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                    Illustration About Praising God in Worship
There’s the story of a church in an old town that was very sophisticated, dignified, and quiet. One day a visitor showed up in worship. When the preacher began to preach and say something like God is a good God, the visitor would shout, “Praise the Lord,”
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Gibney on May 19, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    EIGHTEEN REASONS TO PRAISE GOD-
1.  HE GAVE US A PRIVILEGE TO PRAY
2.  HIS DEEDS AMONG MEN
3.  HIS WONDROUS AND MARVELOUS WORKS
4.  HIS HOLY NAME
5.  HIS STRENGTH
6.  HIS WONDERS
7.  HIS JUDGMENTS IN THE EARTH
8.  HE IS THE LORD OUR GOD
9.  HIS CREATION
10. HIS SALVATION
11. HIS GLORY
12. HIS
                    
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                    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 6, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    WE SHOULD PRAISE GOD
I heard someone say recently that if the only thing God has done in our lives is to save us – we should praise God from the rising of the sun through the darkness of the night.  But He has done so much more for us than that.  He has given you the sense of taste – so that you
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MVP PRAISES GOD FOR WORLD SERIES
A number of years ago, Orel Hershiser was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had just won the World Series, and Orel had been named "The most valuable player of the series." One of the TV shows about the series showed him in the dugout just before the 9th
                    
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                    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Feb 16, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Can you find something to praise God for this day? There are many words of encouragement in the Psalms. This one Old Testament book contains:
150 divisions
2461 verses
43,743 words
2027 verses of history
164 questions are asked and answered
413 commands are given
338 acts of god
124 vows
174
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GOD ALONE BE PRAISED
"But I entreat those who believe in and fear God, whoever deigns to examine or receive this document composed by the obviously unlearned sinner Patrick in Ireland, that nobody shall ever ascribe to my ignorance any trivial thing that I achieved or may have expounded that was
                    
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                    A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE HURTS!
 
Several years ago, there was a song on Christian radio that said, "We bring a sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord." It had a happy, upbeat tune. Listening to it, I had the feeling that the singers were intrigued by the words but had not personally
                    
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                    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Nov 22, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SING PRAISE
We can get victory over hardships by singing praise to the Lord.
"My mouth is filled with Your praise...all day long."  Ps. 71:8 NAS
Roger Bennett, pianist and songwriter died in 2007.  Prior to his death he wrote on his website:
Our enemy stalks us exactly the way the Bible
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 17, 2025
                
                
                
                    [135].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – I WILL STILL PRAISE GOD MY SAVIOUR
Some people find it hard to be joyous a lot of the time and get despondent over various setbacks and trying circumstances in life.  In fact I do not know a Christian who at some time has not been through this.  Honesty will admit
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
                
                
                
                    PRAISING HIM WITH LIFTED HANDS
I attended a Conference in Overland Park, KS. The host pastor stood up before the opening worship service and said, he grew up in a controlled, dignified and domesticated worship service.  He said no one in that church raised their hands in praise. But then when he
                    
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                    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
                
                
                
                    "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people" (Luke 1:68 NIV). A little child plays innocently in a park. Suddenly a man grabs her from behind and drags her into a van. She’s gagged. A bag’s pulled over her head. Dust stings her eyes. The smell of sweat
                    
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                    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 4, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PRAISE HIM IN MY HEART
Praise God for Christmas. 
Praise Him for the incarnation, 
for the word made flesh. 
I will not sing of shepherds 
watching flocks on frosty nights, 
or angel choristers. 
I will not sing of a stable bare in Bethlehem, 
or lowing oxen, 
wise men trailing star with gold,
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PRAISE AND GRATITUDE
After one of the terrible battles of the Civil War, a dying Confederate soldier asked to see the chaplain.  When the chaplain arrived, he supposed the young man would wish him to ask God for his recovery; but it was very different. 
First the soldier asked him to cut off a
                    
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