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markn902:
Hi everyone I just got finished reading through the Psalms and Proverbs by doing a few each day and now that I am done I am wondering.. Psalms mentions "praising"  The Lord..in song..in assembl..just general praising. Anyway in light of many people taking the word "saved" for granted or not understanding the full implications of what that word means I am wondering if I am doing that to this word. To be honest I kinda just read over it. I mean yeah I thank God deeply for all of the things in my life and especially the knowledge he has given me and my family. But do I praise him? IDK

I guess I was wanting to hear what that word means to you and how you "praise" God. I know in Babylchurch they kinda refer to the singing and dancing they do and well since I gave up the church I don't do that anymore ( I never really liked it to begin with) So there are no right or wrong answers here just feedback. Maybe one of our learned members will give us a run down on the Hebrew word and what it means :)

Thanks everyone

Mark

Roy Coates:
I inspire to Praise the Lord in all I do and think, I am not there yet. Obedience and Worship come to mind when I hear the word praise.

Foxx:
Psalms were songs written by David for the most part I believe and he used song to praise God. He even went dancing through the streets naked praising Him. Now while I doubt that is a good idea to try dancing naked outside, it does seem to show there is nothing inherently wrong with praising God through song. The problem I have started finding with many songs is that many are based on the typical Christian doctrine of eternal torment or ETERNAL/EVERLASTING life. Although with that said there are many whose lyrics are scripturally sound even though they may not even realize it.  I find it funny how these song writers/ churches sing about how loving, merciful, and Jesus is the Savior of the world but when you dare to ask if them if they really believe that then they don't.  They say "well you're taking that out of context" NO...I'm putting it IN context!

But I digress, as long as you find songs that are scripturally sound I wouldn't think there is any problem with singing praise and worship. My main problem is now I find a lot of the songs I used to love so gross to listen to because they just have un-scriptural  heresy throughout them.

SeekingHim:
One evening, after listening and singing along to some "musical psalms," I felt like I just had to have MORE! I walked outdoors and stared up in the sky and just raised my arms (not my normal "thing") and felt like I was hugging and being hugged by God. I had tears of JOY, because we can't "out hug" God.

I write letters to God in which I am in utter awe of HIM. I realize I am but a grain of dust in the vast universe, but yet, this GREAT GOD of ours, loves me. How can that be? I think this is also, praise.


Pat

GaryK:
Hmmmm..mine is a usually a short praising mixed with a bit of mystery to keep us both on our toes and not be too predictable.....but I'm consistent, I do it every morning.   I walk out, look through the dark to see if any horses are standing in the road as opposed to the pasture, listen for my dog to bark to know what direction he's coming from, realize that I'm still living in a nightmare, ask God if perhaps he meant for 'plan B' and his people got it wrong with instituting 'plan A'., hear nothing in return from him, tell him I still don't understand a square inch of 'plan A' but my friends tell me he understands what he's doing and there is, in fact, a plan.  I take him for his word, reluctantly, tell him that, and go about my business.   Actually, this is repeated several times throughout the day, every day.

No, really.   

gk

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