Worship More and Worry Less: 30 Days of PraiseSample

You don’t realize how important something is until you don’t have it. I know. I developed a huge appreciation for breathing when I couldn’t. A severe case of bronchitis landed me in the hospital after my face turned gray from lack of oxygen. Several breathing treatments later, the doctor released me with strict orders not to return to my summer job—working at a grain elevator in Oklahoma during wheat harvest. My hopes of making a lot of money that summer and dating a cute “wheatie” (wheat harvester) were thrown to the wind like the dust that made me sick, but thankfulness for the breath in my lungs quickly overcame the disappointment.

Our verse today proclaims what all of us who can breathe should do. If you woke up with air in your lungs, take a deep breath and worship God with thankfulness and praise. Maybe try to praise Him with every breath today. When you catch yourself worrying, replace it with a deep breath and a prayer of praise. “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!”

Journal

What do you take for granted? Is it breathing, walking, or relationships? Write a prayer of thanksgiving and praise for these blessings. After you write this prayer, find a place where you can loudly praise the Lord with all the air in your lungs.