Sacrifices of Praise, The Fruit of Our Lips

UV 3753/10000 Sacrifices of Praise, The Fruit of Our Lips Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name. Hebrews 13 v 15 Through Jesus, the ultimate sacrifice of God to satisfy the requirement of the law, we are enabled or given grace in the sight of God to offer a sacrifice of praise to Him. Our sacrifice is the fruit of lips that speak words and sing songs that gratefully acknowledge the gift of salvation by grace, eternal life through faith in the name of Jesus, the Passover sacrifice, the password and passport to the throne of heaven. In and through Him we have passed from eternal death to eternal life, from darkness to light, from untruth to truth, from bondage to freedom in Christ. Gratitude is the first sacrifice of the fruit of lips. What is sown in our hearts and minds by the Word emerges and manifests as fruit of the lips. Hence, the Proverbs say, “ The heart will speak that which it is full of.” We should be emptied of ourselves and be filled with the Spirit of God. The second fruit of the lips is to confess Jesus as our Saviour and Lord, to confess positively all the time, implying to speak positively and with hope and grace at all times. If we trust God, we should confess our faith in Christ before men. We tap the power of positive confession when we speak of our faith in God through Christ. We are acknowledging that He is the way, the Truth and the Life ( source of eternal life AND resurrection from temporary or physical death). By such confession, we light the lamp of faith in the hearts of others who hear us and see our witness. The third type of sacrifice of the fruit of the lips is to glorify God in and through our lives. We need to manifest the power, glory, mercy of God in our lives in all that we think, speak and do. We need to go the extra mile in all that we do. The miracles and wonders that our senses or intellect cannot perceive are conceived by such sacrifice of faith. This type of sacrifice reveals the glory of God as El Shaddai, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Tsidkenu ( righteousness), Jehovah Rapha ( Healer). For His power working in us is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than all we think, ask or even imagine. Our lips should then focus on these three types of sacrifices. Then our lips are consecrated like those of priests, to be disciplined to speak only such words and things that are approved by the Lord who gave us our amazing tongues, the power of speech. Our words will save souls and lives from perishing and lead them to salvation.