Summer in the Psalms 13 (Novato)
The Doxology
Christina Mendes
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September 21, 2024

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Summer in the Psalms Part 13 | The Doxology

Series Finale | September 22nd, 2024

What is a Doxology?

  • The word comes from the Greek words Doxa meaning
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    and logia meaning
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    . A “doxology,” etymologically speaking, is “a word of glory.”
  • A doxology is a Christian prayer or hymn that praises and glorifies God.
  • New Testament doxologies proclaim God’s glory at key moments in some the most climactic of events in salvation history.

  • Psalms 145–150 are a collection of psalms that include a
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    , or praise, that is more prominent than in other psalms.
  • At its core, the doxology of Psalm 150 is both a hymn of praise and a hymn of thanksgiving that expresses gratitude to God.

Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary, praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power. Praise Him for his surpassing greatness. Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet. Praise Him with the harp and lyre, praise Him with a tambourine and dancing. Praise him with the strings and flute. Praise Him with the clash of cymbals. Praise him with resounding cymbals. Let Everything that has breath praise the Lord! —Psalm 150

  • 2024 translation: Wake up and don’t think about anything

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    until you’ve thanked God. Sing your morning and evening hymns in your room and remember how important it is to
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    to the Lord.

  • And now more than ever there is never been a time that it’s more important to put Him first.

But seek (aim at strive after) first His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. —Matthew 6:33

There is A Call for All Creation to Praise the Lord

  • There are 6 verses in this chapter. Each one of them is a

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    .
    The entire created world is summoned to worship Him. Everything that has
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    !

  • When we gather to “

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    ” worship, we are actually stepping into an already moving stream of worship somewhere at its midpoint. Every call to worship is not a call to begin worship but to
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    it.

Worship is a response to who God is.

Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. —Romans 12:1

The Power of Worship

  • Fun facts about worship in song
  • Worship music can also
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    overall cognitive function, including memory, attention and problem solving.
  • Corporate singing can
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    the production of oxytocin which is our bonding hormone
  • Worship also
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    our stress hormone

Spiritual Aspects about Worship

  • Worship through music
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    and
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    us. It inclines our hearts to God in ways that other forms can’t accomplish.
  • Worship
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    us, convicts us, builds us up, and even restores us. In other words, when we sing and devote our
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    to God, something Godly happens within us.
  • Worship unites the church, and where there is unity God commands a
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    .
  • Worship connects us to our
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    , where we find peace comfort and strength
  • Worship invites his presence into our circumstances
  • Worship is a
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    that drives away the enemy

  • If music and worship wasn’t so powerful the enemy wouldn’t care. He wouldn’t try so hard to steal your song.
  • He knows from personal and physical experience how
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    worship is. And since then he has attacked it ever since he was removed from Heaven. Keep that in mind next time you think of sitting it out.

  • Worship gives us in one breath the opportunity to love the lord your God with all your heart mind soul and strength.

  • Eph 5:19 says to speak to one another with

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    ,
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    and
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    . Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord always giving thanks to God the father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God thank you for the cross,
Thank you for my salvation
Thank you for the creation all around me
Thank you for your mercy
Thank you for the air in my lungs