Living Above the Sun Ministries

Can you write a hymn of praise at this moment, an instant falling from your lips?  Your heart is so full that there is no effort needed to expand your lungs and empty them of praise.  Maybe right now you are in lament, and all the words that can fall are in forms of tears asking God to be merciful.  There is a powerful song and lyric that contrasts each other when a heart of praise and joy collides with sorrow and tears.  It is where hope is born. Whatever praise collides with in our lives, hope is there.   I began my work week with a panic attack, thankfully a co-worker was there to calm me down.  By the end of the work week, I was praising more than I was panicking.  When life feels like a choppy sea, quiet yourself and sing praises to God!  My personal Psalm of praise looked like this in a text to a friend: "I'll finally get this closing binder finished that I've been working on, the last of the documents come today, Praise the Lord! ...

I bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise. 2 I live and breathe God; if things aren’t going well, hear this and be happy: 3 Join me in spreading the news; together let’s get the word out. 4 God met me more than halfway, he freed me from my anxious fears. 5 Look at him; give him your warmest smile. Never hide your feelings from him. 6 When I was desperate, I called out, and God got me out of a tight spot. 7 God’s angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray. 8 Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see— how good God is. Blessed are you who run to him. 9 Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness. -Psalm 34 The Message There is so much to be thankful for in this season we celebrate Thanksgiving. Through there may be grief, anxiety and all life throws at us; God's catching it all, and like seeds He is throwing it in the soil where He tends to it faithfully. When we feel we are b...

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. Psalm 103:1-2 Today in my Sunday School class at my church I became very convicted by the truth that I don't nearly give God the praise He rightly deserves. As a friend prayed this morning we just merely "try to make it." But we were not created to just "make it," the scriptures say we are more than conquerors! We have so much to be thankful for. In the last few minutes of class we just sat still in the presence of God, at His throne worshiping, and verbally expressing our thankfulness to Him. In the service later on the story of the 10 lepers came to mind. Luke 17:11-19 New Living Translation (NLT) Ten Healed of Leprosy: 11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, ...