1. The Importance of Praise FCA SHS 2014 Meeting 1 Sept.

2. The Importance of Praise  TO ASSURE STICK-TO-IT- IVNESS in your praise adventure, let’s take a further look at the importance of praise.

3. The Importance of Praise  THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH

4. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Praise is a basic way both to express our faith and to strengthen it;

5. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Faith – or trust- is the basic response that God is looking for, Faith moves God to reveal Himself to us and do His might work in us, as well as for us. Faith brings victory that changes our circumstances—or victory in the midst of circumstances that don’t change.

6. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Our praise springs from this simple response of faith, this simple choice to believe God; and praise in turn increases our confidence in Him.

7. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  God who is infinitely greater than our failures.

8. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Through praise you can demonstrate your faith in God to work in the present as He has in past centuries.

9. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Yet God allowed all these events for good. You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20)

10. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Follow Paul and Silas as examples Acts 16 or Philippians (when he was in prison)

11. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  Even in troubled circumstances, or when God does not choose to work in spectacular ways, praise can help us view our situation through different lenses.

12. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  And often this change of climate within us helps transform the atmosphere around us, for our new attitudes cause people to react differently to us.

13. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  True praise is unconditional. It’s not an attempt to manipulate God into producing precise results we hope for. Instead, it helps us accepts our situation as it is…

14. THROUGH PRAISE YOU CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH  “Father, I don’t want You to remove this problem until You’ve done all You want to do through it, in me and in others.”