I hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend. We were blessed to spend time with the family and see our oldest son baptize our youngest son. It was truly a blessing!

Last week I traveled to Austin to attend a conference and I was asked to speak on leadership. On my drive home, I was so tired and not feeling well. I turned on my praise music, prayed, and listened to God.

I believe that we fail to understand how important praise is in our lives even when we don’t feel like it. We often look at a sunset in awe but fail to recognize the one who created the sunset. We spend time worrying and fretting about our problems but forget to praise the One who can help us in our time of need.

Psalms 150:6 states, “Let everything that breathes sing praise to the Lord!” 

Psalms 100:2 states, “Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” 

Praise turns our attention off ourselves and our problems and to the character of God Himself. Praise gives glory to God and opens a deeper relationship with Him.

Do you have a favorite praise song? Lately, I have been listening to “Raise A Hallelujah.” I included some of the lyrics to the song below and the link to the powerful testimony behind the song. Be blessed!

Lyrics

I raise a hallelujah, in the presence of my enemies

I raise a hallelujah, louder than the unbelief

I raise a hallelujah, my weapon is a melody

I raise a hallelujah; heaven comes to fight for me. 

I’m gonna sing, in the middle of the storm

Louder and louder, you’re gonna hear my praises roar

Up from the ashes, hope will arise

Death is defeated, the King is alive! 

Happy Monday! Thank you for choosing to stop by and check out my blog today. I hope that you will be blessed!

1 Peter 2:9 states, “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

When we think of royalty what comes to your mind. I think of princes and princesses in a castle. I heard this week that most people love reading about the royals. 

I believe we get caught up in what the world deems royalty but lose sight of what God says it is in the Bible. 

When we have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, we are the sons and daughters of the King. 

Once we truly understand who we are in Christ, we can trade our tarnished view of ourselves for the real truth. 

Grab hold of these truths, friends! You are who He says you are not what others say about you. 

You are royalty! 

Happy Monday! We are already in May and time is just flying by. Summer will be upon us soon.

How many of you see beauty when you look at yourself in the mirror? How many of you see ugly when you look in the mirror? Satan uses our perception of ourselves as a weakness to keep us from living our best life.

Esther in the Bible was a nobody by the world’s standards. However, God used her to save His people. Esther 2:17 states, “And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”

Why are we so reluctant to accept the favor of God in our lives, as Esther did?

We are daughters of the King and as the daughter of the King we have:

The mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 states, “We have the mind of Christ.”

Direct access to God. Hebrews 4:16 states, “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence.”

Power over Satan. Luke 10:19 states, “I have given you authority to trample… over all the power of the enemy.”

God’s blessing. Philippians 4:19 states, “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

We must learn to see ourselves through the eyes of God!