The essence of praise in fellowship can never be over emphasized. There is a popular saying that 'he who praises God while praying prays twice'. The book of Psalms chapter 100:4 says "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name." The story of Paul and Silas also teaches us the importance of praise as they got liberated from their chains and captivity when they praised God.
As a photographer and a Christian, I was privileged to be the official photographer for a all night praise program held in my church. A lot transpired that night and I would be sharing some excerpts from that wonderful night.
The program started off with opening prayers and worship.
A lot of preparations had been put on ground to make sure the praise night was a success as pianists,
drummers,
and all other instrumentalists
were on ground to ensure that the praises ascended to the heavens with melodies that would be pleasing to the Lord.
Praises were sung and the congregation sang and danced like David did in the bible.
Songs ranging from English to Nigerian traditional songs were rendered by the choir and the instrumentalists backed up the choir wonderfully well.
Nights like this couldn't possibly be complete without sharing the word of God. The word of God was taken from the book of 2nd Kings Chapter 6 which talked about restoration and upliftment. Lives were touched and hearts were opened up to the living word of God.
Prayers were lifted up to the Lord and petitions were raised to heaven. It was indeed a glorious sight to behold as hearts and minds and bodies were lifted up to God in prayers.
More and more praises followed after the prayers. This time, the congregation danced and sang with reckless abandon, pouring out and offering their lives to the Lord in prayers. No words can describe how it felt if you weren't present in person as the presence of God could be felt in that gathering.
The praises lasted till dawn and everyone that came were greatly blessed as testimonies were shared and burdens were dropped at the feet of the Lord. It was indeed a glorious night !!!.
Dedicated to the wonderful @sirknight in appreciation for the awesome work he is doing in leading the @steemchurch .
Beautiful pictures! I see joy in all the pictures. It's always a happy moment being in the house of our God. The last picture does much of the talking. Thanks for sharing this.
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Thanks for sharing this with SteemChurch. You are a really good photographer, we appreciate your skills here. We would expect to see more like this from you.
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Incredible pictures
Obviously the devil is ashamed on this one
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Beautiful awesome photos, the joy in praising the Lord can not be explained.
Its a glorious sight seeing so many people praising and praying to the Lord.
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A very interesting post. If someone does anything for you, we need to appreciate it
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Just like in the days of old wge the wall of jericho was felled down just with praise,as david draws the heart of God just with constant praise so it is in our days,thats a wonderful display of pictures i can see joy in their faces.
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When the spirit of the lord is upon you, you will praise and worship like no one is watching and these are what this pictures are depicting!
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I can only imagine being in such an atmosphere full of God seeking people and praising God together with them. It surely going to be great experience one can never forget.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures
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Nothing seems more important than the privilege to render thanks and praise to the Glorious Father in Heaven.. You guys did good and it's my prayers that God acknowledges that. Amen
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I'm so happy this is coming from you bro. I never doubted you could produce such awesome pictures. Keep it up bro. Steemchurch appreciates you
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Praise onto God is fine wine. Nice pictures depicting typical praise in nigeria.
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Yea,thats true,it's important to praise God,he deserved our praise and worship,he dwells in it and it's a privilege we have.
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God is the only one who deserve our praise
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It's good you praise the Lord
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Your pictures are so beautiful.
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Praises and worship is one of the best part of church i would always love to be part of.
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This is again a gorgeous photo series @thejotographer! Great job and a wonderful insight into a ceremony. I'm impressed by all the bright colors and happy faces :-)
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Great one bro....nice pictures
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