Thanksgiving and Praise

Psalms 100:4

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

and into His courts with praise.

Be thankful unto Him and bless His name.

"Thanksgiving is the lowest form of worship

because it is dependent on the answer to the question,

'What have You done for me lately?' Praise, though, is not dependent on what He has done but on who He is.

 He is worthy of praise whether

you believe He has done anything for you or not."

There is a difference between thanksgiving and praise.

We thank God because He has done something wonderful in our lives that we want to acknowledge and remember.

We praise Him because of who He is,

 because of His attributes, or because of His ways.

He is worthy of praise - period - whether we are having a good day or a bad day.

                by: Tom Tenny - "Finding Favor with the King