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THE JOY IN PRAISING GOD
In today’s environment, we need an encouraging word from
the Lord. We can start with encouraging ourselves with
the Word of God. Tonight, let’s consider praise.
For the believer, praising God should be as automatic as
your heart beat. I believe the heart beat of the Christian is in
his praise.
We should praise God for who He is, for what He
Has done and what we cannot conceive Him doing in the
future.
We have a saying; He is worthy to be praised. There are many
benefits to praising God. There are psychological, physiological,
emotional, and spiritual benefits to praise.
The word praise is from the Latin word pretium which means price
or value. One writer concluded that true praise is the sincere
acknowledgement of a real conviction of worth.
In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for praise is halal which
Includes praising in prayer, with musical instruments, singing
and dancing.
Everyone should praise God in their own ways. The Bible is filled
with ways God designed for praise.
We must be careful that our praise is motivated by our love for God,
and our desire to please Him with an attitude of thankfulness.
It is easy to repeat words of praise with empty meanings. That is
false praise.
Matt 15:8-9
\”These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men.”
We are in difficult times and therefore we should seek the Lord
for His guidance to joy. Here is what He says to us;
Psalms 30:5
For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Praise is the way to joy.
Praise must come from the heart, out of love and obedience.
Let us spend some time looking at why we should praise
God.
A COMMAND TO PRAISE
Psalms 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord .
Psalms 29:1-3
29 Ascribe to the Lord , O mighty ones,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
PRAISE ORDAINED BY GOD
Psalms 8:2
From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
WAYS TO PRAISE GOD
PRAISE WITH YOUR MOUTH
Psalms 103:1-2
Praise the Lord , O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord , O my soul,
WITH SONG
Ps 101:1-2
101 I will sing of your love and justice;
to you, O Lord , I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life —
when will you come to me?
WITH YOUR HANDS
Psalms 47:1-2
1. Clap your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.
2 How awesome is the Lord Most High,
the great King over all the earth!
WITH DANCE
Jer 31:4
4 I will build you up again
and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out to dance with the joyful.
2 Sam 6:14
14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
FROM THE HEART
Deut 4:29
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.
BENEFITS OF PRAISE
INVITES THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
Psalms 22:3
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
EMOTIONAL BENIFITS
LIFTS YOU UP
Psalms 42:5-6
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
BRINGS COMFORT
Psalms 22:25-26
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
they who seek the Lord will praise him —
may your hearts live forever!
BRING JOY
Psalms 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
Psalms 4:7
7 You have filled my heart with greater joy
than when their grain and new wine abound.
PHYCOLOGICAL BENEFITS
BRINGS PEACE
Psalms 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
ELIMINATES ANXIETY
Phil 4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
BRINGS COMFORT TO THE BODY AND SOUL
Psalms 103:2-6
PRAISE REMEMBERS THE WORKS OF GOD
Praise the Lord , O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits —
REMEMBERS GOD’S FORGIVENESS
3 who forgives all your sins
REMEMBERS GOD’S HEALING
and heals all your diseases,
REMEMBERS REDEMPTION
4 who redeems your life from the pit
REMEMBERS GOD’S LOVE
5. crowns you with love and compassion,
PRAISE BRINGS SATISFACTION
6. who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle\’s. ‘
STRENGTHEN YOU SPIRITUALY
Romans 4:19-22
Abraham was a hundred years old — and that Sarah\’s womb was also dead. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
GIVES YOU COURGAGE
Psalms 56:4
In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mortal man do to me?
GIVES YOU VICTORY
Psalms 18:3
I call to the Lord , who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.
COOPERATE EFFECT OF PRAISE
BRINGS US TOGETHER
Psalms 149:1-2
Praise the Lord.
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the saints.
Heb 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
HUMBLES US
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
MY PERSONAL CONVICTION
Ex 15:2
The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father\’s God, and I will exalt him.
PRAISE THE LORD EVERYBODY
Rev. M. Mitchell
