In every part with praise, I'm unhappy. I think, "Yeah, that sounds okay. If they've had a good week, they praise and worship God with all their heart. What does it say about our sense of the reality of God's presence, if we say that He's here, but we act like He's not? In other words, the more conscious you are of God's presence, the more blind you will be to the presence of those around you - that means blind to embarrassment before them, and blind to impressing them if you're prone to self-centredness. My mind goes off on some other track. Many Christians do not fully understand what proper praise and worship are, and they do not realize the utmost importance of praise and worship. We read that he asked - I'm reading now from verse 15 of that passage - 'Bring me a minstrel', bring me a musician, 'And it came to pass, when the musician played, that the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha'. 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?" King Jehoshaphat didn't know what to do, so he proclaimed a fast and the people sought the Lord. And my mind just wanders off into outer space. At first, the outer man might take a bit of convincing. Do you want to get nearer to God? WHEN IT COMES TO GOD, WE ARE VERBALLY PROFESSING THAT HE IS GOD. ILLUS - So what happens if you've had a terrible week; an argument with the boss; the washing machine chewed your favourite outfit; the cat scratched you; you got a flat tyre on the way to church; you're tired, you're miserable and you're angry. What needs to be broken in your life to let the spirit of praise out? Thomas Watson, the puritan, said: 'In praying we act like men, in praising we act like angels' - it's true, isn't it? We go through God's gate and then into His courts. Have you a broken heart, is your spirit wounded? You ain't gonna get no corn unless you plant the seeds.". Now listen carefully: you cannot have access without it! All the problems people have with raising their hands, shouting praise to God, dancing will eventually disappear when they really connect with God. That's awesome power released through praise and worship. I haven't talked about the ways you can praise God - it's all in your Bible. Others, if they've had a bad week - they stop using their rocket launcher. Some time later, the king was hunting when he ventured into a distant land where he'd never been before. The crowd is on its feet. Of praise in every part!'. The Lord did not instruct His disciples to start prayer that way, 'After this manner pray ye: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name' - it started with praise and ended with praise, and that's how you know that there is a God in heaven who can forgive you, and will forgive you, because He's a great God! Is that what He gets from us? It's good to be with you today all day. It wasn't the 'SAS' of their time that led them into the battlefield, do you know who it was? He is calling us, He is drawing us to realise again the power of praise to accelerate the answers to prayer that we have not got, to encourage miraculous acts in our midst, to win battles, to drive the devil away, to heal hurting souls and troubled spirits, to bring us into the immediate presence of God. You know what? Of course, the great crescendo to the whole piece is the Hallelujah Chorus, and you know that that means 'Praise the Lord'. When the Christian, the New Testament teaches us, approaches God, he likewise is meant to come with an offering. This sermon will cast light upon what real praise and worship are, what it means and how it benefits us and G Please turn to PSALM 73:27, 28 as we read God’s Word. He's so skinny, he'd have to run round in the shower to get wet. Here's a challenge: some have tradition's grip on them so much that they only believe you ought to sing things that are old. 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! When our plants are withering, when growth is waning, when our souls are in winter - by that I mean they are icy cold, they are chilled and dead - then we must discover, rediscover, the power of praise. To praise God means to prize God. An hour of praise is worth a day of fasting and mourning'. My mind doesn't always do what I want it to do. 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. We do this through our words, through prayer, through songs of praise, and even through acts of adoration before God. This sermon was delivered at The Lifeboat Mission in Moy, N. Ireland, by David Legge. A soldier desires the best state-of-the-art weaponry possible when called upon to engage the enemy. 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. The fear of man can often be a reason to shut our mouths. The word 'prize', of course, means 'to value', 'to esteem', 'to cherish' something or someone, but it also means to estimate of worth. Let me read it to you, you know what happened, the great manifestation of the Shekinah glory of God in the cloud - but listen: 'It came to pass', it says, 'as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then' - that then - 'the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God'. In other words, in praise what we actually do, whether you realise it or not, is that mentally we gather together all the facts that we know about God, and we put these into words, words of praise and words of thanksgiving. 