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Praise God

【Praise】The attention span of a typical human is ten praises, six promises, or one preachment.

【Praise】Praise is a natural and necessary response to fully enjoy the object that is praised. For example, when watching a football game on television, it is a natural response to praise a tremendous play. To shout WOW! After and acrobatic catch in the end zone is not only natural, but necessary to fully enjoy the spectacular play. If you do not believe that it is necessary, the next time you watch a football game try to not express yourself at all. You will quickly find that you do not enjoy the action nearly as much as you do when you have the freedom to express yourself in praise and excitement.

【Praise】”It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed. It is frustrating to have discovered a new author and not to be able to tell anyone how good he is; to come suddenly, at the turn of the road, upon some mountain valley of unexpected grandeur and then to have to keep silent because the people with you care for it no more than for a tin can in the ditch; to hear a good joke and find no one to share it with.” –C.S. Lewis

【Praise】One Sunday morning after the service a woman came up to the pastor and thanked him for the encouraging sermon he had preached. In response he said, “Why, don’t thank me, thank the Lord.”

She said, “Well, I thought of that, but it wasn’t quite that good.”