WHAT IS PRAISE Express warm approval,

commendation or admiration

Praise is proclaiming, declaring things about

God!!Ps. 48:1

“Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised”

Our praise should be in proportion to God's

greatness which means it has to be measureless.

WHY PRAISE GOD?

Praise Elevates us into God’s Presence and

Power

When we praise God nothing happens to God but something beautiful

happens within us

Not because He needs it but we are dependent

on His response to praise

Praise Sends the Enemy Running Praise repels the presence of Satan

An atmosphere which is filled with sincere worship and praise to God by humble and contrite hearts is disgusting to the Devil.

He fears the Power in the name of JESUS

WHEN TO PRAISE THE

LORD ?

James 5:13 : When we feel like it

To not praise the Lord because we don't feel like it is allowing our

emotions to rule.

The very sacrifice of praise when we don’t feel like it draws us into the

presence of the Lord

By praising we are stating that we are weak and He is strong

Psalms 42:4 : When we don't feel like it

Where to praise the Lord?EVERYWHERE!!

Psalms 149:5:When we are home in bed

Matthew 6:6 : Alone

Proverbs 22:6 : With family

Across the entire horizon : Ps. 112:3

Who is to praise God?

Psalm 150: 6 says

Psalm 115: 17 saysThe dead do not praise

the Lord

ARE YOU ALIVE

TODAY!!

HOW TO PRAISE ?

Declaring of thanks (Heb. 13:15)

Clapping hands and shouting (Psalms 47:1)

Musical instruments and dancing (Psalms. 150:4)

Singing praise songs (Psalms 9:11)

Psalms, hymns, & spiritual songs (Eph. 5:19-20)

Making a joyful noise (Psalms 98:4)

By lifting our hands (Psalms 134:2)

By being loud (Psalms 33:3, 95:1-6)

By being still (Psalms 4:3-5, 46:10)

Praise !! A Lifestyle??Praise to God is something that many people leave at church, an

event that happens only when they come together with other

Christians.

Praise should be a part of a believers lifestyle, inter-mingled as

a part of their daily prayer-life.

When we truly understand & recognize the greatness of God

praise comes easily

Power of Praise in the Bible

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

Paul and Silas in prison : Acts 16

Pentecost : Acts 2

King David

PRAISE is the form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God. It lauds God for his own sake and gives him glory, quite beyond what he does, but simply because HE IS. It shares in the blessed happiness of the pure of heart who love God in faith before seeing him in glory. By praise, the Spirit is joined to our spirits to bear witness that we are children of God, testifying to the only Son in whom we are adopted and by whom we glorify the Father. Praise embraces the other forms of prayer and carries them toward him who is its source and goal: the "one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist”.