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Where GOD inhabits/Where GOD is enthroned
- thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3 KJV
- You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered]. Psalm 22:3 KJV
Way to approach God
- Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Psalm 100:4 ESV
- Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Psalm 100:4 NKJV
What happens when we praise?
1. Defeats enemy - Gives us victory
- The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. 2 Chronicles 20:22 BSB
- Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 2 Chronicles 20:22 NKJV
2. Binds the enemy
- Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples; To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute on them the written judgment— This honor have all His saints. Psalm 149:5-9 NKJV
3. Silences the enemy
- From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger. Psalm 8:2 BSB
4. Releases/Frees/Unbinds us
- Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened. Acts 16:25-26 NASB
5. GOD's glory comes down
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory1 of the LORD filled the house of God. 2 Chronicles 5:13 BSB
Songs
Footnotes
- 3519 כּבד כּבוד [kâbôd kâbôd] \{kaw-bode'} kaw-bode'\ From 3513; properly weight; but only figuratively in a good {sense} splendor or copiousness: - glorious ({-ly}) {glory} honour (-able).
3513 כּבד כּבד [kâbad kâbêd] \{kaw-bad} kaw-bade'\ A primitive root; to be {heavy} that {is} in a bad sense ({burdensome} severe6 dull) or in a good sense ({numerous} rich6 honorable); causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses): - abounding {with} more grievously {afflict} {boast} be {chargeable} X be {dim} {glorify} be (make) glorious ({things}) {glory} (very) {great} be {grievous} {harden} be (make) {heavy} be {heavier} lay {heavily} (bring {to} come {to} {do} {get} be had in) honour ({self}) (be) honourable ({man}) {lade} X more be {laid} make self {many} {nobles} {prevail} promote (to {honour}) be {rich} be (go) {sore} stop.