When his faith was at its lowest point, G. K. Chesterton said that he maintained it by gratitude toward God. He said, “I hung onto my religion by the thinnest thread of thanks.”

Praise and thanksgiving belong not to a particular day or a particular season. They belong to the whole of life. As I’ve lived with this psalm during the last few weeks, getting ready for the sermon today, have been inspired to ask four questions this morning. Where is God to be praised? Why is God to be praised? How is God to be praised? And, by whom is God to be praised? All are questions answered by the psalmist.

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First, where is God to be praised? The psalmist answers that immediately: “Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in the mighty firmament of His power!”

We begin here - in the san…