Hence they sing songs which may be asking God for something or songs that may be lashing their enemies and just because those songs are fast, they caption them praise. the other side of the story also holds.
As a result, our most of our praise and adoration leaders in the various churches also blindly commit the same blunder in churches during these times thinking they are leading people to praise or adore God but will be actually doing the exact opposite.
Praise means to commend or express warm approval or admiration of somebody. Hence songs that will be sung during such times are to do exactly what the above says - express admiration,extol and commend God for the manifold things He has done with an example being what the Psalmist said in Psalm 8. Oh Lord our Lord how majestic (excellent) is Your name in all the earth! Praise songs can either be fast or slow. It's the content that makes it praise.
Adore on the other hand is to love and respect someone deeply or to worship or venerate. Thus songs sung under this umbrella are those to love and worship God. Not just any song that has a slow rhythm. A wonderful example from our Psalm is from 3 and 4 which says: "When I consider thy heavens, the work of their fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" This shows the deep respect the psalmist has for God and the worship with which he is attributing to Him. Another example is Jabu Hlongwane's a wonderful God you are to me. These songs can also be fast or slow in rhythm.
Songs to fall under the praise and adoration are to be based on content and not on how fast or slow the rhythm is. Let's take a cue from this and do the right thing when praising and adoring our MAKER For he truly is a wonderful God.
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