I Praise You, O God: Experiencing His Power in Your Private Worship - Hardcover

Youssef, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157856557X ISBN 13: 9781578565573

Publisher: WaterBrook Press, 2002

Synopsis

In just 31 days, you can revitalize your walk with God by praising Him in a fresh, new way every day.

By following Dr. Michael Youssef’s new daily guide, I Praise You, O God, you can renew your passion for God, encounter His glory, and experience more of His power at work in your life. The daily practice of praise will bring you nearer to God in ways you’ve never thought possible.

Adapted from Dr. Youssef’s groundbreaking work Empowered by Praise, this easy-to-use guide will expand your understanding and practice of the praise of God. Each day’s reading helps you praise the Lord in a rich variety of ways, all based on Scripture, all rising straight from your heart.

Praise is the path that brings you nearer to God and His love, power, and grace. I Praise You, O God is designed to move you from the feeling that something is missing in your walk with God…to a place where He walks right beside you throughout every day.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Youssef, Ph.D., is founding rector of The Church of The Apostles, an evangelical Anglican congregation in Atlanta, and president of the international radio and television ministry “Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef.” Born in Egypt, Dr. Youssef served in the pastoral ministry in the Anglican church in Australia for several years before moving to the United States, where he earned a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate in social anthropology from Emory University. He and his wife, Elizabeth, are the parents of four grown children.

Reviews

Fulsome ritual praise is the centerpiece of a warm, even passionate relationship with God, according to this slender Christian devotional tract. Youssef, who is head of a broadcast ministry and founding rector of the Church of the Apostles, draws primarily on scriptural readings, but also on the religious writings of C. S. Lewis and his own experiences in the wake of his wife's cancer diagnosis to argue the benefits of verbally dwelling on the character of God. Praise of God, he asserts, reinforces faith, takes our minds off the bleakness of everyday life and is "the best medicine for spiritual exhaustion." By focusing our thoughts on the goodness and majesty of the Heavenly paragon, praise impresses on us the shortcomings of our own sinful nature and reassures us of Divine assistance in overcoming them. In earnest, readable but not scintillating prose, Youssef urges Christians to cast aside the subdued, self-conscious rhetorical style of the West in favor of a more ardent kind of worship that gives God the credit He is due.
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Edition details

• Publisher: WaterBrook Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157856557X
• ISBN 13: 9781578565573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112