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Are You Praising the Lord?
Part I
Bible study on praising the Lord.

Praising the Lord has been exploited in get-rich-schemes. Commercialization of praise and worship to the Lord may have caused some of us to back away from publicly praising the Lord. This is a natural response to avoid association with people who appear to be exploiting things holy.

The purpose of this article is to set forth Biblical principles of praising the Lord. Then, we may each evaluate our lives in respect to praising the Lord.

The first aspect of praising the Lord is one in which we may excel. Christians praise the Lord by their conduct and character. Paul says: "And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God" (Phil. 1:9-11).

A Christian should be filled with the fruits of righteousness. This is contrasted with the fruits of the flesh (Gal. 5) which are sinful. Fruits represent a person's manner of life - all that a person does and says. So, Christians who live according to the will of God, glorify and praise God in their manner of life - their actions, speech, and relationships with all men.

What does it mean to "praise" the Lord with my life? Praise is defined as: "primarily a tale, narration, came to denote praise; in the N.T. only of praise to God" (Vine's). Praise is ascribed to God in respect to His glory. So, by dedicating my life to accomplish the will of God, I glorify and praise Him before everyone who observes my manner of life. The message Christians send the world through a godly life is: I love God and Jesus; God and Jesus are more important than self; I dedicate my life in service to the Lord.

Living a praiseworthy life is an all encompassing aspect of Christian living. This is something that should be in the forefront of our mind. Closing his epistle to the Philippians Paul says: "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things" (Phil. 4:8).

The results of Christians living praiseworthily are:

  1. Men Glorify God by observing a Christian's manner of life (Matt. 5:16).
  2. Ruling Authorities Praise Christians (1 Pet. 2:13-14).
  3. Christians Praise Christians (2 Cor. 8:18).
  4. God's Praise Will Be Upon Christians in the Judgement (1 Cor. 4:5).

Now, pause a moment and ask: Do I praise the Lord with my life? Do I honor God with a life dedicated to serve, glorify, and praise Him? Do people silently say: "Praise the Lord" when they interact with me?