Start praising God! This Week at Praise & Worship: Sunday, January 10 @ 9:00 am: Sunday Morning Bible Study entitled: “Growing in God’s Word,” In-Person and on Zoom. They were instructed early the next morning to go out to see what the Lord had done, and at dawn they marched to the battlefield as though they were going to some religious festival. If they have a lousy week, they have lousy worship. What hinders praise? You're in no fit state to worship. I say He does, but is that what He gets? Sometimes I think God just would rather that we didn't bother at all, as to give Him half-hearted praise! Called to Worship Psalm 100 “Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Now, if you ask any midwife, they will tell you it's a bad sign when a new-born babe fails to cry. Now, I know we're not all Charles Wesley's, but that is an example of how we ought to have in our hearts a song of praise to God. Now this is where conservative, reserved, Ulster evangelicals have a few lessons to learn! For the Christian, praise to God is an expression of worship, lifting-up and glorifying the Lord. Worship, Praise Topical Sermon Ideas, Bible Verses and Quotations - Faithlife Sermons Features Pricing Upload Sermon Get … 'David took an harp, and played with his hand', and we read, 'so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him'. There's no connection - do you think maybe Jesus has that problem with us sometimes? Was David self-conscious when he danced naked before the ark of God? But sometimes when we do get down to prayer, all we pray about is ourselves. Wednesday, January 13 @ 7:00 am: Breakfast Bible Study on Revelation 21, In-Person and on Zoom It is expressed through the body. But my friend invests $100,000. That's awesome power released through praise and worship. 1. Is that what He gets from you? That prayer, that we know as the Lord's prayer, better called the disciple's prayer, begins with praise: 'Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name'; and then it ends with praise, 'Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven'. I don't suppose it was that surprising that we fought so much. This was a good reading as I was questioning if a sinner had the right to praise God since the scripture in Psalm 150 says “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord” in my mind this passage did not exclude sinners. Did not Paul command us to 'rejoice always in the Lord, again I say rejoice'? Maybe we're singing the words, but thinking something like, "Oh, man, how long are they going keep doing this song? It's alright talking about getting nearer to God, but the way we enter into His gates is through thanksgiving, and into His courts through praise. Two of the greatest… The soul, therefore, will express worship to God. That's right: praise brings an entrance into God's presence. What are the obstacles to praise in a person's life, or in a church? Another example of it is found in 2 Kings chapter 3, where Elisha the prophet got so frustrated and annoyed and angry with the King of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the King of Judah joining in cahoots with him, that he needed his spirit calmed and his soul healed. Others, if they've had a bad week - they stop using their rocket launcher. Now, it has to be said that this is a noise that wouldn't be tolerated in a lot of churches, would not be permitted: loud, exuberant praise. How many of you felt like coming to church this morning? So when we praise God we are valuing Him, we are esteeming Him, we are estimating His worth. THE SACRIFICE OF BIBLICAL WORSHIP – PART 2. Psalm 95 depicts the progress into worship, turn with me there for a moment please, Psalm 95. What I'm talking about is what Matthew Henry said when he said: 'Be not afraid of saying too much in praises to God, all the danger is of saying too little' - that's what we're talking about. Let me move on now from what praise is and how praise is expressed, to what praise can do. Self-centredness? Will you say to the Lord today, as your head is bowed: 'Let my mouth be filled with Your praise, and with Your glory all the day'? A good guiding principle for that might be that praise should add to the sense of God's presence and reverence God's presence - but this is a conviction I have: that every generation has had a way of praising God in music and song that is particular to that generation. He was telling us to do it righteously and honourably. Some people, you'd swear by watching them that life is always good to them. But I don't want to tie up a lot of money." It is meant to be a celebration, it is meant to be an extolling of God in His greatness and in His attributes, it's meant to be a boasting of God - and when we boast, we do it in an exuberant, unrestrained manner. But if you make the effort to praise and worship; that's sowing to the Spirit. