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“I Celebrate You, Lord”

“I Celebrate You, Lord”. Week of March 18, 2012. Outline of the Passage. Celebrate God in Worship Psalm 92:1-4 Recognize the Eternal Realities of Worship Psalm 92:5-9 Enjoy the Benefits of Worship Psalm 92:10-15.

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“I Celebrate You, Lord”

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  1. “I Celebrate You, Lord” Week of March 18, 2012

  2. Outline of the Passage • Celebrate God in Worship Psalm92:1-4 • Recognize the Eternal Realities of Worship Psalm92:5-9 • Enjoy the Benefits of Worship Psalm92:10-15

  3. We will explore the reasons believers should rejoice in the opportunity to worship God and the benefits worship brings to our lives. We want to grow in our worship of God to its full joyfulness.

  4. Celebrate God in Worship Psalm 92:1-41 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, 2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, 3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. 4 For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands.

  5. Celebrate God in Worship • David says, “It is good to praise the Lord.” In his book The Shape of Faith to Come, “30 percent of worshipers focus little or not at all on God during the singing”… and nearly half admitted “they often just ‘go through the motion of worship.” If worship is so good and beneficial, why do so many people view it as drudgery?

  6. What about you? Do you merely go through the motions when you worship, or does public worship exhilarate you? • “To make music” is not just to play some instrument, but also to use our voice to make music to our God. How would you describe your singing in worship? What is the focus of your singing? God or the people around you?

  7. Everybody say, “Alleluia!” Everybody sing, “Alleluia!” Everybody shout, “ALLELUIA!” Everybody Shout, “ALLELUIA!” Praise the Lord!

  8. Celebratory worship included music – the ten-string harp and lyre.

  9. False gods were moody, and one never knew if they would smile or frown on you. • The Hebrews knew better; the true God was a God of love and He would be faithful in loving them. That’s why the psalmist could say God loved him in the morning and at night declaring God’s love was dependability and the reason for celebration.

  10. The difference between happy and rejoice: • Happy is liking life’s circumstances; Unhappy is not liking life’s circumstances. • Rejoice (from the word joy) is the response to having a relationship with God. • As a result, the Psalmist exclaimed: I will shout for joy!

  11. The cause of his joy was the works of God’s hands. Note the use of the plural works. • God did not just create us and then step out of our lives… • He is especially involved in our worship where we seek His counsel… • And praise Him for His costly redemption…

  12. Worship and Emotion What get you emotionally involved in worship? ___ Special Music ___ Congregational Singing ___ Instrumental Music ___ Pre-Written Prayers ___ Voiced Prayers ___ Silent Prayers ___ Preaching ___ Testimonies/Sharing

  13. Recognize the Eternal Realities Psalm 92:5-9 5 How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts! 6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand, 7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. 8 But you, O LORD, are exalted forever. 9 For surely your enemies, O LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

  14. Recognize the Eternal Realities • The psalmist marveled how magnificent are God’s works. • Also, how profound are God’s thoughts, literally deep. Isaiah 55:9 9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are [God’s] ways higher than your ways and [God’s] thoughts than your thoughts."

  15. Thoughtful people consider how much higher God’s thoughts are and worship Him. • But stupid people, not really ignorant, but fail to recognize God’s majesty and greatness. • Ever notice how the wicked flourish? Their time will come, just like for every spring there is a certain fall and a bitter winter.

  16. There is a final reckoning and it will be forever. • Two great eternal realities. • The Lord is exalted forever "in the heavens.“ We will be part of that eternal reality. • While, God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, there will come a day when the eternal destruction of the wicked will come to pass.

  17. What is Your Focus in Worship ____ What you are going to do after worship; ____ The privilege of being in the Lord’s House; ____ How the people around you are dressed; ____ How blessed you are to have a church family; ____ The volume, style, or quality of the music; ____ The meaning and message of the songs; ____ The pastor’s clothing, haircut, or attitude; ____ The words of the message;

  18. Enjoy the Benefits of Worship Psalm 92:10-15 10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me. 11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

  19. Enjoy the Benefits of Worship 12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, 15 proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."

  20. Enjoy the Benefits of Worship • The psalmist notes two specific acts God had done for him personally: • The Lord had lifted up my horn like that of a wild ox. • Being anointed with oil speaks to God’s blessing and favor upon his life.

  21. Another benefit of worshiping the Lord and relying on His guidance was the defeat of his enemies. • A third benefit was that the righteous were like palm trees or like the cedars of Lebanon, using these word pictures to express how those who worship God thrived and bore fruit because they were planted in the house of the Lord.

  22. Note the contrast: • the righteous are compared to trees; • the wicked are compared to grass; • Which is more durable? Which lasts?

  23. The righteous will bear fruit in old age. “Bearing fruit in old age” means that one can witness to other people of how God has walked along with them these many years and has sustained them through them all.

  24. The Witness of Older Members Calling All Older Members I would like to video your Witness as to how God has guided, supported, strengthened and sustained you throughout your life's journey.

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