TITLE: Worship a Matter of Life and Breath TEXT: Psalm 100 THEME: The believer should worship God through every possible

TITLE: Worship a Matter of Life and Breath

TEXT: Psalm 100

THEME: The believer should worship God through every possible.

Worship can take many forms depending on culture and specific

people.

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"A time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth" (John 4:23, NIV).

What are ways that believers can express their worship to God?

I. With our Words. (Psalm 100)

Psalm 100

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

3 Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 100

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.


A. The “What” of worship.– Gladness: An attitude of the heart

With our Words. (Psalm 100)

A. The “What” of worship.– Gladness: An attitude of the heart– Songs: An expression of the heart

With our Words. (Psalm 100)

A. The “What” of worship.– Gladness: An attitude of the heart– Songs: An expression of the heart– Truth: A reality check for the hear

Passage showing everything belongs to God

• “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein” (Ps 24:1).



• “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof” (I Corinthians 10:26).



• “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof” (I Corinthians 10:26).

• “I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded” (Isaiah 45:12).


• “The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts” (Haggai 2:8).



• “In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind” (Job 12:10).



• “In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind” (Job 12:10).

• In him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28).


A. The “What” of worship.– Gladness: An attitude of the heart– Songs: An expression of the heart– Truth: A reality check for the hear– Thanksgiving and Praise: A public act that

comes from the heart


A. The “What” of worship.

B. The “Why” of worship: Because God is Good:

Ancient Prayers from the Black Church in US

• "Lord, I thank you that the blood is running warm in my veins this morning and that my bed was not my cooling board.”

Ancient Prayers from the Black Church in US

• "Lord, I thank you that the blood is running warm in my veins this morning and that my bed was not my cooling board

• "Lord, I want to thank you that you've allowed my golden moments to roll on.”


II. With our Lives. (Romans 12:1-2, Colossians 3:15-17)

Romans 12:1-2

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”

Romans 12:1-2

“2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”


A. Gods mercies should promote worship that: (Romans 12:1-2)


A. Gods mercies should promote worship that: (Romans 12:1-2)–Moves us to love God and others


A. Gods mercies should promote worship that: (Romans 12:1-2)–Moves us to love God and others–Moves us to serve God and others


A. Gods mercies should promote worship that: (Romans 12:1-2)–Moves us to love God and others–Moves us to serve God and others–Moves us to desire holy living


A. Gods mercies should promote worship that: (Romans 12:1-2)–Moves us to love God and others–Moves us to serve God and others–Moves us to desire holy living

B. Do everything for the glory of God (Colossians 3:16-17)

Colossians 3:16-17

“16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”

Colossians 3:16-17

“17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”


III. With our Resources

A. With our Finances

Ex. 35:21-29 The Israelites were stirred to give generously

“21 and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.”

Ex. 35:21-29

“22 All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord.”

Luke 21:1-4 The widow is commended for her sacrificial

giving.“As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Notice three things:

A. Jesus watches as those who have extra riches cast but a portion of it into the treasury; a portion not given sacrificially but from their abundance (vs. 1,4).



B. The widow, though poor, was lively in her giving. She gave out of poverty as an act of worship (vs. 2,4).



B. The widow, though poor, was lively in her giving. She gave out of poverty as an act of worship (vs. 2,4).

C. The widow will be rewarded for her giving to God out of her heart (vs. 2-3) She was commended by Christ for her unselfish giving.

Philippians 4:16-19 Our gifts are pleasing to God.

“16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. 17 Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account.”

Philippians 4:16-19 Our gifts are pleasing to God.

“18 I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.”

III. With our Resources

A. With our Finances

B. With our Talents (Psalm 150)

Psalm 150

1 Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

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Psalm 150

4 praise him with timbrel and dancing,

praise him with the strings and pipe,

5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Two Issues

• Worship is bigger than our personal preferences, because it incorporates a variety of means.

Two Issues

• Worship is bigger than our personal preferences, because it incorporates a variety of means.

• The Psalmist’s point is not merely that we should worship God. His point is that we should worship God “by every means possible.”

A. F. Kirkpatrick

“breath,” “…most commonly denotes the breath of man; but it may include all animals. Not priests and Levites only, but every living thing must join in the chorus of praise. The universe is Jehovah’s Temple, and all its inhabitants should be his worshipers.”

A. F. Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick goes on to point out that the Psalmist’s vision is finally fulfilled in the book of Revelation as all creation worships Jesus Christ.

Revelation 5:13

“Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!’”

APPLICATION

• It is our vision as a church to create followers of Christ who sincerely worship God in their words, their lives and their resources.

APPLICATION

• It is our vision as a church to create followers of Christ who sincerely worship God in their words, their lives and their resources.

• When we worship we fulfill the purpose for which God made us.

Jonathan Edwards “Praise, One of the Chief Employments of Heaven,”

“Let it be considered that the church on earth is the same society with those saints who are praising God in heaven. There is not one church of Christ in heaven and another here upon earth…if we begin now to exercise ourselves in the work of heaven, it will be the way to have foretastes of heaven.”

True worship does more than emulate heaven. There is a sense

in which true worship brings heaven near, because the focus of

worship is not on our personal preferences but on God himself.

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TITLE: Worship a Matter of Life and Breath TEXT: Psalm 100 THEME: The believer should worship God through every possible