WHY DO WE STAND WHEN WE SING?
"And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high."
(2 Chronicles 20:19)
WHY DO WE CLAP OUR HANDS?
" O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph."
(Psalm 47:1)
WHY DO WE LIFT OUR HANDS?
" Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name."
(Psalm 63:4)
" Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD."
(Psalm 134:2)
" I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting."
(1 Timothy 2:8)
WHY DO WE HAVE AUDIBLE PRAISE UNTO GOD?
" I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth."
(Psalm 34:1)
"And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord..."
(Acts 4:24)
WHY DO WE SING IN TONGUES AND IN ENGLISH?
" For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also."
(1 Corinthians 14:14-15)
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP?
"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
(John 4:23-24)
"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."
(Philippians 3:3)
WHY DO WE SING CHORUSES AS WELL AS HYMNS?
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord."
(Ephesians 5:18-19)
" Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
(Colossians 3:16)
WHAT IS PROPHECY?
"...the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
(Amos 3:8)
" But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort."
(1 Corinthians 14:3)
" Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy."
(1 Corinthians 14:1)
" But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.... To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues."
(1 Corinthians 12:7&10)
" For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted."
(1 Corinthians 14:31)
" Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."
(1 Corinthians 14:29)
WHY DO WE HAVE SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF THOSE TONGUES?
"Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues."
(1 Corinthians 14:39)
" But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.... To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues."
(1 Corinthians 12:7&10)
"I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying."
(1 Corinthians 14:5)
" If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret."
(1 Corinthians 14:27)
WHY DO WE ALL PRAY AT ONCE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS?
" And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth..."
(Acts 4:24)
WHY DO WE ANOINT WITH OIL AND PRAY FOR THE SICK?
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
(James 5:14-15)
WHY DO YOU PRAY THE WAY YOU DO?
The positions of prayer as described in the Bible are as follows:
Prostrate with face to the ground - 56 times
Facing toward Jerusalem - 20 times
Kneeling - 9 times
Hands raised - 10 times
Standing - 5 times
Head bowed - 8 times
EYES CLOSED - 0 TIMES!
"And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high."
(2 Chronicles 20:19)
WHY DO WE CLAP OUR HANDS?
" O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph."
(Psalm 47:1)
WHY DO WE LIFT OUR HANDS?
" Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name."
(Psalm 63:4)
" Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD."
(Psalm 134:2)
" I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting."
(1 Timothy 2:8)
WHY DO WE HAVE AUDIBLE PRAISE UNTO GOD?
" I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth."
(Psalm 34:1)
"And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord..."
(Acts 4:24)
WHY DO WE SING IN TONGUES AND IN ENGLISH?
" For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also."
(1 Corinthians 14:14-15)
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP?
"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
(John 4:23-24)
"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."
(Philippians 3:3)
WHY DO WE SING CHORUSES AS WELL AS HYMNS?
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord."
(Ephesians 5:18-19)
" Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
(Colossians 3:16)
WHAT IS PROPHECY?
"...the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
(Amos 3:8)
" But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort."
(1 Corinthians 14:3)
" Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy."
(1 Corinthians 14:1)
" But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.... To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues."
(1 Corinthians 12:7&10)
" For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted."
(1 Corinthians 14:31)
" Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."
(1 Corinthians 14:29)
WHY DO WE HAVE SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF THOSE TONGUES?
"Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues."
(1 Corinthians 14:39)
" But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.... To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues."
(1 Corinthians 12:7&10)
"I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying."
(1 Corinthians 14:5)
" If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret."
(1 Corinthians 14:27)
WHY DO WE ALL PRAY AT ONCE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS?
" And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth..."
(Acts 4:24)
WHY DO WE ANOINT WITH OIL AND PRAY FOR THE SICK?
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
(James 5:14-15)
WHY DO YOU PRAY THE WAY YOU DO?
The positions of prayer as described in the Bible are as follows:
Prostrate with face to the ground - 56 times
Facing toward Jerusalem - 20 times
Kneeling - 9 times
Hands raised - 10 times
Standing - 5 times
Head bowed - 8 times
EYES CLOSED - 0 TIMES!
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