Added Song 9 of 69 · The Added Songs — Songs of Praise
Praise With All My Heart
Thread
Learning to praise Him — what praise really is
Instruments
Student arrangement — their instruments, their choice (the composer's year).
The notes and instruments stand exactly as created — skilled musicians can already play this music as written.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Is praise a song I sing on Sunday,
Then forget by Monday?
Is praise the words I say in prayer,
When nobody is there?
Chorus
Praise is more than singing —
It's the life I'm bringing!
Every choice I make today
Is a song I sing Yahweh's way.
Praise with all my heart,
Let the worship start —
Not just the tune, but all of me:
That's what praise was meant to be!
Verse 2
Is praise the thanks I give for food,
Only when I'm in the mood?
Is praise a feeling, warm and bright,
That fades into the night?
(Chorus)
Bridge
So I'll praise Him in the hallway,
Praise Him when I work and play,
Praise Him when it's hard to do —
That's when praise is truest, true.
(Chorus, then strip back to voices only on the last two lines)
Teaching Note
Eighth graders smell hypocrisy a mile away — including their own. This song takes their hardest question seriously: is worship real if my life doesn't match? Don't rush past the verses. Let them argue with the song before they sing the chorus.
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