FAITH CAPSULE: Give meaningful thanks and praise to God.

Psalm 92

Thanking and praising God is not a thinking engagement. 
Give thanks to God in every moment of engagement. 
Giving thanks and praising God cannot be separated and carries weight to glorifying God.
Psalm 92:1, “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name…” 
Are you thinking of thanks instead of giving thanks? 
With understanding, giving thanks to God is the key for all things to work together for good. 
Give well-meaning thanks and praise to God, not thinking thanks and praise. 
The Psalmist buttresses praising with understanding, “For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.” (Psalm 47:7)  
When understanding backs up conviction, it delivers an undeniable miracle. 
Know that when thanking and praising God without understanding, it becomes empty emotion.
Thanking and praising God is always an act of declaring the goodness of God.
The Psalmist buttresses, “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night.” (Psalm 92:2) 
Giving thanks and praising God is not limited to the guidelines of anyone to provoke the move of God.
 Psalm 92:3 identifies a way of giving thanks: “On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound.” 
King David also demonstrates giving thanks and praise by leaping and whirling before the Lord. (2 Samuel 6:16) 
Thanking and praising God can be like King David’s dance before God. 
It is never too much to be giving God ceaseless thanks and praise. 
The Psalmist declares why all should thank and praise God: “For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands. O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep.” (Psalm 92:4-5) 
God is worthy of thanks and praise worship to declare His work.
Giving thanks and praise is also evidence of giving God attention due to Him. 
Volumes and pages of books will never be enough to identify the goodness of God. 
Giving thanks and praise will gain the attention of God. 
God inhabits the praises of His people.
Give thanks and praise to God for all He has done.
Give thanks for all things.
Give thanks for all He is doing and for all expected from Him. 
Are you expecting God to move concerning your expectation?
Jesus believed God to bring Lazarus back to life from death. 
Jesus did not wait for Lazarus to rise before He gave thanks to God for Lazarus to rise from the dead.
John 11:41-42 records, “Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, ‘Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me”  
Your Lazarus will rise. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be giving thanks and praise to God.