Praise from the Heart

“I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart” (Ps 9:1). How can we praise the Lord with all our being?
Praise must come from the heart. Listen to what Psalm 9 verses 1 and 2 says,

I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

In Western culture, the heart is the source of emotions. But that isn’t what it was for those who wrote the Bible. The heart was so much more. It represented all that a person is. It was the source of thought. Proverbs 23 verse 7 says, “For as he thinks within himself, so he is.” The heart represented what a person is ethically, morally … essentially what a person is, good or bad.

So, if we want to praise the Lord with all our hearts, then that doesn’t mean we are just speaking words or singing worship songs. It means that all our inner being, who we are is directing praise to the Lord. It isn’t lip service it is what we do with every aspect of our lives. If we want to tell of his wonders and be joyful, it must come from our very soul, our heart.

Unfortunately, Jesus taught us that our hearts are no where near able to give him the praise he deserves. He said in Matthew 15 verse 19, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.”

If you want to praise the Lord from your heart, then it must first be changed from the evil that is in it. The only way to do that is to confess how far from right we are in our hearts and ask Jesus to forgive us and cleanse us. If you want to know how to do that, then watch my video on YouTube,, "The Gospel" It will tell you how to be saved and have a new heart, a new you.

May God Bless you!