Praise and Worship

Biblical Expressions of Praise and Worship

We see clapping, shouting, kneeling, dancing, playing instruments, standing in awe, raising hands, and lying down. Clearly all these actions are acceptable and appropriate in the worship of God. God is pleased and hears our prayers no matter how we pray. The important thing is that we come to Him in humbleness with a sincere heart and not in a showy fashion.

Declaring of Thanks

Psalms 100:4 KJV

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Psalms 95:2 KJV

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Clapping Hands and Shouting

Psalms 47:1 KJV

O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

2 Samuel 6:15

So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting,…

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet…

Musical Instruments and Dancing

Psalms 150:4 KJV

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Jeremiah 31:4 NKJV

Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

I Chronicles 13:8 NKJV

Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

2 Samuel 6:14 KJV

And David danced before the LORD with all his might;

2 Samuel 6:16

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD;…

Exodus 15:20 KJV

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Singing Praise, Songs, and Hymns

Hebrews 2:12 NKJV

“I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

Acts 16:25 NKJV

But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Psalms 95:1 KJV

O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Psalms 100:2 KJV

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Psalms 9:11 KJV

Sing praises to the Lord , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

Ephesians 5:19 KJV

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Colossians 3:16 NKJV

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Making a Joyful Noise

Psalms 98:4 KJV

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord , all the earth:

Psalms 81:1 KJV

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Psalms 95:1 KJV

O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Lifting Our Hands

1 Timothy 2:8 KJV

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Psalms 134:2 KJV

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord .

Nehemiah 8:6 KJV

And Ezra blessed the Lord , the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Being Still

Psalms 4:3-4 KJV

But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.  Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Psalms 46:10 KJV

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Being Loud

Psalms 33:3 KJV

Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

Psalms 98:4 KJV

make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Ezra 10:12 KJV

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

2 Chronicles 15:14 KJV

And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

Kneeling Down

Psalms 95:6 KJV

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Luke 22:41 KJV

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

Acts 20:36 KJV

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

Lying Down

Job 1:20 KJV

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

1 Kings 18:39 KJV

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord , he is the God; the Lord , he is the God.

Psalms 106:48 KJV

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord .

Nehemiah 5:13 KJV

And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord.

Kim Howard

www.kimlovesjesus@icloud.com

WHO AM I?

I am a child of God  (Jn 1:12). But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

I am the salt of the earth  (Matt 5:13). Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

I am the light of the world  (Matt 5:14). Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

   

I am Christ's friend  (Jn 15:15). Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit  (Jn 15:16). Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

I am a servant of righteousness  (Rom 6:18). Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

I am God’s servant  (Rom 6:22). But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

 I am a son of God  (Rom 8:14; Gal 3:26; 4:6). For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him  (Rom 8:17). And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

I am a temple, a dwelling place, of God. His Spirit dwells in me  (1 Cor 3:16; 6:19). Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

I am joined to the Lord and one spirit with Him  (1 Cor 6:17). But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

I am a member of Christ's Body  (1 Cor 12:27; Eph 5:30). Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

I am a new creation  (2 Cor 5:17). Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

I am a saint   (1 Cor 1:2)  To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

 I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family  (Eph 2:19). Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

I am a prisoner of Christ  (Eph 4:1). I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

I am righteous and holy  (Eph 4:24). And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

I am a citizen of Heaven  (Eph 2:6). But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

I am an elect of God, holy and dearly beloved  (Col 3:12; 1 Thess 1:4). Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

I am a son of light and not of darkness  (1 Thess 5:5). Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

I am a member of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people  (1 Pet 2:9-10). But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew 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.

I am an enemy of the devil  (1 Pet 5:8). Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  

I am a child of God and that wicked one, the devil, cannot touch me  (1 Jn 5:18). We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but

he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

I am not the great I am  (Ex 3:14; Jn 8:24, 28, 58), but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Cor 15:10). And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Since I am in Christ, by the grace of God. . .

I have been buried with him in baptism (Rom 6:4; Col 2:12), In His name (Acts 2:38). Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

I have received power from on high (Luke 24:49) by receiving the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38) And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

I have been justified, completely washed and sanctified  (Rom 5:1; I Cor 6:11). Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

I am free forever from condemnation  (Rom 8:1).  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God  (1 Cor 2:12).  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

I have been given the mind of Christ  (1 Cor 2:16).  For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

I have been bought with a price; I am not my own; I belong to God  (1 Cor 6:19-20). What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing  (Eph 1:3).  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame before Him  (Eph 1:4).  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

 I was predestined, determined by God, to be adopted as God's son  (Eph 1:5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children

by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

  

I have direct access to God through the Spirit  (Eph 2:18). For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

I may approach God with boldness, freedom and confidence  (Eph 3:12).  In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

I have been rescued from the domain of satan's rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ (Col 1:13). For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

  

I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built up in Him  (Col 2:7). Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

I have been made complete in Christ  (Col 2:10).  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.

I will be saved from wrath  (I Thess 5:9).  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

I will be resurrected from this world to be with the Lord forever  (I Thess 4:16-17).  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Kim Howard (318) 450-2148

email: kimlovesjesus@icloud.com

www.womanofgodinlouisiana.blogspot.com

I AM ALIVE I DID NOT DIE

When in my grave you lay me down to lie,

Smile I did not die.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,


I am not there, I am just asleep.


Remember me when the winds blow,

And smile because I am with Jesus, you know!

Remember me when the seasons go by,

And smile when my favorite, summer is nigh.

Remember me in the grandchildren I cherish,

And smile I did not perish!

When you awaken in the morning's light,

Smile and remember Heaven is where I’m at, right?

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die,

I am living in Heaven, I am alive!

Written by me, Kim Howard :)

Ten Commandments

THE LORD'S TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:3 NKJV)

2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; (Exodus 20:4 NKJV)

3. You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exodus 20:5,6 NKJV)

4. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. (Exodus 20:7 NKJV)

5. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. (Exodus 20:8-11 NKJV)

6. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12 NKJV)

7. You shall not murder. (Exodus 20:13 NKJV)

8. You shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14 NKJV)

9. You shall not steal. (Exodus 20:15 NKJV)

10. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. (Exodus 20:16,17 NKJV)

JESUS SAID…

If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15)

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. (John 14:21)

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. (John 15:10)

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:12)

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14)

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:28-31 KJV)

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34 KJV)

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. (John 15:12-14 KJV)

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20 KJV)

THE BIBLE SAYS…

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. (1 John 2:3)

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (1 John 2:4)

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3)

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. (1 John 3:22-24 KJV)

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13:8-10 KJV)

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. (Psalms 19:7, 8, 11 KJV)

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. (Psalm 111:10)

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psalm 112:1)

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. (Psalm 119:47)

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. (Psalm 119:73)

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. (Psalm 119:127)

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: (Proverbs 3:1)

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. (Proverbs 7:1-3 KJV)

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13)

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Proverbs 6:23)

Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. (Psalm 119:151, 152)

If you would like someone to pray or study the Bible with please contact me anytime.

Kim Howard

318-450-2148

kimlovesjesus@icloud.com