ChristLight: MAGNIFY HIM!

Praise ye the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary :
praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts :
praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet :
praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance :
praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals :
praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
PRAISE YE THE LORD!
(Psalm 150)

Matthew Henry says of this last entry into the Book of Psalms :

"We are here stirred up to praise God. Praise God for his sanctuary,
and the privileges we enjoy by having it among us; praise him because
of his power and glory in the firmament. Those who praise the Lord
in heaven, behold displays of his power and glory which we cannot
now conceive. But the greatest of all his mighty acts is known in his
earthly sanctuary. The holiness and love of our God are more
displayed in man's redemption, than in all his other works.

Let us praise our God and Saviour for it. We need not care to
know what instruments of music are mentioned. Hereby is meant
that in serving God we shouls spare no cost or pains. Praise God
with strong faith; praise him with holy love and delight; praise him
with entire confidence in Christ; praise him with believing triumph
over the powers of darkness; praise him by universal respect
to all his commands; praise him by cheerful submission to all
his disposals; praise him by rejoicing in his love, and comforting
ourselves in his goodness; praise him by promoting the interests
of the kingdom of his grace; praise him by lively hope
and expectation of the kingdom of his glory.

Since we must shortly breathe our last, while we have breath
let us praise the Lord; then we shall breathe our last with comfort.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Such is the very suitable end of a book inspired by the Spirit of God,
written for the work of praise; a book which has supplied the songs
of the church for more than three thousand years; a book which
is quoted more frequently than any other by Christ and his apostles;
a book which presents the loftiest ideas of God and his government,
which is fitted to every state of human life, which sets forth
every state of religious experience, and which bears
simple and clear marks of its Divine origin."

ARTISTE/S	CD TITLE	COMMENTS
Gaither Vocal Band (Best of)	Can't Stop Talking About Him	Fabulous all-male voice group with an anointed message - a wide variety of musical styles used on this one. "Joy in the Morning" is belted out with gladness and power, and contrasts splendidly with the deeply worshipful "Daystar".
Ashley Cleveland	Lesson of Love	A very different female vocalist; you've never heard "There is Power" or "Holy, Holy, Holy" sung this way before. Turn up the volume, hang onto your seats, and experience the goose bumps!
Petra	Praise II : We Need Jesus	As usual, Petra do Praise their way ... fantastic! The songs are as always Word-based, and you have to hear their version of "Ancient of Days", and feel the sheer adoration of "Lovely Lord".