Quotes about Praise

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

I thought of the lines, 'And come the evening of my life, Worn out with care and strife I will, For each day granted me on earth, The air with praises to Thee fill.' Goodbye, a handshake in my thoughts, Your very loving brother Vincent

Taken as a whole, the Bible clearly puts the emphasis on what pleases God—the point of worship, after all. To worship, says Walter Wink, is to remember Who owns the house.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?

Praise: Thank Him for reigning in power and supplying you with the weapons of victory. Repentance: Admit where you've been angry and distracted, fighting all the wrong people. Asking: Ask for courage, for discernment, for patience, for diligence, for laser-like focus. Yes: Because the Lord is with you, and He will fight the real enemy through you.

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. Psalm 5:3

When you come into contact with, become aware of, or have a revelation of the holiness of God, there is only one appropriate response: worship. Without such a revelation, we cannot really have worship. We can have a song service, but we do not enter into worship until we have a revelation, however inadequate it may be, of the holiness of God. And the holiness of God is not to be explained. It cannot be defined. It can only be revealed.

Faith begins to praise God before the promised victory, not merely after it.

If we want to get into the city of Salvation, if we want to get into the presence of God, if we want to come into the enjoyment of all God's provision and protection and blessings for His people, we enter through the gate of Praise.

Celebrate as a cherished child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.

I'll praise my Maker while I've breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my noblest powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.