The biblical commands to be emotional about God are many and strong.

I just picked out a few.

Make a joyful noise.

Shout for joy.

Sing for joy.

Be jubilant with joy. clap hands and shout, exult in the Lord, stand in awe, fear the Lord, be glad in the Lord, boast in the Lord, cry out to the Lord, taste the

Lord, make melody to the Lord, praise with trumpets and lute and harp and timbrels and dance

and strings and pipe and loud clashing symbols.

I don't know how often you think of the Bible commanding your emotions, but it does.

Not just your thoughts or your behavior,

but your affections too.

I'm Dan Kroover.

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper walks us through a flood of scriptures

that call us not just to know God,

but to feel deeply about Him.

The seminar was originally delivered on Wednesday evening,

September 19, 1990. Let me just jump on right there. That's biblical. That's biblical to do that.

To look somebody in the eye and say, praise the Lord is a biblical thing rather than just

always saying, I praise you Lord. It's biblical to say, praise the Lord, Quim, because he hears that,

you hear that, I hear that, and we go up together. But with regard to the larger issue, the only

answer I know is to just do what I'm doing in other words I reckon

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