Praise Him Through 7 Stages of Life

We were formed to praise, we are called to praise Him throughout our lives and for all eternity. Here is a picture of our lives praising God throughout 7 stages:

We can praise Him when we are conceived and formed in the womb

Psalm 139:14-16 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

We can praise Him when we are babies

Ps. 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

We can praise Him when we are young

Ps. 148: 12-13 Both young men and maidens; old men and children.

Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven.

We can praise Him when we are old

Ps. 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.

We can praise Him when we face death

2Sam 22:6-7 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry entered His ears.

We can praise Him when we are delivered from death

Ps. 56:13 For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God, in the light of the living?

We can praise Him for ever and ever

Ps. 45:17 I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord

All the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to inquire in His temple.