Mike Hudson and Brown Bannister of the Imperials wrote this song to encourage us to praise God even when we don’t feel like it. That kind of faith and obedience is needed when you find yourself in the dark night of the soul. Eventually, you will have even more to praise Him for, but it’s in the midst of the storm that your faith is lost or found.
When you’re up against a struggle
That shatters all your dreams;
When your hopes have been cruelly crushed
By Satan’s manifested schemes;
When you feel the urge within you
To submit to earthly fears;
Don’t let let the faith you’re standing in
Seem to disappear.
Just praise the Lord.
He can work through those who praise Him.
Praise the Lord,
For our God inhabits praise.
Praise the Lord,
For the chains that seem to bind you
Serve only to remind you
That they drop powerless behind you
When you praise Him.