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise - in Isaiah's prophecy, God's gates are called 'Praise', you can read that in Isaiah 60. He's so skinny, he'd have to run round in the shower to get wet. "Don't give me excuses, private. Now it may not be your taste here this morning, I'm not asking you to start lifting up your hands if you don't feel like it, you don't have to! Is it with the whole person, spirit, soul, and body? Please note that all Scripture quotations, unless otherwise stated, are taken from the New King James Version ®. ST. MATTHEW LUTHERAN CHURCH. News flash: God isn't looking for great singers or great musicians - He's looking for worshipers. Transcribed by: This sermon outline on The Power of Praise and Worship encourages Christians to make praise and worship an important part of their lives. I want you to ask yourself today, and I'm asking myself: am I afraid of what others might think. And the thing that we as Christians have to fight is the urge to praise and worship God only when we feel like it. As the king shot the arrow his thumb came off. God caused that they should turn one against the other and slay each other! The biblical balance is both the new song, and keeping in touch with our heritage from our past. By Lorene Troyer. Listen to this, I mentioned that sin can be an obstacle - but note that when the Lord gave us the Lord's prayer, how do you start in prayer? You see, if we could get God-conscious - that's what I said at the beginning, what is praise? It depicts the progress into worship, verse 1: 'O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation'. 'Adoration' is another very good word that would sum up what praise really means. "But sergeant, I don't feel like it." His friend said, "Praise God that I have been in gaol for so long." "Use it son, it works." I'll tell you this: because God has been invited by their praise, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom and liberty. Secondly there is also, in the fear of man, not only the trap of tradition but the trap of taste. First you plant, then you reap - this is the most basic of spiritual principles. Let's see what praise can do, because this message is about the power of praise, and I want to share about six things - and it's not exhaustive, but about six things that praise can do. So really, to sum it all up, praising is bringing glory to God: 'Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me', the Psalmist says. Father, we pray that the spiritual, surgical work that You have desired to do today in all our hearts will be done, and it will be evidenced not in a contrived, nor a man-inspired volume of praise; but in a heavenly song motivated by the breath of the Spirit in all our hearts, and indeed in this fellowship. How can we connect with God if we don't put our whole hearts into it? But it's not about the feeling, it's about faith in the facts, and when we put faith in the fact of who God is and we start to praise Him and extol Him, the feelings come and the joy comes! (and then Jesus said) This is the first commandment. Do you know what prejudices are? We can abuse those three things: giving to the poor, fasting and making people know that we are doing it, and praying to God on the street corner and wanting people to think that we are very holy - but that was not used by the Lord to say that you shouldn't give to people who are poor, and you shouldn't fast, and you shouldn't pray; of course not! Suddenly he was surrounded by cannibals. We go through God's gate and then into His courts. So the man on the horse says " Praise the lord," and the horse starts to trot. Praising and worshiping God is sowing to the Spirit. Now it follows that the less you know about God, the less you'll be able to praise Him - that's where the Bible comes in. In days when many are disillusioned and seeking for more, through the ministry of David Legge we seek to provide Bible-based teaching and preaching which will lead you into a deeper relationship with God. Why do you think, if there's somebody duff singing, or the congregation isn't singing too well, that for the preacher it's an uphill struggle - and if you've ever preached, you'll know what I'm talking about is true. Well, first of all I want to say to you that praise is expressed by the whole man, by our whole being - body, soul and spirit. WHEN IT COMES TO GOD, WE ARE VERBALLY PROFESSING THAT HE IS GOD. King Jehoshaphat didn't know what to do, so he proclaimed a fast and the people sought the Lord. You know I've found that sometimes biblical convictions, as people talk about them, are nothing more than tastes and preferences. Whether they're praising God with a new enthusiasm with the old songs, but many-a-time there are new songs written in revival, and indeed more than that: new hymn books, whole hymn books coming out of revival! The reason is: this enthusiastic praise is meant to reflect that 'great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised'. I'm depressed. My mind goes off on some other track. Traditions that have come into the church that you'll not find in the Bible, but have almost been given scriptural status and authority - especially traditions, now listen to what I'm saying this morning, that hinder praise, that keep in that spirit of praise, trapped in our souls, that hinder it breaking forth! Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand". The power of praise is great, and I think - I hope you agree with me - that we need to really analyse if praise is not as it should be, if we're not blossoming in our soul toward God or in fellowship, we need to find out why. If you have a spirit of praise inside you that you cannot express because of the fear of what other people will think of you, you're trapped - that's what the word of God says! Church: 248-624-7676 School: 248-624-7677 Fax: 248-624-0685 Wixom Campus / … Satan will flee when we praise, because at the sound of heartfelt praises, God is on the scene! