PRAISE THE KEY TO MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY

Numbers 1:1-45

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, 3 from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house...17 Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name, 18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai. 20 Now the children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 21 those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred. 22 From the children of Simeon...23 those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 24 From the children of Gad...25 those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 From the children of Judah...27 those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred. 28 From the children of Issachar...29, those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred. 30 From the children of Zebulun...31, those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 32 From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim...33 those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred. 34 From the children of Manasseh...35 those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred. 36 From the children of Benjamin, their genealogies by...37 those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred. 38 From the children of Dan...39, those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. 40 From the children of Asher...41, those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred 42 From the children of Naphtali...43 those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred. 44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his father’s house. 45 So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel—46 all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

1.     Reuben   (Trying to perform to get others to love you)

      Genesis 29:32

So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “The Lord has surely looked on my affliction. Now, therefore, my husband will love me.

2. Simeon (Responding to Mistreatment)

Genesis 29:33

Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.

3. Levi (Trying to earn someone's love)

  Genesis 29:34

“Now this time my husband will become attached to me because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.

4. Judah (Looking up instead of out)

Genesis 29:35

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

I.       THE POWER OF PRAISE

1.      Praise allows you to stay vertical

Philippians 4:6

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

2.      Praise makes you immune towards what others think

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You Because he trusts in You.

3.   Praise gives you energy to produce more

a. Dan - Rachael's Maid Bilhah  (Vindication). Gen 30:1-6

b. Naphtali - Rachael's Maid Bilhah (Wrestlings). Gen 30:7-8

c. Gad. (A Troop Comes to me)  Genesis 30:10-11

d. Asher (are you happy because of what other will say)  Genesis 30:12-13

e. Issachar (Hire, wages)  Genesis 30:14-18

f. Zebulun (Dwelling) Genesis  30:19-20

g. Joseph ( Adding) Genesis 30:22-24

h. Benjamin  (Son of my Sorrow/ Son of my Right Hand)       Genesis 35:16-18