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. And it works like this: What we put in determines what we get out. 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. Now don't misunderstand what I'm saying here today: sometimes tradition gets a bad press, but not all traditions are bad. Now this is where conservative, reserved, Ulster evangelicals have a few lessons to learn! Put your rifle down and use this rocket launcher." But the Steve Urkels of the church: If they have a great week, they have great worship. Far from it, it's a reason to expose the counterfeit by the genuine. Those with big spiritual muscles have learned to walk by faith, not by feelings. If we're going to have victory over the devil, if we want to strengthen our spiritual lives, if we want immunity to the enemy's attacks, we're going to have to learn to praise - for praise drives the devil away! (6) Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, (7) to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; (8) to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; (9) to execute on them the written judgment; this honour have all His saints. Verse 5 and verse 6 alone: "Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Wednesday, January 13 @ 7:00 am: Breakfast Bible Study on Revelation 21, In-Person and on Zoom Some people, you'd swear by watching them that life is always good to them. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. Not everyone listens to the sermon; and not everyone focuses on the Lord during worship. Praise, adoration and reverence of God, both in public and in private. But sometimes when we do get down to prayer, all we pray about is ourselves. 'Preach The Word' is a not-for-profit Christian ministry which exists to provide sound Bible teaching to all. Let's see something else: praise encourages the miraculous. Now, if you ask any midwife, they will tell you it's a bad sign when a new-born babe fails to cry. (the head). If it's not 500 years old, it's too new. Psalm 22:3 (King James Version) 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 95) and on worship in all of life (Rom. Give Him my all and not just a part; Obedience precedes results - first obedience, then results. And the thing is, when they do, the whole stadium erupts. I'm sure you've heard many-a-year here, if you sat about waiting until you felt like praying, you would never do it. Where two or three are gathered, Jesus says, there am I in the midst', and all the rest. My friend, no, no, no, listen carefully: you might be sitting thinking, 'I don't feel like praising God, and at the moment I don't have much to praise about' - listen carefully, this is the whole point! The heartless mumbling of prayers, or the miming of hymns? Sermons on praise in the narrow sense (Ps. All material by David Legge is copyrighted. 2040 S. Commerce Road. 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. Criticism, boredom, impatience - these are the enemies of true worship. Is that what He gets from you? The way into God's presence is through praise and thanksgiving. The soul, of course, should be affected by our spirits when they are in touch with God, when they're in fellowship with God. I go racing down to the bank, march up to the counter and say, "Hey, what gives? Handel, who wrote that great piece, 'The Messiah', when he was composing it he barricaded himself into his room and practically neither ate nor slept as he wrote. A large video collection of Christian Sermons and Audio Books of men greatly used of God, such as: Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. He had been anointed of God as King of Israel, but he had been so disobedient, and God was chastising him with an evil spirit. My wife yelled at me." 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? The more you praise the greater will be your happiness - that's true - your blessedness! Some of you might remember Steve Urkel - skinny, weedy, little black guy, famous for bumbling his way through everything and then asking, "Did I do that?". I'm depressed. Someone once said to us, "We like the church, but there's too much singing. One of the first thing the enemy does when … "Use it son, it works." We say we believe that He turns up at church every week. "You were right. Not having a thumb saved my life." Mmm, honey chicken. Well, ask yourself how your praise is - is it blossoming? ...and they change the word, 'Lift up my hands', to 'Lift up my heart', because they don't like that 'lifting up hands' business - but it's biblical. But suppose that you want to preach about the worship service, the liturgy, the event of gathering in Jesus’ name (for more on these three meanings of the term worship see p. 46). That's right: praise brings an entrance into God's presence. I want you to ask yourself today, and I'm asking myself: am I afraid of what others might think. Equally, when a child of God cannot praise there is something wrong. To make an appraisal of something, well, you need to make an appraisal of God to praise God, so you have to appraise to praise. If she had been self-conscious, she wouldn't have done it! Nor e'en the praising heart Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. They've learned that no matter how bad their week was, the Lord never changes - He is always worthy. 