Praise waiteth for thee, O God
Category: Worship & Praise
Key Passage: Psalm 65:1
Speaker: Paul Chisgar
Date: August 3, 2021
What you experienced was a stress test. If you have not had a heart attack by now, your heart is in very good condition. You don’t need to go to the doctor for a while. If you just passed out, your neighbor will pour water all over you, wake you up. And you got to stay for the rest of the service.
David, we’re talking about David. We have been on David for a while. And I just want to give you a little brief timeline. Since we’ve been away from it for a while, I didn’t want to get right back into kind of where we’re being at. We’re basically going through Samuel; we’re in 2nd Samuel 20.
Let’s just kind of take a pause from that. I want to just point out the timeline here. This is Absalom’s rebellion. That’s what we just covered. So I want you to realize David is around 60 years old here. And he just came back to Jerusalem after he had to leave because his son, Absalom, was trying to take over the throne.
And you’d think the guy would get a break. And when he came back, you remember he came back. And Sheba, we just briefly discovered that or discussed that last time we preached. I was here on Wednesday night about Sheba. And actually, we titled that message, “It’s Not a Bump in the Road, It’s a Bumpy Road.” And David had a lot of problems, a lot of issues to overcome. It just seemed like as we have studied the life of David, it’s one problem after the next. Some inflicted by David himself and some not. Some just living in a sin-cursed world. Some maybe being in leadership and all that. But he just had some of the problems, and he’s 60 years old, and he’s coming back to his throne, and you think it’d just be all easy from here on out. And yet he comes back, and there’s another revolt trying to take the throne. And we’re going to study that out. I studied that a lot today, but just couldn’t get a piece about it. And I think probably next Wednesday we’ll cover that over in 2 Samuel 20, but I just felt like God wants to go a different way about David. We’re nearing the end of David. Maybe just stepping back a little bit at David.
And with all these problems we’ve discussed, I wanted you to see something about David over in Psalm 65. And, of course, it’s from God ultimately. Sometimes I’ll say Paul wrote this or David penned this and all these things. And that’s true. God used those. But ultimately, it’s from God. But he did use these men, and he wove their life into his word. “And forever, O Lord, thy word was settled in heaven.” But God did use those men and crafted their lives to fit the Word of God. And I want you just notice something here. We just want to kind of get a glimpse of David. I want you to see he’s had a lot of battle scars by this time. And I’m not sure how old David was when God used him to pen Psalm 65. Nobody really has a definite on that right there. But I just wanted to take the tone of this. Psalm 65, verse number one, if you would please. Psalm 65, and just for a second time, we’ll just read this one verse. Psalm 65, verse number one. Would you please stand as we read the Word of God together, Psalm 65 and verse number one, if you would please?
Of course, this is David, the one dependent, and God let him what to write. But it says, “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion, and unto thee shall the vow be performed.” That thought there: Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion. Just for a little bit to talk about how David, in the midst of all these troubles and trials we studied, David was a man of praise. I think anybody that’s read much of David’s writings—and we think God used David to pen about half of the Psalms—and how much David is about praising the Lord. Psalm 150, if I remember right, six verses, 13 times in six verses, he talks about praise. He used the word praise. Those last several chapters of Psalms are so much about praising. And David had a life full of problems, but he was a man of praise. And that challenges me. And just for a little while, I want to talk about that praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion. Would you pray with me that God would just challenge your heart, something you know already, but just challenge your heart as we focus on the subject of praise? Would you do so?
Father, Lord, we come to you tonight. And Lord, would you challenge us to be men, women, teenagers? Lord, not just Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night, but all week long in our homes, our houses, or conversation. Lord, to be men and women of praise. Father, I need this. Would you challenge me, Lord? Lord, help us to be in tune with you. I pray that you be pleased with the aroma of our heart and our tongues just praising you. And Lord, would you challenge us in that, Father, please? Well, thank you and praise for what you do. And it’s in Jesus. And we pray, amen. Thank you so much for standing. You may be seated.
