Why do we stand when we sing?

II Chronicles 20:19 – “And the Levites … of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.”

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Why do we lift our hands?

Psalm 63:4 – “Thus I will bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.”

Psalm 134:2 – “Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord.”

I Timothy 2:8 – “I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or doubting.”

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Why do we have audible praise unto God?

Psalm 103:1 – “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me bless His holy name.”

Psalm 34:1 – “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Acts 4:24 – “And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God …”

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Why do we have this type of worship?

John 4:23-24 – “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.”

Philippians 3:3 – “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh.”

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Why do we sing choruses as well as hymns?

Ephesians 5:18-19 – “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.”

Colossians 3:16 – “Let the work 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.”

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Why are musical instruments a part of the worship service?

Psalm 150:3-5 – “Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise him with psaltery and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance. Praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals: Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals."