Praise is extremely important in the Scriptures, since we have been made to praise God. The prophet Isaiah declares: “Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.” (Isaiah 43: 7). All of us as Christians have been called, to give glory to God and announce about Him to every person.
The Bible also tells us that every living being must worship God, all creation to one must yield glory to Almighty God and only true God:
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 150:6
Does praise have power? The Bible also tells us that on one occasion Paul and Silas being imprisoned began to sing and the chains broke and the doors of the jail were opened.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Acts 16:25
In praise there is power, in the hymns we sing with all our heart giving glory to the Lord, in those hymns there is power and they give glory to the only true God. So, here are some phrases spoken by pastors about praising God:
“God is never pleased with an ignorant worship or a worship that is not grounded in the knowledge of God.”
R.C. Sproul
“Worship to God is our highest privilege and greatest responsibility. When we worship him, we are finally fulfilling the purpose for which we were created. ”
Paul Washer
So I concluded that the essence of worship is not external, nor are they localized acts, but an internal experience, directed towards God, which does not occur fundamentally in the services of the church (although they are important) but, fundamentally, in daily expressions of loyalty to God, in our sexual life, in the way we manage our money, or that we keep our marriage vows, or that we speak of Christ.
John Piper
We are on our way to glory, so let’s sing while we complete our journey; and how the lark sings when the flight soars, beating its wings to the beat of its music and increasing its song as it rises through the air, so that it happens with us in our ascent towards the gates of heaven: every day a psalm, every night a march that has been completed and that brings us closer to home, closer to the music of heaven and with greater capacity to imitate it.
Charles Spurgeon
“In Malachi, God teaches that He does not accept worship other than what He has prescribed. In worship, sincerity is not enough; We need to worship God as he has determined. We cannot invent ways to worship God; Pleasant worship of God seeks to worship him, since he has revealed that he wishes to be worshiped. ”
Augustus Nicodemus
“Worship is the breath of the Christian people”
Otto Sánchez.
“Our worship is no less supernatural than Israel’s experience in the desert. It is infinitely more than that. We have emerged from the shadows to reality ”