I am looking for thoughts or views on raising hands during praise.
I am 65 and was saved and baptised at 11. In the churches I have previously attended, we just sat still and listened. In the last church I attended, we did not even stand to sing. I moved and began attending a local church that has some pentecostal roots. I love the church. It is bible based and I feel like I am at a church that is alive and is full of joy and hope. I am a work in progress though. I study the bible daily and pray. I often raise my arms in prayer or praise at home. I am trying to look at myself and really practice introspection and reach out and feel the Holy Spirit. However, after so many years of churches that do not raise hands, I was more hesitant at church. I have been there 2 months and wanted to make sure i was raising my arms for the right reasons -not just to fit in. Sunday the pastor said that he knows who is raising hands and who is hot and if we are not doing so at church he knew that we were not glorifying the Lord during the week. Immediately, I fel judged. H6wever, the Bible does say to raise hands in praise. Thoughts?
I am 65 and was saved and baptised at 11. In the churches I have previously attended, we just sat still and listened. In the last church I attended, we did not even stand to sing. I moved and began attending a local church that has some pentecostal roots. I love the church. It is bible based and I feel like I am at a church that is alive and is full of joy and hope. I am a work in progress though. I study the bible daily and pray. I often raise my arms in prayer or praise at home. I am trying to look at myself and really practice introspection and reach out and feel the Holy Spirit. However, after so many years of churches that do not raise hands, I was more hesitant at church. I have been there 2 months and wanted to make sure i was raising my arms for the right reasons -not just to fit in. Sunday the pastor said that he knows who is raising hands and who is hot and if we are not doing so at church he knew that we were not glorifying the Lord during the week. Immediately, I fel judged. H6wever, the Bible does say to raise hands in praise. Thoughts?