Why Do We Stand When We Sing?
"And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high."
II
Chronicles 20:19
Why Do We Clap Our
Hands?
to clap your hands all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph."
Psalms 47:1
Why Do We Lift Our Hands?
Thus I
will bless Thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name."
Psalms 63:4
"Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord."
Psalms 134:2
"I
will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting."
I
Timothy 2:8
We Have Audible Praise Unto God?
Bless the Lord,
0 my soul; and all that is within me bless His holy name."
Psalms 103:1
"I will bless the Lord at all
times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth."
Psalms
34:1
"And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God..."
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."
I 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
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."
I Corinthians 14:3
"Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye
may prophesy.
I
Corinthians 14:1
Why Do We Prophesy?
"But
the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal .
. . To another the working
of miracles;
to another prophecy."
I Corinthians 12:7 & 10
"For
ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be
comforted."
I Corinthians 14:31
Let
the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."
I 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.
I
Corinthians 14:39
"But the Manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal
. . . To another divers kinds of tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues."
I 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."
I 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."
I Corinthians 14:27
Why Are Musical Instruments A
Part Of The Worship Service?
"Praise Him with the sound of
the trumpet; Praise Him with the psaltery and harp. Praise Him with the
stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals;
Praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals."
Psalms
150:3 – 5
"And I
heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice
of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their
harps."
Revelations 14:2
Why Does The Whole Group 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"
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 offered in faith
will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up~ and if
he has committed sins, that they will be forgiven him."
James 5:14,15