The key to having your best summer yet is to develop a healthy rhythm of prayer and praise in your life. “Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!” — Psalm 95:1-2 “For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” — Psalm 95:3-5 “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.” — Psalm 95:6-7 “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. For forty years I loathed that generation and said, ‘They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.’ ” — Psalm 95:8-10 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” — 1 Corinthians 15:55–58 What motivation do we have to sing joyfully to the Lord? 1. For He is a great God. “And one called to another and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!’ ” — Isaiah 6:3 “…day and night the angels never cease to say, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’ ” — Revelation 4:8 “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.” — Psalm 8:1 “…that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.” — Psalm 83:18 “Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.” — Psalm 96:1–6 “I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” — Psalm 145:1–3 2. For He is our God. The same God who rescued you through Jesus will continue to provide for you, care for you, and lead you. He will not leave you or forsake you. The problem with our hearing is not our ears, it’s our heart.