Mini-Sermons on
Singing PRAISES Before His Name
I trust you will pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach and preach to you
as you read and meditate on these verses listed below.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH,
and rejoice before him.
Psalm 68:4
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Sermons on Praising the Lord
Sermons preached specifically on singing praises to the Lord.
Note that the first full phrase in Psalms 68:4 includes... sing praises to his name.  Christians these days certainly seem to be aware of the words sing praises, yet many ignore the last three words to his name.
People today must see in Psalm 68:4 that these praises can only be sung TO HIS NAME, yet according to the Holy Scriptures, a lost person can not sing to his name until he is willing to first call upon his name.  But in these days, it appears that more and more Christians - KJV folks, as well, seem to have forgotten that they called upon his name as they now tend to sing to their own name, in other words, to their own flesh.  So much for calling upon his name and singing praises to his name!
More and more Bible Believers along with the modern Christian crowd concern themselves with music that is leading people after their flesh.  We know people can't present CCM, etc. to the Lord, but can we really 'present' this modern Southern hillbilly praise music to his name?  Would you want Jesus Christ to 'sway' with you - to holler and jump to the banjo - tap the foot to the upbeat, etc.  Do you want Jesus Christ to go 'after the flesh' with you, too?

I encourage you to read ALL of these verses that deal specifically with praise 'before' you come to any opinionated 'conclusion' about your "praise music.

Sing Praises to His Name
AT others, FROM me, TO Him!
Psalm 7:17
 Psalm 92:1-4
 Psalm 145:7
 Jeremiah 20:13
Psalm 9:1,2
 Psalm 95:1, 2
 Psalm 149:1
 Jeremiah 31:7
 Psalm 40:3
 Psalm 96:1-3
 Proverbs 25:20
 I Chronicles 15:27
 Psalm 18:49
 Psalm 101:1
 Isaiah 5:1
 Ephesians 5:19
 Psalm 57:9
 Psalm 108:1,2
 Isaiah 24:14
 Exodus 15:1-21
 Psalm 61:8
 Psalm 108:3
 Isaiah 35:6
 Colossians 3:16
 Psalm 66:1-8
 Psalm 126:2
 Isaiah 42:10-12
 Acts 16:25
 Psalm 68:32-34
 Psalm 135:1-3
Isaiah 48:20
 Deuteronomy 31:19-30
 Psalm 69:30
 Psalm 137:3, 4
 Isaiah 52:8,9
 I Chronicles 9:33
 Psalm 75:9
 Psalm 138:1
 Isaiah 65:14
 I Chronicles 23:5
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Mini-Sermons on singing praises to his name
Psalm 7:17
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
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Psalm 9:1,2
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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Psalm 40:3
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:
many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
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Psalm 18:49
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 
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Psalm 57:9
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
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Psalm 61:8
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
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Psalm 66:1-8
1: Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:  2: Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. 3: Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. 4: All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name.  Selah. 5: Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.  6: He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. 7: He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves.  Selah.  8: O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 
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Psalm 68:32-34
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old;
lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
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Psalm 69:30
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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Psalm 75:9
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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Psalm 92:1-4
1: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3: Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.  4: For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
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Psalm 95:1,2
O come, let us sing unto the LORD:
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
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Psalm 96:1-3
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
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Psalm 101:1
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
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Psalm 108:1,2
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
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Psalm 108:3
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people:
and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
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Psalm 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
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Psalm 135:1-3
Praise ye the LORD.  Praise ye the name of the LORD;
praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
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Psalm 137:3,4
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? 
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Psalm 138:1
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
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Psalm 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
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Psalm 149:1
Praise ye the LORD.
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
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Proverbs 25:20
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre,
so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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Isaiah 5:1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.
My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 
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Isaiah 24:14
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD,
they shall cry aloud from the sea.
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Isaiah 35:6
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 
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Isaiah 42:10-12
10: Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11: Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12: Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
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Isaiah 48:20
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 
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Isaiah 52:8, 9
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing:
for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem:
for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 65:14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,
and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
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Jeremiah 20:13
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD:
for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
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Jeremiah 31:7
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
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I Chronicles 15:27
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
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Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
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Exodus 15:1-21
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD,
and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea...
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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Acts 16:25
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God:
and the prisoners heard them.
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Deuteronomy 31:19-30
 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel:
put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
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I Chronicles 9:33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,
who remaining in the chambers were free:
for they were employed in that work day and night.
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I Chronicles 23:5
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD
with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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