Re: [Worship] The difference between Praise and Worship

["Bob Dozier" <dozier@ezwv.com>]

I have come to believe that worship is a bending or bowing or humbling of
the will or self in service. Worship by it's very nature is other centered.
How I feel and what I think is beside the point. In worship God is the
receiver and I am the giver. God is the audience and I am the performer. The
primary question in worship is God's attitude or acceptance. How I feel is
beside the point. How anyone feels is beside the point. How God feels is the
point.

While I have not studied praise as extensively, I presently believe that
praise is the expression of gratitude, wonder or admiration. While praise
may be a form of worship it typically focuses on what God has done, directly
or indirectly, for the one praising or what God is in relationship to the
praiser. Praise is about God's personal qualities or activities. The primary
typical question in praise is what has God done. It is about God but not
necessarily to or with God.

Well that should start a discussion or three.

Bob Dozier


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Mike, Connie and Angela Straw <thestraws@usa.net>
To: Worship List <worship@praise.net>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 12:28 AM
Subject: [Worship] The difference between Praise and Worship


> The topic came up in our Praise team a couple months ago of what is the
> difference between praise and worship?  Some people thought that the fast
songs
> were praise songs and the slow songs were worship songs.  I kind of blew
the
> discussion off afterward, but Dave Martin's post the other day on staff
leaning
> got me thinking about it again.  Here's my thought: WORSHIP is something
of the
> heart.  It is a spiritual recognition of the greatness of God (John 4:24).
> PRAISE is the natural result of worship, it is the external manifestation
of the
> worship.  It is declaring the greatness and goodness of God.  If I'm
> unerstanding his correctly, maybe we should stop having Praise and Worship
teams
> and start having Worship and Praise teams.  After all, if you aren't
worhsipping
> Him, you can't be giving Him true Praise!
>
> This is just a thought based on the information I have as of now.  I'd
love to
> hear people's comments.
>
> God bless,
> Mike
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>
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