Psalm
150
1 Praise the Lord.[a] Praise
God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise
him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 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. 6 Let
everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
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Last
sermon in this series.
Next
week a new series, rethink. Rethink your life.
Today, psalm 150. A psalm of
delight.
Joy –
Faith can be joyful!
Christians
don’t have to be glum…….cartoon
I rewrote this psalm. Is that
sacreligious?
1 Wow! Praise the Lord.[a] Feel it.
God is amazing! Praise God when you come to
church. Engage your heart with him; praise him when you are looking at the sky. Praise him when
you think about the stars and the moon. Praise him when you think about
the millions of planets and galaxies in our universe. 2 Praise
him for the things that he has done. Don’t take any of it for
granted. See the things that he has done. Think on them; praise him for his
super cool amazingness. Get out the instruments! 3 Praise
him with the sound of the trumpet, turn up the guitar! Beat the drums! Turn up the
radio. Crank up Pandora. Feel it inside and dance. Dance,
dance, dance. 6 Let
everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Wow. Praise the Lord.
So much to say
When
I was a kid we read the liturgy together.
That’s fine, but learn to make it your
own
Does not have to be organized or
orchestrated
Find your own words of thanks to god
When I was a teen I was in a
demonstrative church
That’s fine – I changed
Im not loud or demonstrative
Im introverted and quiet. It
sounds droll, but its heartfelt
I
left the liturgical because it did not feel alive – to me
I left the demonstrative because to me
it didn’t work during the week
We had Loud prayers on Sunday morning
How do we pray at la fuente
So I choose a method of prayer and
praise that I think works all the time. I don’t have to turn it on or
off.
I can just be me. Anytime,
anywhere.
But
demonstrative or not, everyone can praise
I
have been very happy lately. Mostly.
Except for the road rage guy that
followed me the other day.
We think we are only happy when things
go well.
Well, things aren’t perfect for me.
But right now I am in a good place.
You can praise god and give thanks even
when you have problems.
In our problems we are not alone.
Finding
joy when life is difficult
Those who turn away from god in
difficulty, make it worse
Angry, sad, bitter lives – the woman in awakenings
Those who turn to him in difficulty,
find an amazing source of hope.
The guitarist in the concentration camp
Once upon a time in a concentration camp there lived a prisoner who,
even though he was under sentence of execution, was fearless and free. One day
he was seen in the middle of the prison square playing his guitar. A large
crowd gathered to listen for, under the spell of the music, they became as
fearless as he. When the prison authorities saw this they forbade the man to
play.
But the
next day there he was again, singing and playing on his guitar with a larger
crowd around him. The guards angrily dragged him away and smashed his fingers
so he could not play. The next day he was back, singing and making what music he could with his swollen broken fingers. This time the crowd was cheering. The guards dragged him away again, beat him again and smashed his guitar.
The following day he was in the square again, singing with all his heart. What a song! So pure and uplifting. The crowd joined in, and while the singing lasted their hearts became as pure as his and their spirits as invincible. So angry were the guards this time that they tore out his tongue.
A hush descended on the camp, a something that was deathless.
To the astonishment of everyone, he was back at his place the next day swaying and dancing to a silent music that no one but he could hear. And soon everyone was holding hands and dancing around his bleeding, broken figure in the centre of the square, while the guards stood rooted to the ground in wonder. Anthony de Mello, Prayer of the Frog, p.73-4
Praise
him in the sanctuary
One of the main reasons that people
leave churches is because they aren’t getting what they want from church.
Or they liked the pastors stuff for a
while, but now it all seems the same. Maybe they have outgrown his or her
stuff
I want you to get something out of it
But we cant miss the other aspect of
coming to church, the main aspect.
Its to say thanks to God
Its to honor him. To give back to
him. To support others. To join in his work.
People whose church relationship is
measured by what they are getting are rarely happy
Those whose church relationship is
about giving back to god, they are almost always full
Why? We weren’t created to live selfish
lives, that never satisfies
We were created to live generous lives
investing others, investing in life
Something
else about praising in the sanctuary
Sing.
To sing. Why. Make a joyful
noise
Not really a singing church
I sing in the car. I sing in the
shower.
I sing in church sometimes
In a song, the heart comes out
Make a joyful noise - kjv
Carpenters. Sing, sing a song,
sing it long sing it strong
Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud, sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Just sing, sing a song
Sing out loud, sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Just sing, sing a song
Praise
him for the mighty heavens
Praise him for creation
The theology of creation
Sister sun, brother moon
The fatherhood of god and the
brotherhood of man
My parents wanted to dislike people
that were different than them
The moon is amazing. Trees are
amazing.
They are not God, but God is in them
somehow speaking to us
20 For since the
creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine
nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so
that people are without excuse. Romans 1:20
Praise
boils down to two things
Wow
and thank you.
Wow. Thank you.
I am not sure that we are very good
about this.
It’s a beautiful day in God’s world, be
sure to see the good.
I don’t think we see it
enough
When you are aware and you see what god
is ddoing, then we say wow
We need to stop, look and see it more.
Wow thank you.
You make friends by saying thank you.
It is a sign of love and appreciation
We want to be thanked
I was taught to live without this.
I am trying to be better at saying
thank you
If
thank you is the only prayer that we learn in this life, it is enough
Nate
Bartlett
The
royals are in the playoffs for the first time since 1985
Wow. Thank you.
Cut loose
Let it go
God? He is amazing
Wow. Thank you.
Cut loose. Let it go.
Lets have a band. Lets get some
instruments
Lets sing
Lets dance
God
is everywhere.
You can praise him anywhere.
You can wow- thank him anywhere.
To
praise is to restore my soul
To praise the lord is to say
thank you
To say I love you
We live so much in the mind.
Thinking, worrying.
To praise and thank god…….
It helps our soul rise to the top of
our life
Thank you thank you. I want to
thank you.
I just want to thank you lord
1 Wow! Praise the Lord.[a] Feel it.
God is amazing! Praise God when you come to
church. Engage your heart with him; praise him when you are looking at the sky. Praise him when
you think about the stars and the moon. Praise him when you think about
the millions of planets and galaxies in our universe. 2 Praise
him for the things that he has done. Don’t take any of it for
granted. See the things that he has done. Think on them; praise him for his
super cool amazingness. Get out the instruments! 3 Praise
him with the sound of the trumpet, turn up the guitar! Beat the drums! Turn up the
radio. Crank up Pandora. Feel it inside and dance. Dance,
dance, dance. 6 Let
everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Wow. Praise the Lord.
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