Our Heavenly Father, believe it or not, really thinks very highly of us. Yes, He even brags about how wonderful we are.
Ephesians 1:6: To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
We are to the praise of His glory. We are acceptable to Him and He wants everyone to know it. We are God’s masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10)! That is quite a reputation to have. God counts us worthy of His praise. There are more bragging records about us.
Ephesians 1:12: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
God thinks so highly of us. We should be busting off our buttons with pride! Even our future is substance for high praise:
Ephesians 1:14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
If God is so excited about us, we should be excited about who we are in Christ. What an honor to be held in high esteem by Him. We should be lauding Him and declaring how awesome He is to us! Our praise of Him should be an unending gratefulness.
Psalms 9:1&2: I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
A spectacular way we can praise Him is to speak in tongues. One of the many benefits of speaking in tongues is you magnify or praise Him in the spirit.
Acts 10:46: For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Note: The NIV translation says, “praising” God instead of “magnify.”
How awesome it is that one of the manifestations of the gift of holy spirit allows us to “magnify or praise” our Father via the spirit.
That is why I really love speaking in tongues. It gives me a wonderful way to praise our Heavenly Father. May we, as the above Psalms encourages us, praise our Lord with our whole heart and with the fullness of the gift of holy spirit in manifestation by speaking in tongues.
Agape,
Bob