Ways to Praise

Psalm 100:1-4 English Standard Version

Psalm 100:1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

Psalm 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

Psalm 100:3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Psalm 100:5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100:4 describes a pathway to God’s presence.

Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!

Ten Scriptural Ways to Praise God

1. Musical Instruments (Psalm 150:3-5)

a. Psalm 150:3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!

b. Psalm 150:4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!

c. Psalm 150:5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

2. Standing (Psalm 134:1)

a. Psalm 134:1 Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!

3. Singing (Psalm 47:6)

a. Psalm 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

4. Clapping (Psalm 47:1a)

a. Psalm 47:1 Clap your hands, all peoples!

5. Shouting (Psalm 47:1b)

a. Psalm 47:1 Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

6. Lifting Hands (Psalm 63:4)

a. Psalm 63:4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

7. Giving (Psalm 96:8)

a. Psalm 96:8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!

8. Kneeling (Psalm 95:6)

a. Psalm 95:6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

9. Dancing (Psalm 149:3)

a. Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

10. Words (Hebrews 13:15)

a. Hebrews 13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

b. Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

i. Thanksgiving/thanks (Psalm 100:4)

ii. Praise (Psalm 100:4)

iii. Bless His name (Psalm 100:4)

1. to bless (verbally) v. — to speak words of excellence about.

Praise is always demonstrative.

Revelation 5:11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

Revelation 5:12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

Revelation 5:13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.