Praise When You Pray

Give praise to the Lord , proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Psalm 105:1 NIV

I was reading this as I was praying and was struck with the thought...i need to praise more than I pray, or at least as much as. When we pray, we ought to fill it with praise. In doing so we demonstrate our faith in him who is able to do more than we ask.

When we are in a trusted relationship, each person understands they have obligations to fulfill. Some of those are unspoken yet are just as expected as any other. Most of the time we don't even have to ask, it's just done, each doing their part. So we should be thanking each other more than asking.

So it is with God. If we truly trust him we know that we have obligations as does he. We must trust him to do his part, praising and thanking him rather than just asking.

So the next time you pray, put some praise in there, trusting that God has done more than you ever need to ask.