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Praise comes from a Latin word meaning "value" or "price."
To give praise to God is to proclaim His merit or worth in every situation that we find ourselves encountering.
You can shout "Glory!" You can release blessing! Your heart can express thanksgiving!
Sunday Praise and Worship
Praise includes offering of sacrifices (Leviticus 7:13), physical movement (II Samuel 6:14), silence and meditation (Psalm 77:11-12), testimony (Psalm 66:16), prayer (Philippians 4:6), and a holy life (I Peter 1:3-9).
Praise is linked to music, both instrumental (Psalm 150:3-5) and vocal. Praise includes spontaneous outbursts of thanksgiving for some redemptive act of God (Exodus 15; Judges 5; I Samuel 2; Luke 1:46-55, 67-79). Praise also includes formal psalms and hymns adapted for corporate worship (II Chronicles 29:30) and church (Colossians 3:16). Praise should be a heart expression and not only an outward show (Matthew 15:8).
QUIET MEDITATION:
Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God."
SINGING: Ephesians 5:19 "Singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord."
SINGING IN TONGUES:
1 Corinthians 14:15 "I will sing with the spirit."
ALL PRAYING ALOUD -- NOT IN UNISON:
Acts 2:4 "All...began to speak."
UPLIFTED HANDS:
Psalm 134:2 "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord."
CLAPPING:
Psalm 47:1 "Oh, clap your hands, all you people!
GIFT OF TONGUES:
1 Corinthians 14:22 "Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers..."
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