UPLIFTING WORSHIP

UPLIFTING WORSHIP
PSALMS 5
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 ¶ But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

PSALMS 122: 1 David loved to worship God. He said.
1. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.


The wicked and the foolish do not follow or please God and he will destroy them.


Psalms 5: 7 As was read, David said:

7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Within this short verse we find four things that made David’s worship acceptable to God. They can give meaning to our worship.

I. David considered his worship a personal responsibility.
“but as for me”

A. Joshua 24: 15 This sounds much like Joshua.



15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Who do we serve today? Self, the world, or the true God?





B. Exodus 34: 14 God told Moses He was a jealous God.
14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
We have to decide. Whom will worship?
C. 1 Chronicles 16: 29 The writer of Chronicles says to:
29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.



1. Psalms 29: 2 David writes almost the same words.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name;
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
2. Psalms 96: 8 – 9 Again he writes again.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
A Godly fear is due God in his glory and holiness. God is due our respect. Each of us should come with respect to God.
Our worship in obedience to God has a lot to do with each of us as to what we bring to the worship. So many put so little or no time in preparation for worship. They bring nothing. Preparing the night before is so important. Getting enough rest, preparing what to wear, (especially if you have children, or have a hard time deciding), It is so important as to our mood when we arrive to worship.
II. Coming to Worship with Gratitude.
A. Psalms 5: 7 David came considering “the multitude of thy mercy.” Worship and thanksgiving go hand and hand.





B. Psalms 92: 1 David said it is good.
1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
No one can do that for us. We must give thanks and sing unto God individually as well as collectively. Not a praise team, not a chorus, no one else but ourselves.







C. Psalms 95: 1 – 2 The psalmist say let us.
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. ( WHY? )
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Giving thanks, glory and honor to God, a great God, above all gods.


D. Matt. 26: 26 - 28 Jesus with his disciples at the last supper told them:
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.


Are we thankful to God for what he has done for us? Do we take these blessings for granted? Do we remember why Jesus died for us? Do we respect him in partaking of the emblems in remembrance of him with respect and meaning? Do we give God that same respect in our singing, prayer, giving? Do we go through the motions, pausing for a moment from playing with the baby, receiving a text message, reading or talking with the one next to us, to eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord’s supper? Does it have any meaning when we sing Kum Ba Yah? Do we know what it means? Come By Here. Come by here oh Lord. An Afro-American Spiritual set to music in 1993 and copyright 1993 by Howard Publishing Co. for publication in our books.
Do we care?
III. Our Worship Must Be In Godly Fear.
David wrote Psalms 5: 7 “in thy fear.”
The secret is not in traditional worship, contemporary worship, not even power-point.
A. John 4: 20 – 24
Jesus met the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well. He talked to her and ask water of her. After some questions he told her he was Jesus. Jesus told her about worship. She went and told her brethren.







Joh 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
1. We must worship Him for He is God. Giving respect to God because He is God. Godly fear is respect to the one and only true God.
2. We must worship God spiritually because he is a Spirit. Jesus said, “God is a Spirit.”
3. We must worship Him in truth. Jesus Christ is truth.
John 14: 6 the way, the truth and the life.
Godly fear, Godly respect must be given in worship for worship to go any higher than this sealing.



IV. God Must Be The Object Of Our Worship.
A. David said “to ward the holy temple.” God is our holy temple. We come to worship him. Mans religion is to worship self. It is designed to make man feel good, look good and receive the praise.
B. Matthew 6: 33 Worship is to glorify God. To be uplifted one must first lift God up.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
If we seek self, if we seek worldly pleasure, if we seek worldly possessions, we can find them and obtain them, but we will not have God. We will not have a true relationships with God or true happiness that comes from God. We will not truly have worshiped God until we come personally, with gratitude, thankfulness, honor and glory. Worshiping God in Spirit and in truth.
If we apply David’s lesson to our worship we will notice positive changes. Our singing will be more joyful. The Lord’s supper will have more meaning. We will pray fervently and give cheerfully. We might even see the sermon more inspiring. It is sure worth a try.
Have you worshiped God today. One gift of God is forgiveness. He is always willing to forgive all who repent. Repentance is to change. A change of heart that causes a change of life. Ask God to forgive you and He will. He loves and gave his only son for you to have eternal life in Christ Jesus.

Do you come to worship, but yet are not a christian? Why not obey Jesus Christ in Baptism for the remission of your sins that Christ can add you to his church and save you? Why not do that tonight?
Will you come to Jesus?