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Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence

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1. Praise God For Adversity

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... God for adversity, we place our adversity into the hands of a loving and caring God who alone has the power to transform evil into good. That does make sense. Experience confirms in us that this is the only answer to adversity that can and will work. To praise God for adversity does not mean that we assume that God is the author of all evil, all suffering, and all disasters. God does not punish us with adversity. God is not a stern-faced tyrant reaping his revenge on his renegade rebels. God is a loving and ...

2. Praising God All the Way Home

Psalm 150:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and gloomy side of life, never able to do much of anything but grumble and criticize. It is easy to gain a critical spirit in our lives, but we are not called to be critics, to be negative, or live in doom and gloom. We are called to praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow. Tony Demello tells the story about two taxidermists who stopped before a window in which an owl was on display. Immediately they began to criticize the way it was mounted. Its eyes were not natural. Its wings were not in proportion ...

3. Let Everything That Breathes Praise the Lord

Psalm 150:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... waters and righteousness as an ever flowing stream.” (Amos 5:21, 23-24) It is a perversion of the Christian Gospel and Christian worship if what we do here on Sunday morning does not impact and shape how we live on Monday and the rest of the week. Our praise of God must be translated into daily life, by loving involvement with God’s people. We could spend a lot of time talking about it and we could talk about that in a lot of different ways - but let me share a poem which I think expresses it as well ...

4. I WILL PRAISE THE LORD

Drama

Marcia Miller

... member, a work of this kind provides an opportunity to develop the voice. Experimentation to discover what can be done vocally is not only advised, but is almost a demanded necessity. Working on such a project trains a person’s body, mind, and personality, as well as voice. I Will Praise the Lord utilizes eight voices. The speakers should be arranged in order of normal speaking voice level, from high to low, with voice number one being the highest and voice number eight the lowest. 1 I will ...

5. Praise God! Selah!

Luke 1:67-80, Luke 1:57-66, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:26-38, Luke 1:5-25, Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... own words. Not to aim our own way. We were created to be reflectors . . . shiny reflectors of God’s glory. And when we reflect God’s goodness and grace, our mouths are opened so that others may see the wonder and power of God! We were created to sing praises to our creator! Jesus says many times….this has happened, so that the glory of God may be revealed! When Jesus heals someone, it is so that the glory of God might be magnified through this sign. When he performs a miracle, it is so that God may be ...

6. Praise God!

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... book of worship, and not just any book of worship. It is the book of worship of a faithful community who shares her pain and sorrow in light of the one true living God. The psalms contain the whole range of human emotions, but in all of those emotions they praise God. No matter what, we are a part of a continuing relationship with God, the psalmists say, and we come into gatherings such as this to share with one another our joy and grief, our pain and hope, our ...

7. Praise The Lord!

Psalm 148:13

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... the glory of God," the Bishop said directly to Mae Ella. And as the crimson color began to recede slowly from her face, she listened in awe. The Bishop proceeded to preach an inspiring sermon on the importance of spontaneous praise in worship. In it he endorsed the expression of such praise as a regular part of the worship experience. When he came to the conclusion, the Bishop smiled impishly in Mae Ella's direction and said, "Will you all say 'Amen'?" Mae Ella's lilting voice led the staid congregation in ...

8. Turning Pity-Parties into Praise-Parties

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in Christianity of prayers of gratitude and thanksgiving? Ever wonder why it’s so important to say “thank you” to people? There are certain things you can do to show you weren’t raised by wolves. “Thank you” is one of them. The third rack in Paul’s Praise Magazine is to trust in God’s providence and in the power of God’s promises. His words to those who follow Christ are, “Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me and the God of peace will be ...

