Praise and worship songs can provide many benefits to individuals. They allow people to stay connected to God and his messages anytime and anywhere. Songs also help keep people focused on important things like family, faith, and prayer. Additionally, praise songs can educate those who don't regularly read or attend church by conveying strong messages about God or Jesus. Finally, these songs provide inspiration, reduce stress, and encourage people to great things in their lives and for others.

1. Benefits of Praise And Worship Songs
The benefits of worship songs can be many and specific to the individual. We all need different things
in our lives to make us go, keep us motivated and on track. Therefore, there is no one benefit that meets
the needs of all individuals.
We must extract what we need from praise and worship songs in order for them to be beneficial.
However, some intrinsic benefits apply to any situation.
Stay connected. You cannot always be at church so you need to be connected to God and his message
whenever you need to. Worship songs allow you do that anytime anywhere. Everyone needs a coach
and the coach cannot always be there, so you need the coaches message with you at all times.
Keep Focused. In life, we can all get off track at any point. There are other things you can do to keep
focused such as reading but you can take songs of praise and worship with you anywhere. What's more
important is that they keep us focused on the important things in life such as our family, our spouse,
God, and prayer. The reason is they are songs written of Scripture, faith and Christian inspiration.
Educate. Songs of praise and worship can also be very educational especially for those that are not big
readers. Let's face it not everyone likes to read or attend church therefore songs with a strong message
of God or Jesus serve to educate as well as entertain you. Obviously choosing the right songs is
important, as there are many entertaining songs but some more than others tend to be more educational
than strictly for entertainment value.
Inspiration. Never underestimate the need to be inspired. In the day-to-day of your life, things can
seem somewhat mundane. The normal routines can get redundant and in our life, we need to be
inspired and in this case inspired by God. Music in general can be very motivational and inspiring but
infused with the proper message of praise, it can be awe-inspiring and good for the soul.
Free of worldly stress. It is very easy to get stressed watching the things that go on around the world
from genocide to natural disasters and what we see on the news daily can take a cumulative toll. Praise
and worship songs that carry a strong message can serve as an elixir of sorts to what is going on around
you. It is important to never turn a blind eye and assist our fellow man when and wherever we can but
it is equally important to keep it in perspective and maintain our own faith.
No matter what it is that you need at that time, praise and worship songs can provide an intrinsic value
to your life more so than just pure entertainment. They can keep you focused, educate you, and help
keep your stress level down and just as important inspire you to great things in your life and for others.
Written by Gary Harbin
Benefits of Praise And Worship Songs www.garyharbin.com