When I was in Bible College, every night in the dorm room, they were to have dorm devotions. I was typically gone. I worked second shift in college. Maybe just a couple times I was actually in the dorm in the afternoon evening, we’re going to bed. I can’t remember what time it was. It was back when I was in Bible College anyway, so it was been a couple years ago, you know. And when I was actually there one night, and one of my roommates, David Hayes is his name, gave the devotion. He actually gave the devotion on that verse right there. And the dorm we lived in was Rice. It was named after John Rice, and it was John Rice Dormitories. And the room we lived in was Rice 205. This will date me. It’s amazing. I don’t know how many rooms were in the hallway, but there was before cell phones, and there was like two phones in the middle of that hallway, and guys would be lined up waiting to talk to their girlfriend on those phones. I’ll tell you what, you just, you had to wait for about an hour to get on the phones. Praise the Lord for cell phones nowadays. It’s a different story, you know.
But this was this challenge. I still remembered all these years later. He said, “Hey, how about we make this saying our theme be, ‘Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Rice 205’?” In fact, if you make that the title, I appreciate it: “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Rice 205.” And that devotion stuck with us. And we worked at it. Of course, we were far from where we ought to be at it, but we’ve worked at that kind of be the theme: Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Rice 205.
Now, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could say, “Hey, praise waiteth for thee, O God,” at 8133 Misty Lane? That’s our address for our house. You see Zion there. He uses that word Zion sometimes with the S, typically with the Z. But Zion. Remember, we had studied David. It was the city of the Jebusites. David, when he became the king of all Israel, not just Judah, the southern, but all of it. Remember he had that challenge, and they took that city of the Jebusites, and it became Jerusalem. And actually the castle or the fortress was very high. I remember that had a hard time taking it. And that portion of it, that highest portion, became really David’s palace—Zion. Now, as the Bible goes on, the temple is built there. It’s not built at this time. Remember Solomon, his son, builds the temple, and even more meaning in the New Testament. But this is really, if you will, David is talking about his palace or his home. So, if you will, David is saying, “Hey, God, praise is available or waiting for you in my house, my palace.” “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion.” Now, that’s the challenge: Is there praise waiting for God in your house?
Now it talks about the vows later on, the last part of that verse, and we’re not sure everything about that. I’m sure maybe David had made some vows to the Lord, and some think it has to do with the sacrifices, the Old Testament, whatnot, and he’s saying, “Hey, those vows, whatever all that pertains to, they’re to you.” The vow is singular to God; He is plural. Well, everything in the Bible is important for him. But he’s saying all that directs, all of that goes to you, Lord. See? And David said, “Hey, Lord, I want you to know there’s praise waiting for you at my house.”
Now, here’s the thing. We’re good sometimes out in front of everybody. “Well, let’s praise the Lord in front of everybody.” And I’m not against that, but friend, it is much, much better if there’s praise waiting for God at our house. A lot better chance of it being genuine, you know. And “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion.” See, here’s the thing about this, and you’ll know this: I’m not going to give you anything new tonight. I just want to feel like the Lord would challenge us for a man, David—all his problems—yet he kept his praise for the Lord. But if I just put my mind in neutral, you know, my mind doesn’t go to the praises. I don’t know about yours. Well, I do know about yours. You’ve got flesh too, you know. And if we put our mind in neutral, here’s the thing: It’s amazing. It’s amazing. There’ll be 10,000 good things—I mean, everywhere you look, good things, good things—and one bad thing. And if you let your mind go in neutral, you know, your mind will go to that one bad thing. You’re not unique. We all have that flesh. We’re all tempted that way. But if I’m going to be an individual that has praise waiting for God, I must work it in my mind, and I must direct my mind to praise the Lord. I’m going to have to work at it. It doesn’t just happen automatic.
Someone said this: “It seems that people play up the bad side of things. No one ever puts up a sign that reads, ‘Nice dog,’ you know,” and a little facetious there. But we always must be working at looking for things to praise God for. It’s going to take effort.
If we’re not careful, remember the children of Israel. God had led them out of Egypt. And, boy, it’s wonderful, the plagues, the ten plagues, and then the crossing over the Red Sea—it wasn’t the Reed Sea, by the way, it was the Red Sea. And he led them across the Red Sea, and then over in the wilderness. And, boy, they were like, “Boy, God’s so good, Jehovah, so good.” And then little problems—they run out of water or just any little problem—and, boy, they start murmuring and complaining. And they complain about Moses and Jehovah. “We were better off in Israel.” That’s really what they say. Can you imagine that? They’re over here getting beat by their taskmasters, but they’re saying, “Oh, we’re better off in Egypt over there.” Really? You’re better off getting beat over there? All right. Why don’t you go back over there, you know? That’s just people.
