The Connie Giordano Show

Serving Your Own Generation

"Let it be blessed for ever, it shall be blessed for ever, it deserves to be blessed for ever, and we hope to be forever blessing it." (Matthew Henry) David seemingly had a revelation of Psalm 45:17 - the promise given to Messiah that His name would be remembered in all generations. He served his own generation by carrying on the fame of Messiah through the praise of His name. What about you? Will you serve your own generation by causing Jesus' name to be remembered through your praise of His name?

The Grandest Resolution

"Let us not forget that we have much to praise God for." (The Biblical Illustrator) In this Bible Message, we looked at the Grandest Resolution - "while I live will I praise the LORD." We saw that it is sparked by our being in covenant with God...that there is a certain manner in which it is done... there is a particular subject matter behind it...and that it is to follow us throughout this life into eternity. In this Bible Message, prayerfully you will view God and His due praises in a richer and fuller way.

Are You Growing In Praising God?

"No one grows who does not mean to grow." (The Biblical Illustrator) "The longer we live, the more expert we should grow in praising God and the more we should abound in it." (Matthew Henry) Let me ask you today - are you growing in praising God? Are you abounding in it? Like David, you can resolve to hope continually...to hope in all conditions...to never give up to despair...however painful your circumstances and condition...no matter the number, power, malice, and confidence of your enemies. David was resolved to praise God more and more. You must be resolved to do the same. It begins with preparing yourself. Stir up yourself and all that is within you to praise God. Dull and sleepy devotions are simply not acceptable!

Preparation Needed Before Praise

"One thing - God is fixed, and it is a simple truth that man is never fixed until he is fixed upon God. Surely a house, as to its fixedness, depends upon the foundation...Oh! the heart can only be fixed according to the fixedness of that on which it rests." (The Biblical Illustrator) The heart is the main thing. Nothing is done to purpose in Christianity further than it is done with the heart. The heart must be fixed - set in order - before rendering praise. When the heart is fixed, there is salvation! God causes you to witness His saving power to the uttermost as you praise Him with a prepared heart!

Kept From Praising Ourselves

"If we praise God as we ought, we shall be kept from praising ourselves. Surely that is good. I have heard that most self-made men are very apt to praise their maker; indeed we are all liable to sing the praises of self. The sure way of escaping this danger is to fill your heart and mouth with praise to God." (The Biblical Illustrator) In our teaching today, we saw from the word of God that the #1 reason why we praise God is because He is good! We also learned that we praise Him because it is a good thing for us to do so! To not praise Him is to defraud Him of that which He has a just claim to.

Your Role As A Christian Priest

"Daily praise should ascend from each of us to God, as the perfume of the daily sacrifice ascended in olden times; there must not be fewer sacrifices under the new dispensation than there were under the old; we are priests to offer unto God the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving." (Pulpit Commentary) David resolved to freely sacrifice unto God. In Psalm 54:6, he said - "I will freely sacrifice unto Thee..." He was resolved to offer a voluntary offering - a freewill offering. It would be the freewill offering of his mouth - a praise offering - "the calves of his lips" (Hosea 14:2) - "the fruit of his lips" (Hebrews 13:15) - the sacrifice of praise to God. Let me ask you - do you understand your role as a Christian priest? If so, are you daily covering God's altar with your sacrifice of praise?

Reliance Upon The Naked Promise

"There is no reason to stagger at, or hesitate about any of the promises of God, since they are made by Him that cannot lie. His faithfulness is engaged to perform them; with Him all things are possible." (John Gill's Commentary) Is God seemingly delaying the manifestation of His favor to you - leaving you with nothing more than a promise from His Word? Like David, the Holy Spirit is saying for you to resolve to glory or boast in the promise of God with undiminished confidence. And then stand back and watch Him come through for you!

Zion's God Is Zion's King

"He Who is Zion's God is Zion's King, head over all things to the church; and this is her joy and comfort in every age, that her God and her King reigns, and will reign forevermore..." (John Gill) Zion's God is Zion's King. Regardless of feelings, David was resolved to extol his God. He knew Him to be the great God and a great King. The greatness of his God and King compelled David to elevate Him high in his praises, thoughts, speech, and conversation. Do you have a revelation of God's greatness?

A Change For The Better

Job 22:29 says - "When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and He shall save the humble person." "When men are cast down" in times of trial and calamity...when they are depressed or "cast down" into a very low estate and distressed condition...when they are in low circumstances or in great straits and difficulties... when they are cast down in affairs...when their spirits are sinking, desponding, or ready to despair, then the Lord says to say to them that a restoration or a change for the better is coming their way. God is sending me today with a "word" for you. He is saying to you who are "cast down" - "There is lifting up." Restoration and a change for the better is coming your way! It is God's will and desire for His people to be "lifted up." The Scriptures confirm that truth!

Not The Lame Man On Slippery Places

How would you describe your walk with Jesus? Are you walking securely on an even, smooth, level, plain ground or are you like one walking on slippery places - likened to ice or polished marble? Or are you like the lame man walking haltingly because there is an unevennness or malformity in your Christian gait - an incongruity between your words and actions? Both David and Solomon shared the principle that says - "...for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide." "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely..." (Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 10:9) In other words, "walking in integrity" promises security and confidence.