I never lost my praise

I never lost my praise is a song that Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sings. While it isn't one of my favorite songs that they have recorded, I do love the message.

At Light on the Hill on Sunday I am speaking about praise based on Psalm 44. I find the psalm interesting because the writer praises God for a little bit and then asks why they are suffering (as a community) when they haven't done anything wrong. The two psalms before it are individual prayers that are similar but this one is a community prayer. It's important that we praise God not only as individuals, but as a community.

The psalm begins by talking about how good God was to those who were before them and makes it sound so common place. Everyone knew about how good God was even if it was before their time. Part of it was their tradition, but part of it was that they knew how to praise God. Even when times weren't great.

I feel like we don't do that--or we don't choose to do that. We praise God when things are great or when we are with like-minded people at a church service like Light on the Hill, but we grumble and complain to the people around us. And then we wonder why God doesn't come quickly.

We need to praise God no matter the circumstances.

I never lost my praise
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Solo 1
I've lost some good friends along life's way
Some loved ones departed in Heaven to stay
But thank God I didn't lose everything
I've lost faith in people who said they care
In the time of my crisis they were never there
But in my disappointment in my season of pain
One thing never wavered one thing never changed

CHORUS
I never lost my hope
I never lost my joy
I never lost my faith
But most of all
I never lost my praise

Solo 2
I've let some blessings slip away
And I lost my focus and went astray
But thank God I didn't lose everything
I've lost possessions that were so dear
And I've lost some battles by walking in fear
But in the midst of my struggle, in my season of pain
One thing never wavered, one thing never changed