But God talks about that, and he says, “Hey, the Lord was displeased.” Numbers 11:1. Let me just read it for you. It says, “And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. And the Lord heard it. And his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.” God heard that. Now, here’s the thing: That was God’s people, the representative saved people. If you’re a born-again Christian, you’re God’s child, you’re God’s people, and yet they were murmuring and complaining in the wilderness. Now, the wilderness, they were trying to march over to the promised land. That represents victorious Christian living. So, a little bit, the wilderness is just worldliness. And here’s the thing—here’s the thing—when I get worldly, you know what I do? I murmur and complain. And I must work at this saying of praising, have a praise to the Lord always. Work at it. If you got to deal with problems, deal with problems, but don’t live there. Don’t camp out there. You know, it’s interesting. The Bible says, “Blessed are they that mourn,” for they shall be comforted over there, Matthew chapter 5. Remember that? It doesn’t say, “Blessed are they that become mournful.” I don’t live there. Now, I’ve got to deal with that from time to time and deal with issues, and that’s right, to deal with them and properly deal with them. But if I’m there all the time, something’s not right. I’m going to be a praising Christian.
Now, really, here’s the key to being a praising Christian. The key is my thoughts. That’s the key. Would you look over real quickly in Philippians chapter number four? And let’s just talk about our thoughts for a moment—our battle is with our thoughts. Philippians chapter 4 addresses this. Philippians 4, verse number 7, is an amazing verse. It’s that verse where it talks about the peace of God, and it passes with all understanding. In fact, let’s just start there. We’ll start in Philippians 4 and verse number 7, if you would please. Philippians 4 and verse number 7. Once you’re there, would you say, “Amen?”
Good deal. Philippians 4, verse number 7. Watch this. He says, “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” How many of you out there would like the peace of God to keep your hearts? You like that? Boy, I like that. And I said, “Yes, sir, me too. Count me in.” You’ve got a preacher back there, Jeff. He wants to preach. That’s what it is, you know. That’s what’s about the peace.
Now, how do you get this peace? Well, really, the formula is in verse number six. If you do verse number six, you get verse number seven. Listen to verse number six: five things. Remember right, he tells us, do number one: Be careful for nothing. Don’t worry about everything. But in everything by prayer—how do you not worry about everything? By praying about everything—but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And you do that, and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ. He keeps you from getting bitter, emotional—your heart—and keeps you from getting crazy—your mind. All right, hearts and minds. So that’s a formula. But now look at verse number eight. It all goes together. Watch this, verse number eight. The first word he says is “Finally.” He said, “Let me give you a last thought on this subject.” If you’re going to have the peace of God that keeps your hearts and minds, that passes understanding so people can understand it, let me give you a last thought on that. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true.” Speaking to say, folks, here it is. He lists these six things. Whatsoever things are true—and that’s without error. We often know something true, truthful. Whatsoever things are honest—and when he says that, he’s talking about honorable things. Whatsoever things are just—as to do with impartial. When you think about a subject, do you always just see it from your viewpoint, or are you impartial? You see the other person’s side. Whatsoever things are just? Whatsoever things are pure—clean, innocent things. We’re to think of them. Whatsoever things are lovely—friendly, if you will. Whatsoever things are of good report? I think he’s pretty self-explanatory. Now, what’s next? He says, “If there be any virtue, virtuous strength to do what you know is right to do, as to with manliness—you’re going to be strong enough to do what you ought to do. If there be any virtue, if there be any praise—if you’re going to be a praising Christian—if there be any praise,” he says, “think on these things.” I don’t always agree with everything Strong says, Strong’s Concordance, but the way he defines this word to think—it actually says to take an inventory of it.
