Why Worship?

REFLECTION QUOTES

“We are perishing for lack of wonder, not for lack of wonders.”

~G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) English writer and journalist

“I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven.”

~A.W. Tozer (1897-1963), American pastor and writer

“The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.”

~Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), American pastor and theologian

“For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?”

~John Calvin (1509-1563), French-Swiss theologian and reformer

“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”

“The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring low prodigious mountains of evil. The ringing testimony of the Christian faith is that God is able.”

~Martin Luther (1483-1546), German theologian and reformer

“You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.”

~Augustine of Hippo (354-430), North African bishop

SERMON PASSAGE

Psalm 148 (ESV)

1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his hosts!
3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
4 Praise him, you highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens!
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord!
For he commanded and they were created.
6 And he established them forever and ever;
he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all deeps,
8 fire and hail, snow and mist,
stormy wind fulfilling his word!
9 Mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars!
10 Beasts and all livestock,
creeping things and flying birds!
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12 Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!
13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his majesty is above earth and heaven.
14 He has raised up a horn for his people,
praise for all his saints,
for the people of Israel who are near to him.
Praise the Lord!