WHAT IS PRAISE?

Praise means “to commend, to applaud or magnify.” For the Christian, praise to God is an expression of worship, lifting-up and glorifying the Lord. It is an expression of humbling ourselves and centering our attention upon the Lord with heart-felt expressions of love, adoration and thanksgiving. High praises bring our spirit into a pinnacle of fellowship and intimacy between ourselves and God — it magnifies our awareness of our spiritual union with the most high God. Praise transports us into the realm of the supernatural and into the power of God. “Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance” (Psalms 89:15).

There are many actions involved with praise to God — verbal expressions of adoration and thanksgiving, singing, playing instruments, shouting, dancing, lifting or clapping our hands. But true praise is not “merely” going through these motions. Jesus spoke about the hypocrisy of the pharisees, whose worship was only an outward show and not from the heart. “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me” (Matthew 15:8). Genuine praise to God is a matter of humility and sincere devotion to the Lord from within.

Unpretentious praise and worship pleases the Lord. He delights in the love and devotion of His children. According to the scriptures, the various expressions of praise bring blessing to the Lord. He eagerly awaits the fragrance of our affections, desiring to manifest His sweet presence and power in our midst. “...the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him” (John 4:23).

PRAISE TO GOD IS A LIFE STYLE

All too often, praise to God is something that many people leave at church, an event that happens only when they come together with other Christians. However, praise should be a part of a believers lifestyle, inter-mingled as a part of their daily prayer-life. At work, in the car, at home in bed, or anywhere; praise to the Lord brings the refreshing of the Lord’s presence, along with His power and anointing. “...I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalms 34:1).

Praise is an expression of faith, and a declaration of victory! It declares that we believe God is with us and is in control of the outcome of all our circumstances (Romans 8:28). Praise is a “sacrifice,” something that we offer to God sacrificially, not just because we feel like it, but because we believe in Him and wish to please Him. “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Hebrews 13:15).

SOME BIBLICAL EXPRESSIONS OF PRAISE

Declaring of thanks (Heb. 13:15)
Clapping hands and shouting (Psalms 47:1)
Musical instruments and dancing (Psm. 150:4)
Singing praise songs (Psalms 9:11)
Psalms, hymns, & spiritual songs (Eph. 5:19-20)
Making a joyful noise (Psalms 98:4)
By lifting our hands (Psalms 134:2)
By being still (Psalms 4:3-5, 46:10)
By being loud (Psalms 33:3, 95:1-6)

OPERATION UREJESHO

''We need them they are our BROTHERS and SISTERS''
Genesis 14:14-16

60 days of Battle

GOALS:
To station the Presence of God in our University
To return back the University to God
To reach over 500 students by the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus
To loose more than 100 people, who are oppressed by the devil

EVENT PHOTOS

GET TO KNOW THE ICT DEPARTMENT IN SAUTFES

WHAT IS ICT?
ICT stands for Information, Communication and Technology. This field has been re-invented from IT term which was known earlier for the aim of equipping the information technology field with a complete definition.

WHY ICT?
We believe that ICT has been existing since the very day of earth creation (Genesis 1:1-4). Here we see ‘‘in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth’’ which acts as the first INFORMATION ever given in the holy book, then ‘the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.

And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of waters then God said, ‘‘let there be light’’ and there was light. Here God COMMUNICATE for the first time to make sure that what is said is done.

And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. Here at last, He made the division between the chosen ones who will go to heaven ‘‘sons of light’’ and those who will go to hell ‘’sons of darkness’’ by using super TECHNOLOGY which came through a word (Jesus) plus the same Holy Spirit who was moving on the water to bring the world to the end of days when the son of man will descend back from heaven with a new holy Jerusalem (Revelation 21, 22).

This is just a vivid example to show how God values the use of ICT to perform his daily tasks, just like typing a letter C on the keyboard of your computer here in Tanzania or talking through video phone then through Internet somebody in Singapore can see what you are typing and hear what you are saying. The same happens when God speaks in heaven and it’s done on earth. Therefore we are part and parcel of ICT, we can’t just avoid it.


NEW JERUSALEM ZONE
In the pictures below are some members

of the New Jerusalem Zone

The picture above the members at Kashekulo
Hostel and the picture below one of the meeting
at Malengeta Residence


SAUTFES PRAISE TEAM WORSHIPING GOD

IN ONE OF THE SERVICE AT SAINT AUGUSTINE

UNIVERSITY