‘halal’ (the word hallelujah comes from this Hebrew word meaning (to honor, and/or commend to boastfully, to rave, celebrate, and to be clamorously foolish). “Sing to Him, sing praises (zamar) to Him speak of all His wonders.” (1Chr 16:9), “So I will bless thee as long as I live I will (yadah) lift up my hands in Thy name” (Ps. ‘yadah’ (to give thanks, to extend the hand, to throw out the hand) There are several Old Testament Hebrew words for praise that we witness to during worship services such as: The praise I’m referring to is biblical praise. However that isn’t the type of praise for this occasion. Every day (at football game, the entrance of presidents, children recitals, etc., we praise them. So exactly what is praise and worship? Let us first understand praise. “Only he with clean hands and a pure heart can worship and praise the Lord” (Ps. How is your heart when praising and worshiping?
Thus, true praise and worship comes from the heart. “God inhabits (invokes, likes) the praise of His people” (Ps. My brothers and sisters, the scripture declares that: never die, never breakdown, and certainly will never leave nor run out Genuine sincere priceless praise belongs to a priceless target. Remember in 1 Kings 18, Prophet Elijah warned the Israelites to make a choice in who they will serve.either Baal (improper focus, pointless target) or God (the right target, a priceless target). Oh yes, sinners do praise and worship but to an improper focus (improper target). those can’t do no wrong children will later cause you great heartache will die one day, that luxury car will breakdown In other words, the sinner man will praise and worship but to a pointless target. Satan will have one to believe that as long as we’re worshiping and praising, all is well. a pointless target or a priceless target) to whom they praise, worship. The difference in their praise and worship is the target (e.g. Ultimately, throughout the Bible, we see where all peoples (regardless to race, nationality, or creed) perform some act of praising and worshiping God, the Alpha and Omega. Then the never-ending of time is revealed in the Book of Revelations worshiping God Almighty. On the contrary since God spoke, the beginning of creation is disclosed in the Book of Genesis giving praise to God.
However, the ministry of Praise and Worship isn’t new fad for today’s 21st century church. Today’s trend (fad) is men exposing their bottoms and women revealing their tops.