Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

I'm Tom Felton, and I titled our reading, Transforming Worship.

Susie wept as she sat outside the hospital's intensive care unit, waves of paralyzing fear sweeping over her.

The tiny lungs of her two-month-old baby were filled with fluid, and doctors said they were

doing their best to save him, but gave no guarantees. At that moment, she said she felt the sweet,

gentle nudging of the Holy Spirit reminding her to worship God.

With no strength to sing, she played praise songs on her phone over the next three days in the hospital.

As she worshipped, she found hope and peace.

Today, she says the experience taught her that worship doesn't change God, but

it definitely changes you.

Facing desperate circumstances, David called out to God in prayer and praise in Psalm 30.

One commentator notes that the psalmist prayed for grace issued in praise and transformation.

God turned David's wailing into dancing, and he declared that he would praise God forever in all circumstances.

While it can be hard to praise God during painful times, it can lead to transformation, from despair to hope, from

fear to faith. And he can use our example to encourage and transform others. Susie's baby boy was

restored to health by God's grace. While not all challenges in life will end as we hope they will. He can transform us and

fill us with renewed joy as we worship him even in our pain. Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional

Scripture reading is Psalm 30.

I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. Lord, my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. You, Lord, brought me up

from the realm of the dead. You spared me from going down to the pit.

Sing the praises of the Lord, you, his faithful people. Praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only

a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. When I felt

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