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“As Long As I’m Breathing, I’ve Got A Reason”
Psalms 150:6 NIV
I will bless You with every breath of my life; I will lift up my hands in praise to Your name.
The past several months at our church, we have been playing the song “Praise” by Elevation Worship. This has become a really fun song to play on our worship team. The phrase that always sticks out in my mind is the line right before the chorus, “As long as I’m breathing, I’ve got a reason to praise the Lord”.
As we’ve continued to play and sing this song for several Sundays, I’m reminded how easy it is for us to find every reason to complain about things in life. And, before going any further, I’m going to admit that I am one of these people. I don’t mean to be, but I have a tendency to be critical and complain about things. I have been working very hard on trying to be more positive about things in life, but it has been a struggle for me.
As I continue to think about these lyrics (Apparently God keeps bringing them to my mind!), I am constantly reminded that no matter what is going on in life, I have a reason to praise if I’m breathing. This is so simple, yet so important! Look, I know that we all have concerns in our lives and a lot we are dealing with. I get that and I’m trying to focus more on the positive. We are always going to have challenges and trials in life. There’s always going to be something that causes inconveniences in our lives. However, we need to strive to be focused on the very fact that God gives us breath each day.
If we wake up each morning and we are breathing, we have a reason to praise! Period!!!! As we look to the New Year, this is a perfect time to think about how we can change our attitude and perspective each day we wake up as the New Year begins.
If you take the time to listen to and read the lyrics of the song “Praise” by Elevation Worship, it will be a great reminder that we always have a reason to praise God. We especially have a reason because we are breathing.
Let’s start the New Year by focusing on praise!
“As Long As I’m Breathing, I’ve Got A Reason”
Psalms 150:6 NIV
I will bless You with every breath of my life; I will lift up my hands in praise to Your name.
The past several months at our church, we have been playing the song “Praise” by Elevation Worship. This has become a really fun song to play on our worship team. The phrase that always sticks out in my mind is the line right before the chorus, “As long as I’m breathing, I’ve got a reason to praise the Lord”.
As we’ve continued to play and sing this song for several Sundays, I’m reminded how easy it is for us to find every reason to complain about things in life. And, before going any further, I’m going to admit that I am one of these people. I don’t mean to be, but I have a tendency to be critical and complain about things. I have been working very hard on trying to be more positive about things in life, but it has been a struggle for me.
As I continue to think about these lyrics (Apparently God keeps bringing them to my mind!), I am constantly reminded that no matter what is going on in life, I have a reason to praise if I’m breathing. This is so simple, yet so important! Look, I know that we all have concerns in our lives and a lot we are dealing with. I get that and I’m trying to focus more on the positive. We are always going to have challenges and trials in life. There’s always going to be something that causes inconveniences in our lives. However, we need to strive to be focused on the very fact that God gives us breath each day.
If we wake up each morning and we are breathing, we have a reason to praise! Period!!!! As we look to the New Year, this is a perfect time to think about how we can change our attitude and perspective each day we wake up as the New Year begins.
If you take the time to listen to and read the lyrics of the song “Praise” by Elevation Worship, it will be a great reminder that we always have a reason to praise God. We especially have a reason because we are breathing.
Let’s start the New Year by focusing on praise!