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1 | Should we lift our hands in praise and | NT general Archive 1 | One | 70365 | ||
Let me add a personal note. I come from a very non-emotional back ground in my church setting. I now attend a church that is very emotional and hand raising is common. The preacher and I are golf buddies he asked me one day if I ever felt uncomfortable with the hand raising. I replied, "Yes, very." He said, "Why have you never told me?" I told him then because it was my problem not anyone else’s. Remember we never know a person’s heart someone asked me why don't I get excited a church? I said, "I do." My point is no matter if we have hands up or down, head up or down do it to God's glory! | ||||||
2 | Should we lift our hands in praise and | NT general Archive 1 | cj4866 | 70446 | ||
All worship is very personal, between that individual and God and will be judged individually not as a "group". When God looks into my heart He and He alone will know if I am trying to look religious (lifting hands) or if I am worshipping with a pure heart. My current non-emotional church is of the opinion that such outward displays are distracting to others. I referred our minister to Luke's account of the Pharisee and the publican. Beating ones chest, tearing ones clothes and weeping are pretty distracting, yet this man went home justified. The lesson I get from this wonderful passage is: Don't be impressed by pompous traditions and outward appearances but rather, strive to have a pure and humble heart, even if it offends the more dignified traditionalists. On the other hand....if lifting hands makes someone uncomfortable, it would be just as wrong for that person to lift hands when it is not in worship to God, but more so to fit in with the crowd. You made a good point, thanks. | ||||||