What makes us do this

[tigger398]

I was listening to worship music and it makes me just want to lift my arms and hands up high, even at church but mostly to music, but what makes us want to do that. Does everyone do that is it a gift or something.

[damo1]

damo1

high i do this to not just in church but at home when i have hill song playing or any other worship cd i have it is called surrendering and showing our father in heaven how much we love him and how thank ful we are for what his son did for us on the cross i also fall on my kness threw worship their are times wear i wil have both my hands raised to heaven

so do not feel bad when you do this as its just a sign of respect and wear you are saying hay dad i love you that much hear i am refresh me as gods spirit does this with me and i love it when he falls on me like this threw worship i even cry threw worship and its not just me my pastor also weeps before god in worship

david danced naked before the lord when he bought the ark home

yet others might have something else to say on what you are asking but this is how i see what you are saying

from damo

[backontrack]

I was listening to worship music and it makes me just want to lift my arms and hands up high, even at church but mostly to music, but what makes us want to do that. Does everyone do that is it a gift or something.

Wow I am not alone in this act! Trouble is I do not do it enough. The word say God inhabits the praise of his people. Keep it up and if you have the courage do it when others won't. They might join in!

[Afal]

I was listening to worship music and it makes me just want to lift my arms and hands up high,

I love doing that - but what makes me want to physically lift my arms, I don't know! I look forward to learning!

[irishcowboy]

do it at work? me? yep,

do it while driving? me? yep, (one handed only)

most the time i raise my hands in praise..... today, while working, I gave thanks to the Lord, and raised up one hand in thanks,

as i continued on with work, one of the guys was looking up above where I had been raising my hand in worship.... later, he asked if i was one of them holy rollers.... i said yep... sure am.....

raise up the Lord in worship.... at work, do not stop work to pray and worship, we can do that while we work.....

mike

[Blien]

When my dad and went for a walk and talked about our problems then forgiven each other for years of wrongs against each other.. I walked a little slower and when he was in the house, i stood looking at the night sky above and thanked GOD with my hands in the air. GOD IS GREAT!!

I just wanted to physically show my appreciaition..

[vicki-aka-bebe]

well tig, not sure what it is but i just feel the Spirit of God move and i just want to lift my hands up and praise the Lord. when i first started a church that did that and said an amen out loud or a hallelujah out loud i was sitting in the back thinking ok whats up, might have to sneek out... was not what i was use too.. but i stuck it out and after a while going i noticed one day i felt my hand go up and i almost yanked it down and then i relized that i didnt want to bring it down and that i didnt care what people thought of me.. i just wanted to praise him and lift his name up... and now i will be in church and if i feel the Holy Spirit on me i will shout it raise my hand give the preacher an amen out loud, i dont care... now i want get out of order but it is just one way i show the Lord how i love him and am not ashamed of him.. sometimes as i am sure u know u just cant contain the feeling, u have to raise your hand to the heavens and shout to the Lord.. i do it at home, in the car, when ever i feel like it.. if we dont praise him he said the rocks will cry out and praise him, i dont want no rock taking my place.. feels like a fire in ur belly sometimes. and as i said dont care what people think we are a peculiar people and thats ok.. i know i am alittle radical lol ......... so Praise the Lord and Hallelujah!!!!!!

He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords... Thank you Jesus ...

God Bless sister vicki

[Rebecca2]

It's called being filled with the Spirit!!!!!! Isn't it wonderful!!!!!

I used to look around before I raised my hands. I was so self-conscious. Then I felt a little empty afterwards. I realized that I was stifling the Spirit. Now I just raise my hands and even stand up if I feel moved by the Spirit. My Dad always said that sometimes it only takes one person to start things going in the right direction. Hallelujeh! Raise those hands!!!

[peaches]

i was thinking the very same thing yesterday while at work! i work at a christian book store and i was looking around at worship CDs and many had a person with their hands lifted up on the cover. i came to the conclusion that maybe its cos God's presence becomes too much/too real for us that spreading our hands becomes the only other way to express whats going on. i dont know, maybe its similar to how people from old times would lie flat on the ground in moments of desperation when they were in Gods presence.

[Carol R]

Me too, I raise my hands and sometimes when I'm singing and worshipping God I close my eyes so there are no other distractions (not when driving..lol).

At home sometimes at work too tho most know I am a christian we have had a few new starts and thay as yet don't know, I just wait for God to give me opportunities to share with them.

Oh He is an awesome God.