The difference between praise and worship is:

Praise - an operation of faith that produces an atmosphere where God is pleased to dwell.

Worship - our response to His presence after His presence is manifest.

It's not about a certain form, but our response to the manifest presence of God.

Are we willing to praise God according to His word or do we just act on behalf of our circumstances or our experiences?

God is worthy to be praise, therefore, we praise.

Worship, above all, is a heart issue.

John 4:24-25 teaches that because God is spirit, God the Father seeks for true worshippers who worship Him in spirit and truth.

David is the person who established the worship system in the Bible that God was pleased with, therefore we look to him as the pattern for true Biblical worship. He was a man after God’s own heart.

Key Principles of a Davidic Heart (A Worshipper’s Heart)

1. He had a heart after God

2. He had a teachable Spirit – Psalm 139.23, “Search me, O God and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.”

3. He was a God Pleaser

The goal is to touch God’s heart each time we worship together.

We corporately began on earth and end in His presence
God manifests Himself when and where He is welcome
God is enthroned and in turn we are blessed by and in His presence
Worship is the Goal of our lives