Instructions

Just in case you’ve wondered, here are some great instructions on what to do and how to do it when it comes to praising God:

Praise ye the LORD.

Yep, that’s WHAT we’re supposed to do. What we are designed to do.

Praise God in his sanctuary:

Now on to WHERE. His sanctuary is an excellent place to praise Him – although a really large number of people don’t believe they have time to meet Him there, even on the Lord’s day.

praise him in the firmament of his power.

Yes, it is possible to praise Him elsewhere – all during the week, in fact, between the times spent in His sanctuary.

Praise him for his mighty acts:

The are laid out before us – from creation itself through sunrise to sunrise, day after day. Pick one of your favorites and start from there. My favorite are babies’ toes. Tiny little miracles that will grow and take them places all through their lives.

praise him according to his excellent greatness.

Again, there is an infinite list of greatness displayed for us to peruse. I like to start with the gift of His son and move upward from there.

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet:

Be big and brassy about it! Let the sound echo across the world.

praise him with the psaltery and harp.

Pick up those stringed instruments and pick out a tune.  We do that at First Baptist of Cottondale. We have a wide variety – guitars, base violins, mandolins, violins, piano – all used to praise Him in song.

Praise him with the timbrel and dance:

OK, so we don’t do that much in the church, but David did. And we should worship with joy and exuberance. Praise is a celebration, and we have much to celebrate while praising our Lord.

praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Back to those instruments – use what we have on hand to attract attention, attracting others to praise Him along with us.

Praise him upon the loud cymbals:

Don’t hesitate to let the sound ring out. Can you imagine using cymbals?

praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

See, your imagination wasn’t enough – David says “More!!  Louder!!   Higher!!” Nothing shy about loudly praising God!!

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.

Everything!! Let the youngest child shout out praises, and the oldest adult. Everyone in between.  If we don’t, the very rocks will shout it out (Luke 19:40).

Praise ye the LORD.

And, we’re back where we started from – PRAISE YE THE LORD!

And here’s where to find these instructions in His word:

(Psalms 150 KJV)