What is Praise and Worship?
Here at Liberty Chapel we hope to create an environment where anyone in our sanctuary feels free to praise and worship our Savior. Below is some insight on exactly what that is.
Praise and Worship are words that are often used together to describe the music portion of a church service. However, each of these words have different meaning.
Praise can be defined as to commend, to express approval or admiration of, to magnify or to glorify. Praise is something we direct toward God or express to others about who God is and what He has done. Worship is more difficult to define because worship is a divine encounter with God. It involves giving to God our total self. We can worship without uttering a single sound because God's spirit within us is contacting the Spirit in the Godhead.
When we praise we become more conscious of God's presence. Worship is not only a response to his presence, but also recognition of His presence even when we feel very far from Him. Scripture gives examples of individuals who chose to worship God even when in their darkest hour.