GLORIFY THE MOST HOLY NAME

¹¹ Now on His way to Jerusalem, Y’shua traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.¹² As He was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met Him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Y’shua, Master, have pity on us!” ¹⁴ When He saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. ¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Y’shua’s feet and thanked Him—and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Y’shua asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” LUKE 17

Has God blessed you financially? Is God taking care of your worries? Are you blessed with a hearty meal or a safe trip? with a pleasant weather? with a sound sleep? Are you blessed with merriment? with inner joy and gladness? with serenity? Are you blessed with a miracle? with healing? with enlightenment? with empowerment? Testify to God’s wonderful works!

Tell your neighbors about it. Edify them. Chances are your testimony would reverberate to reinforce wavering faiths.    

⁸ Do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord. 2 TIMOTHY 1

God-worshipers can’t help it. When joy and gladness are overflowing and feasting in the heart, spontaneous praise springs forth.

⁷ For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid. 2 TIMOTHY 1 tev

Use your power of the spoken word to express gratefulness to the source of your blessings.

⁴ Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done, and proclaim that His name is exalted. ³ Sing to the Lord, for He has done glorious things; let it be known to all the world. ISAIAH 12

Y’shua asked His disciples, “Do you know of a poor man who had been invited to eat at the king’s palace?” John answered, “Rabbi, I had eaten bread at the palace. I used to sell fish to Herod’s family. One day while he was feasting, I brought him a fine fish and he made me recline and feast with him.”

Y’shua said, “Tell us, John, how you behaved during the feast. Did you seek the seat of honor? Did you ask for the most delicate food? Did you speak when not asked to? Did you account yourself more worthy than the others at the table?” John answered, “Rabbi, no! The truth is, I did not dare lift my eyes, seeing myself a poor ill-clad fisherman seated with the king and his officials. When the king handed me a little piece of meat, I felt greatly honored that, had he been of our Law, I would have gladly served him the rest of my life!”

Y’shua said, “John, you ate at Herod’s table so that you might be our holy example on humility.” Then He turned to the disciples and said, “I tell you, your Father in heaven is the King of kings; and each of you has received from His hand more than a little piece of meat.” (Gospel of Barnabas, chapter 131)

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Y’shua the Messiah, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in the Messiah. ⁴ For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love ⁵ He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Y’shua the Messiah, in accordance with His pleasure and will—to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. EPHESIANS 1

⁹ You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. ¹⁰ Once you were not, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. ²⁵ For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 PETER 2

Say: “For you, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living” (Psalm 116:8-9). 

¹ Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. PSALM 103 kjv

⁹ Hallowed be Your name. MATTHEW 6

⁹ May Your holy name be honored. MATTHEW 6 tev

Testify not to reassure and assuage God’s ego or insecurity, for God has no ego and no insecurity. Testify for love of neighbor.

One strategy of the demonic forces to win men over is to trap them in predicaments, make them suffer and feel hopeless; then they come and project themselves as the solution provider. You would not want anyone to fall for it, would you? Not especially your loved ones. So testify to the truth: that God is the real Solution Provider. Save everyone from being deceived.

³ Be aware that Adonai is God; it is He who made us; and we are His; His people, the flock in His pasture.  PSALM 100 cjb  

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all He has made. ¹⁸ The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. ¹⁹ He fulfills the desire of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them. PSALM 145

Use your power of the spoken word to glorify the most holy name. Give honor and respect to whom it is due (Romans 13:7).

¹⁵ Therefore in the East give glory to the Lord, exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Isra’el, in the islands of the seas. ISAIAH 25

One of the Seventy-Two came home from mission work and said excitedly, “Rabbi, we healed so many people! We drove out demons!” Hearing this, Y’shua replied, “God forgive you, brother, for you have sinned in saying ‘We healed.’ It was your Father in heaven who did the healing and who drove out the demons. Let us not appropriate to ourselves the glory that belongs to God. In every righteous work testify that God made it possible and in every wicked work confess that you have sinned. Should the axe and not its master boast at having cut down the trees in the forest? Slaves deserve no glory for doing their master’s will. Alas to men who extol themselves, not God.” (cf. Gospel of Barnabas)

¹⁰ So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, “We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.” LUKE 17

Bless God with all your strength. Say: “Lord, all that we have accomplished You have done for us” (Isaiah 26:12).

¹⁸ Be filled with the Spirit. ¹⁹ Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Y’shua the Messiah. EPHESIANS 5

¹ Come, let us praise the Lord! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us! ² Let us come before Him, with thanksgiving and sing joyful songs of praise. ³ For the Lord is a mighty God, a mighty King over all the gods. PSALM 95

² Sing to Him, sing praise to Him, tell of all His wonderful acts. ³ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. ⁴ Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always. PSALM 105

David was a king, with a stature greater than any of us, yet he leapt and danced before God with great rejoicing and with “all his might” (2 Samuels 6:14).

³⁰ Exert all your strength when you exalt Him, do not grow tired—you will never come to the end.  ECCLESIASTICUS 43

¹ Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. PSALM 47 

³ Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre; ⁴ praise Him with tambourine and dancing. PSALM 150 

Bless God all the time.

¹ I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. PSALM 34 amp

¹⁵ Let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess His name. HEBREWS 13