God lives and works today.
These joyous words echo throughout heaven, but why
do so many of our hearts remain silent
to his praise?
If we only knew what power lies hidden
in the true song of praise.
If you long to understand and have this
power, listen to today's meditation by Basilia Schlink.
The life of an overcomer who dwells in
the glory of heaven is characterized by praise
and thanksgiving, by song and worship.
What makes an overcomer so happy?
His heart and thoughts are always directed towards
the center of heaven, the triune God.
This causes him to burst forth ever anew
into song and worship.
Our praise and songs of thanksgiving here on
earth are a reflection of the lives of
the blessed, and so our lives too should
be characterized by this great joy.
Let all the world lift up its voice,
in God's great goodness now rejoice, and let
all his faithful ones adore.
Sing glory to him evermore, yes wonderful, we
name him now, when good befalls we know
not how.
Whenever we're sad or oppressed by mountains of
worries, the best help for us is to
begin to give thanks and a praise.
Now's the time to apply the words of
Psalm 108 verse 2.
Awake, O harp and lyre!
Especially when we have no desire to pray,
our prayers of praise and thanksgiving contain a
special blessing.
They're prayers without spiritual pleasure, which we have
when we sense the Holy Spirit driving us
to prayer and praise.
They're prayers into which a sacrifice has been
laid, prayers of overcoming.
Therefore, as a sacrifice of praise, they're very
precious to the Lord.
For when we begin to praise the omnipotence
of God, our mountains of worries begin to
disintegrate.
When we begin to sing that he is
merciful and gracious, abounding in steadfast love and
faithfulness, as he once revealed to Moses, we
will find comfort in every affliction.
We will be reminded ever anew that God's
love can't and won't let us down.
He always has a way out of all
our difficulties.
Therefore, let's praise God's goodness, proclaiming in many
different ways that his thoughts for us are
only love.
Then our hearts will become joyful.
Yes, through praise we will become overcomers and
we'll be able to rejoice one day at
his throne as his redeemed.
For we will have learned on earth how
to overcome suffering and distress, temptations and all
our difficulties, through the true song of praise.
This program by Basilea Schlink has come to
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God bless you.