Why Do We Stand When We Sing? Then the Levites from the clans of Kohath and Korah stood to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud shout. (Revelation 7:9-10)
After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne...And they were shouting with a mighty shout, "Salvation comes from our God on the throne and from the Lamb!" (Revelation 7:9-10 Back to Top
Why Do We Lift Our Hands? I will honor you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. (Psalm 63:4)
Lift your hands in holiness, and bless the Lord. (Psalm 134:2) Back to Top
Why Do We Have Audible Praise Unto God? Praise the Lord, I tell myself; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. (Psalm 103:1)
I will praise the Lord at times. I will constantly speak his praises. (Psalm 34:1)
Then all the believers were united as they lifted their voices in prayer. (Acts 4:24) Back to Top
Why Do We Sing in Tongues and in English? For if I pray in tongues, my spirit is praying, but I don't understand what I am saying. Well then, what shall I do? I will do both. I will pray in the spirit, and I will pray in words I understand. I will sing in the spirit, and I will sing in words I understand. (1 Corinthians 14:14=15) Back to Top
Why Do We Have This Type of Worship? But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will warship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23-24)
For we who worship God in the Spirit are the only ones who are truly circumcised. We put no confidence in human effort. (Philippians 3:3) Back to Top
Why Do We Sing Choruses as Well as Hymns? Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin our life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. Then you will sing psalms and hyms and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in you hearts. (Ephesians 5:18-19)
Let the words of Christ, in alll their richness, live in your hears and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. (Colossians 3:16) Back to Top
What Is Prophecy? The Sovereign Lord has spoken--I dare not refuse to proclaim his message! (Amos 3:8)
But one who prophesies is helping others grow in the Lord, encouraging and comforting them. (1 Corinthians 14:3)
Let love be your highest goal, but also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives, especially the gift of prophecy. (1 Corinthians 14:1)
A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church...He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and to another the abilityh to prophesy. (1 Corinthians 12:7, 10)
In this way, all who prophesy will have a turn to speak, one after the other, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged. (1 Corinthians 14:31)
Let two or three prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said. (1 Corinthians 14:29) Back to Top
Why Do We Have Speaking with Tongues and Interpretation of Those Tongues? So, dear brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and don't forbid speaking in tongues. (1 Corinthians 14:39)
A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church. ...another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, and another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. (1 Corinthians 12:7, 10)
I wish you all had the gift of speaking in tongues, but even more I wish you were all able to prophesy. For prophecy is a greater and more useful gift than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church can get some good out of it. (1 Corithians 14:5)
No more than two or three should speak in an unknown language. They must speak one at a time, and someone must be ready to iterpret what they are saying. (1 Corinthians 14:27) Back to Top
Why Do We Use Musical Instruments as Part of Worship? Praise him with a blase of the trumpet; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. (Psalm 150:3-5)
And I heard a sound from heaven like the roaring of a great waterfall or the rolling of mighty thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together. (Revelation 14:2) Back to Top
Why Do We Anoint with Oil and Pray for the Sick? Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. And their prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make them well. And anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. (James 5:14, 15) Back to Top
All scripture quotations taken from the New Living Translation.
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