Join Pastor Brady Wright as we begin a look at Worship in a series titled "Worship that Costs", with a message titled "6 Steps of Praise"

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6 Steps of Praise

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good

and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope... If you look for me

wholeheartedly, you will find me.”

I’ll never get the best of what God has to offer until I give God my best.

Worship is love expressed

Matthew 22:37 (NLT)

“Jesus replied: ’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul

and with all your mind.’”

John 4:23 (NIV)

‘’Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship

the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of

worshipers the Father seeks. ‘’

2 Samuel 6:20-22 (NIV)

“When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came

out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today,

disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your

father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD’s

people Israel—I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even more

undignified than this…”Worship that costs: 6 Steps of Praise 2

Luke 19:37-40 (MSG)

“Right at the crest, where Mount Olives begins its descent, the whole crowd of

disciples burst into enthusiastic praise over all the mighty works they had

witnessed: Blessed is he who comes, the king in God’s name! All’s well in heaven!

Glory in the high places! Some Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, get

your disciples under control!” But he said, “If they kept quiet, the stones would do

it for them, shouting praise.”

1) Halel: Where we get the word Halleluiah (praise to

God) To rave, boast, celebrate, to be

clamorously foolish.

Psalm 35:18 (NLT)

“I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the

people.”

2) Yadah: To a cknowledge in public.

Psalm 138:1 (NIV)

“I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart.”

3) Barak: To bless by kneeling or bowing.

Psalm 103:1 (NIV)

“Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.”

4) Zamar: Making music to God with strings.

Psalm 92:1 (NIV)

“It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High.”Worship that costs: 6 Steps of Praise 3

5) Shabach: To address in a loud tone, to shout.

Psalm 63:3-4 (NIV)

“Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as

long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.”

6) Towdah: To lift hands in adoration.

Psalm 50:23 (NIV)

“He who offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright

will I show the salvation of God.”

7) Tehilah: Exuberant singing.

Psalm 34:1 (NIV)

“I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.”

Psalm 108:1,3 (NIV)

“O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise (zamar), even with my

glory... I will praise (yadah) Thee, O Lord among the people. And I will sing

praises (tehillah) unto Thee among the nations.”

Hebrews 13:15 (NIV)

“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the

fruit of lips that openly profess His name.

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