Now, here’s what God’s saying. These six things—I want you to go through your life. Whatsoever things are true? Sometimes we think about things that we don’t even know if they’re true or not. Somebody said something about so-and-so, we have no idea if it’s true or not, and yet we dwell on that. No, whatsoever things are true. And whatsoever things are honest or honorable. If it’s honorable, would you be willing to tell that out in public? That was honorable. Probably if it’s not honorable, you wouldn’t want to, so you probably don’t need to think about it all the time. Whatsoever things are honest or honorable. Whatsoever things are just—that’s impartial, not just your side of the story, but there’s always two sides of the coin. Your spouse, they have a side too. Often, you know, your relative, your co-worker, they got a side of it too. And whatsoever things are pure—it’s just clean. You know, there’s a lot of dirty things in our world. Man, I tell you what, we have a tough time finding anything pure on our TV. Actually, we don’t have a TV. We can plug it into the computer and all that. We have overdosed pretty much on that little House of the Prairie here lately. We’re going to run out of episodes to watch, but they’re pure, and that’s pretty tough to find. But pure—things that are pure, things that are lovely, they’re friendly—not harsh, mean, hateful. Oh, lovely. That’s what the Bible says. Whatsoever things are of good report?
Now, here’s the thing. Those are the things I’m supposed to be thinking about. Now, watch this: God doesn’t tell you what not to think about. Because as soon as you say, “I’m not going to think about it,” you’re thinking about it. And the more you say, “I’m not going to think about that,” the more you think about it. So God, wise enough—of course, omnipotent God, and He is omniscient—He tells us what to think about. Because if I’m thinking on these things that fall into these six categories, then I’m not thinking about those things over there. It’s just like when you go to the grocery store and an old song that you ought not to know, but you know it, and they’re playing it, and so it comes in your mind, and you’re like, “Man, where did that song come from?” Well, they’re playing it over there, you know, in Kroger or whatever, you know, and how can I get rid of that song? The more you say, “I’m not going to sing that song anymore,” the more you sing it. But you start singing “Victory in Jesus” and “Amazing Grace” and whatever, a good song—the more you sing the good song, pretty soon you forgot about that. Same thing with your mind.
Friend, it’s crucial in our day and time. If we’re going to be praising Christians, I must take inventory. Go through your life. Sometimes, sometimes I will—not as often as it should—but sometimes I’ll actually go way, way back. And I’ll say, “Thank you, Lord, for saving my mom.” And then my dad got saved. Changed our family tree. I mean, we were—oh, my dad’s side, their grandpa’s a coal miner from West Virginia, and my mom’s side—you go to a family reunion in Florida. You think of Florida, the tourists, but interior Florida, there’s some country people. We’ve got some folks from Jacksonville, man. You get in the middle of Florida, you know, I mean, Florida crackers, we call them. I mean, family reunion back in the days—all full of well-drives with the end tan pulled over, tennis ball on the end, you know, snuff everywhere and beer everywhere and all the rest of that you can imagine along with it. And I say that to say, well, my mom and dad got saved. Man, our family tree changed. I mean, just drastic.
Sometimes I’ll go back and I’ll just start from there. I’ll thank you, God, for saving my mom and dad and changing our family tree. And I go through my childhood and thank you, Lord, for this stage. We moved. Oh, my goodness, I don’t know how many times we moved growing up. I would guess maybe 16 times. I’m not sure. And so I can remember where we lived at, you know. And I’m not sure. I haven’t counted maybe 10. I don’t know. But I’ll thank God sometimes for how God took care of us. And you can do it different ways, but just work at it. Take an inventory of the good things.
Sometimes I’ll just look at the last 24 hours. Monday, it was a great weekend, but a busy weekend. And so Monday morning, my prayer time wasn’t the most energetic. I’ll be honest with you. I mean, it wasn’t one of those jumping up and down and praising God. But I was like, I need to get my mind on good things. So I went through all the blessings of Sunday and what all God had done. And I was trying to take an inventory of the good things. And I’m saying sometimes, especially if you’re like David, you had one problem after the other. I mean, it seems like you’re coming out of one storm going right into the next storm, you know. And if that’s your life, you must work at it. It’s not going to happen if you just let your mind go in neutral. You must work at this thing. You have a flesh.
Someone said this, and I thought this was almost typical. It says, “I always feel bad even when I feel good, because I know when I feel bad, I’ll feel bad pretty soon after that.” Aren’t we like that? And I must reprogram my mind to take an inventory of the good things on purpose. You know that we just read that, Philippians 4. You know verse number 11, that’s when Paul says, “Hey, it doesn’t matter what state I’m in. I’ve learned. I’ve learned to be content.” He had to learn it. And you must, you must work at this thing. And if we’re going to be praising Christians, it’s a matter of my mind, my thoughts. And there’s so many things we can praise God for. I mean, our salvation, first of all.
