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Author, Father M. Devadas

6. PRAISING GOD FOR HIS DIVINE QUALITIES

(Useful at the time of Fasting Prayer Sessions)

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• 1. LOVE : Father, You are an embodiment of Love. Because You are Love we praise You.
  
  To enable us to enjoy Your fellowship, You have created us with the same divine qualities as You have, and so we extol Your Name.
  
  You have loved us even before we were created and even before we started loving You and for this Your goodness we offer our thanks.
  
  You have wonderfully loved us even when You knew that we would sin against You and would be living in disobedience against You.
  
  To show Your love for us, You have created the angelic hosts to be our ministers and the earth to be our abode with all our needs provided in it. For this we praise You.
  
  You have prepared everything we need well in advance.
  
  When we were lost in sin, in due time You have sent Your beloved Son for our salvation.
  
  By giving away You Son You have given away everything to us. So we adore You.
  
  How can we sufficiently repay our debt of gratitude for Your love.
  
  O Loving Father, Merciful Father, we offer the sacrifice of our lips for the love You have for us, for Your deeds of love for us, for the calling You made for us by Your love, for the fellowship with You in love and all the words of loving care You have written in the Bible for our benefit.
  
  But in times of testing, trials and sufferings, when we do not receive Your help quickly at the time we desire, we due to our weaknesses mistakenly think that You do not love us.
  
  But now we acknowledge that it is our ignorance to misunderstand Your love.
  
  We cannot comprehend the height, the breadth, the length and the depth of Your abundant and exceeding love.
  
  To our Father who envelopes us with love, we offer our adoration and we worship at the presence of Your Beloved Son Jesus Christ.


• 2. OMNIPOTENCE : Our Omnipotent God, we praise You because there is nothing too hard for You.
  
  All the good You have destined to do for me, I know You are strong enough to completely accomplish at the appointed times, and I offer my praises of You Name for this confidence in You Name.
  
  We praise You because You are able to perform what all we pray in Your Name.
  
  We adore You for You perform all the best beyond our imagination.
  
  You cannot do what relates to sin, yet You are considered to be Omnipotent.
  
  You are mighty to oppose and hinder the consequences of sin and wickedness, and protect us, for which we extol Your Name.
  
  You are mighty enough to keep us safe from stumbling into sin.
  
  While You are operating in all my works, give me the mind to acknowledge that You use the fullness of Your might.
  
  Give me grace to look for Your strength operating in me, rather than look into my weaknesses.
  
  We worship You, knowing fully that Your strength will overcome our weakness and we will be saved ultimately only by Your own strength.


• 3. COMPLETE JUSTICE : O Lord the Judge of the whole earth and heavens, we praise You for You have been a helper and executor of justice towards all those who follow You.
  
  You are the Benefactor to those who always pray to You, to those who live according to Your Word and to those who obey Your commandments and to them You will reveal Yourself.
  
  O Just God we thank You for this knowledge of the nature and the quality of Your justice and Your righteousness.
  
  For Your precious promise which reads "Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out", I praise You.
  
  As we have the God of Justice and Righteousness as our Father, give us the faith to believe that You will surely provide all we need.
  
  Give us this reasonable belief in You.
  
  O merciful 23Father, because Your justice is holy and pure, You allow suffering to them that disobey Your commandments and You keep silent since it is very reasonable justice.
  
  Even though we, Your children disobey You commandments You will allow us to suffer and obviously You keep silent which is reasonable and just in Your sight.
  
  For this Your reasonableness, we praise You.
  
  Merciful Father, By allowing us to suffer and through those sufferings You teach us Your commandments and guide us to lead that way; and appreciate and reward us that follow Your ways.
  
  For this Your loving care toward us, we adore You.


• 4. RULER OVER THE ENTIRE CREATION OR THE ALMIGHTY (Rom 9:5, Rev. 1:8) : Lord, we adore You for You have absolute authority over everything You have created.
  
  We acknowledge and are glad that You have complete authority over each of us and so we worship You.
  
  Because of Your authority over me, You have abolished the authority of the Devil and his hosts over me.
  
  So I rejoice to be free to obey and follow according to Your authority over me.
  
