Isaiah 37:14-20, 36-37
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
16 "O LORD Almighty, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
17 Give ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.
18 "It is true, O LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.
19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.
20 Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God."

36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning--there were all the dead bodies!
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

What is the tone of our regular prayers? Is it more of petitions and complaints or praises and thanks giving? When we give more time and priority to praise God, it would bring more depth into our prayer life. We see great men in the Bible, like David, Moses and Daniel kept praising God in their prayers.

In order to praise God better, we need to know God better. As we get more deeper with the scriptures, we would be able to see God in his power and mighty acts for his people. As we praise God through those scriptures, we will get more close to God. Let us find time to praise God for all the great things he is doing in our life everyday. Let us put our praises along with the praises of great men and women in the Bible.

In v 14-20, we see how Hezekiah praises our God. Isn’t it great to give glory to God along with the great men of faith in the Bible? God made our life so beautiful thus far. He guides us in paths of righteousness. He gives us grace and mercy. He gives honour to our desires and thoughts. He calls us higher with the goodness he alone has. Let us remember all these things and never fail to give glory to God.

Not only in the morning, but noon, evening, night - whenever we get some time, let us utilize it to praise God.

Prayer idea

Let us have a great time praising God.