Praise And Worship God - Part 2 - Pursuing Intimacy With God

Praise And Worship God – Part 2

August 20, 2019July 18, 2019
by Kevin Bart

Praise And Worship God – Start Your Prayer & Fellowship Time With God With Praise And Worship

Starting your prayer & fellowship time with Praise & Worship God helps you to better focus on Him. It also helps to prepare your heart to hear God’s voice. Praise & worship God at the beginning of your prayer time helps you to realize Who you are with, and it helps you to have a humble heart towards God.

Your heart needs to be ready and prepared to hear Him and then respond to whatever He tells you. You need to have a worshipful and soft and willing and humble and obedient heart. A heart that loves God fully. That is what a true worshipper of God is.

Praise Means to Highly Value God

The root of the words Praise & Worship God means to “place high value on something or someone (God)”. You are God’s First Love & Treasure & Passion, and now God wants to be your First Love & Treasure & Passion. Your Treasure means that God is more valuable, more important, and more precious than anything or anyone else.

In Part 1 we looked at some of the reasons why you should start your prayer & fellowship time and your day with praise and worship God. Now we will continue to look at reasons you should praise and worship God in your daily life. There are many benefits to you to praise and worship God as part of your daily prayer & fellowship time with God.

PRAISE IS A SPIRITUAL WEAPON. PRAISE WILL CONFUSE THE ENEMY AND PRAISE BREAKS THE ENEMY’S OPPRESSION.

See Praise Is A Spiritual Weapon

“And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; and I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord” – Psalm 27:6

GOD WANTS YOU TO DEVELOP A LIFESTYLE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD, AND PRAYER, AND BEING THANKFUL:

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” – I Thessalonians 5:16-18

You need develop a lifestyle of praise and worship God, prayer, and being thankful. The more you know God, the more you will praise and worship God. You will trust Him more and want to talk to Him about everything in your life. You will better trust and follow Him. And you will be more thankful to God in your life.

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“Rejoice in the Lord always (praise and worship God always); again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is [a]near. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all [b]comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:4-7

“Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” – Hebrews 13:15-16

GOD WANTS YOUR PRAISE AND WORSHIP OF HIM TO BE GENUINE AND FROM A HEART OF TRUE LOVE & ADORATION FOR GOD.

“ But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” – John 4:23-24

PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD IN THE BAD & DIFFICULT TIMES THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE. DO NOT JUST PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD DURING THE GOOD TIMES. YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE PRAISING AND WORSHIPPING GOD, BUT THIS REALLY WILL LIFT YOUR SPIRITS

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren” – Romans 8:28-29
When you read the entire chapter 8 of Romans, you will see from the context of these verses that Paul is talking about difficult times. When Paul says “all things”, he is talking about suffering and difficult times in your life.
The ultimate and higher good that God wants to bring about is to transform you to be more and more like Jesus. A person of high quality character. A person of honor and glory, like Jesus.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

EXAMPLES OF PRAISING AND WORSHIPPING GOD:

See “TRUE WORSHIP OF GOD“
PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD FOR WHO HE IS (He is loving, merciful, gracious, perfectly faithful…)
READ A PSALM OF PRAISE TO GOD:
- Psalm 8,19,23,46,95,100,103,148,149,150
READ A BIBLE PASSAGE OF PRAISE TO GOD:
- Luke 1:46-55 or 1 Samuel 2:1-9 are examples

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.” – 1 Chronicles 29:11-13

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