The Book of Psalms; ”Why I Worship”

March 12, 2023

Lead Pastor Dan Acker

 

AW TOZER: “I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven.”

CS LEWIS: "The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance."

 

Because God has INVITED me to worship Him

 

Psalm 95:1-2 (NIV)

 

Psalm 95:1-2 (The Message)

 

Because God is LORD of all.

 

Psalm 95:3-7 (NIV)

 

Psalm 95:3-5 (The Message)

 

FRANCIS CHAN: “Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can’t contain Him. Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?

 

Because God SPEAKS and I want to hear what he is saying 

 

Psalm 95:7-11 (NIV)

 

NT WRIGHT: “Put it this way: if your idea of God, if your idea of the salvation offered in Christ, is vague or remote, your idea of worship will be fuzzy and ill-formed. The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That’s why theology and worship belong together. The one isn’t just a headtrip; the other isn’t just emotion.”

 

John 4:21-24 (NIV)