“Christians Are the World’s Worship Leaders”: Psalms 146-150

“Christians Are the World’s Worship Leaders”:

Psalms 146-150

“Hey, Amber, Look Out the Window!”

“Hey, Amber, Look Out the Window!”

“Praise the LORD!” 146:1 “Praise the LORD!” 146:10“Praise the LORD!” 147:1 “Praise the LORD!” 147:20“Praise the LORD!” 148:1 “Praise the LORD!” 148:14“Praise the LORD!” 149:1 “Praise the LORD!” 149:9“Praise the LORD!” 150:1 “Praise the LORD!” 150:6

“Don’t’ Pretend; Instead Depend”

The Big IdeaThe Big Idea

The world takes notice when Christians revolve their world around God.

The world takes notice when Christians revolve their messed messed up up world around their gracious, gracious, great, and good Godgreat, and good God.

Praise God Because He Is GraciousGracious: 146:1-5

“Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. I will praise the LORD all my life; I

will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trusttrust in princes, in mortal

men, who cannot savesave” (Psalm 146:1-5).


“When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans

come to nothing. BlessedBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the

LORD his God” (Psalm 146:1-5).

The God of JacobThe God of Jacob

Blessed is he whose help is the God the God of Jacobof Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD

his God” (Psalm 146:5).


“Jacob thought, ‘I will pacifypacify Esau with these gifts I am sending on sending on

aheadahead; later when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.’ So Jacob’s gifts

went on ahead of himwent on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp”

(Genesis 32:20-21).


“So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled wrestled with him till

daybreak. When the man saw he could not overpower him, he touched the socket socket of Jacob’s hip of Jacob’s hip so that his hip

was wrenched as he wrestled the man”

(Genesis 32:24-25).


“So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is

because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was

spared. The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,

and he was limping because he was limping because of his hipof his hip” (Genesis 32:30-

31).


“Jacob looked up and there was there was EsauEsau, coming with his four four

hundred menhundred men” (Genesis 33:1).


“Jacob himself went on himself went on ahead ahead and bowed down bowed down

to the ground seven times as he

approached his brother” (Genesis

33:3).


“ButBut Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced

him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they

wept” (Genesis 33:4).


“On my worst days of sin and failure,

the gospel encourages me with God’s unrelenting grace

toward me.”


Blessed is he whose helphelp is the God of Jacob, whose hopehope is in the LORD

his God” (Psalm 146:5).

Praise God Because He Is GreatGreat: 146:6, 10

“The Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—

the LORD who remains faithfulfaithful forever. The LORD reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD”

(Psalm 146:6, 10).

Praise God Because He Is GreatGreat: 146:6, 10

“The LORD reigns forever, your your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the LORD” (Psalm 146:10).

Praise God Because He Is GoodGood: 146:7-9

“He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free, the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who

are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. The LORD watches over the

alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the

wicked” (Psalm 147:7-9).


Psalm 34:17-18: “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

Psalm 56:8: “God collects our tears in a bottle and records them in his scroll.”


Psalm 72:12-14: “For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. He will rescue them from oppression and violence.”


Psalm 147:2-3: “The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”


“In all their distress, he too was distressed”

(Isaiah 63:9).

“Hey, World, Open Your Eyes and Behold God!”

The Big IdeaThe Big Idea

The world takes notice when Christians revolve their world around God.

The world takes notice when Christians revolve their messed messed up up world around their gracious, gracious, great, and good Godgreat, and good God.

“Christians Are the World’s Worship Leaders”:

Psalms 146-150

“Christians Are the World’s Worship Leaders”: Psalms 146-150

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