A dear Christian sister went home to the Lord this week. She faithfully served the Lord in our Fellowship for well over forty years. Due to her illness she was unable to worship with us for the past few Sundays, but today she can! Join with us as we sing together--
“The Lord is in His Holy Temple,
And we are in His presence now.
The ones who’ve gone before have gathered,
As one before the throne we bow.
Singing Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Singing Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Our God is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent! What a comfort to know how intimately God knows us. If you are not sure of this, then I urge you to read Psalm 139. What a comfort to know verse 16,
“Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Thy book they were all written,
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.”
Not one moment before nor one moment after God's appointed time. 

So as David sang in verse 14 we, too, can sing,
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 
Marvelous are your works,
And that my soul knows very well.”

Concerning praise, Scripture tells us that praise is to be continuous:
“Through Him (Jesus) then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks in His name. Hebrews 13:15

The Psalmist in Psalm 67 exhorts the nations to praise God, verse 3 says,
“Let the peoples praise Thee, O God;
Let all the peoples praise Thee.”

Scripture tells us what praise looks like,
“Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous!
 For praise from the upright is beautiful.” Psalm 33:1

And, 1 Peter 2:9 gives us a fourfold reason for us to praise,
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
Chosen, royal, holy, His own special people! How can we not continually praise Him?  
God is our steadfast and loving God! I close with Psalm 100, a song of thanksgiving and praise:
“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before Him with joyful singing.
Know that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving,
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him; Bless His name.
For the Lord is good; 
His loving kindness is everlasting,
And His faithfulness to all generations.”
Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord; blessed are they who trust in Him! Amen