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    Ryan Ellis - All My Praise

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    About Ryan Ellis

    Ryan Ellis is a contemporary Christian and worship artist and vocalist who has released solo singles and featured on collaborative worship tracks including Housefires' 'I Thank God'.

    What this song is about

    Ryan Ellis has said he's thankful for "All My Praise" and what it represents, admitting that the gratitude it describes isn't always how he feels in the moment but is always true: "I know for myself this isn't always how I feel but I also know that Gratitude shifts your attitude!!" He wrote the song, which gives thanks to Jesus simply for who He is, with Mac Montgomery and Benji Cowart.

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    Reflection

    Praise is not always easy to give. It is simple enough when life is going well, but offering 'all' of our praise, undivided and unreserved, is a different and harder thing. The psalms model this kind of wholehearted response again and again: 'I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart' (Psalm 9:1). That wholeness is the challenge, because most of us divide our attention and our gratitude between many things, some worthy and some not. A song that speaks of giving all one's praise gestures towards a kind of undivided devotion that can feel countercultural in a world that encourages us to hedge our bets and spread our loyalties. It also suggests that praise is not merely an emotional high but a decision, made whether or not circumstances are favourable. Worship music at its best does not ask us to pretend everything is fine, but to choose where our deepest allegiance lies even when it is not. That choice, repeated often enough, begins to shape a life.

    Questions to sit with

    • What tends to divide your attention away from wholehearted worship?
    • Can praise be genuine when circumstances are difficult, and if so, how?
    • What would it look like practically to give 'all' your praise rather than some?

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