Sermon Notes 8/25 – A Sacrifice of Praise

                                  A Sacrifice of Praise

v13 – Focus  – Psalm 34:3

-Focus is magnification & being laser focused

-Magnify the Lord and He becomes bigger & the problem becomes smaller

By Him – this is Jesus Christ – By Him, Through Him or Because of Him

Because of the Lord & what He has done, we can give a sacrifice of praise to Jesus…

***What did Jesus do for us?

1.) vs12-13 – JESUS REDEEMED US

-v12 – by His blood we are saved – only by Jesus

-Jesus was persecuted and we will be persecuted also – bear His reproach

2. v14 – JESUS GIVES US A WAY WE CAN GO TO HEAVEN – Revelation 21:16-17

2 Peter 3:8-9 – the Lord wishes no one to perish

-we can continually give the Lord a sacrifice of praise because of what He has done for us

***A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE – sacrifice means to kill or slaughter for a purpose

-so we can praise the Lord as we kill some things or slaughter some things

     1.) To offer a sacrifice of praise to the Lord we must kill our feelings – Romans 8:14

-our feelings will fail us @ times

-the word emotion means to move away

***Kill our feelings and Be a Rainmaker – Zechariah 14:17

-No Worship – No Rain………..Worship – Rain Will Come

     2. We must kill our self image and reputation – Phil 2:5-11/2 Sam 6:12-23

What is our self image & reputation?  It is what people think about us

-break the addiction of approval

-we have no image to protect

***The sacrifice of praise prepares us for heaven –

Rev 4:8-11 & 5:8-14 – Praise is vocal, there are instruments, is loud & continual