Praise Attitude!

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A Christian should always have a joyful heart, a heart of thanksgiving irrespective of what you are going through.  You do not have to wait to see your problem solved before giving praising God.  A heart of praise and thanksgiving is a heart of faith. True faith does not loose heart, or consider the circumstances.  The only way you will not be able to consider your circumstances is if you are rooted and grounded in the Word of God. Your five senses will try to rule you, to tell you why you should give up on God...if you are able to look unto the Word of God and stand your ground, maintain your faith confessions of the Word and top it all with thanksgiving..you will definitely come back with a testimony! 

One of the guys that inspire me in the Bible is Pa Abraham, I mean when it comes to the type of faith that does not give up no matter what I see.  Let's look at Romans 4:17-22, "...God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who(Abraham), contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.  He did not waver (stagger) at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.  And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness"  Remember Abraham and Sarah had Isaac in their old age and it took sometime before they had that baby even though God had promised him that child much earlier.  Abraham was human like us and must have had negative thoughts about the promise, he must have known that his wife had passed the age of child-bearing etc..But here the Bible said Abraham refused to consider the physical evidences and kept his faith by giving glory to God. 

So next time, when you are walking in your faith and you feel like giving up, don't!  Remember God is able to do what He said He will do, refuse to stagger, refuse to change your confession..because that's what the devil wants you to do, he wants to remove you from the Word of God by making you believe that it does not work so he can defeat you. Don't Give Up! Don't Give In! 
Give your praises to God, remember Shedrach, Mishach and Abednego. (Read Daniel Chapter 3) They were not moved by the King's command of throwing them into fire for not bowing down to him.  They refused to bulge and see how God vindicated them.
Isaiah 43:1-2, "But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob(Put your name here), and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."