9. Living Praise Versus Deathly Silence

Psalm 30:1-12

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... v. 12) and dancing feet (v. 11). Thus, healing does not mean mere restoration to one’s former estate—it provides benefits that will be celebrated forever (v. 12). It brings to the heart the awareness that life is God’s gift, which is best enjoyed through praise. While this psalm should not be construed as a treatise on the meaning and value of suffering, it does imply that a benefit of suffering is a heightened appreciation of life as it comes from God’s favoring face (v. 7). The appeal to God which ...

10. Summertime Praise

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... bless God here on Sunday morning in church in our songs, and we bless God on Monday morning at the office with our deeds, because God has so blessed us, so chosen, adopted, redeemed, forgiven us. Because God has given all of this to us, we ''might live for the praise of his glory'' (1:12). When someone gives you a gift, you say, ''Thanks." Think of our lives as Christians as thanksgiving to God. We are the only song to God that many may ever hear. Make it a good song, a song worth singing, a song with so ...

11. A Concert of Praise

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name" (Luke 1:48b-49). This was not a statement of pride. Pride is refusing to accept God's gifts or taking credit for what God has done. Humility is accepting the gifts and using them to praise and serve God. What an honor God bestowed upon her, but that honor would lead to pain. The pain came even before her child was born. Small-town people can be mean. Mary would be gossiped about and ridiculed. She would be labeled as a girl with low morals ...

12. “May All the Peoples Praise You”

Psalm 67:1-7

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... the nations of the world (67:2, 7). Psalm 66 ends with a word of blessing (“Blessed [baruk] be God”; NIV: “Praise be to God”; 66:20), and Psalm 67 begins with a prayer of blessing in language akin to the priestly benediction. While ... whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Gen. 12:3). Psalm 66 calls the nations to praise God because of what he has done for Israel. Now Psalm 67 goes a step further and announces God’s salvation for the nations (see ...

13. Praise from the Heavenly Hosts and Creatures Here Below

Psalm 148:1-14

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... strength (75:4–5, 10; 92:10; 112:9). Moreover, the parallel line appears to associate the horn of his people with the praise of all his saints. In other words, Israel’s power is now embodied in their worship of God. The liturgy of this hymn thus ... draws the congregation to exercise power not in a political or militaristic fashion but by means of praise. As his saints (Hb. ḥasîdāyw, i.e., those bound to him by ḥesed or “love”), they are connected to Yahweh, whose ...

14. Praise to God for a Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... distress” (Leighton, vol. 2, p. 70). Union with Christ (1:3, 10–12, 21) is the ever-present basis for unconditional consolation: the believer’s soul in Christ’s care is utterly safe, whatever the earthly trials and assaults. Additional Notes 1:3 Praise be to … God: By praise here and in 5:11, Peter is following Jewish practice: “He that begins the reading from the Law, and he that completes it, say a benediction, the one at the beginning and the other at the end” (m. Meg. 4.1). The benediction ...

15. Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen." Paul answered his second unanswerable question by confessing the holiness and greatness of God and his own utter dependence upon him. That is where worship that is full of wonder, love and praise always leads: to awareness of God’s holiness and our dependence. When we truly worship, we become aware of God’s holiness. We recognize that God is complete, that "from him and through him and to him are all things." One of the best loved hymns ...

16. Gratitude and Praise Praise to the Lord

Psalm 51:1-19

Bulletin Aid

... to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the Lord most high, the great king over all the earth. Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Women: How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds. Men: Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Leader: Give thanks to the Lord for his great wisdom ...

17. Who Did He Praise?

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... . You never know when somebody who's both shrewd and slightly unethical is going to clean your clock. Jesus knew such people existed. In fact, he told about such a person in one of his parables. And here's what might steam some of us--he had words of praise for this scoundrel. Amazing. Outrageous. Jesus says something good about a sleazeball. Let's see if we can't figure out what's going on here. There was a rich man who had a manager who was cooking the books--lining his own pockets at the rich man's ...

