USING THIS SERMON DISCUSSION GUIDE
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Playbook- A life of Worship-
Pastor Justin Garland March 28, 2021
Palm Sunday is all about who you will worship, and who you will praise!
Matthew 21:7-11 NLT
They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.**Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!” 10 The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked. Galilee.” And the crowds replied, “It’s Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth. *
- Worship=WORTH*
a. What you find value in, you will worship.
- You are the church and together we are the House of God
*Psalm 26:8 ESV-
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
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*- WORSHIP: What it isn’t *
o Not entertainment.
o Not the warmup to the main event.
o Not the credits at the end.
** WORSHIP: What it is**
o Worship is an OUTWARD expression of an INWARD truth.
o Worship ushers in the presence of God.
o Worship Draws Him to us.
** Worship is from generation to generation.**
Psalm 102:18 NIV
Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
Psalm 145:3-4 ESV
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
Dead religion tends to silence us to our comfort level, but revelation, healing and restoration causes us to “get our song back”
The 7 Hebrew words for Praise
*1. Yadah-*to stretch out the hand,to confess,worship with raised or extended
hands.
2 chronicles 20:21NIV-
After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his[a] holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:
“Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”
The heart of worship always begins with a heart of surrender.
Psalm 118:20-21 NKJV
This is the gate of the Lord, Through which the righteous shall enter. For You have answered me, and have become my salvation. I will praise You,
** 2. Towdah- **An extension of the hands in praise,giving thanks,make a sacrifice of praise as an act of faith.
Psalm 100:4 NIV-
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
*3. Shabach-*To praise with a shout.To shout,to triumph,to beloud,to rejoice in a loud tone.
Psalm 117:1 NIV
Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
Psalm 71:23 ESV
My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.
Shouting unto God scatters our enemies
2 Chronicles 13:8, 10-11 14-15 NIV
8 “And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.
10 “As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them.11 Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him.
*14 Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then *they cried out to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets 15 and the men of Judah(men of praise) raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. *
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*4. Zamar-*To touch the strings of a musical instrument: play upon it and make music accompanied by the voice: to celebrate in song and music.
Psalm 7:17 NKJV
I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
5. Barak- To kneel, bow down, bless God as an act of Honor.
Psalm 63:4 NIV
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
6. Tehillah – To sing enthusiastically, make a spontaneous song of praise.
Psalm 22:3 NIV
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; You are the one Israel praises.
**7. Halal- **To boast, rave, shine, celebrate, clamorously foolish.
*Psalm 113:NIV
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord. 2 Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. 3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.
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*Prayer Focus: *
- In your personal worship time: stretch yourself into worshipping with one of the 7 word for praise, that you would not naturally do.
- In your personal Worship Time, lift your voice, praising God for who He is and what He’s done in your life.
Discussion Questions
1- What are some things that bring worth and value to your life?
2- What are some ways that music affects you?
3- Where do some songs or types of music bring you to in your memory?
4- Why is surrender such a big part of our worship?
5- Discuss the meaning of surrender when it comes to our worship?
6- Out of the 7 Hebrew words for Praise comes the most natural to you? (Yadah, Towdah, Shabach, Zamar, Barak, Tehillah, Halal)
7- What are some barriers that you have dealt with that have kept you from entering into corporate worship?
8- What does the posture of bowing before the Lord represent to you? How can we do this daily?
9- Pray for each other to have a new revelation and meaning when it comes to worship and praise.