About a month ago, I decided to spend a half hour doing nothing but praising God. I realized that my prayers were (and still are) usually weighed down with countless requests and petitions. Whether they were physical, financial, or spiritual, I found that I was constantly asking God to meet a need of some kind. While this is not wrong in itself, we need to make sure that we give God due praise as well. So that is why, this coming Tuesday (4/20), I am not going to ask God for a single thing. Instead, I am going to spend my prayer time praising Him for all that He has already done.

I am asking all those who are willing to please join me in this "Day of Praise." We know that God inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3), and perhaps this will bring a much needed revival to the Church.

When Paul and Silas were put in prison, they prayed and sang praises to the Lord and "...suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed."(Acts 16:26) Not only were Paul and Silas loosed, but all the prisoner's shackles fell off! Let's praise the Lord for all that He has done in our lives, and watch as God loosens the chains of the prisoner!

So spread the word about this Day of Praise! Post it on your blogs, e-mail your friends, tell your church - whatever it takes to get as many people praising God as we can!

"Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" 

                            -Psalm 107:8