This document discusses the sacrifice of praise in Christianity. It provides several Bible verses that describe praise as a sacrifice and as the appropriate response to Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. Praise involves thanksgiving, singing, and coming into God's presence with gladness. Entering God's gates represents thanksgiving, while entering his courts represents praise. The ultimate purpose of praise is encountering God's presence, represented by the ark. The document encourages readers to make their own lives a place of God's presence through praise.

2. The Sacrifice of Praise

3. Why?

4. Gates
Courts
Altar
Ark

5. And this is what you shall
do to them to hallow them
for ministering to Me as
priests: Take one young
bull and two rams without
blemish...
Exodus 29:1

6. But you are a chosen
generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people,
that you may proclaim the
praises of Him who called
you out of darkness into
His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9

7. Through Jesus, therefore,
let us continually offer to
God a sacrifice of praise—
the fruit of lips that openly
profess his name.
Hebrews 13:15

8. Why is praise our New
Covenant sacrifice?

9. Through Jesus...

10. Enter into His gates with
thanksgiving,
And into His courts with
praise.
Be thankful to Him, and
bless His name.
Psalm 100:4

11. Enter with the password:
“Thank you!”
Make yourselves at home,
talking praise.
Thank him.
Worship him.
Psalm 100:4

12. I have been crucified with
Christ; it is no longer I
who live, but Christ lives
in me; and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live
by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave
Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

13. Gates = Thanksgiving
Courts = Praise
Altar = Surrender
Ark = Presence

14. Why is praise called a
sacrifice?

15. Why are you cast down,
O my soul?
And why are you
disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet
praise Him
For the help of His
countenance.
Psalm 42:5

16. Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me,
bless His holy name!
Psalm 103:1

17. God establishes his
throne on the praises of
his people.
Psalm 22:3

18. Passion
Perspective
Purpose
Presence

19. In worship an increased
power steals its way into
the heart sanctuary, an
increased compassion
grows in the soul. To
worship is to change.
Richard J. Foster

20. What is the appropriate
response to the sacrifice
of Jesus?

21. The sacrifice of praise.

22. Make a joyful shout to the
Lord, all you lands! Serve
the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence
with singing.
Psalm 100:1-2

23. Know that the Lord, He is
God; It is He who has
made us, and not we
ourselves; We are His
people and the sheep of
His pasture.
Psalm 100:3

24. Enter into His gates with
thanksgiving, And into His
courts with praise. Be
thankful to Him, and bless
His name.
Psalm 100:4

25. For the Lord is good; His
mercy is everlasting, And
His truth endures to all
generations.
Psalm 100:5

26. On your feet now—
applaud God!
Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his
presence.
Psalm 100:1-2

27. Enter with the password:
“Thank you!”
Make yourselves at home,
talking praise.
Thank him.
Worship him.
Psalm 100:4

28. Praise
Releases joy
Requires gladness &
Responds with singing

29. You can’t get to the ark if
you don’t go through the
gates.

30. Gates = Thanksgiving
Courts = Praise
Altar = Surrender
Ark = Presence

31. Thanksgiving
A public celebration in the
grateful acknowledgment
of divine favor or
kindness.

32. Praise
The act of expressing
approval, admiration or
commendation, offering
grateful homage in words
or song, as an act of
worship.

33. Surrender
To yield to the
possession or power of
another.

34. Presence
The Face of God - a close
and personal encounter
with the Lord.

35. Moses took his tent and pitched it
outside the camp, far from the
camp, and called it the tabernacle
of meeting. And it came to pass
that everyone who sought the Lord
went out to the tabernacle of
meeting which was outside the
camp.
Exodus 33:7

36. So it was, whenever Moses went
out to the tabernacle, that all the
people rose, and each man stood
at his tent door and watched Moses
until he had gone into the
tabernacle.
Exodus 33:8

37. And it came to pass, when Moses
entered the tabernacle, that the
pillar of cloud descended and
stood at the door of the tabernacle,
and the Lord talked with Moses.
Exodus 33:9

38. All the people saw the pillar of
cloud standing at the tabernacle
door, and all the people rose and
worshiped, each man in his tent
door.
Exodus 33:10

39. So the Lord spoke to Moses face to
face, as a man speaks to his friend.
And he would return to the camp,
but his servant Joshua the son of
Nun, a young man, did not depart
from the tabernacle.
Exodus 33:11

40. Make your own tent the
tabernacle.

41. His Presence is the womb
of Your potential.

42. #leadyourself

43. Through Jesus, therefore,
let us continually offer to
God a sacrifice of praise—
the fruit of lips that openly
profess his name.
Hebrews 13:15