Psalms 63:1-4

1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seekyou; I thirst for you, my whole being longsfor you, in a dry and parched land wherethere is no water. 2 I have seen you in thesanctuary and beheld your power and yourglory. 3 Because your love is better than life,my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you aslong as I live, and in your name I will lift upmy hands.

Seven Hebrew Words for

Praise

HalalHalal is a primary Hebrew root word forpraise. Our word "hallelujah" comesfrom this base word. It means "to beclear, to shine, to boast, show, to rave,celebrate, to be clamorously foolish.“

YadahYadah is a verb with a root meaning,"the extended hand, to throw out thehand, therefore to worship withextended hand." According to theLexicon, the opposite meaning is "tobemoan, the wringing of the hands."

TowdahTowdah comes from the same principle rootword as yadah, but is used morespecifically. Towdah literally means, "anextension of the hand in adoration, avowal,or acceptance." By way of application, it isappratent in the Psalms and elsewhere thatit is used for thanking God for "things notyet received" as well as things already athand.

ShabachShabach means, "to shout, to address in aloud tone, to command, to triumph."

BarakBarak means "to kneel down, to bless Godas an act of adoration."

ZamarZamar means "to pluck the strings of aninstrument, to sing, to praise; a musicalword which is largely involved with joyfulexpressions of music with musicalinstruments.

TehillahTehillah is derived from the word halal andmeans "the singing of halals, to sing or tolaud; perceived to involve music, especiallysinging; hymns of the Spirit.

Four Postures Of Worship

• Lift Your Hands (Yadah)

• Bring Gifts (Towdah)

• Pour Out Heart (Tehillah)

• Bow On Your Knees (Barak)

Lift YourHands

YadahYadah is a verb with a root meaning,"the extended hand, to throw out thehand, therefore to worship withextended hand." According to theLexicon, the opposite meaning is "tobemoan, the wringing of the hands."

Christmas is not just a season of giving

but of worship.

Worship is very important to God.

Matthew 2:2

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in

Judea, during the time of King Herod,

Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2

and asked, “Where is the one who has

been born king of the Jews? We saw

his star when it rose and have come

to worship him.”

We don’t come to God to get what we

want. We come to God so we could worship Him.

God is pleased with our hearts ready to

worship.

You can’t experience God and not show

gratitude.

Worship expresses what is in your

heart.

God lovesit when we do.

Why lift hands?

Surrender

1 Timothy 2:8

8 Therefore I want the men everywhere

to pray, lifting up holy hands without

anger or disputing.

Nazi Salute

Nazi Salute

The Nazi salute or Hitler salute (literally Hitler

Greeting) is a gesture that was used as a

greeting in Nazi Germany. The salute is

performed by extending the right arm in the air

with a straightened hand. Usually, the person

offering the salute would say "Heil Hitler!" (Hail

Hitler!), "Heil, mein Führer!" (Hail, my

leader!), or "Sieg Heil!" (Hail victory!).

Nazi Salute

It was adopted in the 1930s by the Nazi Party

to signal obedience to the party's leader,

Adolf Hitler, and to glorify the German

nation (and later the German war effort). The

salute was mandatory for civilians, but was

mostly optional for military personnel who

retained the traditional military salute until

shortly after the failed assassination attempt on

Hitler in 1944.

Nazi Salute

I made it the salute of the Party long after the

Duce had adopted it. I'd read the description of

the sitting of the Diet of Worms, in the course of

which Luther was greeted with the German

salute. It was to show him that he was not

being confronted with arms, but with peaceful

intentions. In the days of Frederick the Great,

people still saluted with their hats, with

pompous gestures.

Nazi Salute

In the Middle Ages the serfs humbly doffed

their bonnets, whilst the noblemen gave the

German salute. It was in the Ratskeller at

Bremen, about the year 1921, that I first saw

this style of salute. It must be regarded as a

survival of an ancient custom, which originally

signified: "See, I have no weapon in my

hand!" I introduced the salute into the Party at

our first meeting in Weimar.

Nazi Salute

The SS at once gave it a soldierly style. It's

from that moment that our opponents honored

us with the epithet "dogs of Fascists".

— Adolf Hitler, Hitler's Table Talk

August Landmesser

August Landmesser

On 29 October 1935, Landmesser and Eckler's

first daughter, Ingrid, was born. A now-famous

photograph, in which a man identified as

Landmesser refuses to give the Nazi salute,

was taken on 13 June 1936. In 1937,

Landmesser and Eckler tried to flee to

Denmark but were apprehended.

No loving father would turn from the lifted hands of his

child.

James 4:8

8 Come near to God and he will comenear to you. Wash your hands, you sinners,and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Offering of praise.

Romans 12:1-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters,in view of God’s mercy, to offer yourbodies as a living sacrifice, holy andpleasing to God—this is your true andproper worship. 2 Do not conform to thepattern of this world, but be transformed bythe renewing of your mind. Then you will beable to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

PSALMS 141:1-2

1 O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry!Listen when I cry to you for help! 2 Acceptmy prayer as incense offered to you, andmy upraised hands as an eveningoffering.

When we worship, we reach out to God.

When we worship, we offer our battles

to Him.

Victory

Exodus 17:10-11

10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites asMoses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron andHur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long asMoses held up his hands, the Israeliteswere winning, but whenever he loweredhis hands, the Amalekites were winning.

Your victory depends on your worship to God.

You win when you worship, you lose when you don’t.

You lose a battle because you don’t

worship.

Exodus 17:12-13

12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they tooka stone and put it under him and he sat onit. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—oneon one side, one on the other—so thathis hands remained steady till sunset. 13

So Joshua overcame the Amalekite armywith the sword.

Worship is powerful when you do it with

others.

The point of your surrender is the

beginning of your victory

FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL

Presented By:

Ptr. Alvin GutirrezFCC Main, Ampid 1, San Mateo, Rizal, PH

10am Morning Service

December 04, 2016