The Heart of Praise
Overview
Caution: Praising and worshipping God through the Psalms has the power to change lives. In this collection of praise reflections, Jack Hayford encourages us to welcome the King of heaven into our daily lives with the power to change us in the process. Get ready to be blessed as you lift up your heart and voice to worship God. Start with a key verse from the Psalms, learn from Hayford’s insights and applications, and then offer a praise prayer. If you long to praise God in a deeper, more intimate way, you need look no further than these short readings intended for use as a personal devotional or for special times with family or others.
Top Highlights
“The fact is, worship changes us into the likeness of the One we worship.” (Page 7)
“He demonstrated the basic meaning of worship: totally giving over our human will to the will of God.” (Page 14)
“Be aware and be prepared: To grow in praise and worship is to discover new dimensions of saying to God, Not my will but Thine be done.” (Page 14)
“For one thing, bowing before any god declares our values. If” (Page 24)
“But God was interested in the worshiper’s heartfelt obedience—in the attitude of heart represented by the offering” (Page 39)
- Title: The Heart of Praise
- Author: Jack W. Hayford
- Publisher: Regal
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Meditations; Devotional calendars
- ISBNs: 9781441228406, 9780830768998, 9780800796587, 1441228403, 0830768998, 0800796586
- Resource ID: LLS:HEARTOFPRAISE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:29:01Z
Jack Williams Hayford (born June 25, 1934) is a prolific and best-selling writer. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 books and composed 600 hymns and choruses—including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.” Dr. Hayford is a graduate of L.I.F.E. Bible College (now Life Pacific College) and Azusa Pacific University.
Described by Christianity Today magazine as “The Pentecostal Gold Standard,” Hayford served as founding pastor of one of the largest churches in southern California, The First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California (now known as The Church on the Way). Hayford also founded the King’s University in Los Angeles, where he currently serves as Chancellor, and from 2004 to 2009 Hayford also served as president of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
“Pastor Jack” is the author of several popular titles including Hayford’s Bible Handbook, Prayer is Invading the Impossible, and Appointed to Leadership. He was the general editor of Spirit-Filled Life Study Bible.
Hayford and his wife, Anna, have four children, eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.