Praise Him Anyway

Welcome to Merriweather Global Ministries. I am doctor Tanya Meriwether

Gibson Miller, and I am so elated to be sharing

with you on today. This is the day that the

Lord has made, and we are rejoicing and glad in it.

I invite you on today to come on magnify the

Lord with me, for he is a great God and

he is so deserving of our praise.

Here's the thing that I love on today. You better

get excited in here.

Every time I turn around, God continues to do things

that blow my mind. Why because He is an amazing

God that continues to do amazing things just for you

and for me. On today, we're coming from Habacca. The

third chapter, the seventeenth through the eighteenth verse from the

ENNI me and it reads, though the fifth tree is

not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines,

though the olive crop fails, and the fields produce no food,

though there are no sheep in the pen and no

cattle in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

I will be joyful in God, my Savior, on today.

Just briefly praise him any way, let us pray, Dear God,

we thank you for this time of coming.

Together to share your words.

Right now, Lord, allow the words of my mouth and

the meditation of my heart to be acceptable in thy sight.

Oh Lord, you are my strength and you are my redeemer. Listen.

We all face moments in.

Life when circumstances don't line up with our expectations. Our

plans may fail, people may disappoint us, and life can

sometimes seems like a never ending storm. Yet as a believer,

we are called to do something radical in the face.

Of trials, which is to praise God anyway.

The prophet Habecca gives us a powerful example of how

to worship the Lord despite our situations. In today's message,

will explore why we should choose to praise Him even

when life is not perfect, and how doing so you

better hear me today strengthens our faith and gives glory

to God.

So first praise him anyway?

Why because our praise is not conditional Rebecca. The third chapter,

in the eighteenth verse, it says, yet I will rejoice

in the Lord. I will be joyful in God, my Savior.

While Habecca's declaration to rejoice in the Lord even when

the fig tree doesn't blossom or to feel yield no food.

Is a testament of unconditional praise. He is a praising

God because his life is going well. He's praising God

because God is good, regardless of his situation. Our praise

I want you know understand today it's not based on

what we have or don't have, but on who God is.

Or you gotta understand that on today, God's character doesn't

change with our circumstances. He is still worthy of worship,

still worthy for us to be faithful, and He is

still holy. When we wake up or we make our

praise conditional, we rob ourselves of the joy that comes

from worshiping God in spite of Oh, think about that,

in spite of I'm gonna praise him anyway.

So instead, make.

A decision today to praison anyway, whether it's a good

day or a difficult one. Let your worship be a

reflection of your relationship with God, not your circumstances. Because

this kind of praise, Yeah, it confuses the enemy and

it uplifts your spirit. I want you to think about

Paul and Simons in the prison. They had every reason

to complain, but instead.

They saying him to God in the middle of the night.

Their change didn't determine their brains. Their change didn't determine

how was faith in what they were willing to do

to worship God. And God responded to their unconditional worship

by shaking the foundation of that prison. You gotta come

on in here now and setting them free. Then praising

him anyway is because praise is our weapon.

You have to understand that. Second Carithians ten.

And four, it says for the weapons of our warfare

are not colonel, but mighty through.

God to pulling down the strongholds.

That means that praise is more than just a verbal expression.

It is a powerful spiritual weapon.

When we choose to praise God in difficult situations, we.

Are not denying our problems.

We are choosing to exalt God above them all.

Praise shifts our focus from.

The problem to the problem solver, from the storm to

the one who walks on the water. Or When we

learn our to lift our hands and to raise our

voices and praise God, we are declaring that the victory

is already hours in Christ Jesus. You have to learn, believer,

to use praise as your first response to every challenge.

When you receive bad news, look your voice and say, Lord,

I praise you. When things don't go as plans, say God,

I trust you.

This response may feel, I know, at first.

Unnatural, But as you consistently use praise as your weapon,

you will begin to experience a shift in your spirits

and the atmosphere around you. Oh, somebody better hear me

on today. In second Chronicles twenty, King Jr. Host of Fact,

faced a vast army that threatened to destroy Judah.

What did he do?

