30 Days of Praise-Day 4 Psalm 9:1-2

I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

According to Strong's, "heart" in vs. 1 is the Hebrew word leb meaning "inner man-will, understanding,soul, mind; in the midst." The same word is used in Deuteronomy 4:29:

"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul."

and in Deuteronomy 6:5:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength."

So the same fervency we employ to seek our Lord's face in order to find Him, to love Him with everything we have in us-with the entire "inner man"- should be the same passion we use when we praise Him and share all he's done for us. I think praise is the natural outpouring of a relationship of someone we're in love with. We want to spend all our time and energy with them and we can't stop talking about that person. May that someone be Jesus Christ, the ultimate Lover of our souls, our Redeeming beautiful Savior and a Friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Jesus, today I want to praise you with my whole heart, all of me-my mind, soul, strength and will. I praise you for life! I praise you that I have breath in my lungs, that I am able to see the beauty of the changing of seasons, and everything I've been blessed with. Help me to appreciate the little things and pleasures that you've given me and help me to be content in any and all circumstances. Thank you, Lord for everything you are to me. May my love for you be as necessary to me as breathing and may Your love fill me up so it can spill onto others.