A REASON TO PRAISE THE LORD (6 OF 10)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Psalm 150:1-6
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A Reason to Praise the Lord (6 of 10)
Series: Songs for the Summer
Jim Perdue
Psalm 150:1-6
Intro/Attention
A young college student stood before his colleagues preparing to speak in chapel. He stood up in front of the whole assembled Bible College and said, ''I can't think of one reason to praise the Lord.'' With that, he sat down again, hidden from sight behind the pulpit. There was an awkward silence - a silence that seemed to go on far too long. People began to fidget, not quite knowing how to react. The President of the University began to move in his seat, and looked as if he might be about to intervene. Just at that moment, the young man popped up from behind the pulpit, and in a bright and chirpy voice announced, ''Thank God it's not like that at all!'' People couldn't remember anything else about the young man's message that day but they remembered that we have a reason to praise the Lord.*
READ TEXT The book of Psalms begins with God blessing man: ''Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers...'' The book of Psalms ends with man blessing God. ''Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!''
When you read and study the psalms, you meet with joys and sorrows, tears and trials, pains and pleasures, but the book of Psalms closes on the highest note of praise! Like the book of Revelation that closes the New Testament, this final psalm says to God's people, ''Don't worry-this is the way the story will end. We will all be praising the Lord!'' The word ''praise'' is used thirteen times in this psalm, and ten of those times, we are commanded to ''Praise the Lord!''
I want you to remember, you have A Reason to Praise the Lord! There are moments where worship is quiet, reflective, and stoic. But there are other times that worship ought to be joyful, exuberant, and loud!
James Montgomery Boice says: ''Let's be done with worship that is always weak and un ...
Series: Songs for the Summer
Jim Perdue
Psalm 150:1-6
Intro/Attention
A young college student stood before his colleagues preparing to speak in chapel. He stood up in front of the whole assembled Bible College and said, ''I can't think of one reason to praise the Lord.'' With that, he sat down again, hidden from sight behind the pulpit. There was an awkward silence - a silence that seemed to go on far too long. People began to fidget, not quite knowing how to react. The President of the University began to move in his seat, and looked as if he might be about to intervene. Just at that moment, the young man popped up from behind the pulpit, and in a bright and chirpy voice announced, ''Thank God it's not like that at all!'' People couldn't remember anything else about the young man's message that day but they remembered that we have a reason to praise the Lord.*
READ TEXT The book of Psalms begins with God blessing man: ''Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers...'' The book of Psalms ends with man blessing God. ''Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!''
When you read and study the psalms, you meet with joys and sorrows, tears and trials, pains and pleasures, but the book of Psalms closes on the highest note of praise! Like the book of Revelation that closes the New Testament, this final psalm says to God's people, ''Don't worry-this is the way the story will end. We will all be praising the Lord!'' The word ''praise'' is used thirteen times in this psalm, and ten of those times, we are commanded to ''Praise the Lord!''
I want you to remember, you have A Reason to Praise the Lord! There are moments where worship is quiet, reflective, and stoic. But there are other times that worship ought to be joyful, exuberant, and loud!
James Montgomery Boice says: ''Let's be done with worship that is always weak and un ...
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