Oh? He appointed singors to go out ahead of the army, declaring,

give thanks to the Lord for his love, and doures

you better come home forever. Their praise confused the enemy,

and the armies that came against them were defeated without

a single sword lifted. Oh and then I praise him

when I praise him anyway?

Why?

Because praise activates our faith? He rules the eleventh chapter.

In the first verse, it says, now faith is confidence

and what we hope for and as sure as about

what we do not see. Oh, man and woman of God,

you have to choose to praise God, yes, in difficult times,

because it's an act.

Of your faith. It says, I may not see the solution.

Yet, but I trust that God is already at work.

Praise in the midst of trials declares that God is

greater than what I see right now. It expresses hope

and expectation that God is not finished and that.

He is able to turn things around.

Yeah, this kind of faith pleases God and brings his presence.

You better hear me in two hour situation.

So I want you to start praising God for what

He's going to do, even before you see the breakthrough.

If you're in a financial struggle, praise them as Jehovah Jirah,

your provider. If you're facing a health battle, praise him

as Jehovah Alphah. That God has healed. He's a God

who heals. Praise God in advanced demonstration. You wilieve his

word more than your current reality.

Remember the walls of Jericho.

Before the walls ever fell, the Israelites marched around them,

blowing trumpets and shouting praises.

They didn't wait until the walls crumbled to worship.

They worship get faith that God would fulfill his promise.

And because of their faith full and praise, the walls came.

Oh yeah, crushing down then why should I praise him anyway?

Well, I'm so glad you asked, because praise gives us.

Peace Philippians four and six and says, do not be

anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,

with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Yeah, praise calms

our anxious hearts. When we are overwhelmed by trials. When

we are overwhelmed, our praise read God.

Rais our attention to God's sovereignty. It's hard to worry

and worship at the same time. Oh, somebody out of

hear me.

Now, praise reminds us that God is in control, and

as we worship him, his peace that surpasses all understanding,

guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

So the next time that anxiety tries to.

Take over, you have began to praise God for who

is Say Lord, you are my rock and my refuge.

You are my fortress and my deliverer. You are the

effort and the omega. As you declare who God is,

your heart will shift from fear to faith, and God's

peace will begin to flood your spirit or Consin Daniel

in the lines den he faced the literal threat to

his life. Yet the Bible records that Daniel prayed and

gave thanks to God just as he always had.

His praise and the face of danger.

Not only sustained him, but it also changed the King's

heart right and broke God's deliverance. Oh as I close,

why I will praise him anyway?

Why love it.

Life will bring its share of difficulties. Life will bring

its disappointments, Life will bring its uncertainties.

But in those.

Moments we have a choice to focus on what's going

wrong or to worship the one who is always right.

Or when we choose to praise God anyway, we are

declaring that He is bigger than our circumstance, that He

is bigger than anything.

That I can encounter in my life, that our faith

is in him alone, and that we.

Trust Him to work all things together for our good.

So today I encourage you.

No matter what you're facing, lift up your voice.

And say, Lord will praise you anyway.

I may not see the fruit on the trees, I

may not feel the victory in my hands, but I

won't worship you because you are worthy.

I will bringse you because I know that you are

still God.

Oh, if you are listening today and you not know

the Lord in the pardon of your sins, I invite you,

as John three sixteen says, for God soul loved the

world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever

believes in him should not perish, but would have eternal life.

I offer you Jesus on today. All you have to

do is ask him to come into your life.

Believe that he is our savior, that he came, live, died,

rose again from the dead. He's sitting at the right

hand of the Father, interceding on our behalf. Confess your sins,

ask God to forgive you, to save you, and he

will let us pray to God. We pray for those

Lord that will trust you on today, for those that

may reconcile to you.

On today. We know that you are our savior.

Yes, Lord, and we thank you for coming and giving

your life just for us. Lord, save us right now,

Come into our hearts, come into our life and transform,

restore and renew. We praise you right now anyway in

Jesus' name.

Amen.

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dot com. I thank you so much on today for

allowing me to share that we can praise them anyway.

I really want you to remember that on today and

as we close out in this prayer, I want you

to continue to be blessed