  If I do not stay under Your authority, I will run into troubles due to failure by my own desires through the devices of the Evil One.
  
  To avoid such difficulty I submit myself whole hearted to Your authority and offer salutations to Your goodness.


• 5. SUPREME AND ABSOLUTE GOD : O God, we extol Your great name because You are the Supreme One among all gods, in all the Universe and among all the creatures.
  
  God, who is Our Father, even that which is the greatest in our esteem is not great in Your reckoning.
  
  You are greater than the greatest, and so we adore You.
  
  You are far beyond everything You have revealed Yourself to us, in that manner to us, Your humble creation, for which we rejoice in Your goodness.
  
  You are greater than those who men consider as gods.
  
  You are greater and better than all that we see, we need, we know, we possess, we discover and invent and so we extol Your greatest Name on earth.
  
  Even when we lack everything but have You, we feel that we have everything we need.
  
  Everything You have given to us reminds us of You, for that we offer our thanks to You.
  
  Because You are the creator of everything You are greater than everything. Hence, we offer our praises to You. O God You are our Master and Lord, You are Lord of all.
  
  You are reigning over all, and You are our King and Lord, You do lead us always in Your ways and in Your righteous ways. So we are Your people.
  
  We are safe in Your reign, and have peace and happiness.
  
  If it were true of good rule of King Solomon, it is more true of Your reign of peace and prosperity.
  
  So we worship You as our Ruler, Divine Ruler, King of kings and Lord of Lords.


• 6. HOLINESS : O God, the Father of all, You are holy and none can comprehend how much holy You are.
  
  Even the selected angels who have never sinned could not see Your holy Face and so they covered their faces with two of their wings.
  
  This record indicates Your holiness in some measure.
  
  So our great and most Holy God, we worship You. We acknowledge that our worship of You however well we do it is never perfect.
  
  Our hearts however pure they are there will be impurity somewhere, hidden in them. No holiness can be considered holy at the face of Your holiness.
  
  It was written in the Word of God, that at the face of Your light, considered as light.
  
  So how can we find in You? How can we describe the holiness of Your love towards us? Hence we thank you. You are holy and perfect and so You created the entire Universe perfect and without blemish. So we praise You.
  
  As You are Holy it is quite reasonable that we ought to have worshipped You with You holiness only. But what can we do? We can do nothing. We pray to You to accept what we can do. Most Holy God however holy You are, You willingly came to this sinful and defiled world in the incarnation of man. So we offer our thankful salutations.
  
  Your stay in this sinful world has not marred Your holiness even as the purity of sunlight is never spoiled by its shining on unclean objects.
  
  Your purity is never defiled even when we draw near to impure and sinful world.
  
  You are the most Holy One even though You stayed and dined with the publicans and sinners, and even when You allowed sinful woman to touch and anoint Your feet. As God You are Holy. In the same manner as a man with flesh and blood You are holy too.
  
  Who can establish any sin in You? All the works created by You are Holy.
  
  Further, all the deeds You have performed in this world for our salvation are also holy.
  
  Further more, all Your teachings were Holy.
  
  The sufferings You underwent for our sake were as holy as You are holy.
  
  All these reveal that You are Holy. So we adore You and praise Your holy name.
  
  O Holy Lord Jesus Christ, You are the foremost and the best of all those who are called to be the saviours of mankind.
  
  You alone are the Holy One and You alone are the Saviour of the world and so we magnify Your holy Name.
  
  Oh Holy Saviour by Your sinlessness and holiness You are able to save even the greatest sinner.
  
  You can save me a sinner also. So we worship You.
  
  We will surely rejoice to behold the glory of Your holiness at Your second coming. We adore You.
  
  Most Holy God, Divine Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit of Life, Holy Divine Dove, we adore You since You are perfectly Holy.
  
  We knew of Your holiness only as much as You revealed to us, but You are holier than what we know of Your holiness. Whatever we know is the holiest thing. So we extol You.
  
  Oh God, You revealed Yourself symbolically as cloven tongues of fire. As the tongues of fire are holy and bright how can we explain how bright and shinning are You? O Lord of Eternal Spiritual Light, You are not hesitant to live in our hearts.
  
