There are 7 Hebrew words for Praise and 7 ways we can praise God. The Pentecostal and Charismatic Church may be happy clappy but they are praising God as they did in Biblical times

1. AISE
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PRAISE
1.Understand we were created to
praise the living God

3. I will give them one heart and one
purpose: to worship me forever, for their
own good and for the good of all their
descendants And I will make an
everlasting covenant with them: I will
never stop doing good for them. I will put
a desire in their hearts to worship me,
and they will never leave me.
iah 32:38-40
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1.Understand we were created to
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2. Come expecting

5. My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
salm 84:2
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6. Without faith it is impossible to
please God, because anyone
who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he
rewards those who earnestly
seek him.
rews 11:6
Heb

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1.Understand we were created to
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2. Come expecting
3. Praise God Biblically

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1. Zamar:This literally means to pluck
the strings, to celebrate in song and
music. Basically it’s probably the most
common form of “praise” we have
across the world in our churches. It’s
just singing songs put to music.

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2. Yadah:This means to show
reverence or praise with extended
hands.
This is practically illustrated by a small
child who wants to be picked up; they
extend their hands high above their
heads in a sign of surrender and desire
to be held.

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3. Towdah:This word is very similar to
yadah, but has a slightly different
meaning. It means to show agreement
with by extending the right hand.

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4. Barak: It means to kneel down, to bow
low as a sign of adoration and reverence.
Carrying with it the idea of humbling
yourself to a place that is lower than the
recipient of your worship (God). As far as
worship goes, this is the most physically
uncomfortable expression of praise, it
takes effort and may cause discomfort.

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5. Tehillah:This type of praise is singing,
but not just any type of singing. It’s the
singing that bubbles up from our hearts. It’s
a spontaneous type of singing. These
songs are unrehearsed and unprepared.
They are straight to God.

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6. Halal: This is the kind of praise that
David exhibited when he danced for joy at
the return of the Ark of The Covenant.
This is also where we get the word
Halellujah from. It literally means to be
clamorously foolish unto the Lord!
This includes dancing and laughing and
leaping and twirling before the Lord.

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7. Shabach:Are you ready to get loud?
Shabach means to address in a loud tone.
It’s typically associated with freedom or
triumph. But it’s more than just a loud
shout, it’s the idea of putting everything you
have into it. An attitude of wholehearted
praise.

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1. Sing to music
2. Raise our hands
3. Raise 1 hand
4. Kneel
5. Spontaneous
Singing
6. Dancing
7. Praise God wholeheartedly (Loud)