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. Fear of man? ILLUS - There once was a king who went hunting game with his friend. That's an interesting one! Yes, things are bad, very, very, very bad, but God is good! I say He does, but is that what He gets? 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. [Read guidelines...]. Praising and worshiping God is sowing to the Spirit. Sunday, January 10 @ 10:00 am: Worship Service, In-Person and on Facebook Live and YouTube. Has the blossom of praise died in your heart? 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'? Your first response is: "Aaugh!" As the king shot the arrow his thumb came off. 'Adoration' is another very good word that would sum up what praise really means. Praise the LORD! How many of you felt like coming to church this morning? And you go, "Er, I ah, about what?" 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'. That Psalms 29:2 verse … We do not have to have joy in order to praise, but it is through praising that gets us the joy! Prayer is to get things, 'Ask, and ye shall receive' - but not prayer without praise. The God who created the heavens and the earth, and paid the ultimate price for our souls - that's something to get excited about. Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Psalm 148 Everybody Praise God! 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. Now I said on the opening night of this that Solomon, as he prayed with God, prevailed - but see specifically what his prayer was: it was the prayer of praise that brought God's glory down that filled the house. We offer 30,000+ outlines and 10,000+ free sermon illustrations from top Christian pastors and communicators. The Spirit of God spoke through the prophet and told the people: 'The battle belongs to the Lord', and dispelled their fears. What are the obstacles to praise in a person's life, or in a church? How did Arnold Schwarzenegger get those humungous muscles? There is a power in praise in that it encourages the miraculous. THE SACRIFICE OF BIBLICAL WORSHIP – PART 2. Maybe He's there, saying to us, "Hello, anybody home?". The Christian - that's right, the New Covenant, New Testament believer - is not to come before the Lord empty handed. 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. That's your preference. The soul, therefore, will express worship to God. The whole life is to be a psalm of praise to God, the whole man and woman is to praise God: spirit, soul and body. And she says, "Zeb, I mean this in the nicest possible way, but you're an idiot - a complete cotton-pickin' fool. Understand what I mean, and analyse your own prayers: it's a battle even to get on your knees at times to pray to God, isn't it? The Presence of Worship - Exodus 33 2. So if you want to praise God more, you need to have a revelation of God, and the chief way we get His revelation is through His word. Now I think if you look at church history you'll find out that that's true: every generation has a way of praising God in music and song that is particular to that generation - but here's the punchline, if they can't express it they will feel frustrated and they will feel cheated. August 2010 I'm not going to take time dealing with the most obvious cause of a hindrance to praise, which is overt sin - that's a given. Praise heals the soul and calms the troubled spirit, it drives the devil away, it wins battles, it encourages the miraculous, it accelerates answer to prayer - but here's the most important one, and I want you really to understand this: praise brings an entrance into God's presence. "But sergeant, you don't understand. 1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone. "$100,000." You'll write powerful and fresh messages every week with our preparation tools on a number of sermon topics, including expository preaching. For if you could only get through to God in your praise, I believe you may well have victory! Now self-love may lead us to prayer. I say He does, but is that what He gets? 1. He teaches us that our praise … Thy being and Thy ways. For the Christian, praise to God is an expression of worship, lifting-up and glorifying the Lord. ILLUS - I think of faith as spiritual muscle. Was the sinner woman in Simon the Pharisee's house self-conscious when she anointed the feet of the Lord Jesus with that precious ointment, when she washed His feet with her tears, when she kissed them and dried them with her hair - was she self-conscious? The first 10 words are praise, and the last words are praise. It was the musicians and singers, the praisers of God - they led the way. We were both dysfunctional - especially her. SermonSearch.com is an online resource for sermon outlines and preaching ideas. When you're taken up with God and you appraise God, not appraising your problems, or taken up with your hangups - and we've all got them - but first and foremost, when we get taken up with God, that's the thing, strangely, that will even lift us out of the morass of our problems and give us a spiritual health. Where on earth did the worship leader get his fashion sense from? 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