Worship & Praise

"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, come before His presence with singing. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise." (Ps. 100) "But the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (Jn. 4:23-24) As born-again children of God, we are now a holy priesthood. As priests of God, we "offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. "In Heb. 13:15 we are exhorted to "offer the sacrifice of praise continually giving thanks to His name."

Our New Testament praise and worship is the prophesied restoration of the tabernacle of David in which there was continuous praise and worship to the Lord through joyful singing, clapping, lifting of the hands, shouting, dancing, and playing of musical instruments. Thus, we openly praise and worship the Lord in spiritual reality in obedience to the Word of God. WE STAND TO SING "And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord and likewise at even." (1 Chr. 23:30)

"Stand up and bless the Lord your God." (Ne. 9:5)

WE PRAISE WITH OUR MOUTH VOCALLY

"I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth." (Ps. 34:1) "My mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips." (Ps. 63:5)

WE PRAISE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

"Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet with the psaltery and harp with the timbrel and dance with stringed instruments and organs upon the loud cymbals upon the high sounding cymbals." (Ps. 150:3-5)

WE CLAP OUR HANDS "O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph." (Ps. 47:1)

WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord." (Ps. 134:2)

"My lips shall praise Thee, thus will I bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in Thy name." (Ps. 63:3,4)

WE SHOUT UNTO GOD "Shout unto God with the voice of triumph." (Ps. 47:1) "And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, many shouted aloud for joy for the people shouted with a loud shout." (Ez. 3:11-13) WE DANCE BEFORE THE LORD

"Praise His name in the dance." (Ps. 149:3) "Praise Him with the timbrel and dance." (Ps. 150:4) "And David danced before the Lord with all his might." (2 Sam. 6:14) WE BOW DOWN IN WORSHIP "O come let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker." (Ps. 95:6)

WE SING WITH OUR SPIRIT IN TONGUES "I will pray with the spirit, I will sing with the spirit. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful." (1 Cor. 14:15,14) When we praise and worship the Lord, He is enthroned in our midst through our praises. The glory of God fills the temple. Often, the Lord will then speak to the congregation through prophecy or by tongues and interpretation of tongues to edify, exhort, and comfort the church. Gifts of revelation and power come forth, and prophets in the church stand and speak by revelation of the Holy Spirit to the people.

We invite you to enter into praise and worship with all that is within you that you may experience the presence of the Lord and receive the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

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