EXPRESSIONS IN

WORSHIP
 WORSHIP
• In Hebrew “Shachah” means to bow down, make to
stoop, do obeisance, do reverence, fall down.

• Tagalog “Samba”
• Cebuano(Bisaya) “Simba”

Other words:
Adulate(praise), honor, glorify
 WORSHIP
• In Hebrew “Shachah” means to bow
down, make to stoop, do obeisance, do
reverence, fall down.
 to show respect to someone who is
more powerful than you
 WORSHIP
• In Hebrew “Shachah” means to bow
down, make to stoop, do obeisance, do
reverence, fall down.
 bend one's head or body forward and
downward.
a posture in which the head and shoulders
are habitually bent forward.
 WORSHIP
• In Hebrew “Shachah” means to bow
down, make to stoop, do obeisance, do
reverence, fall down.
 a movement of the body made in
token of respect or submission
 WORSHIP
• In Hebrew “Shachah” means to bow
down, make to stoop, do obeisance, do
reverence, fall down.
 deep respect for someone or something
EXPRESSIONS IN
WORSHIP
 Limit of Context:
• Book of Psalms
• Life of David
• Few verses from New Testament.
 Why we Worship God?
• Acknowledge God’s greatness and His
nature.
He is Omnipotent, He is omniscient, He is
omnipresent, He is love, He is the Creator of all
things, author of Life and so on.

• Remember His mighty acts

-What has God done for us.
-Reflect on His redemptive work.
 How should we Express our
Worship to Him?
• There are so many ways on how to
express our Worship to God.
1. Praising Him (Hallal)
Halal (Haw-Lal’) – “Hallelujah”
• to sing praise, To praise, celebrate, boast, to
adore (Shebach).
1. Praising Him (Halal)
Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.  Praise him for
his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing
greatness. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the
trumpet,  praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise
him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the
strings and pipe, 5 praise him with the clash of
cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.6 Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD. Psalms 150: 1-6
Luke 19: 37-40
37 
When he came near the place where the
road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole
crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in
loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
38 
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of
the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the
highest!” 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd
said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40 
“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the
stones will cry out.”
2. Clapping our hands to Him.
”Taqa”

Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to

God with cries of joy. Psalms 47:1

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the

mountains sing together for joy; Psalms 98:8
3. Kneeling before Him.
”Barach or Barak”

Come, let us bow down in worship, let

us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
Psalms 95:6
4. Bowing down to Him.
But I, by your great love, can come into
your house; in reverence I bow down
toward your holy temple.
Psalms 5:7

All the earth bows down to you; they sing

praise to you, they sing the praises of your
name. Psalms 66:4
I will bow down toward your holy
temple and will praise your name  for your
unfailing love and your faithfulness, for
you have so exalted your solemn decree
that it surpasses your fame.
Psalms 138:2
5. Dancing for Him.
Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with timbrel and
harp. Psalms
149:3

praise him with timbrel and dancing,

praise him with the strings and pipe,
Psalms 150:4
6. Singing for Him.
“Tehillah” – To Sing a new song
“Zamar” – To play an instrument

Then my head will be exalted above the

enemies who surround me; at his sacred
tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will
sing and make music to the LORD.
Psalms 33:1-3

Sing joyfully to the LORD, you

righteous; it is fitting for the upright to
praise him. 2 Praise the LORD with the
harp;  make music to him on the ten-
stringed lyre. 3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
7. Offering to Him.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come into his courts.
Psalms 96:8

I will come to your temple with burnt

offerings and fulfill my vows to you— I will
sacrifice fat animals to you and an offering of
rams; I will offer bulls and goats.
Psalms 66:13, 15
Psalms 51: 16-17, 19
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would
bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt
offerings. The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.

Then there will be righteous sacrifices,

whole burnt offerings to delight you; then
bulls will be offered on your altar.
2 Samuel 24:22-24
22 
Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the
king take whatever he wishes and offer it up.
Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here
are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the
wood. 23 Your Majesty, Araunah gives all this to
the king.” Araunah also said to him, “May
the LORD your God accept you.” 24 But the king
replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you
for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God
burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
Mark 12:41- 44
41 
Jesus sat down opposite the place where
the offerings were put and watched the crowd
putting their money into the temple treasury.
Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But
a poor widow came and put in two very small
copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling
his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you,
this poor widow has put more into the treasury
than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their
wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in
everything—all she had to live on.”
Romans 12: 1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view

of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as
living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to
God--this is your spiritual act of worship.
We can express our worship to God by:

1.Praising Him
2. Clapping our hands to Him.
3. Kneeling before Him.
4. Bowing down to him.
5. Dancing for Him.
6. Singing for Him.
7. Offering to Him.
John 4:23-24
Yet a time is coming and has now
come when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth,
for they are the kind of worshipers the
Father seeks. God is spirit, and his
worshipers must worship in spirit and in
truth."