Choices lead feelings
follow;therefore, choose joy.
Psalm 95:1-2 (NKJV)
Oh come, let us sing to
the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep of His hand.
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His
voice:
We praise Him for what He has done. Praise is horizontal with other people. Praise is on the eternal not on the temporal.
Praise is a choice. Praise is focused on God only. It is horizontal. We are to praise God together. Praise is an outward expression.
Praise is a choice. Praise is focused on God only. It is horizontal. We are to praise God together. Praise is an outward expression.
We worship God for who He is. Worship is vertical. It's
about you and God, together.
Worship is a response. It is me focused. Worship is a feeling. Worship is on the moment.
Worship is a response. It is me focused. Worship is a feeling. Worship is on the moment.
(Isaiah 61:3 NKJV) To give them
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness.
· Praise focuses on God, not me.
(Psalm 50:23) “Those who
sacrifice thank offerings honor me…”
· Praise reminds me of the eternal, not the
temporal.
(2 Corinthians 4:8-9, 17-18) We
are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed…
For our light and momentary
troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them
all.
So we fix our eyes not on what
is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is
unseen is eternal.
· Praise is outward, not inward.
(Hebrews 13:15) Through Jesus,
therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of
lips that openly profess his name.
The
Sacrificial Choice
(Luke 19:37-40 MSG) Right at the
crest, where Mount Olives begins its descent, the whole crowd of disciples
burst into enthusiastic praise over all the mighty works they had
witnessed:
Blessed is he who comes, the
king in God’s name! All’s well in heaven! Glory in the high places!
Some Pharisees from the crowd
told him, “Teacher, get your disciples under control!”
But he said, “If they kept
quiet, the stones would do it for them, shouting praise.”
1. Halel: To rave,
boast, celebrate, to be clamorously foolish.
(Psalm 35:18 NLT) I will thank
you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.
2. Yadah: To
acknowledge in public.
(Psalm 138:1) I will praise you,
O LORD, with all my heart.
3. Barak: To bless
by kneeling or bowing.
(Psalm 103:1) Praise the LORD, O
my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
4. Zamar: Making
music to God with strings.
(Psalm 92:1) It is good to
praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High.
Psalm 150:3-5 (NIV)
3 Praise him with the
sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
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.
praise him with the harp and lyre,
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.
5. Shabach: To
address in a loud tone, to shout.
(Psalm 63:3-4) Because your love
is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I
live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
6. Towdah: To lift
hands in adoration.
(Psalm 50:23) He who offers
praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show
the salvation of God.
7. Tehilah:
Exuberant singing.
(Psalm 34:1) I will extol the
LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
Psalm 108
My
heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make
music with all my soul. I will praise you, Lord, among the
nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
The
only part of life that we can control is our reaction.
Choose joy.
Chris Hodges, Church of the
Highlands
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/the-sacrificial-choice All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.
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