Praise And Worship Description

The praise-and-worship tradition is found mainly among charismatic churches and those churches influenced by recent innovations in both liturgical and nonliturgical bodies. The article below makes a distinction between praise, which is directed to God for God's acts, and worship, which is directed to God for God's person. Some ten years ago, when I wrote the book Let Us Praise, I consistently interchanged the words praise and worship for, at that level of my walk with God, I accepted them as synonymous terms. During the intervening years I have observed that the Scriptures do not interchange these words but rather teach that praise prepares us for worship, or that praise is a prelude to worship. Psalm 95 is a good example of this principle. It begins: O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. (vv. 12, kjv) That this is praise none would …