Do you praise him?

I praise God at the beginning of my prayers. In fact that is the way the Lord's Pray starts, praising and honoring God and it does not matter whether times are good or bad. You assume that times will get better, but it might not be for a while, or even in this life, I mean is not heaven with God much more better than even the most riches time here on earth? Now some says that HE knows what is best for us, but I feel that is just too depressing, I say that HE has better things in store for us when we get to eternity.

praise is one of the best wepons we have against the enamy and when things come along to test us we should praise all the more and i definatly feel better when i do.

I try to praise God through the rough patches. I think praising his name instead of asking him why and blaming him for the bad things helps more. It lifts you up and helps you feel his presence more than letting the depression get the best of you.

The things i am going through right now or rather from a few months ...... the circumstances that i have been put through ..... by god if i should say so .... i would like to believe that there is no god or i wonder what kind of tests he is putting me through ...... Why would i want to praise him ?...... Rather than praising him there are so many questions i would like to ask him Why is he making my life so miserable ? Why is he giving me happiness and joy and then immediately taking it away from me? This has been happening from so long that now i can be sure there is no god or if these are stories then i wonder what is the moral of these stories i would like to seat with this so called god and take a class or two

I think this is one thing that I do need to do more often. I know that listening to praise music, and joining in does lift me up and help me get on top of things. I am sorry about your hubby losing his job.

I do that all of the times. I have been out of work for seven months, and it is really tough. I praised God last night at choir rehearsal. Praising Him, that even though I have been out of work, he is still providing all of my needs. When I run out of food, God has put people in my life who have come to my rescue. Yes, I praise God during the good and bad times.

Constantly, I believe that there is a great deal of power in prayer and if your thoughts and actions are in line with the Lord and you are in obedince, the bible says that he will give you the desires of your heart.....I praise him wether they are up or down and pray all the time.....

You are right about saying that everyreligion must be having some songs and poems that is used in daily prayers worship, whare the Lord is Praised. In Hinduism we have what are called are [B]Bhajans[/B] - songs to be sung to tune and music which Praise the Lord's Greatness and Grandeur, His Infinite Benevolence and our own smallness and imperfection. We also use Poem-like collections; they are too numerous to recount, where again the Lord is Praised. These are all ready-made by epople who had the gift of a mastery over the language in addition to a personal relationship with God. We call them [B]stotra[/B] literature.Some people set these to music and sing too.

I try to praise God in the good and bad, and ask him for the strength to see it through. I have often been in a not so good mood put on some praise music and had the spirit lift me onto my feet to priase him. I always feel better afterward. Isn't it a blessing the God loves us good or bad and is always there when we call on him. Gives us the strength to see it through to another day. I find that people who don't have this, don't understand it. I think if more people could believe, this country would change in such a positive direction.

Hi,I am a christian and 2005 i had a similar experience. one morning after praying with my family and getting ready to go to work, i heard this words clearly in my spirit "you don't give thanks and praises to God for the negative experiences around you but for the things to come". I quickly shared this with my wife and that day as i got to the office i was issued a letter of terminating my appointment. Those words kept us going as a family through all the difficult times. The best time to praise God is in the mist of difficulties it shows your faith in Him and His promises.

I do praise God in many ways. I pray often to Him and I always go to mass every Sunday. I have never experienced listening to praise music while in a bad mood and got better, although I have experienced it in another way. I always see signs, good signs which always lifts me up and it's weird sometimes.