Eph. 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

John 4:24 God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).

for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.

2Cor. 14:16 ¶ So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.

2Cor. 14:17 These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us.

2Cor. 14:18 There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.

Mic. 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

John 6:27 Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes [in the using], but strive and work andproduce rather for the [lasting] food which endures [continually] unto life eternal; the Son of Man will give (furnish) you that,

John 6:28 They then said, What are we to do, that we may [habitually] be working the works of God? [What are we to do to carry out what God requires?]

John 6:29 Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].

2Chr. 16:9 nlt The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on, you will be at war.”

Eccl. 3:11 amp He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy],

Psa. 22:3KJV But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Psa. 22:3 RSV Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

Psa. 29:10 The Lord sat as King over the deluge; (an overwhelming amount of something…) the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever!

Psa. 29:11 The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

1. Hebrew word for praise-Yadah

* Yadah means to hold out the hand, or especially to worship with extended hands.

* Yadah-to throw ourselves over on God in complete trust. It is a literal meaning of thanks/praise …extend yourself to the Lord.

Prov. 31:30amp Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently andworshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised!

Prov. 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates [of the city]!†

Prov. 31:20 She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy.

2Chr. 20:21 When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!

Many of you, if you would just praise and thank the Lord, wholeheartedly, hands up, mouth open with the truth of who God is, you too will be delivered!!!

Psa. 136:1 O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.