• We raise our hands because 1 Timothy 2:8 says, "I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands."
  
  
• We clap our hands because Psalm 47:1 says, "O clap your hands, all ye people."
  
  
• We sing and play music because Ephesians 5:19 says to worship "in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord," and Psalm 150 says to praise God with musical instruments.
  
  
• We worship with a joyful noise because Psalm 66:1 says, "Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands."
  
  
• We pray aloud because the early church "lifted up their voice to God with one accord" in prayer (Acts 4:24).
  
  
• We dance in the Spirit because Psalm 149:3 says, "Let them praise his name in the dance."