Praise, Worship & Thanksgiving

Posted by on August 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Psalms 149-150 (New King James Version)
Praise to God for His Salvation and Judgment

1 Praise the LORD!

Sing to the LORD a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.

2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.

5 Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them sing aloud on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
8 To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute on them the written judgment—
This honor have all His saints.

Praise the LORD!

Psalms 150

Let All Things Praise the LORD

1 Praise the LORD!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty firmament!

2 Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!

3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD!

Psalms 133:1-3

1Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

Psalms 147:1

Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

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Redemption

Posted by on August 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

By coming into the beloved-hood of God, your life was redeemed, translated and transformed into the image of Christ in order to triumph in every place be it in the – valleys, mountains, hills, crooked roads and rough places of life. 2 Corinthians 2:14 “Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”

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Doer of The WORD

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TOPIC: DOER OF THE WORD

BIBLE TEXT: James 1:22-25; Psalm 19:7-14; 119:9-16; Luke 4:1-13.

INTRODUCTION: The need to be a doer of all what we have been exposed to as in  the Bible teachings cannot be over-emphasized, for the Bible says, if we know and do these things, then are we blessed (Jam. 1:25).  Faith without work is dead, to be a hearer and not a doer, will leave a Christians – powerless and without purposefulness in life; and God demand above even other thing that we show forth His praises by doing what He commands us, hereby do we show our love for Him and how great a reward awaits us. (Psalm 19:11; John 14:15).

DISCUSSION:

A. The Nature of God’s Word:

  1. The Word of God is a light to our path, without which we are bound to stumble along life’s road – Psalm 119:105; 130.
  2. They are spirit and life to the believer.  (John 6:63; Psalm 107:20)
  3. They are immutable (unchangeable) and settled for ever – Hebrews 6:18; Psalm 119:89
  4. It is quick (life giving) and powerful – Hebrews 4:12; Psalm 119:40, 93.
  5. It is perfect enough to convert and convince a soul – Psalm 19:7
  6. It is truth on its own and burden lifter and sanctifies – John 17:17; 1 John 5:3b.

B. The Purpose of The Word:

  1. To present every believer perfect and approved of God:  (Acts 2:22 (Luke 4:1-13); Romans 12:1-2; 2 Tim. 3:14-17; Colossians 1:28; 2 Timothy 2:15.)
  2. To make us grow into maturity:  (1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:13-14.)
  3. To give us an inheritance; (Acts 20:32.)
  4. To purge us and cause us to think rightly: ( Philippians 4:8)
  5. That we might know the truth that sets us free; (John 8:32.)
  6. To give us life: (Psalm 119:93; John 5:39.)

C. What should be our attitude towards the word:

  1. We must desire it:  (Psalm 119:11, 97, 109, 112; 19:10).
  2. Esteem it better, more important than our daily food:  (Psalm 42:1; Job 23:12; Jeremiah 15:16; Matt.  4:4 Deut. 8:3).
  3. We need to study and meditate and read it, that it might be apart of us: (1 Timothy 4:13; 2 Tim 2:15; Joshua 1:8; Deuteronomy 11:8-20).
  4. Above all, we need to put it into practice:  (James 1:22-25; Rom. 10:8-13).

D. The results of being a doer of the Word:

  1. We will  have an experiential knowledge of God:  (Jeremiah 9:23-24; Hosea 6:3, Romans 10:1-2)
  2. We will be fruitful: (John 15:5, 7, 10, 16.)
  3. In obeying the word, we do exploits for God: (Joshua 6:20;  Daniel 6:10; 11:32b)
  4. We are strengthened spiritually and otherwise: (Job. 36:11; James 2:25; Psalm 119:93.)
  5. We grow unto maturity:  (1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:14; 2 Peter 3:18.)

CONCLUSION: God is building and raising a people of power and praise that would move unto perfection (maturity) to show forth his praise and doings.  We cannot be entitled to be a part of this end-time vessel (army), if we be only hearers and not doers of His words. His Words are powerful; it works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasures. (Philippians 12-13).  Let us therefore, take up the challenge.

MEMORY VERSE: “But be ye DOERS of the WORD, and not HEARERS only, deceiving your own self” James 1:22.


Compiled by Revd Chukie MORSI

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