Why Praise?
John 4:23-24
23 "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the
true worshipers will worship the Father in
spirit and truth; for the Father is
seeking such to worship Him. 24 "God is Spirit, and
those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth." (NKJ)
Phillipians 3:3
Revelation 4:11
11 "You
are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You
created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created." (NKJ)
Psalms 150:6
6 Let everything that
has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!
(NKJ)
Why We Stand to Sing
2 Chr 20:19
19 Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the
children of the Korahites stood up to praise the
LORD God of Israel with voices loud and high.(NKJ)
Rev 7:9-10
9 After these things I
looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all
nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing
before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes,
with palm branches in their hands,10 and crying
out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who
sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" (NKJ)
Lifting of Hands
Ps 63:4
4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will
lift up my hands in Your name.(NKJ)
Ps 134:2
2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. (NKJ)
1 Tim 2:8
8 I desire therefore that
the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting; (NKJ)
Audible Praise
Ps 33:1
1 Sing for joy in the LORD, O you
righteous ones; praise is becoming to the upright. (NAS)
Ps 98:4
4
Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice,
and sing praises. (NKJ)
Ps 103:1
1 Bless the LORD, O my
soul; and all that is within me, bless
His holy name! (NKJ)
Rev 19:1
1 After these things I
heard a loud voice of a great multitude
in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power
belong to the Lord our God! (NKJ)
Rev 19:6
6 And I heard, as it were,
the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of
many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia!
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! (NKJ)
1 Cor 14:15
15 What is the
conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with
the understanding. I will sing with the spirit,
and I will also sing with the understanding.(NKJ)
Eph 5:18-20
18 And do not be drunk
with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, (NKJ)
Tongues and English
1 Cor 14:14-15
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is
unfruitful. 15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit,
and I will also pray with the understanding. I
will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
(NKJ)
Why Dance?
Ps 30:11-12
11 You have turned for me my mourning into
dancing; you have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with
gladness, 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be
silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever. (NKJ)
Psalms 149:3
3 Let them
praise His name with the dance; let them
sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. (NKJ)
Psalms 150:4-6
4
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud
cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has
breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! (NKJ)
2 Sam 6:16
16 Then it happened {as}
the ark of the LORD came into the city of David that Michal the daughter
of Saul looked out of the window and saw King
David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him
in her heart. (NAS)
Luke 15:25
25 "Now his older son was
in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house,
he heard music and dancing. (NKJ)
Why Prophesy?
Amos 3:8
8 A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?
(NKJ)
1 Cor 14:1-5
1 Cor 12:10
10 to another the
working of miracles, to another prophecy,
to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues,
to another the interpretation of tongues. (NKJ)
1 Thes 5:19-20
19 Do not quench the
Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies.
(NKJ)
Acts 2:17-18
17 'And it shall come
to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on
all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall
dream dreams. 18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will
pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. (NKJ)
Why Pray & Praise all at once?
Acts 4:24
24 So when they heard that, they raised their
voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who
made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, (NKJ)
Ps 47:1
1 Oh, clap your hands, all
you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of
triumph! (NKJ)
Ps 66:1
1
Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! (NKJ)
Ps 100:1
1
Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! (NKJ)
Matt 21:9
9 Then the multitudes who
went before and those who followed cried out,
saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed is He who comes in the
name of the Lord!' Hosanna in the highest!" (NKJ)
Benefits
Acts 16:22-26
22 and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be
beaten with rods. …they threw them into prison,…But at midnight Paul and
Silas were praying and singing hymns to God,
... Suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were
shaken; and immediately all the doors
were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
(NKJ)
2 Chr 20:21-22
21…, he (Jehoshaphat) appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and
who should praise the beauty of holiness, as
they went out before the army and were saying: "Praise the LORD, for His
mercy endures forever." 22 Now when they
began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people
of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah;
and they were defeated. (NKJ)