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. His friend said, "Praise God because He's in control." And he says, "Why no, Lurlene, I ain't gonna plant no corn seeds this year. Praise Him in everything'. Is it excited, exhilarated praise, enthusiastic praise, unrestrained praise, exuberant praise? It is an expression of humbling ourselves and centering our attention upon the Lord with heart-felt expressions of love, adoration and thanksgiving. Listen carefully to what I'm saying: let us not be pessimistic or negative, but appraise the great God that we have, and heaven will come down and glory fill our souls. 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Let us all pray. Many traditions are from the word of God, and they are spoken of as biblical traditions - for instance, Psalm singing is a tradition. This is the second message in our series on Accessing God's Power. Enjoy excerpts of the preaching and worship from Pastor Lamar's message "Expressions Birhed in an Experience" from Psalms 63!! Your first response is: "Aaugh!" 3 Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. And you go, "Er, I ah, about what?" Have you ever considered the logic of this? I read a wonderful statement this week by a man called John Livingstone, listen to it carefully, he said: 'A line of praise is worth a leaf', a whole page, 'of prayer. Many Christians do not fully understand what proper praise and worship are, and they do not realize the utmost importance of praise and worship. ILLUS - Here I am lifting up my hands to the Lord, worshiping Him, singing, "Worthy is the Lamb...", being very spiritual (on the outside). At the end of the year he rings me up and says, "Hey, guess what? Tell them to whisht, to keep quiet' - listen to the Lord Jesus' retort: 'And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out'. A negative feeling or opinion based on ignorance - and there's an awful lot of ignorance about! ILLUS - But what would you think of a farmer who wakes up one morning, and his wife asks him, "Zeb, you plantin' the corn today?" It is really to pronounce that a person is worthy of honour, but praise to God is much more than that. But do you know what I find? It is an appraisal of God, and if we could get so taken up with God we wouldn't care who is around us, we wouldn't care what they thought, whether they are impressed or whether they are embarrassed by us. Horatius Bonar wrote a wonderful hymn, and he expressed this: 'Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God, These verses are telling us that when we praise God, His amazing power is released in the heavenlies. Someone has said that praise is the soul in flower, and if your soul is not blossoming this morning, if praise is not in your life, or praise is not in our churches, it is an evidence that there is something wrong. Isn't that a little bit like what happens in church? If it's known sin, conscious sin, so we'll leave that one. Someone is telling you something that's really important to them, your brain is a million miles away, and they say (eagerly), "So what do you think?" Of course, the great crescendo to the whole piece is the Hallelujah Chorus, and you know that that means 'Praise the Lord'. Do you want to get nearer to God? They've learned that no matter how bad their week was, the Lord never changes - He is always worthy. So, not all traditions are unbiblical or bad, but we must beware of non-biblical traditions - do you know what that means? It reminds me of the story of the man who was in a church, and he shouted out 'Praise the Lord! Well, ask yourself how your praise is - is it blossoming? Now I don't have time to show you from the New Testament, but there are many examples of how we are exhorted to pray in supplication with thanksgiving, with praise. We read: 'At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. You read about it in the Psalms, you read about it in the book of the Revelation, the new song. I haven't talked about the ways you can praise God - it's all in your Bible. We read that, 'it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul', that he called for a musician, and that musician was David - the new anointed of God. Gal 6:7-8 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. Jesus is standing in front of us while we're "worshiping" and He sees our hands raised and hears our singing, but when He looks into our minds we're thinking about honey chicken, or something else. They had appraised the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ, and they mentally had that journey of about 16 inches from their mind down to their heart, and then the heart came out in their extremities - their hands, and their feet, and their voice - in praise to God. Our feelings and our emotions will be toward God in praise, and even our actions will glorify God. Now I ask you, and I'm only asking you from Scripture: how can you let the new song break forth if you have a mindset like that? Scripture depicts the Christian as a soldier. To praise God means to prize God. BOTH PRAISE AND WORSHIP ARE ACTION WORDS, AND WHENEVER OUR ACTIONS ARE IMPROPER, SO IS OUR WORSHIP. Do you have victory in your life? The Bible puts it this way: What you sow is what you reap. 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