Respect to a superior officer

[Larry Rice]

If the captain salutes the General, it fulfills many things.

 

How big of a thing is it for the captain to lift both hands to his Almighty God?

It is a little thing, but mentioned in scripture at 1st Timothy 2:8

 

See also :

Exodus 17:11

1st Kings 8:22

2nd Chronicles 6:12

 

I Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

 

Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

 

I Kings 8:22  And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

 

II Chronicles 6:12  And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

 

II Chronicles 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

 

Nehemiah 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with [their] faces to the ground.

 

Job 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

 

Psalms 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

 

Psalms 134:2 Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

 

Psalms 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.

 

Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

 

Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

 

 

 

 

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A wonderful action of worship (Lam 3:41) . You can do it. Your faith
to do it will see huge blessings in the doing.

Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God
in the heavens.