Let's Get Our Praise On!

Let’s get our praise on!

Psalms 105 and selected verses

Good morning everyone…

Prayer-

Welcome to worship- a place where we can corporately show the Lord our love and express gratitude for what He has done for each of us.

The word worship by definition is to express reverence for God… the Almighty.

Worship is the formal act of a body of believers coming together to express their love for the Lord with offers of praise.

Adoration shown to God.

Worship wither public of private is our expression of praise to the Lord.

It is an act of worship when we express ourselves and make known to others that we are giving God worship and expressing how we feel about Him.

When is the last time that you expressed yourself and let the Lord and others know how you feel about the Lord?

Come on… this world has no problem letting the world know about their favorite sports team or how they feel about the team their kids or grandkids play on.

They have tee shirts, sweatshirts, hats.

They have pictures of their grandkids, even kids in sixth grade with their own baseball cards, trophy cases, videos.

When was the last time others knew that what get’s you excited is the things of God?

That what gets you praising is Jesus Christ!

That cell phone in your pocket is usually glued to our hand and stuck to your ear and if we run out the door in the morning and forget it, we will turn around if possible and go back miles to retrieve it.

We could not bear the thought of going all day without it.

What kind of world would this be if we all never left home without God’s word and would turn around because we didn’t want to face a whole day without looking and reading into his word for the day?

Some would say pastor- not everyone is comfortable praising and expressing themselves that way- I GET IT!!!!!

Whatever gets you excited gets your praise- at whatever level your comfortable with…the Lord should get the best.

People should not wonder if you love the Lord!

Some may say their denomination does not do that! That is not how I was raised!

I am not asking you to be charismatic if you are not charasmatic, I am asking you to be a Pentecost worshippers!

At Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit of God fell on the 120 believers waiting in the upper room for the Lord to do something amazing, they were filled with His Holy Spirit and they worshipped and all the people that were around them knew that they were believers.

They had been around God

They did not have to wonder what happen to them, the people were more than willing to tell them.

Psalm 150 says

Praise the Lord in the sanctuary; praise him in the mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with tambourine and dancing,

Praise him with the strings and flute, praise him with the clash of symbols.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

You see we do not have to decide if the Lord wants our praise, we need to decide if we are going to give him praise! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Check yourself…if you got breath, give him some praise!

Every instrument that makes noise should be used to lift up the name of Jesus!

Why do we like our music so much? It speaks to our soul, the psalmist is telling us that the music that sets your soul to worship should be music that draws you into a closer relationship with the Lord.

Psalm 150 is not our text, it is a pre-text to the text, please turn to Psalm 105.

This is 45 verses long and we are not going to take the time to read it all but every word is important and I ask you this week to read the whole thing. We are going to concentrate on the first 5 verses and then jump around a little bit.

Psalm 105:1-5 Read with clarity

This Psalm is an exhortation to worship and trust God.

(V1) Give thanks- That should be like someone sending Morse code

I LOVE YOU LORD…STOP

YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING…STOP

I LIFT UP MY HANDS IN PRASIE…STOP

Giving thanks to Him for who He is and what he has done for us- Some of us have some powerful testimonies of what God has done.

Give thanks for who He is

Passion version

“Go ahead – and give thanks for all the glorious things he has done! Go ahead and worship him! Tell everyone about his wonders! Let’s sing his praises! Sing, and put all of his miracles to music! Shine and make your joyful boast in him, you lovers of God. Seek more of his strength! Seek more of him! Let’s always be seeking the light of his face! Don’t you ever forget his miracles and marvels. Hold to your heart every judgment he has decreed.”