{"id":7883,"date":"2007-07-30T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?post_type=eutychus-article&#038;p=7883"},"modified":"2019-11-30T01:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T01:17:37","slug":"begin-with-praise","status":"publish","type":"eutychus-article","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/eutychus-article\/begin-with-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Begin with Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The messages of the Bible are sometimes subtle and therefore\nmissed. Such is the letter writing habit of the most prominent New Testament\nwriter, Paul. The ancient writers followed a form that can be a lesson for each\nof us as Christians in a perverse world that is headed for its ultimate\ndestruction. Listening to the news, which is always negative, or dwelling on\nour own problems is easy and often controls our days. If any one had reason to\ngripe about his lack of comfort, remuneration, or ease of lifestyle, it was\nPaul. Yet each of his letters, after the usual greetings, begins with praise to\nGod for His grace and gifts. Read verse 8 of Romans; verse 4 of I Corinthians;\nverse 3 of II Corinthians; verses 3-5 of Galatians; verse 3 of Ephesians, and\nso on. In all of his sufferings, Paul praised God first in each of his letters.\nWhile this was known to be a common practice of ancient letters, I think God\nhad a subtle message for us there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the first problem you think of upon awakening? Do\nyou bark at your kids to get up or they\u2019ll be late? Do you moan and groan over\nthe chores that lay ahead? If each day of life is a gift from God, then maybe\nwe should take our cue from Paul and begin each new day (\u201cletter\u201d) with praise\nand thanksgiving for another day to serve and to make right what we should have\ndone yesterday. Children learn to be grumpy if their parents are. Let\u2019s teach\nthem to begin each day with a positive tone and thank God for each day He gives\nus. The mindset you put yourself in as the day begins is up to you. Try, for a\nmonth, starting each new day with positive thankfulness for the day and for\nyour blessings. Read those verses of Paul\u2019s each day; make a list of just those\nverses of praise he uses at the beginning of each letter. See if the practice\nof thanksgiving doesn\u2019t make a tremendous difference. If you teach young\nchildren, try singing this verse to the tune of Happy Birthday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy new day to me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy new day to me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank the Lord for my\nblessings;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy new day to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[126],"tags":[167,170],"class_list":["post-7883","eutychus-article","type-eutychus-article","status-publish","hentry","category-eutychus","tag-christian-living-cross-discipleship","tag-methodology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Begin with Praise - Aletheia Baptist Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/eutychus-article\/begin-with-praise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Begin with Praise - Aletheia Baptist Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The messages of the Bible are sometimes subtle and therefore missed. 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