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Praising The Lord

June 29, 2008

PRAISE TO GOD IS A LIFESTYLE

Psalms 146:1-2 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

IT IS A COMMAND

Psalms 117:1-2 O praise [imperative] the LORD, all ye nations: praise him [imperative] , all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD [imperative].

GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES

Psalms 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

IT IS GOOD, PLEASANT AND COMELY

Psalms 147:1 Praise [Imperative] ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

IT IS PLEASING TO GOD

Psalms 69:30-31 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

PRAISE IS ASCRIBING WORTH TO GOD

Psalms 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

GOD IS THE KING

Psalms 47:6-7 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

THE LORD IS GREAT

Psalms 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

THE LORD IS GOOD, MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL

Psalms 100:4-5 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

PRAISE GIVES GOD HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE

Psalms 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

ALL CREATION OWE HIM PRAISE

Psalms 148:1-14 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

WE WERE CREATED FOR THIS PURPOSE

Psalms 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

CHOSEN TO SHOW FORTH HIS PRAISES

1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

PRAISE HIM IN THE CONGREGATION OF SAINTS

Psalms 149:1,5 Praise ye the LORD. Sing [imperative] unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

OUR LORD'S EXAMPLE AND EXHORTATION

Psalms 22:22-23 I [Jesus] will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

PRAISE HIM INWARDLY

Psalms 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

PRAISE IS EXTROVERT

Psalms 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Psalms 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

MAKING JOYFUL NOISE

Psalms 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

WITH CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE

Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

PRAISING GOD WITH OUR SPEECH

Psalms 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

PRAISING GOD WITH SINGING SONGS

Psalms 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

WITH INSTRUMENTS

Psalms 33:2-3 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise [rejoicing].

WITH A LOUD VOICE

2 Chronicles 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

CLAPPING OUR HANDS

Psalms 47:1Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise! 2 For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth.

PRAISE HIM WITH UPLIFTED HANDS

Psalms 134:2 Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands [Imperative mood] in his holy place [sanctuary].

MAKE HIS PRAISE GLORIOUS

Psalms 66:1-2 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART

Psalms 9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

PRAISE HIM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT

2 Samuel 6:14-16 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 ..., Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

WITH OUR SOUL

Psalms 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

WITH OUR MIND

Psalms 47:6-7 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises WITH UNDERSTANDING.

Psalms 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

PRAISE IS GOD-WARD

Psalms 30:4 Sing [imperative]unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Psalms 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

PRAISE IS NOT ABOUT HOW WE FEEL

Psalms 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE

Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

PRAISE HIM IN AFFLICTIONS

Psalms 57:4-9 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: .. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

WHEN DISCOURAGED

Psalms 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

AT THE RECEIVING OF HIS

Psalms 119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

AT ALL TIMES

Psalms 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

EVERY DAY

Psalms 145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

ALL THE DAY

Psalms 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

Psalms 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

LET US PRAISE HIM MORE AND MORE

Psalms 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.