Praise Time

Bestselling author and MIT Professor, Alan Lightman, reveals the benefits of wasting time and allowing our minds to freely roam. We have apps, smart watches and calendars that constantly remind us to be productive and stop wasting time. We have created a frenzied lifestyle in which time is money, with not a minute to be wasted, and the twenty-four hours of each day are carved up, dissected, and reduced down to small units of efficiency. Professor Alan Lightman documents the rush and heave of the modern world, and examines the many values of ‘wasting time’ – for replenishing the mind, for creative thought, for finding and solidifying the inner self and letting the mind lie fallow without attempting to accomplish anything and without any assigned tasks. Carl Jung did his most creative thinking and writing when he took time off from his frenzied practice in Zurich to go to his country house. Gustav Mahler routinely took three or four-hour walks after lunch, stopping to jot down ideas in his notebook. Albert Einstein described letting his mind ‘roam’ to make connections between concepts that were previously unconnected. In this timely and essential book, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our minds to freely roam. In Praise of Wasting Time teaches us all that sometimes, the best thing to do is to do nothing at all.

This book was written to assist the Christian with praising our Lord. For some odd reason we tend to wait for the new car, the new house, the new job, the increase in income before we give God more than the same old Sabbath Day praise. But He (God) is worthy of more than that from us. God is worthy of praise for the things we don’t see, the things we over look and even the things that seem to be insignificant to us. It is the mighty hand of God that brings forth all righteousness. And if for no other reason, we should reverence Him for it. Each passage of scripture will be uplifting as well as inspiring. Discover the bliss of magnifying God from the depths of your heart. Experience the feeling of God inhabiting your praises. Express the passion you have for the Father and all of His goodness. Your joy will grab you, and the Holy Spirit within will burn like fire shut up in your bones. You will find yourself praising the Lord over and over again; and it will become easier and automatic. Like the old saying goes, “It’ll be a piece of cake.”

Let Us Praise has sold more than 500,000 copies, and its teaching on praise continues to minister to thousands of believers around the world. Judson Cornwall writes, ''May the ministry of praise that this book teaches find an expression in the Body of Christ far beyond the areas covered in Let Us Praise.'' Praise is an important ministry Praise is vital in every believer's life How should we praise the Lord? What does the Bible teach about praise? Praise focuses our hearts on God - what He has done and who He is.

One of the most powerful ways to love your kids may surprise you: develop a habit of praising God. In The 30-Day Praise Challenge for Parents, Becky Harling invites you to praise God for twenty minutes a day for one month. You'll be amazed at how praising God: Quiets your anxiety about your kids Provides a shelter of protection over your family Breaks the chains of generational sin Deepens your children's faith Strengthens your own spiritual life Arranged topically, this book includes a list of selected songs and creative ideas for continuing the habit of praise throughout your parenting journey.

The Christian pathway is a personal one and a pilgrim one. Those who are committed to following Jesus Christ will develop a set of values, face challenges in their choices, and eventually develop Christlikeness in their character. This inspiring collection of poems, written over a twenty-five-year period, offers the honest reflection of one follower's angst, turmoil, devotion, and hope as he travelled on his journey. Reasons for Praise is the second in the Poems for the Pilgrim Pathway series. "Our Lord never promised us that it would be easy, but He did say that the destination made it worthwhile."

Generations of Praise explains how worship has evolved over the centuries in various cultures to help us develop services of worship suitable for congregations of the twenty-first century (from cover).

Today many believers desire to know God more intimately, and enjoy the blessings that come in His Presence. Praise Goeth Before Thee is a spiritual, uplifting book that reveals the power of praise. The purpose of this book is to help the believer intensify his or her walk with the Lord. God formed us, created us for a special purpose. His purpose is to preserve the remembrance of His name, to transmit the knowledge of the true God through all generations, and to celebrate His praise in all the earth. It is therefore our duty to show forth or demonstrate His praise, not only with our lips, but also in our lives, by giving ourselves to His service.