Praise Points...

A Mighty Thunderous Roar

All will tremble at the roar of the Lion of Judah. To those who contend with the Lord, His roar will show His wrath. They will tremble in terror. But to those who belong to the Lord it will be protection...

A Place to Lay My Head

The glory of the Lord has a deep, weighty rest that hovers, overshadows and soaks whenever it is present, especially in corporate worship. A deep heavy sense of peace accompanies this glory...

Abide and Shine

For its at the sound of worship in spirit and in truth that the Lord blesses and keeps His people, that He turns His face and shines upon them, pouring out His grace on them giving them His peace and the light of His presence, His favor...

Among the Lilies

It's the Shepherd who leads to green pastures besides still waters to this place in the gardens to pasture His flock. This is also the place where these white lilies are gathered...

An Incense so Sweet

The smell of Noah's sacrifice quieted God's wrath and produced tranquility! God not only "inhaled" the pleasing, soothing scent, He breathed it out. Noah's offering, the whole burnt offering, represented his complete surrender and dedication to the Lord.

Anointed Lips

The Song of Solomon creates this beautiful image of the lovers singing love songs to one another, exchanging kisses. It is the Groom who puts the new song in the Bride's mouth...

As the Deer Pants

Spiritual hunger/ thirst for the bread and the living water will not truly be satisfied until perfection comes and we see Him face to face. Only when we know as we are fully known will we be completely satisfied...

Ascending Mount Zion

The new song of praise has a direct connection with the salvation of mankind. This message can be seen and heard when the new song is sung. When we praise and worship the Lord Jesus Christ, when the Lamb is at the center of our worship...

Clothed with Joy

Clothed, equipped with joy not only to be strong and prevail but to give testimony to the Lord's faithfulness! The word joy from a root means exceedingly glad, great joy; like that of a king filled with joy dancing before the Lord with all his might/strength.

Come up Into the Mount of the Lord

Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place, Mount Moriah! A place of sacrifice; a place of obedience and worship; a place of rejoicing; a place of provision; a place of knowing and 'seeing' the Lord move...

Dance of the Hart

How wonderful that the LORD himself enables the feet of the deer, the feet of His beloved to go on the heights, to meet and abide with Him as one on the mountain of myrrh...

Dare to Soar

Like the eagle soaring to the heights, the journey to the secret place is also compared to ascending a hill, or being set on high. It's the breath of Holy Spirit that enables us to be lifted up and soar on the wings of praise to the secret place on high...

Delight in the Beauty of His Holiness

Shouldn't there be pleasure when we worship? Shouldn't there be joy in beholding the beauty of the Lord? Is it wrong to want this? Is it wrong to desperately seek this, to desperately seek it until it is found...

Desert Thirst

When in the desert we are driven to dig deeper and seek more earnestly the living water. If we can pour out our love, our praises on the Lord, the streams will come bubbling up and flow freely...

Don't Let the Rocks Cry Out

As these praises rise, the Lord inhabits the praises of His people. A glorious (unspeakable) inexpressible joy springs up, for in His presence is fullness of joy. This joy can not be stopped or suppressed...

Door of Hope

The blessed, those who dwell in the Lord's house; these are ever praising, these have the highways to Zion in their hearts. They know how to pass through the valley of Baca {Weeping} to appear before the King's throne in Zion...

Follow Hard: The Passion of the Hart

Like the parched traveler in the hot desert, whose water bottle is empty, and who finds the wells dry, he must drink or die -- he must meet with God or faint. His soul, his very being, was consumed with longing for a sense of the divine presence of the Lord...

From the Depths to the Heights

So today if you find yourself sinking with your strength growing faint, cry out to the Lord, lift up your hands, your heart, and your soul. Bless the LORD; trust Him with your whole heart...

Harp Songs in the Night

A song sung in the night, against the darkness can only come from a heart that has been touched by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; a heart where the word of Christ richly dwells.

Harps of God

David prophesied on the harp. He knew that this type of worship allowed the spirit of prophecy to move imparting the Lord's wisdom. David often sought the Lord's wisdom in this way to obtain victory in battle...

His Love Endures Forever

It is through this love that God gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. This great love is demonstrated in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. This great enduring love of God that is in the Lord Jesus Christ...

Is Your Worship Too Emotional?

Have you ever seen a child who is really into worship? Children seem to have such pure hearts. The thought that their worship might look foolish or bother someone else never enters their mind...

Kept as 'The Apple of His Eye'

At the marriage feast of the Lamb, all servants of the LORD, those who fear Him are commanded to praise Him. Being hidden, kept, joined under His wings is a place of singing for joy...

Kiss the Son

The answer lies in... the bread of life; the spring of water that wells up to eternal life. Spiritual hunger/ thirst for the bread and the living water will not truly be satisfied until perfection comes and we see Him face to face. Only when we know as we are fully known will we be completely satisfied...

Lift Up a Standard; A Standard of Praise

The raised standard or banner shows whose camp a people belong to. Raising the Lord's banner encourages His people, that they belong to Him and are under His protection. He will fight for them. Raising the Lord's banner also intimidates the enemy putting the enemy to flight...

Lift Up Your Eyes

Servants in David's time looked so intently on their masters that they could read their slightest movement. The servants watched their master's eye and hand to know and do his will...

