BLESS THE LORD    - (PART 3)       

 

 

Memory Verse:  “Be joyful always.” I Thess. 5: 16. (NIV).

 

Bible Passage: Exodus 15: 1-18.

 

LESSON OBJECTIVE  

We should, at the end of the lesson, be able to see that the praises due to the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting.

 

LESSON INTRODUCTION

While we have breath, we should praise God all the time. Ceasing to praise the Lord is like wanting to stop breathing.

 

LESSON OUTLINE 1: PRAISE THE LORD IN THE MORNING, ALL DAY LONG AND EVERMORE

 

When is the right time for praising God?

 

i). God visits man in the morning, and indeed every moment. Job 7: 17-19.

ii). Man should sing praises to God in the morning. Psalm 59: 16.

iii). Man should in fact do more than that by praising God both in the morning, noon as well as in the night. Psalm 34: 1; 134: 1.

iv). Praising God must be what we do with joy – and not with a long face.

I Thess. 5: 16.

v). Praising God should be our business to the end of our lives. Psalm 104: 33.

 

Why do you think God wants us to rejoice evermore?

 

LESSON OUTLINE 2: WE ARE TO PRAISE GOD IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

 

i). God commands the work of His hands to praise Him in all situations.

I Thess. 5: 18.

ii). In all places – while inside the fire, deep water, in the air and on land – His praise should continually be in our mouth. Isaiah 43: 1-3.

iii). In all situations – famine, persecution or even imprisonment for the sake of the Lord, in poverty or prosperity – His praise should continually be in our mouth. Acts 4: 18-22; 5: 40-41; 16: 22-25; I Peter 4: 12-16. 

 

LESSON OUTLINE 3: WE ARE TO PRAISE GOD TO ETERNITY

 

Just like the angels do, praising God with a loud voice will be our full time job in heaven. Rev. 5: 11-12; 19: 1-7.

(The word “Hallelujah” comes from two Hebrew words which mean “Praise the Lord”.)

 

SUMMARY

Since we are to praise Him in eternity, we should begin to praise the Lord now in all situations and circumstances. God inhabits the praises of His people. (Psalm 22: 3. KJV.)