This is a praise shout, based loosely on Psalm 148. It explores the "whole life" implications of all creation praising God, and the challenge for us to praise God in every place, task and circumstance.

A similar shout based by Dave Hopwood based on Psalm 149 is available here, and a variation on the Psalm 148 one as poem is available here - thanks to Dave for inspiring our third variation.

Extract from the praise shout:

ALL: Praise the Lord!
Praise God from heaven,
praise him from the mountaintops,
praise him, all you his angels,
praise him, all you his warriors,
ALL: Praise the Lord!

Praise God from the kitchen,
praise him from the living room,
praise him, all you labourers,
praise him, all you job seekers,
ALL: Praise the Lord!

Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, you morning stars,
praise him, high heaven,
praise him, heavenly rain clouds,

Oh, let them praise the name of God -
for he spoke them into being.
ALL: Praise the Lord!

Praise him, banks and governments,
praise him, hospitals and health centres,
praise him, schools and universities,
praise him, theatres and media,

Oh, let them praise the name of God -
for he spoke leadership, care, learning and creativity into being.
ALL: Praise the Lord!

Praise him, young and old,
praise him, all you lonely,
praise him, all you busy,
praise him, all you bored,
ALL: Praise the Lord!

Praise him when you're happy,
praise him through the dark times,
praise him when you're working,
praise him when at rest.
ALL: Praise the Lord!

Let all praise the name of God -
it's the only Name worth praising.
His glory is above all -
Hallelujah!
ALL: Praise the Lord!

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