IMPORTANCE OF PRAISE. The Scriptures often encourage God's people to praise the LORD.
The call to praise God reverberates throughout the N.T. Jesus Himself praised His Father in heaven. Paul expects all nations to glorify God (Rom. 15:9-11; Eph. 1:3,6,12) and James calls us to praise the LORD (Jas. 3:9; 5:13).
And in the end, the picture in Revelation is of a vast throng of both saints and angels praising God continually (Rev. 4:9-11).
Blessings,
Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes
FLSB