Lilies Dripping Liquid Myrrh

The Lord longs to speak through His lips, His mouthpiece, the white lilies. Jesus, the Lamb standing in the center of the throne, speaks as the spirit of prophecy through the white lilies, His lips!

Make Music in Your Heart

For its at the sound of worship in spirit and in truth that the Lord blesses and keeps His people, that He turns His face and shines upon them, pouring out His grace on them giving them His peace and the light of His presence, His favor...

One Thing I Ask

The beauty of the Lord is much deeper than outward appearance or something pleasant to the eye. The beauty of Jesus was not his face, eyes or hair. It's Jesus the person... He is suitable or appropriate for every occasion. Jesus the person is enough, he alone satisfies every desire...

Pour Forth

How beautiful is the cup of salvation lifted up; a cup overflowing with thanksgiving for all Christ has and is pouring out on us. Blood poured out from the broken body of the spotless Passover Lamb...

Presence

The Lord's presence was more important to Moses than the promised land. Moses was unwilling to go even though the Lord had prepared the way; even though an angel of the Lord was to be sent before. For Moses only the Lord's visible tangible Presence would suffice...

Rise Up, O Lord

As hearts where the word of Christ dwells richly come together in worship, the Lord's presence is manifested even more. This allows us to hear corporately: to teach and admonish one another with all wisdom...

Seek His Face! Sing His Praises!

His light enables you to find your way thru the darkness to walk in His path, the Way of Holiness. Those who walk in this Way will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy shall overtake them and sorrow and sighing shall flee away...

Sing to the Well

Eating His word seems to be a condition for keeping our eyes open thru the watches of the night. The Lord also gives songs in the night. Singing these songs with open eyes, His living water abundantly flows. It flows thru the night until the morning dawns...

Spontaneous Worship

So why isn't spontaneous worship more common in worship today? Some are afraid to allow spontaneous worship today because it appears unstructured, unordered or unprepared. There has always been a tension between order and spontaneity...

Standing on the Rock

So it seems one way to let this living water flow is to gather together, stand on the Rock and sing; sing the 'new song' of praise to our God that He gives us...

Take Off Your Shoes

The heart of one with a sincere devotion to the Lord will be found pure when examined and judged by the Son, the light of the world. It will be a heart that has willingly submitted to Lord's searching and cleansing.

The Center of the Throne, the Lamb and the River of Life

When we praise and worship the Lord Jesus Christ, when the Lamb is at the center of our worship, when we magnify His blood sacrifice for our sins, we lift Him up for all to see...

The Fire & the Sword

Sometimes worship and singing drives the sword of the word even deeper into hearts than the spoken or written word. Music and singing can cut to the heart, motivate the soul, make us feel and captivate our spirit...

The Heart of a Dove

The bride has the eyes of a dove. When a dove fixes its gaze upon its mate, it is not distracted by any activities around it. It possesses a singleness of eye for its mate alone. The bride is sensitive to the Lord's presence, and obedient to His desire...

The Lord's Delight

To be pleasing in the Lord's sight and 'kept as the apple of His eye' we must treasure and keep His words as 'the apple of our eye' our most prized possession. Delight in the fear of the Lord, whole hearted obedience, is as pleasing to the Lord as incense.

The Place of Rejoicing

This worship in spirit and truth, this singing joyfully to the well, draws out the water and allows it (the Holy Spirit) to be poured out - poured out in abundance! There is NO fuller joy...

The Song of the Lamb

The Song of the Lamb in Revelation 15 is a new song, a song that has never been sung before. It is a song that is put in the mouths of those accompanying the Lamb, those who are called chosen and faithful...

The Threshing Floor

Clean hands and a pure heart are needed in order to draw near to the Lord. The Lord rewards according to the cleanliness of the hands. When we enter into worship, we enter into a time of 'threshing', of separation and purification, a time of preparation to meet our God...

The Triumph of Praise

Knowing who God is and what He has already done, we can then go into any battle with the voice of triumph. We can join with Christ in advancement of His kingdom looking forward to God's intervention. We can also look forward to the victory celebration where we will give thanks to His holy name...

Until the Day Breaks

This mountain of myrrh and hill of frankincense is the Lover's answer to His beloved's plea The call to go to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense is a call to know the Son of God, Jesus Christ, to abide in Him, worship Him, to know Him intimately...

Voices of the Bridegroom and the Bride

The Lord puts the love song - the new song in His bride's mouth. This new song comes out of a fresh, alive, intimate relationship with the Lord. The Lord is always revealing more of Himself to those who walk close to Him. He reveals this song to the redeemed...

Watchful Thanksgiving

Paul and Silas wholeheartedly singing songs of praise and giving thanks at midnight was a way of inviting the Lord into their situation. It was a way to acknowledge the Lord and declare their faith, for the other prisoners were listening.

Well of Living Waters

The bride is a rock garden locked up, a fountain sealed. A secret place hidden and protected belonging to God thru Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The bride is a spring of living waters welling up to eternal life...

Worship: One Spirit, One Body, One Voice, One Testimony

Since we all are baptized by one Spirit into one body and are given one Spirit to 'drink,' wouldn't it be wonderful to worship together under one Spirit with one voice. Each heart lifted up, focused on the Lord Jesus Christ in unity. This kind of worship would provide a wonderful testimony; the testimony of Jesus...