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Praise is a natural response to God which happens as a result of
knowing God. The Bible is filled with references to praising God. Praise must be
expressed with words. Worship can be expressed by words or actions.
The dictionary says praise originally meant to set a price
on or appraise. The dictionary gives meanings of: to commend the worth of;
express approval or admiration of, to laud the glory of (God, etc.), as in song;
glorify; extol.
Praising God gets our eyes off ourselves and our problems and
gets our eyes on God. When you think God is small, then your problems look
large. But when you are reminded that God is mighty, then your problem looks
very small for Him to fix. Praise releases faith, which
causes God to move on your behalf.
God inhabits, or lives in, an atmosphere of praise. So, if you
desire God to manifest His presence and blessings, create an atmosphere of
praise.
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(Psa 150:6 KJV)
Let everything that has breath
praise the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord!
(Psa 113:1-6 KJV)
Praise ye the LORD.
Praise, O ye servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
{2} Blessed be the name of the
LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
{3} From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.
{4} The LORD is high above all
nations, and his glory above the heavens.
{5} Who is like unto the
LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
{6} Who humbleth himself to behold
the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
(Psa 48:1,10 KJV)
Great is the Lord, and
greatly to be praised . . .
(10) According to thy name, O
God,
so is thy praise unto the ends of
the earth:
thy right hand is full of
righteousness.
(Rev 4:8-11 KJV)
And the four beasts had each
of them six wings about him;
and they were full of eyes within:
and they rest not day and night,
saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
{9} And when those beasts give
glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne,
who liveth for ever and ever,
{10} The four and twenty elders
fall down before him that sat on the throne,
and worship him that liveth
for ever and ever,
and cast their crowns before the
throne, saying,
{11} Thou art worthy, O Lord, to
receive glory and honour and power:
for thou hast created all things,
and for thy pleasure they are and
were created.
(Psa 136:1-9 KJV)
O give thanks unto the LORD;
for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
{2} O give thanks unto the
God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
{3} O give thanks to the
Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
{4} To him who alone doeth
great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
{5} To him that by wisdom made the
heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
{6} To him that stretched out the
earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
{7} To him that made great lights:
for his mercy endureth for ever:
{8} The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
{9} The moon and stars to
rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
(Psa 107:1-2,
8,9, 15 KJV)
O give thanks unto the LORD, for
he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
{2} Let the redeemed of the
LORD say so,
whom he hath redeemed from the
hand of the enemy;
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{8} Oh that men would praise
the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
{9} For he satisfieth the longing
soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
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{15} Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
(Psa 135:1-3 KJV)
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the
name of the LORD;
praise him, O ye servants of the
LORD.
{2} Ye that stand in the
house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
{3} Praise the LORD; for the LORD
is good:
sing praises unto his name; for it
is pleasant.
(2 Chr 5:12-14 KJV)
Also the Levites which were the
singers,
all of them of Asaph, of
Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren,
being arrayed in white linen,
having cymbals and psalteries and harps,
stood at the east end of the
altar,
and with them an hundred and
twenty priests sounding with trumpets:
{13} It came even to pass, as the
trumpeters and singers were as one,
to make one sound to be
heard in praising and thanking the LORD;
and when they lifted up their
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music,
and praised the LORD, saying, For
he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever:
that then the house was filled
with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
{14} So that the priests
could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD
had filled the house of God.
(Psa 22:2-5 KJV)
O my God, I cry in the
daytime, but thou hearest not;
and in the night season, and am
not silent.
{3} But thou art holy, O
thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
{4} Our fathers trusted in thee:
they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
{5} They cried unto thee,
and were delivered:
they trusted in thee, and were not
confounded.
(1 Pet 2:9-10 KJV)
But ye are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people;
that ye should show forth
the praises of him
who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light:
{10} Which in time past were not a
people, but are now the
people of God:
which had not obtained mercy, but
now have obtained mercy.
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