You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
(f) Our praise of God is our sacrifice.  "Let us offer up a sacrifice of praise unto God, that is, the fruit of our lips"  (Hebrews 13:15).  There are also important Old Testament glimpses of this same truth.  "Bringing sacrifices of praise unto the house of God"  (Jeremiah 17:26).  "Sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare his works with rejoicing"  (Psalms 107:22;  Psalms 116:117).