"'The Lord is my strength and song... He is my God; and I will praise Him'.... And Miriam answered, 'Sing to the Lord! For He has triumphed gloriously!'" (Exodus 15:2, 21)

"The Lord is my strength and song...
He is my God; and I will praise Him"....
And Miriam answered, "Sing to the Lord!
For He has triumphed gloriously!" 
(Exodus 15:2, 21)

How can we praise the Lord? First we need to acknowledge that that everything good is from the Divine Creator. For to praise the Lord is to acknowledge and worship Him. When we humbly thank the Lord for all that He gives us - recognizing that without Him we would have no life at all - then we can praise Him with our thoughts, our hearts, and our actions.

There are many ways to praise the Lord - choral and instrumental music, poems and other literature, and the visual arts all have their place. For thousands of years, people have used music to praise the Lord because it can so fully express our feelings. Music stirs our affections and has the potential to lift our thoughts from what is mundane to what is spiritual. And when we sing about the Lord, the angels touch our hearts with happiness, increasing our joy.

Yet, in a sense, we offer our greatest praise to the Lord when we choose to live according to His Word. Though we may not always be consciously thinking of Him, when we act from a good understanding and a wise love, we are honoring the Lord. For in receiving His spiritual gifts and acting from them, we reflect His love and wisdom, and so glorify the Lord in our lives.

Highlights for this month include

Read: "Oh, Magnify the Lord " by the Rev. Grant Odhner
Quotations from the Word
Read: "Sing to the Lord" by the Rev. Lorentz Soneson

 Prayers of Praise for Children (PDF)
 Prayers of Praise for Teens (PDF)
 Prayers of Praise for Adults (PDF)
 MP3 Audio File Awaken the Dawn by Karin Elder Childs (Living Fountains CD)
 Praise Cards(PDF)
 Listening to Music (PDF)
 Sorting Ancient Musical Instruments (PDF)
 Poster: Praise in the Morning and Evening (PDF)