  Though You are holy You neither hesitate nor detest to live in our impure hearts. How great Your Holiness is! Your holiness is without any shadow of imperfection.
  
  Oh, Holy One, we offer our holy salutations to You.
  
  Oh God of Holy Spirit who has come form the Father and from the Son, Oh God who has already made my heart somewhat better, I thank You as You go on making my heart grow in purity.
  
  Oh God who has already made my heart somewhat better we cannot comprehend how well You can change our hearts when we enter into glory.
  
  Who can comprehend how much holy are You, when the hearts changed by You are that much Holy? Oh Holy God, all Your works are Holy. All Your change is marvelous.
  
  Your enlightenment is a new creation.
  
  O Lord the Holy Spirit, we offer our Holy salutations.
  
  O God of Holy Spirit who is protecting the entire creation right from the beginning with Your wings spread over the world, we worship You as You help all the churches to pray in these last days "Lord Jesus come quickly". (Rev. 22:20).


• 7. OMNIPRESENCE : Our God we praise You because You are present at everyplace.
  
  You are creating every thing and You are at everything.
  
  We know that You are not apart and afar from the things created by You.
  
  You are there in heaven as well as at every place in earth.
  
  You will be with us as a companion wherever we are, and will help us.
  
  So at no time we don't brother to feel lonely.
  
  so we worship You at all times and in all places.
  
  There is no place without Your presence or being.
  
  There is nothing apart from You.
  
  You can move to any place in a moment and whenever You which God is present at all the places simultaneously.
  
  This great attribute of Yours is now made known to us. So we adore You for this privilege given to us.


• 8. LIFE : God and fountain of Life and sustainer of my life, I know that whenever my life declines due to my weakness, You will revive my life with vitality through the pouring in of Your life into me. So, I offer grateful adoration to You with all my strength throughout my life.


• 9. KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM : Oh God of wisdom and fountain of all knowledge, we bless Your name because You know all our needs and desires even before we express them to You, and satisfy them even before we ask for them.
  
  When there are many hindrances to fulfil my desires, You have counsel and wisdom to remove the hindrances. So, for this Your good nature I offer my salutations with all my mind and heart.


• 10. FORMLESS STATE : O God who exists without any form or likeness, I cannot see You because of my infirmities and yet You have always watch over me.
  
  Though You do not have any form or likeness, You created me with beautiful and useful body. Further, You have created my spirit to be without any form, in a likeness of Your Being. So I worship You and extol Your Name with my body and spirit.


• 11. INDEPENDENT AND FREE WILLED FATHER : O Father, who can do everything on Your Own, You are capable of doing freely every action without assistance or counsel from any other. So we extol Your Name.
  
  Further You have bestowed the same liberty to each of us to do anything we desire without any hindrance. We want to worship You voluntarily and without any compulsion.
  
  You have already bestowed us with all Your divine qualities.
  
  And also You have bestowed me with the desire to get the image of Your own divine quality.
  
  when You have provided all Your divine qualities, except the quality of freedom all other qualities already given will be of no use.
  
  Hence, we praise You for giving us that quality of freedom also.


• 12. TRIUNE GOD OR TRINITY : Our Father and God, who has revealed Yourself in the three persons of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, we offer our hearty salutations for the revelation of Your majesty.
  
  You are not a person who is unwilling to be known, but are one who rejoices to be known and loved by Your creation.
  
  You reveal Your divine attributes, ways and majesty to each of those who seek to know You. So we worship You.

You have manifested Yourself as the One God, and in three Persons, which is a mystery that I cannot understand with my knowledge.

Yet, I believe in this fact which I can comprehend Your infinite wisdom.

We will continue to grow in our understanding through ages of stay in Heaven.

We offer to You our unlimited adoration and praise for Your unlimited revelations and unlimited growth in our knowledge through ages of stay in Your presence.

13. Oh God of glory and Oh infinite God, now with this assurance by Your unlimited grace that we will live forever and ever in the majesty of Your presence beholding Your face, Your glory and in Your fellowship we offer our hearty worship, adoration and praise to You. AMEN.