Hebrews 13:15 Sacrifice of Praise
“Through Jesus, then, let us keep offering to God our own sacrifice, the praise of lips that confess His name without ceasing” (VOICE).
There’s a song that has been continually going through my mind for the past several weeks, and it comes from the verse quoted above.
“We bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.
We bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.
And we offer up to you the sacrifices of thanksgiving;
And we offer up to you the sacrifices of joy.”
This song was written by Kirk Dearman in about 1980 after hearing a sermon about the sacrifice of praise. As he and his wife were driving home from church, he thought that a worship song could be written from the message. Within five minutes the tune and words came to him. When they got home, he played and sang the song for his wife and introduced it to his church the following Sunday. I’m glad he did.
Should we ever come into the house of the Lord without praise? Isn’t that one of the main reasons we gather—to praise the Lord? Thanksgiving should certainly be part of our worship every time we gather, and is joy really a sacrifice? In any case, singing praise, thanksgiving, and joy has been a part of my life for the past several weeks. Praise, thanksgiving, and joy are often written within the praise and worship songs we sing frequently. Here we have all three of them in one short chorus. The Scripture verse above says that we should bring these sacrifices to God without ceasing. I don’t have to go to church to bring the sacrifice of praise, the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and the sacrifice of joy to my Lord. I can bring them every day. We all can, so let’s join in the sacrifice of praise every day.
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