Have you ever thought about inviting God to your next party?  Does that sound funny or strange to you?  When you think of having a party have you ever even thought that God might want to be invited?  When I save a word “party” I mean any kind of celebration. For example, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, promotions, etc.  Aren’t these the types of things we like to celebrate?  This gives us a chance to kick back, turn up and let our hair down!  Remember when every Friday was a party?  You’ve worked all week and it’s time to hang out, relax and have a good time?

Well, I’m talking about the same type of thing.  The only difference is the kind of party I’m talking about can happen every day & it should be!  Now I know you must be thinking what do I have to celebrate every day?  Well, have you watched your local news lately?  I’m not sure about how things are in the city you live in, but who was killed, murdered, attacked or robbed in your neighborhood today?  Was it one of your loved ones, if not, you have something to celebrate!  In my neighborhood & city folks are being hurt in these streets every single day!  I pray for the families who have gone through this – that God will comfort & guide them. But since I always keep it 100, I celebrate & praise God that it hasn’t happened to me.  I am grateful. I know that may sound funny but it’s true.  And I know you do the same thing.  Let’s try this one?  Do you have a nice place to live?  Do you have a sound & sane mind?  Or at least you say its sane right, lol! Do you have any physical handicaps?  So when you think about your answers and you realize that you really are blessed, you have reason to celebrate every day.  Then you should invite God to join you because He is the reason that you can celebrate because things could be worse, right?

The truth is Satan hates all of us and all of us have had some type of negative thing happen to us or we know someone who has.  You may be struggling and things don’t appear to be working in your favor.  Even then we have to force ourselves to celebrate what is still good in our lives, even if you have to search deep for it. Even if it’s hard to do & you don’t feel like doing it.  Even if you feel like God doesn’t care about you or your situation.  Let me tell you why this is so important.

Having a praise party and inviting God to celebrate any good in your life, no matter how small that good seems to be, brings God’s full power into your life to demand positive change!  Now, it’s best to start this process before something tragic happens so it’s already a habit and you’ve already seen it for yourself that it works.

Here’s some additional information to get you started:

1. Your praise takes you out of selfishness and puts the focus on God where it belongs – what He wants for you, His guidance, wisdom and direction. Psalms 150:2 (nkjv) – Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!

2. Your praise keeps you humble. Never forget that you can’t do anything without Him. You need Him because He is in control not you.

3. Praising God at your party makes Satan back up off you & your life. Your appreciation & thanks to God blocks attacks of every demonic kind. – 2 Chronicles 20:22 (amp) – ²² When they began singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were struck down [in defeat].

4. Your praise party keeps out complaining and negativity. The bible says to “call those things into existence that do not exist” – Romans 4:17 (amp) – …calls into being that which does not exist.  Life or death is in the power of your tongue – Proverbs 18:21 (amp) – Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words. 

5. Your praise party pulls God’s goodness, blessings, and promises into your life. Your praises creates a portal for the delivery of your answered prayers – Ephesians 1:3 (esv) – ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. 

6. Your praises brings you into God’s presence. He wants to be close to you.  He loves you and wants you to be close to him – Psalms 22:3 – He inhabits the praises of His people. 

7. Your praise party refreshes & renews your soul & your spirit. You are strengthened & refueled by Gods love, peace, & joy! You recharge your batteries by being in his presence – Psalms 16:11  (cev) – ¹¹ You have shown me the path to life, and you make me glad by being near to me. Sitting at your right side,^[a]  I will always be joyful.

8. Your praise party opens the door for God’s power to be manifested & miracles to happen for you. God answers prayers and He has heard yours.  Your praises break down the barriers that blocked the manifestation of your prayers.  Paul and Silas are great examples of this in Acts 16: 25-26 (amp) – ²⁵ But about midnight when Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;²⁶ suddenly there was a great earthquake, so [powerful] that the very foundations of the prison were shaken and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Remember, life is choice driven & with each new day you get another chance to choose stress and worry, or to be distracted by the demons of “busy-ness” & live focused only on worldly pressures.

