Ways To Praise: Lift Your Hands

Leon FontaineDevoted

I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:4   Believers are designed to function in God’s presence. We simply can’t handle the pressures and stresses of life without it. God’s presence is in us as believers, but we still need to turn our focus toward him to stay conscious of that presence, and one of the best ways to do this is by praising him. God’s Word gives us many different ways we can praise God. Some—like singing—are very familiar to us. Others—like laughing, shouting or dancing—can seem quite foreign if we haven’t experienced them before. Another way to praise God that can seem strange to some at first is in the …

Maneras De Alabanza: Danza

Leon FontaineEntregate

Que alaben su nombre con danzas; que le canten salmos al son de la lira y el pandero. Salmos 149:3 ¿Acepta Dios el baile? Hemos estado en una serie hablando de diferentes maneras bíblicas de alabar a Dios. El baile es un tema controvertido en algunos círculos cristianos, y yo puedo entender por qué la gente piensa esto. Sin embargo, tenemos que recurrir a la Palabra para determinar lo que Dios dice, y el hecho es que Dios recibe el baile como un tipo de alabanza. Bailar es como cantar. Usted puede cantar para alabar a Dios, pero muchas de las canciones que cantamos no traen gloria a Dios. De hecho, hacen todo lo contrario. Lo mismo ocurre con el baile, pero bailar en sí …

Ways To Praise: Dance

Leon FontaineDevoted

Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:3   Does God approve of dancing? We’ve been on a series talking about different biblical ways to praise God. Dancing is a controversial subject in some Christian circles, and I understand why this can be the case. However, we have to turn to the Word to determine what God says, and the fact is that God receives dancing as a type of praise. You see, dancing is much like singing. You can sing to praise God, but many of the songs we sing don’t bring glory to God. In fact, they do quite the opposite. The same is true of dancing, but dancing in itself isn’t bad. …

Formas De Alabanza: Aplaudir

Leon FontaineEntregate

Aplaudan, pueblos todos; aclamen a Dios con gritos de alegría. Salmo 47:1   Hemos estado en una serie hablando de las diferentes maneras en que podemos alabar a Dios, porque la alabanza es una de las formas en que cultivamos su presencia en nuestra vida cotidiana. Cuando pensamos en la alabanza, a menudo pensamos en cantar, pero ¿sabía usted que la Palabra de Dios también nos anima a aplaudir con nuestras manos en alabanza? (Vea el Salmo 98:8 e Isaías 55:12) ¿Por qué Dios quiere que aplaudamos? Bueno, ¿alguna vez has notado cómo los aplausos pueden vigorizar y energizar su cuerpo? Nuestras manos están llenas de pequeñas terminaciones nerviosas, y cuando aplaudimos al adorar a Dios, nos despertamos y esto nos ayuda a permanecer en …

Ways To Praise: Clap

Leon FontaineDevoted

Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. Psalm 47:1   We’ve been on a series talking about the different ways we can praise God, because praise is one of the ways we cultivate his presence in our daily lives. When we think of praise, we often think of singing, but did you know that God’s Word also encourages us to clap our hands in praise? (See Psalm 98:8 and Isaiah 55:12.) Why would God want us to clap? Well, have you ever noticed how clapping can invigorate and energize your body? Our hands are filled with tiny nerve endings, and when we clap as we worship God, it seems to wake us up and it helps us to stay …