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We are in week 7 of our exploring prayers that lead to personal revival!!!
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I need a REVITALIZATION in my spirit man - the realization of our need for Christ in a greater way in our lives
2. I need to REPENT of secret sin, recompense where possible, and forgive others of sin committed against me.
3. I need a RESTORATION of my love for God’s Word.
4. I need a RELEASE of your Holy Spirit and power in my life.
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I need to RETURN to my first my love - Jesus, and love my family.
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I need a REMEMBRANCE and thanksgiving for all Christ has done for me!!!! .
I need a REMEMBRANCE and thanksgiving for all Christ has done for me!!!! .
I need a RESHAPING of my Praise and Worship so I can truly worship with my whole heart, body and with my life!!!!
I want to talk about our praise today.
Through the years people have come up with every excuse in the book why they do not have to participate in praise.
I don’t feel like it
That is not my culture
I am a quiet person
I cannot sing
I am too tired
My body hurts if I clap, jump, kneel, raise my hands
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But PRAISE is becoming of the Christian!!!
It is a humbling of ourselves while lifting God up - it is not for our benefit, comfort, or pleasure - it is for God’s benefit, comfort and pleasure!!!!
However, when we learn to praise, when we grow in praise, when we allow the Spirit of God to shape our praise - it draws us closer to God.
Hmmmm, when we draw close to God through our praise and worship - HE draws close to us!!!
James goes on to say, purify your hearts and stop dividing your loyalty
Loyalty to what --- OUR PRIDE, OUR FEELINGS, OUR EASE & COMFORT?
I have heard many praise loud but not live out their life as an offering to God, and I have seen others live out their lives but never offer Him the fruit of their lips giving praise...
God is pleased with BOTH!!!
When we allow God to INHABIT our praise --- HIS PRESENCE GROWS STRONGER IN OUR SPIRIT!!!
The Word praise occurs in Scripture 307 times --- that tells us that praise matters to God!
He places emphasis and importance and VALUE on PRAISE!
This word “praise” is NOT including when we are encouraged to
Shout to God
Clap to God
kneel before God
call out to God
dance before God
lift up Holy hands to the Lord
All these being expressions of praise and worship to the Lord
1. Seven Ways to Praise
The Hebrews (Jewish people) had seven different words that expressed 7 different ways to praise the Lord.
How many are aware that if God has so much variety for bringing Him praise, than He may be encouraging us to LIFT HIM UP!
Towdah
This was the sacrifice of praise.
Regardless of what is going on in your world - we can bring this praise to God.
It is not praise that comes freely .... we all like that easy praise.
This is the praise that costs you something!!!
Praise that you have to choose to offer to the Lord that goes beyond your feelings and ease.
Praise that is often offered in the difficult times when nothing inside of us says to do it!!!
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness… (KJV)
You have to PUT A GARMENT ON… and take off the HEAVINESS
2. YAWDAH
This means to lift your hands in praise of thanksgiving and confess to OTHERS what GOD has been up to!!!
In another words - raise your hands and brag about God’s work in your life!!!!
What has God been doing for you --- LIft your hands and thank Him and remind Him that you know!!!
3. Barak
To bow under God’s awesome presence, to bow in awe
4. Zamar
To sing, make music, play instruments of praise
All of us have instruments (OUR HANDS, OUR VOICES)
This is praise that is not just spoken, but that which comes from song and music that honors God and calls forth His greatness
5. SHABACH
TO BOAST, RAVE, TRIUMPH in GOD, to GLORY IN , SHOUT and TESTIFY
This is praise that is making a scene to make HIS GREAT ACTS KNOWN TO ALL!!!!
PS 154.
6. Halal
Be mad, foolish, rage, commend ---
This kind of praise is UNDIGNIFIED --- maybe we ought to get a little undignified!!!!
It involves clapping, jumping, dancing
It is praise that engages the whole body in expression of love and admiration of the Lord.
7. Tehillah
These are hymns of praise declaring God’s attributes
Tehillah actually was considered the highest forms of praise and encompassed all the other 6 forms of praise at the same time!!!!
(ya all know a hymn does not refer to a song from a song book with an older style tune.... a hymn is a song that declares God’s greatness and attributes)
WOW --- it is fitting for the pure (those made righteous) to TEHILLAH, PRAISE HIM IN ALL MANNERS!!!
God lives in the TEHILLAH of Israel - or his people....
God’s presence comes and dwells there...
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We may think to offer such exuberant praise would be embarrassing, but HE DESIRES IT OF HIS PEOPLE --
If we are not experiencing God’s presence, maybe we are withholding HIS TEHILLAH!!!
The art of praising God is all encompassing of who we are.
We engage our whole body, being, mind, spirit to declare HIS GREATNESS.
Sometimes our body has to help our head get into gear
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Our head has to tell our body to begin to praise so our spirit man would become engaged
When the head and body begin to engage the spirit, praise becomes WORSHIP and transcends into the heavenlies --- we become lifted out of this realm and into HIS PRESENCE
Many people praise but never enter to that place of worship where the spirit man is connecting with God!
There are many different ways we are encouraged to praise:
Kneel, sit, stand, lift our hands, wave, dance, sacrifice, bow --- which means there are many ways for us to GROW in our expression to the Lord.
Yes, we may have a favorite “format”, but that does not mean we get to ignore the other means of expressing our admiration and love to God.
2. Grow in Praise
The key is to not settle for the status quo!
God wants us to CHOOSE to worship and praise Him,
To CHOOSE to engage our body, mind and spirit in praise and to
GROW in that demonstration of praise to Him!
THe prayer said: LORD RESHAPE MY PRAISE
Let us not become stagnate in our praise to God.
Let me tell you, TRUE PRAISE is not dependent on the quality of music, the style of music, or the quiet or loudness of music...
People use these things as an excuse why they cannot praise --- we should be able to praise with an off tune voice singing a hymn, or a screeching voice screaming a modern tune
It is not the music that becomes stale or different, but our hearts that do...
Praise is about HIM, not us!!!
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