Nov 11

Nov 11 Breathing Worship

Let everything that breathes praise the LORD. Hallelujah!

Psalm 150:6 CSB

One reason I love our church is singing our praises together each Sunday. Whether we are on key or not, we have the privilege to vocalize our love for Jesus. Some enjoy quiet hymns others fast-moving praise songs. If we are truly showing the Lord how much we love Him, it’s worship!

One of my favorite places to sing my worship, is on my deck. Just me and God. Our deck faces the woods, and, often I see lots of wildlife. Most days the neighbors have left to go to work, or are inside working remotely. My husband has gone to the gym. I don’t have to worry what I sound like!

It prepares my heart to hear from the Lord as I sit in silence, play worship music, then open scripture to study the Word and pray. Hot coffee beside me is an added bonus.

Psalm 150:6 is the last verse of the last chapter in Psalms. The chapter opens and closes with Hallelujah! which means praise Yahweh. Verse 6 says Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!! Hallelujah! (CSB)

The reader invites all of God’s breathing creation to praise the Lord. Can you even imagine the chorus when all of creation will do this together?

In the meantime, this is what we are to do through our songs, and our entire lives. Even when you are lonely, hurting, or broken. I feel my heart swell with the knowledge of His presence especially in those times!

The book of Psalms helps us express love and faith even alongside pain and agony. We can cry out to Him honestly as we see the Psalm writers did. It gives prayerful words in our struggle that we may have trouble finding. If we breathe, we are to worship!

Thank you, Lord, for giving us the joy of worshiping you in many ways. Even in our struggles, our hearts desire to come to you in faith because you are worthy of our praise! Hallelujah!

Chris Adams

Chris Adams

Chris Adams is an author, speaker, blogger, and women’s ministry consultant. She retired in 2017 after serving over 22 years as the Women’s Ministry Specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources, Nashville, Tennessee. Chris helped pioneer women’s ministry as we know it today and compiled three women’s leadership books: Women Reaching Women, Transformed Lives, and Women Reaching Women in Crisis.

Prior to her employment at LifeWay she was the special ministries coordinator at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas overseeing women’s ministry and missions education.

For fun you can find Chris reading, spending time with family or at the beach. She married Pat in 1971 and they have twin daughters, two sons in law, 14 grandchildren, and 5 great grands. She recently became a Yorkie mom again for the third time. A self-proclaimed chocolate connoisseur, Chris is famous for her toffee.