Praise and Worship

"The ladies of Church of the Champions"
Grambling,La








Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the lord.  Psalm 150 1-6


Are you the person that really can't get into praising and worshiping God? Do you ever ask yourself, why are people crying and jumping around in the church? Well I'm here to explain to you the importance of it all. As you can see from the bible verse at top, praise is required. As we praises God we become closer and develop a stronger relationship with him. Praise is also used to fight spiritual battles within ourselves. Praise is a weapon that should be used everyday because the battle does not end until we are good and gone. Praise gives us the chance to pour out our hearts to the Lord and really tell him how we feel. It gives you the chance to get the world and everything in it off your back. Remember this: Praise is not an option. So when your feeling like your too tired to praise, tell yourself praise is not an option. The ememy use all types of things to get us to stop praising or getting close to God.

Examples are but not limited:
TV, video games, parties, sleep, people, food, drugs, alcohol, jobs, idols, material items and more.

So make sure your making God a priority and not an option. A way to make God a priority is by simply putting him FIRST. Put God before your jobs, tv shows, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, friends, hobbies, Kids and whatever else you can think about. Set time early in the morning to read his word or a verse and worship him. For you aspiring P31's, "She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day's work for her servant girls." Proverbs 31:15. A Proverbs 31 woman doesn't waste anytime. She does not sleep in all day because its a Saturday morning and she has nothing to do. No, she makes her days fruitful no matter if its going to be a busy day or not. She gets up early to start her day and plan it out. I'm telling you if you take the time to plan out your day and get up early you will get a lot done. I tried it and it works. When you plan out your days make sure you plan time for God and just don't only set time for him in the morning, set time for him throughout your day. Just don't put God in the beginning of you life or the end, put him in the center of it ALL. This tactic is not just for women, it for men as well.

You might say "Its hard for me to get up in the morning..." or "I work late nights..." and ect...
I know its hard, believe me. I work late nights at a fast food restaurants. Some days I start work at 4pm and don't get off until 1 in the morning. Oh and don't forget I have those 8am classes and these club meetings and events I have to attend too. If you think about it, in our mind we never have time, but when we stop making TIME an EXCUSE and start making GOD a PRIORITY we will see that we have a lot of opportunities to praise him. You can praise him in the bathroom at work after a co-worker, boss or customers made you mad. You can praise him in your car on the way to the store. You can praise him in the corner you can praise him ANYWHERE. Remember, you make time for what is important to you. So how important is God to YOU?


After reading this you may say, "Well, I just never could get into praising" or "Its just not my thing". Well here are some ways to set the mood before you worship.

1) Find a place of privacy.
Since I live in a dorm with a roommate, I go to the bathroom to praise and worship God.

2) Turn off things that will distract you.
Like cell phones, TV's, computers and ect

3) Play gospel music
Playing gospel or christian worship music really helps me to go to a higher level in my worship. I play certain songs for certain situations.

For forgiveness: A heart that forgives - Kevin LeVar
When I want to give up: Holding On- Tye Tribbett
Loving people: Just Like You - Kevin LeVar
Fear: Hello Fear - Kirk Franklin
Healing: Everyone Hurts - Kirk Franklin, Healer - Kari Jobe
When I'm not feeling loved: How He loves me - Kim Walker**
Faith: Atmosphere of Faith - Kevin LeVar & One Sound
Purpose, moving forward: Before I Die - Kirk Franklin, Go Get It - Mary Mary, Never Be the Same - Shana Wilson
The Greatness of God: You are God Alone - William McDowell, Let Me Touch You - Kirk Franklin, Alpha and Omega - Israel & New Breed, We Lift Your Name - Shana Wilson, Revelation Song - Kari Jobe
To Humble me: Take Over - Tye Tribbett, Replace Me - Tye Tribbett, Give Me You - Shana Wilson, No Sweeter Name - Kari Jobe, All I Need is You - Jesus Culture **

(**Favorite songs)

4) A bible that you can read.
Its important for you to have a bible that you can read after you worship. After worship I would read certain verses dealing with the issues that I'm trying to overcome or if there is nothing thats on my heart that day, I will pray to God and ask him to guide me to the verses he wants me to read.


Main points: Praise and worship is POWERFUL, it helps fight the spiritual battles within ourselves.
Praise is not an OPTION.
Praise gets us closer to God.
Stop making excuses, make God a PRIORITY.
Make God the center of your life.
You can Praise God ANYWHERE.
Don't beat yourself up if your not praising him as much as you think you should, remember it takes time.

Pour your heart out :)

Brittany