I mean, every one of us were sinners on our way to hell to pay for our sins. We never pay them off. That’s why hell is forever. We’d be burning in a Christless eternity forever and ever. Don’t believe this false stuff. Well, it’s just annihilation. You burn up? No, no. The Bible says, “The smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever.” Friend, that’s the worst part about hell to me. It’s forever. That’s a real thing. But praise the Lord, Jesus shed his blood to pay for our sin, and I’ll never burn for one second. I mean, I’ll never experience hell, not for one little bit. I’ll never even feel the pain for any eternity. And praise the Lord, I’m going to heaven forever because of Jesus. And I have to get my mind going there, especially when you got a doctor’s report, or that bill comes in you think you had paid off. You know, you paid the doctor off, now the hospital, and then the anesthesiologist and everybody else. Well, you know how that goes. You know anybody, you know. Yeah. You must work at it.
Hey, Tennessee—we were in Virginia on vacation, and then North Carolina, it’s beautiful. But I tell you what, Tennessee is a beautiful state. I love it; it’s beautiful. Well, just sometimes just praise God for creation. I mean, wake up, you hear the birds, and you see the trees, and it’s a beautiful time of the year right now, and just praise God. So many things you can praise God for. Praise God for your health. Well, you don’t know how I hurt. Well, you’re good enough to be in church on a Wednesday night. Praise the Lord for that. You could be in a nursing home somewhere right now. You say, “Well, that’s for old folks.” I’ve been in nursing homes where young people have been in there from a car accident. Now, I can be me and you. I’m trying to put myself in the young category. You’ll notice that. Trying, you know. I mean, every person here has things you can complain about, every one of us. And every person here has things you can praise God for. Someone said it’s not a matter of what you’ve got in your pocket that makes you thankful; it’s a matter what you’ve got in your heart that makes you thankful.
David was a praising man, even though he had problems galore. And you must work at that thing. Work at it. Now, being a praising Christian will do so much for you. It’ll just do so much for you. Can I say this? It’ll keep you from getting proud. I mean, if you’re truly, sincerely praising God, then you understand every good and every perfect gift is from above. And you won’t go around with a big head because you realize it’s God, and you’ll be praising Him for it. It’ll help you. And by the way, if you get proud, you won’t be close to God. “Though the Lord be high, He has respect unto the lowly, but the proud He knoweth afar off.” You won’t get close to God being proud. God resisteth the proud; His grace is to the lowly, humble. It’ll save so much for you. It’ll keep you from getting proud. It’ll keep good things on your mind. I mean, if I start praising the Lord, I got to think, “All right, what can I praise God for?” That gets those good things on your mind. That’s what you want. That’ll give you virtue, strength, to do what you ought to do. It’ll give you praise in your heart, your mind, your tongue. And that will have to have good things on your mind. It’ll make you attractive to the world. When they see that Christian, man, that’s a praise you—they’re happy. That makes you attractive. You become a good ambassador for the Lord Jesus Christ. You’ll find yourself closer to the Lord.
God has some praises of His people. Psalm 101. You’re in Psalm 65. Would you look over in Psalm 100? Psalm 100 and verse number four. Psalm 100 and verse number four. It’s a great verse. You said, “Boy, I want to be close to God. I like to be close to God.” Well, notice what he says here. Psalm 100, verse number four. He says, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.” I’m trying to get close to God. Can I say this? God doesn’t respond to pity; He responds to faith. And you praise Him out of faith. “Enter in His gates with thanksgiving. Enter in His courts with praise. Be thankful unto Him and bless His name.” So, I’d like to get close to God. Praise Him. And have some praises of His people. Praise him. I just want to encourage you: Let’s be men and women of praise. Let it be said often, “Praise the Lord,” and mean it. Give the Lord details.
