Scenic Bay Baptist Church

God mentions His desire to praise Him with many of His exhortations to pray (Philippians 4:6). He command us to praise Him in I Thessalonians 5:18 and mentions this attitude in the Spirit filled life (Ephesians 5:20). God is pleased when we offer praise and thanksgiving to His name.

Praise is far more than repetitious statements of “Praise the Lord!”, “Bless the Lord!“ or “Hallelujah!” The praise the honors God is that which originates from His Word. This kind of praise requires meditation in His Word to see more clearly the reasons we have to praise Him. Psalms has three primary themes of praise: 1. We praise Him for His Word. 2. We praise Him for His works. 3. We praise Him for His ways, or His attributes.

Since God is pleased when we praise Him, we have a portion of time in our services to simply praise Him for what He said, for what He does, and for Who He is. Our God is worthy of all praise.