PRAISE PROTOCOL
Praise is response to greatness.
“Enter… his courts with praise” (Ps. 100:4).
God is to be approached with praise, acclaim, applause
His worthiness demands our praise.
His grace calls for praise.
God loves praise!
Praise is God’s address
God inhabits the praises of Israel (Ps. 22:3).
He is enthroned—dwells amid the praises of the saints.
Praise is God’s address—His dwelling place.
He makes His abode where people…
• Magnify
• Exalt
• Celebrate
• Bless His name.
Wherever you find heart-felt praise…
• You will find the Lord there as well.
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”
“Praise is boasting about what you enjoy.”
• Presence of God is a place of incredible delight.
• “In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16:11).
• Satisfaction, gladness, and delight are found in the courts of the Lord.
• God’s manifest presence brings unspeakable joy
If your face looks like a reprint of the Book of Lamentations…
• You need a facelift!
• 550 references to joy and rejoicing in the Bible.
• Our God is a supremely happy God.
• Praise—proper response to God
• “A drop of praise is an unsuitable acknowledgement for an ocean of mercy”