It’ll stand out. We used to play basketball, John, when he was younger, on a lot of these city courts around here. And city courts—a lot goes on the basketball courts, a lot of cussing and everything else in the world. And if I ever did make a shot and there was cussing going on, I would say out loud on purpose, “Praise the Lord!” And man, people just start looking, you know, and the cussing would start dropping off, you know, because it’s unusual. But people need to hear that. And not just the term, “Praise the Lord,” but it’s actually coming out of your mouth. You mean that you’re saying it on purpose.
And then let me just, in a minute or two, let me just emphasize in our homes. That’s what David’s saying: “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion.” That’s where David’s palace was. South. Praise the Lord. The atmosphere of your home will change. It’ll change the spirit of it. And dads, we’re called to be the leaders in the home. Don’t let it be like, you know, “Did he wake up grouchy? No, I just let him sleep. He’s always grouching,” you know. That won’t be true. And ladies, let me encourage you: If you’re just in a bad mood, get out of that bad mood life by just praising the Lord.
And praise—praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion. You praise the Lord, and here’s a good thing: You just praise each other. So that complaining—you’re praising the Lord and getting your mind to think about good things about your spouse and even your children. Children, you know, sometimes here’s the thing: We know our children’s strengths and weaknesses like nobody else. And if we’re not careful, we’ll always look at their bad things. And they need to be dealt with, for sure, as parents. But, oh, can I remind you parents? Sometimes they just need someone to say, “Hey, I’ve seen you doing good over there. That’s a good job.” Someone said the best way to help someone reach their potential is by catching them doing right.
David had been through so many problems, I mean, just one after another. I mean, family problems. Oh, Amnon had assaulted his half-sister Tamar, and then Absalom had killed Amnon. And then Absalom had just rebelled and tried to take over the throne, and I’m missing so much. And now David comes back, and Sheba was trying to take the throne, and all these problems. Yet David—I don’t know at what point this was—but David was such a man of praise. Maybe that’s why God could use him so much. He just had praise: “Praise waiteth for thee, O God.” Is that true? Could it be said in your house, whatever your address is—Murphy’s World, Rockville, Antioch—“Praise waiteth for thee, O God,” at the White House? Could it be said in Smyrna, LaVerne?
I went to college south of Chicago, northwest Indiana, and I was a Florida boy. I was born in Tennessee, but my teen years I grew up in Florida, and I went to college there. I never forget the college and the church about 30 minutes away. And Wednesday night, I think my very first Wednesday night there, my roommate and I were going. He was a freshman too. We were green, wet behind the ears, didn’t know what was going on, you know. And so we were trying to—this boy, my roommate, was from West Virginia, and this is honest truth—on that first trip to the church from the college, we literally stopped up, I think at a red light—maybe a stop sign, four-way, but I think red lights. And he’s yelling out the window, “Where is First Baptist of Heaven?” You know, just West Virginia people, amen. And us in Tennessee, we’re never like that, amen, you know. But Brother John’s going to be mad at me. He’s from West Virginia. My dad’s been there too. But anyway, we had a ball.
But I’ll never forget this. My roommate and I, we were riding together. We hopped in our vehicle, and we’re pulling out of the college campus. And we noticed this family. Their last name is Allen, if I remember right. And they had at least five or seven boys. Can you remember how many there were? Either five or seven. And they’re boys—they’re all boys. I mean, we’ll just say it’s five. Can you imagine having five boys? And these aren’t like tame boys. These are rowdy boys. I mean, they’re just wild Indian boys, you know. And they had a station wagon. I mean, it’s pretty rare you see a real true station wagon now. They had a station wagon. I mean, all these five boys or seven boys, they’re like hanging out the windows, you know, and it wouldn’t crank. And so he had—Mrs. was in there. She’s trying to go. He’s got the hood out, and he’s out there, you know, working all the—I don’t know what he was doing, you know. And he’s out there trying to crank it. I’ll never forget it; it still sticks in my mind. And she’s—and the kids are, you know, screaming and everything, you know, and maybe she’s yelling at the kids, I’m not sure. But I’ll never forget this: He leaned around the hood, and they said, “Well, just praise the Lord anyhow.” And we just cracked up laughing. We just thought, “My goodness, what are we getting into here?” you know? But all these years later, I still remember that. Pretty good advice. David had a life full of problems, but God was able to use him because of the right praise: “Praise waiteth for thee, O God,” in my house, his real anxiety.
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