Take 6 Steps And Praise God

TAKE SIX STEPS! WHY PRAISE?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

I HAVE SOME GLASS MARBLES, SOME GRAPES, AND SOME GRAPE JUICE...

TO ILLUSTRATE THIS LESSON...

This lesson is kind of like the DIFFERENCE IN MARBLES and GRAPES...

MARBLES are single units doing their own thing. When marbles hit each other they bounce.

They ricochet and hit each other.

Then there are GRAPES, they come in a cluster, not individuals, when you squeeze or

hit grapes by persecution they bleed and mingle together.

Is our WORSHIP and PRAISE STYLE more like MARBLES, we roll in and out without fellowship

and true connection ---

Or will our WORSHIP and PRAISE make us BECOME THE SWEET FELLOWSHIP of

connecting with each other in THE SWEET WINE OF PRAISE?

THERE ARE TWO APPROACHES TO LIFE...

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL WORSHIP STYLE?

1. THE MARBLE PRAISE AND WORSHIP?

CUMBERED LIFE STYLES --- MOURN AND WORRY ---

WE CALL THIS ATTITUDE THE WORRIED HOUSE KEEPER

Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost

thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about

many things:

Martha worried and fretted, murmured and complained... and had a TATTLETAIL SPIRIT.

2. THE GRAPE STYLE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP...

THE MARY APPROACH... MARY LOVED TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE JESUS...

Luke 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken

away from her.

MARY IS FOUND SPENDING HER HEART THREE TIMES AT JESUS FEET...

1. Mary is at Jesus feet TO LEARN AND BE INSTRUCTED (Luke 10:39)

2. Mary is again found at Jesus feet to FIND COMFORT (Luke 11:32)

3. We find Mary at Jesus feet for SERVICE ( John 12:3)

WE MAY FIND IT EASY TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD WHEN EVERYTHING IS

WONDERFUL ... AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS...

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU CAN NOT SEE GOOD?

YOUR JOURNEY TAKES SOME STRANGE TWIST, AND I CAN

NOT UNDERSTAND, AND GOD DOES NOT EXPLAIN THIS MESS TO ME?

ASK JOB IF HE LEARNED THE LESSON... PROBLEMS HAVE PURPOSE---

WHILE HE WAS TALKING MORE BAD NEWS CAME...

Job was a blessed man. He had a wonderful family, 7 sons, 3 daughters...

In one day TERRIBLE STUFF happens...

Bad news comes...

1. The Sabeans come, enemy wins --- The swords destroys.

While he was talking more bad news...

2. Fire comes and kills his sheep.

While he was talking more bad news...

3. Chaldeans take all the camels...

While he was talking more bad news...

4. A terrible STORM kills the children.

While he was talking more bad news...

WHY IS JOB A GOOD EXAMPLE? JUST BECAUSE HE HAD PROBLEMS?

OR WAS IT HOW HE WORSHIPPED AND PRAISE IN NEGATIVE SITUATIONS?

HOW WILL WE HANDLED PROBLEMS...

Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground,

and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither:

the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

JOB FOUND GOD IN WORSHIP AND PRAISE... The ANSWER was found in PRAYER...

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD

gave Job twice as much as he had before.

PROBLEMS, TROUBLE, PAIN AND TEARS CLOUDED THE REAL ISSUES OF LIFE ARE

FOUND IN PRAISE & WORSHIP...

THESE TRIALS WERE OPPORTUNITIES IN DISGUISE...

WHAT IS THE REAL ESSENCE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP?

DO WE MOURN & WORRY AT ALL THAT IS GOING ON ...

OR DO WE CELEBRATE --- EXHALT --- TUNE OUR HEARTS AND ATTITUDES...

Worship and Praise is more than poetic praying? 1/2 hearted singing?

WORSHIP IS MORE THAN COMPELLED ---"DO I HAVE TO..."

John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in

spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

GOD NEVER FORGETS HIS PEOPLE THAT PRAISE HIM...

ARE YOU A MARBLE OR A GRAPE?

REAL PRAISE AND WORSHIP BECOME OUR CHALLENGE --- PRAISE WILL ALWAYS GLORIFY

GOD...

Psalm 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will

I shew the salvation of God.

EXODUS 15:1-20 MIRIAM SANG A BEAUTIFUL SONG OF WORSHIP AFTER GOD DELIVERED

HIS PEOPLE THROUGH THE RED SEA...

THE ARK OF THE LORD WAS COMING HOME...

LAST TIME THEY TRIED BRING THE ARK HOME THEY WERE LIKE A MARBLE IN WORSHIP...