Bible says, Then Noah built an altar to the LORD ... & sacrificed burnt offerings on it. Because of Jesus sacrifice, we dont offer animal sacrifices as Noah did. Instead we are told to offer God the sacrifice of praise & the sacrifice of thanksgiving. We praise God for WHO He Is, & we thank God for WHAT He has Done. David said, I will praise Gods name in song & glorify Him w/ thanksgiving. This will PLEASE the Lord. An amazing things happens when we offer praise & thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled w/ joy! My mother loved to cook for me. Even after I married Kay, when we would visit my parents, Mom prepared incredible home-cooked feasts. One of her great pleasures in life was watching us kids eat & enjoy what she prepared. The more we enjoyed eating it, the more enjoyment it gave her. But we also enjoyed pleasing Mom by expressing our enjoyment of her meal. It worked both ways. As I would eat the great meal, I would rave about it & praise my mother. I intended not only to enjoy the food but to please my mother. Everyone was happy. Worship works both ways, too. We enjoy what God has done for us, & when we express that enjoyment to God, it brings Him joy - but it also increases OUR joy. The book of Psalms says, The righteous are glad & rejoice in His presence; they are happy & shout for joy.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 08:29:31 +0000
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