The Sacrifice of Praise

Why?

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And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish...

Exodus 29:1

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

Hebrews 13:15

Why is praise our New Covenant sacrifice?

Through Jesus...

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,And into His courts with praise.Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Psalm 100:4

Enter with the password: “Thank you!”Make yourselves at home, talking praise.Thank him. Worship him.

Psalm 100:4

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

Gates = ThanksgivingCourts = PraiseAltar = SurrenderArk = Presence

Why is praise called a sacrifice?

Why are you cast down,O my soul?And why are you disquieted within me?Hope in God, for I shall yet praise HimFor the help of His countenance.

Psalm 42:5

Bless the Lord, O my soul;And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

Psalm 103:1

God establishes his throne on the praises of his people.

Psalm 22:3

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In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

Richard J. Foster

What is the appropriate response to the sacrifice of Jesus?

The sacrifice of praise.

Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

Psalm 100:1-2

Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Psalm 100:3

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Psalm 100:4

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

Psalm 100:5

On your feet now—applaud God!Bring a gift of laughter,sing yourselves into his presence.

Psalm 100:1-2

Enter with the password: “Thank you!”Make yourselves at home, talking praise.Thank him.Worship him.

Psalm 100:4

PraiseReleases joyRequires gladness & Responds with singing

You can’t get to the ark if you don’t go through the gates.

Gates = ThanksgivingCourts = PraiseAltar = SurrenderArk = Presence

ThanksgivingA public celebration in the grateful acknowledgment of divine favor or kindness.

PraiseThe act of expressing approval, admiration or commendation, offering grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship.

SurrenderTo yield to the possession or power of another.

PresenceThe Face of God - a close and personal encounter with the Lord.

Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.

Exodus 33:7

So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.

Exodus 33:8

And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

Exodus 33:9

All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door.

Exodus 33:10

So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Exodus 33:11

Make your own tent the tabernacle.

His Presence is the womb of Your potential.

#leadyourself

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

Hebrews 13:15