About praise and thanksgiving:

Wealth and honor come from you � you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. � Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. � "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. � "He is good � his love endures forever." Then the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud, � for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God. � So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped. � So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. � With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: "He is good � his love to Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. � I speak to sensible people � judge for yourselves what I say. � Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? � Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. � 

Verse References In The Order Presented Above -- 1 Chronicles 29:13 ; 1 Chronicles 29:12 ; 1 Chronicles 29:14 ; 2 Chronicles 5:13 ; 2 Chronicles 5:14 ; 2 Chronicles 29:30 ; Ezra 3:11 ; 1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 10:17