In church-world, we talk a lot about praise … but if we’re honest, what we often mean is either music we sing, the mood we feel, or some moment that moves us. But that seems a bit thin for what we’re really longing for when we seek the Divine. Somehow, we seem to want the comfort of faith without the cost of yielding, and that tension can be downright exhausting. Deep down, we know praise was never meant to stay on our lips if it hasn’t first manifested in our lives.

Looking at the Bible, worship begins not with louder or longer songs, but with a true surrender of the self. The most powerful praising we see in Scripture are those that reshape thinking, redirect choices, and reorder what we love and how we live. When grateful loyalty leads the way, something profound begins to form in us. This isn’t some kind of performance, but a growing clarity that God’s will is actually good. Trusting Him in this moves praise from being an event and becomes a way of living. 

#Alleluia #Surrender #ReleasingControlReleasesWorship

Most of us live surrounded by all kinds of noise, opinions, expectations, and pressures to perform, react, keep up, and hold it all together. Yikes! Life rarely slows down long enough to ask whether we’re actually oriented in the right direction or just moving fast in whatever direction we happen to be facing. Over time, this kind of living can leave most everything feeling slightly off, even when things are going well.

What if the issue wasn’t our effort or attitude at all. What if, at its core, it’s really about alignment? What if there’s a deeper rhythm already at work in the world, one that doesn’t start with us or depend on how we’re feeling? And what if learning to live in step with that rhythm could begin to reorder our hearts, our loyalties, and the way we move through everyday life? If so, maybe what feels so loud and overwhelming will become the soundtrack to a life lived in the way God designed for us from the beginning.

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