Praise...

I am going to start a new sort of blog series that will show the many faces and styles of Praise. Here are a few verses I found that I thought fit very well...

Isaiah 29:13---"The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men."

God wants our hearts. Praise is something we offer to the Lord from the overflow of the love He gives us. In other words, He loves us sooo much that we MUST praise because it's the only response that makes sense. God wants our unbridaled praise...praise that comes from our own unique hearts. And because our hearts are unique, our praise styles are unique! You can praise Him ANY way you want as long as it comes from your heart!

Psalm 45:11---"The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord."

I like this one cause it's like God loves us sooo much...thinks we are sooo special and beautiful that he is ENTHRALLED by us! Wow! And the second part is just so matter-of-fact...honor Him for He is your Lord. Period.

Psalm 34:3---"Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together."

Amen! Let us exalt his name TOGETHER! We were not designed to be alone...rather, we were design to be in community...praising God in a community!

So, I will start to post about the diffeent ways that people worship. It will probably be a lot of videos...so, please, take the time to watch them. It will be worth it!

Thanks!
~Lola~