The final five Psalms, Psalm 146 through Psalm 150, all open with the same powerful call.

Praise ye the Lord. As we step into this season of Thanksgiving and praise, Scott invites us to journey through this

magnificent crescendo of worship, a study he's calling the Hallelujah Course. In the rush of everyday life,

it's easy to forget to pause and praise, not just for what God has done, but for who he is.

And when our hearts are filled with praise, our spirits are prepared for true

worship. Be sure to stay tuned to the end of the episode to learn about Scott's study of the

Psalms entitled Roadmap for Life. Let's join Scott now for today's message in the hallelujah course.

One of the greatest joys of my life has been studying through the Psalms, and most of the time

these Psalms stand alone. But occasionally in this amazing book, this hymn book of the Hebrew

people, there's a collection of Psalms that are

grouped together, and we're studying one of those now. It's the last five Psalms, in fact,

and they are referred to as the Hallelujah Psalms. They are the original Hallelujah Chorus,

because every one of them begins and ends the same way.

It begins with praise you the Lord.

Literally, it begins and ends with hallelujah.

That's pretty good bookends, I would say.

See, when you start and end with praise,

you can be sure that everything in between is going to know the presence of God. And so let me recommend to you, begin and end every day in the presence of God. Now, we've studied the first of those

Psalms, Psalm 146. We learned something about the connection between praise and faith, that it is

built on faith. It is the outgrowth, the expression, the demonstration of real

faith in God. So you believe the Lord, and as you believe him, you choose to praise the Lord.

Now we turn our attention to Psalm 147. It begins this way, praise ye the Lord, for it is good

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