The Power of Praise and Worship

God created human to worship Him and that is absolute purpose. 

but... 

SATAN WANTS TO DESTROY THIS RELATIONSHIP

Matthew 4:10

“When Satan tempted the Lord, one of his offers was, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” And the Lord answered, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You will worship the Lord your God, and Him only will you serve.’’

In the TEN COMMANDMENTS

Exodus 20:4-5

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third & fourth generation of them that hate me.”

Worship belongs exclusively to God

THE ONLY WAY TO WORSHIP GOD IS IN SPIRIT

John 4:24: “God is spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

GOD IS SPIRIT: 

John 3:3: “In reply Jesus declared, I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

HOW CAN WE WORSHIP GOD?

1 Kings 8:27: “But will God really dwell on the earth?  The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you.  How much less this temple?”

We can worship anywhere!

Even if your physical environment will not permit you to worship, but your spirit can.

1. TO KNEEL DOWN

Psalm 95:6: “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker…”

Kneel (Hebrew) – blessing

Philippians 2:9-11 “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

2. TO BOW DOWN

Psalm 95:6 “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”

Expression of brokenness, humility, and of rendering

Revelation 4:9-11 “Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to Him that sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: ‘You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Isaiah 6:1-3 “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.  Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two were flying.  And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.”

3. TO SPREAD OUT HANDS

Psalm 143:6 “I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.”

Symbols of rendering

Exodus 17:8-16

The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands. So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it.

Aaron and Hur held his hands up-one on one side, one on the other-so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner. He said, "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD . The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”