Admiration and Praise

"I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously." Psalm 9:1-4

Are you praising the Lord every day in spite of your marriage problems? The final spiritual weapon that you need to use daily is praising the Lord. Praise defeats the enemy! As soon as you wake up, choose to praise and thank the Lord that He is the Lord of your life before you are even out of bed.

"I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together." Psalm 34:1-3

Praise expresses admiration, appreciation and thanks. We are to praise God both for who He is and for what He does. God inhabits the praises of His people. This means that when we praise HE is there....no matter where we are, no matter how deep in a pit we feel.  Do you feel God's peace, love, His presence and power when you are praising the Lord? When you praise the Lord, your circumstances can suddenly seem smaller and your Lord God will seem more holy, mighty and powerful. God is able to handle any and all of your problems because of His greatness.

So many times I have read how many men and women of God were put to the test or came to a crossroad having to believe in God or deny His mighty power. If we do not believing in that God can revive, restore and rebuild our marriage then we are denying His awesome power.


Praise defeats the enemy. Praise takes our problems and our needs, off of our minds and we focus on God's power, His mercy, His majesty and His love. We can't help but remember and appreciate God's character and greatness.When we start to do our devotions, put on praise music and try praising the Lord before we start reading the Bible and praying to Him daily.  Read Psalms every day....it helps! AND it won't make you feel like David was above all of us...he had his ups and downs, but he ALWAYS ends with praise.


God is worthy of our praise and admiration. Start admiring who He is and it won't be as hard to admire your spouse, more on that tomorrow.....

Josh and Serena