18. Praise and Blame

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... care about us.”[2] We strive to do our best and need not worry about what other people think of us. Only Jesus will judge us. Since ultimately the only person Paul would answer to was Jesus, he was not concerned with what other people thought of him. To Paul praise or blame really did not matter — to him it was all the same. Paul knew in his heart that he was a trustworthy servant. What people thought or did not think of him was of no concern to Paul. “But with me it is a very small thing that I ...

19. The God Who Blesses Israel’s Harvests and His International Praise

Psalm 67:1-7

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... 6) is found particularly in priestly material (Lev. 26:4, 20, i.e., the blessings and curses of the Holiness Code; Ezek. 34:27; Zech. 8:12). The verses in our psalm that address God directly (vv. 2–5) echo the Yahweh Kingship psalms, which also summon “the peoples” to praise God (esp. 47:1; 96:1–3, 7–9; 98:4–6; 99:1–3), be glad (or “rejoice,” 97:1), and sing for joy (98:4) because his salvation will be known on earth (98:2–3; also 97:6) and he “will judge the peoples with equity” (96 ...

20. Song of Praise to the Lord

Isaiah 42:10-17

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... in the hearing of the nations in what Yahweh is going to do for it. This is a declaration of the way the world itself can begin praising Yahweh now for the things Yahweh is in the midst of doing for people in darkness. The praise in chapter 12 began like a thanksgiving psalm but ended like a hymn of praise. This begins like a hymn of praise, praise that rejoices in what God always is, but ends more like a thanksgiving—rejoicing in what God has just been doing. But it is a paradoxical thanksgiving ...

21. Praise to the Lamb Who Was Slain

Revelation 5:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... behalf of our Lord who has delivered us from death to life. Forgive us for joining the multitudes of sinners, but not the multitudes who, having been cleansed, now sing his praise. Give us minds to know, hearts to feel, and tongues to sing the mighty praise our great Redeemer deserves. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name” “Crown Him with Many Crowns” “Come, Let Us Rise with Christ” “Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus” “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” “Ye ...

22. Praise the King with a Song of Joy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... and glory and power for ever and ever!’” What is the song you will be singing this Christmas? Will it be a song of freedom? A song of peace? A song of salvation and new life? Let the joy of the angels inspire you to sing a new song of praise to God for God’s most excellent gift, the gift of Emmanuel, God with us. **Pastor, you could add humor here by reciting the words to a song that gets stuck in your head. 1. CleanLaugh 2. Contributed by Byrl Shaver 3. Doris Shumate in A Foxfire Christmas, edited by ...

23. Praise and Prayer

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... tell someone else how we admire or appreciate what he or she has done. We are also familiar with the way in which compliments are often merely the introduction to a “but,” and we wait for that “but.” This can be a feature of praise and prayer in the Bible. While most praise is simply praise, some expresses pain as it recalls how God has acted in the past because of the contrast with the way God is (not) acting now (see, e.g., Pss. 44; 89). So it will be here. In the past, then, Israel knew all about ...

24. A Day of Passion, Praise and Prophesying

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... was poured out on ordinary people, men and women from every tribe and nation and tongue for the purpose of accomplishing the work of Jesus Christ all over the world until the day that Jesus returns. It began with a shared passion. It resulted in an outbreak of praise. And it left behind a calling for all of us to prophesy, to tell the truth, to share the awesome grace of a God who promises that “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” 1. “Revealing Map Shows How Long It Takes to ...

25. Praising God Loudly

Luke 17:11-19

Children's Sermon

... God." [Let them repeat it.] That's great. Isn't it fun? When we do it this way, just look at the enthusiasm. Pretty soon we can sing together, pray together, and even read together with real enthusiasm. Let's try one. First we will say, "Praise to the Lord" and "Jesus Christ, our King of Glory." Then we can sing a song about God. How would you like to sing "Jesus Loves Me"? [Or choose any song you wish.] Let's sing it with a loud and beautiful voice. Christianity does not mean being quiet all ...

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