
Learning to Lift Him Up
Outline
- Created to Worship
- Psalm 145
- A Teaching Psalm. It is a song to be sung by the congregation
- An Acrostic Poem
A - All God's works are good
B - Better is His word than riches
C - Call on Him for help
... and so on through to Z - Worship is the main theme
- Alternates between truth and response
- Psalm 145 alternates back and forth between personal statements - things "I" or "they" will do for "You God", and statements of truth about God - things that "HE is" and that "He does"
- Truths about God
- God is greater
- God is good
- God is faithful
- God is both just and kind
- Response in worship
- We should... lift Him up - every day, forever
- The psalm begins: I will exalt You, my God and King, and praise Your name forever and ever. I will praise You every day; yes, I will praise You forever (1-2)
- We should ... meditate and tell others
- We should ... promote His kingdom
- We should ... trust and give thanks
- We should... lift Him up - every day, forever
- Making this practical
- Every day..."
- List and concentrate on key truths about God
- Practice the responses from Psalm 145
- I will praise the Lord...
I will praise the Lord,
And may everyone on earth bless His holy name
Forever and ever.
Amen!