What is important is what scripture has to say about 'worship'.
I Samuel 15:22
Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, that, as ye have heard in the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
Acts 17:25
Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
2 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray (proseuchomai) everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
gk PROSEUCHOMAI - from pros (toward, for) and euàxomai (to will one's self). 'Prayer' is to bow one's will to the will of another (God) - ie When Christ was asked 'how to pray', he spoke 'Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.' Prayer is not ordering God around according to your will, as if he needs your input regarding his future acts (you are not God, you don't know his thoughts or his plan). True Prayer is bowing your will to God, obeying his commandments and trusting that everything that happens is for the good of the inner-man's growth.
The passage
'lifting holy hands' becomes clearer when we stay in context with the entire scope of scripture. Here are some more verses to make things even clearer:
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James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
Ephesians 2:9
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Clearly the works of man (the flesh) are literally as dung in the sight of God (Philipians 3:8 - paraphrased). God is only pleased by his own works; Christ working in you to do and to will of his good pleasure (Philipians 2:13 - paraphrased). Which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (
John 1:13).
(Okay, at this point I could very easily move into the truth of predestination, and the total depravity of mankind, but i'll save that for another thread.)
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SO, back to 'lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting'.
This scripture does not mean 'literally raise your arms up and wave them and praise God with your mouth (while your heart may be far from him) and do this without being wrathful toward the person standing next to you, or doubting that God is real'.
Instead, it refers to lifting holy hands (hands of the inner-man) to do the works of Christ, ie follow his commandments. The hands of wrath and doubting are those of the outer-man (flesh). The word 'wrath' is 'orge' which is feminine gender. This is the 'wrath of babylon', the feminine wrath, the passions of this world (vengence, covetousness, wanting more, more, more) which are of this flesh and an abomination to god. 'Doubting' is 'dialogismos' which means 'to discuss' or 'dispute'. We are to follow Christ's commandments as he spoke them, without frowardly changing or twisting them, or saying "Well, I think...".
Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
That is not to say we aren't supposed to attempt to understand God's word. In fact, we are supposed to study to show ourselves approved. However, we must be very careful to not give the flesh any room, especially regarding the commandments of Christ. The flesh wants to twist everything around.
So, is God pleased with dancing around on the platform, shouting and screaming? Let's see.
Job 25:4-6
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Behold, even to the moon, and it shineth not. Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man, that is a worm? And the son of man, which is a worm?
Do you think he is pleased with outward flatteries from the mouths and movements of worms (translated - maggots)? Nope. He is only pleased by his own works, him working through us to do his good pleasure (when we follow his commandments and die to our worm flesh).
I don't believe in a lot of the modern definitions that people have put on the words in the bible. The flesh has had lots of time to twist the word of God.
John 4:23
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
We are to worship 'in spirit' (pneuma) and 'in truth' (aletheia). Staying in context with the entirety of scripture, the picture now becomes even clearer. We are supposed to worship him by walking in his truth, doing his truth, and speaking his truth... and that includes suffering for his truth, which will happen (trust me) when you follow his commandments. Especially in America.
You can keep him out of any trouble he might get into today if he gets bored again, I'm going to be busy. 
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