The Sacrificial Choice
Put Your Praise On
(Isaiah 61:3 NKJV) To give them the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
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Praise focuses on
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(Psalm 50:23) “Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me…”
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Praise reminds me of the
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(2 Corinthians 4:8-9, 17-18) We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed…For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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Praise is
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The Sacrificial Choice
(Luke 19:37-40 MSG) Right at the crest, where Mount Olives begins its descent, the whole crowd of disciples burst into enthusiastic praise over all the mighty works they had witnessed: Blessed is he who comes, the king in God’s name! All’s well in heaven! Glory in the high places! Some Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, get your disciples under control!” But he said, “If they kept quiet, the stones would do it for them, shouting praise.”
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: To rave, boast, celebrate, to be clamorously foolish.
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(Psalm 35:18 NLT) I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.
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: To acknowledge in public.
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(Psalm 138:1) I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart.
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: To bless by kneeling or bowing.
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(Psalm 103:1) Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
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: Making music to God with strings.
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(Psalm 92:1) It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High.
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: To address in a loud tone, to shout.
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(Psalm 63:3-4) Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
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: To lift hands in adoration.
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(Psalm 50:23) He who offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
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: Exuberant singing.
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(Psalm 34:1) I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
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The
of life that we can
is our
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joy.
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All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.
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