Praise
19
Along the way in this series, I have
sought to emphasize to you what the Scripture emphasizes about praising God and
to portray what that looks like in practical terms. In today's post, the
concluding one in the series, I want to present one final method I incorporate
in praising God: singing.
It is eminently biblical to do so. (Judges
5.3, II Chronicles 20.22, II Chronicles 23.13, II Chronicles 29.30, Psalm 7.17,
9.2, 21.13, 30.12, 33.2, 57.7, 57.9, 61.8, 66.2, 71.22, 98.4, 104.33, 108.1,
108.3, 135.3, 138.1, 146.2, 147.1, 147.7, 149.1, 149.3, Isaiah 42.10, Jeremiah
20.13, 31.7, Hebrews 2.12)
“Yes, Pastor Brennan, I agree. Which is
why I do it in church.”
Good. I hope you do it and do it heartily.
But just as worship and prayer may be found in a church service but should be
incorporated elsewhere, so it is with this. Nor is it hard to do. Grab a
songbook, find a quiet corner, and sing to Him for a while. It does
not matter how well you sing. To Him, it will sound beautiful.
The songbook I use is one I compiled
explicitly for this purpose. I searched all my hymnbooks for songs of praise
directly to (rather than about) God. Then, I put them all in one notebook.
Here, then, are the songs in that notebook.
Here is Love,
William Rees (1802-1883)
Worthy of Praise,
Ron Hamilton (1950-2023)
My Song, Bob Jones
(1911-1997)
The God of Abraham
Praise, Thomas Olivers (1725-1799)
Thou Art Worthy,
from the German, translated by Frank Garlock (1930-2023)
Holy God, We
Praise Thy Name, Ignace Franz (1719-1790)
We Worship and
Adore You, Frank Garlock (1930-2023)
The Praise Song,
Ron Hamilton (1950-2023)
And Can It Be That
I Should Gain?, Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
When Morning Gilds
the Skies, from the German, translated by Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Thine Be the Glory,
Edmund L. Budry (1854-1932)
For the Beauty of
the Earth, Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917)
How Wonderful Art
Thou, E. D. Eden
Jesus, the Very
Thought of Thee, Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153)
How Majestic is
Thy Name, Ron Hamilton (1950-2023)
Shepherd of Eager
Youth, Clement of Alexandria (170-220)
Immortal,
Invisible, God Only Wise, Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908)
O Worship the
King, Robert Grant (1779-1838)
Come, Thou
Almighty King, Italian hymn
Great and
Marvelous, Ron Hamilton (1950-2023)
Strong in
Salvation, Bob Jones (1911-1997)
Jesus, Lover of My
Soul, Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
We Sing the
Boundless Praise, Joseph C. Macaulay (1900-1982)
Oh, for a Thousand
Tongues, Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Hark! Ten Thousand
Harps and Voices, Thomas Kelly (1769-1854)
Crown Him with
Many Crowns, Matthew Bridges (1851)
I Sing the Mighty
Power of God, Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
There Is a
Fountain, William Cowper (1731-1800)
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
Thank You, Lord,
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Sykes
Be Thou My Vision,
from the Irish, translated by Mary E. Byrne (1880-1931)
How Great Thou
Art, Carl Boberg (1859-1940)
Great is Thy
Faithfulness, Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)
Fairest Lord
Jesus, from the Silesian, translated by Joseph A. Seiss (1823-1904)
Come, Thou Fount,
Robert Robinson (1735-1790)
Be Thou Exalted,
Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)
Thanks to God,
August Ludvig Storm (1862-1914)
