Psalm 9:11 (NIV) Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
James 5:13 (NIV) Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.
1 Peter 2:9 (NIV) But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Peter Buehler, who helped lead John and Charles Wesley to experience conversions, once said, "If I had a thousand tongues, I'd praise Christ with them all." Charles Wesley expanded this stray comment into lines that became the well-known hymn "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing."—"The Golden Age of Hymns"
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PRAISE TO GOD".
