Who Is Like the Lord Our God?

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION

“Praise is the rehearsal of our eternal song. By grace we learn to sing, and in glory we continue to sing. What will some of you do when you get to heaven, if you go on grumbling all the way? Do not hope to get to heaven in that style. But now begin to bless the name of the Lord.”

~Charles Spurgeon

“Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.”

~Hebrews 13:15

“Go to church once a week and nobody pays attention. Worship God seven days a week and you become strange!”

~A.W. Tozer

“Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?”

~Francis Chan

“God is able to place stars in their sockets and suspend sky like a curtain; surely He is mighty enough to light your path.”

~Max Lucado

“God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you, and all happiness to crown you.”

~Thomas Brooks

“The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm.”

~Matt Chandler

SERMON PASSAGE

Psalm 113 (ESV)

1 Praise the LORD!
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD!
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore!
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!
4 The LORD is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens!
5 Who is like the LORD our God,
who is seated on high,
6 who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the LORD!