Worship and Praise

In true worship, we become detached from self and are lifted by the Spirit into the realm for which we

were created, to worship and adore God.

In real adoration, there are only three words which can be used in English, "worthy, worthy, worthy;"

"glory, glory, glory," and "holy, holy, holy." Worship is the adoration of God for who He is, above and

beyond all He could do, or has done for us.

Praise expresses our gratitude for the things that God gives us. He does something for us, so we offer

praise and thanksgiving for that which He has done. Thus, in praise, we are occupied with the thought

of things.

But when we are caught up in the Spirit, we no longer think of praising the Lord for things, but rather

we become occupied with the Lord Himself. This worship is born of the Spirit, as it cannot be

produced by us.

Whenever we give the Holy Spirit opportunity to really pour forth worship and adoration, it is unto

God for who He is in Himself. When we come into this level of adoration, we are no longer able to give

expression to our feelings, as we do in the realm of praise.

The Holy Spirit often catches us up from the realm of praise into another level, in which an anointing is

released from within us and all we can do is move along with the Spirit in the expression of adoration.

This adoration finds its expression in "holy, holy, glory, glory, worthy, worthy." We are not merely

saying words, but worshipping the Lord for who He is in Himself. He is worthy, for worthy is the Lamb

of all glory and adoration.

Our Lord greatly desires a people who will come beyond the realm of praise into a pure worship, which

will bring Him forth into view, in all His beauty and power. Our worship alone will do this.