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There are times when it is a sacrifice to offer praise to God, quite frankly, because we don't really want to. There are times when we are down or depressed or things aren't going well for us. When we feel this way - we don't really feel like praising the Lord. Yet the Bible is filled with admonition after admonition to give glory and praise and thanks to God. Psalm 106:1 says, "Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever."

In 2 Chronicles 5:13-14 we read:

"In unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the LORD saying, 'He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,' then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God."

In 1 Kings, chapter 18, we find where Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal; but before he challenged the prophets, HE CHALLENGED THE PEOPLE! "How long will ye halt between two opinions?" The word "halt" means "to be lame". The people were stuck between two opinions. They were trying to serve God and the world; they were trying to worship God and devils at the same time. IT NEVER HAS WORKED AND IT NEVER WILL! Elijah was calling the nation to repentance. Their country was experiencing drought and famine because of the idolatry of the people and the wickedness of their leaders. The United States is in much the same situation today. "...Lo, (we) have rejected the Word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in (us)?" Jeremiah 8:9