Make A Joyful Noise

Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary! Praise Him in the sky, which testifies to His strength! Praise Him for His mighty acts! Praise Him for His surpassing greatness! Praise Him with the blast of the horn! Praise Him with the lyre and the harp! Praise Him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise Him with stringed instruments and the flute! Praise Him with loud cymbals! Praise Him with clanging cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! Psalms 150:1-6 NET

Hearts filled with praise, a gratitude that brings us to our knees before our mighty, gracious Lord of all.

Singing, praying, acknowledging with grateful hearts all that the Lord has done for us, is doing for us, challenges us to find our places in the story of Christ’s kingdom and to look for Him to write new chapters in the story through our lives. 

Praise does this for us far more effectually than anything; it not only makes us aware of our ties to the saints who have gone before us, it challenges us to build upon that past. And taking our praises to heaven in worship also awakens us to the future. 

Our glimpse of Holy Spirit in worship awakens our appetites to the great feast that awaits us.