Or you can choose to let God help you by letting Him direct you into the divine place that He already has set up for you so that you and your children can not only be successful in this  life but have your eternity guaranteed.

So have a praise party everyday and don’t forget to invite God!!!!

Are you living your best life?  Are you doing the best you can with what you’ve got?  Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know you’ve got problems, issues & extenuating circumstances, but don’t we all?  But don’t you want to be able to enjoy where you are on the way to where your’re going?  I know I do. Shoot out to Joyce Meyer who wrote a great book with the same name!  You should read it if you can.

Remember when you were a kid and you dreamed of growing up & all the things you would do and be?  Remember when people would ask you what you wanted to be when you grew up?  Don’t you remember wanting to be so many different things depending on how old you were when asked?  What thing stood out for you?  I remember having dreams and visions as a child of me standing on a stage singing my heart out with people screaming my name & cheering me on!  Don’t laugh & don’t judge me, I loved it!  I kinda still have that dream.  What was your dream that was going to have you living your best life?

As I grow older I found that there was one problem with that dream.  I do not have the best singing voice.  It’s not the worst that I’ve ever heard, but it’s not the best either, LOL.  So I let go of that dream & never pursued it.  Satan told me I wasn’t good enough & I believed him. But I learned from God (over time spent with Him)  that I could pick that dream back up any time that I wanted to!  We all know singers who became famous but really don’t sound all that great, right? We all know about auto tune.  I won’t name names LOL.  So what did I have to lose?

So, I picked my dream back up and started talking to God about it. I discovered that my dream had many layers.  The path that my life has taken still has me using my voice, not for singing, but for oration, teaching, and writing!  Now do I still like to sing – of course I do!  Now I just sing in my car.  I think I invented car karaoke! LOL

As I was doing the research on what it would cost me to pursue singing, I discovered I really didn’t want it that much. There was no passion for the pursuit. I also discovered that I do have something to say & I want that something to matter to all that hear it & I do want to be heard. I wanted God to be able to use my voice to say whatever He wants to say, to me & to you.

So what did I do?  I gave the desire to God and let Him direct me to the best path so my dream would take shape.  Psalms 32:8 (amp); I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.  And God has done what he promised; no surprise there.  As I allowed God to process & guide me, I found that I did possess the passion to speak, so I went into full pursuit mode.  I got the proper training & development & when God knew I was ready He provided opportunities for me to start talking as He led me.  And I’ve been talking ever since!  There may be a few folks who are not happy about that, be that’s okay.

In order for this to happen for you, you’ve got to make God a conscious thing to do.  I knew that if my goal was living my best life, I had to go back to my manufacturer & His manual.  God made me to do something and I needed to know how this desire to be heard by a great audience fit into his plan for me – Jeremiah 29:11(amp); ¹¹ For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope. .

Now let’s face it.  We all want to be living our best life, but crap (Satan)  is there to meet us at every turn, working against us, so we need help navigating was seems to be a maze that we call life.  God is not surprised by this and actually is waiting to help.

As a result & overtime, I determined that I should let God use the oration gift He gave me to say to the world whatever He wanted in order for them to be blessed.  Every songwriter wants the words of their songs to live on long after they have passed on.  I’m not any different, I want the words that I pin & speak to plant seeds & water others to bring harvests to the lives of those who hear them long after I leave this realm!

So what about you?  I’ll ask you again – Are you living your best life?  What dreams have you let Satan steal because of your life circumstances?  Whenever they are, I’m here to tell you that as long as you’re still breathing it’s not too late to take them back!  The bible tells us in Proverbs 6:31 (amp) ; But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole]; He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine] that once you identify the thief that stole from you, he will be made to return what he stole with great interest!  We all know that Satan or someone working for him stole your dreams so go get them back!  And don’t worry, if you let God lead you in this & you can only win!

You were made to be living your best life & no matter what has happened to you up to today, nothing can change that fact!  So, get up, push past the stuff meant to keep you from getting to goal & go get your stuff!

Are you living your best life?  Of course you are – starting right now!!