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Praising the Lord is an essential element in our lives as Christians. We in CFC are a people who
are to live and serve for the praise and glory of His name.
1. Because the Lord is our Creator and we are His creatures. It is but proper and fitting that
creatures should acknowledge and give glory to their Creator.
2. Because it is our vocation as Christians.
• Eph 1:11-12: "In Him we were chosen; for in the decree of God, who administers
everything according His will and counsel, we were predestined to praise His glory".
• Eph 1:14: "… a people of God has made His own, to praise His glory…."
As Christians, we are God's people. If the purpose for which He made us His people is "to
praise His glory", then praising the Lord must be the most important act we can ever do. In
fact, it must be our main occupation so that every moment of our life should be a praise to the
Lord.
• 1 Cor 10:31…"The fact is that whether you eat or drink - whatever you do - you should do
all for the glory of God".
3. Raising of hands.
* 1 Tim 2:8 "… in every place the men shall offer prayers with blameless hands held aloft"
4. Clapping of hands.
* Psalm 47:2 "All you peoples, clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness"
5. Dancing.
• 1 Chron 13:8 "…David and all Israel danced before God with great enthusiasm, amid
songs and music on lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets"
* 2 Sam 6:14-16 "Then David, girth with a linen apron, came dancing before the Lord with
abandon, …. King David leaping and dancing before the Lord…"
* Psalm 149:3 "Let them praise His name in the festive dance"
* Psalm 150:4 "praise Him with timbrel and dance…"