Prayer (2016) Praise and the Lord’s Prayer

Praise and the Lord’s Prayer

(1) DON’T LET WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU KEEP YOU FROM WORSHIPPING WHAT’S RIGHT WITH GOD – Luke 19:37-40

-the pharisees wanted the praise of the disciples to stop.  Jesus said no way

-the Pharissees represent the issues we all have that want to silence our praise

-an example os King David

    *he lost everything at Ziklag

    *lived in a cave

    *was hated and hunted by King Saul

-King David praised the Lord anyway – Psalm 34

***PRAISE THE LORD IN THE BEST OF TIMES AND IN THE WORST OF TIMES***

-The Best Of Times – King David

1 Chronicles 17:20-24a & 29:20-21a

-the temple would be built through David and his son Solomon

-The Worst Of Times – Paul & Silas

Acts 16:1-31

-they were in prison and beaten, but chose to praise the Lord

(2) PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS ZOOMING OUT AND REFOCUSING ON A BIG GOD – Psalm 34:3

Magnify – means to increase and enlarge

-praise does not change God or move God.  Our praise does not change God, but changes us…

       IT READJUSTS OUR THINKING

-focus on the capabilities of God and not on the inability of man…….

(3) THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN HOW MUCH WE PRAISE THE LORD AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US – PSALM 103:1-5

-I can’t take it any longer because of the goodness and blessings of the Lord…

-the Lord is a Blesser – James 1:17