Kansas City, Missouri, United States - Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “Praising God For His Word” – Sunday, 28 September 2014 - Scripture: Psalms 33:1-22

Kansas City, Missouri, United States - Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “Praising God For His Word” – Sunday, 28 September 2014 - Scripture: Psalms 33:1-3 Good people, cheer God!
    Right-living people sound best when praising.
Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!
    Play his praise on a grand piano!
Invent your own new song to him;
    give him a trumpet fanfare.
4-5 For God’s Word is solid to the core;
    everything he makes is sound inside and out.
He loves it when everything fits,
    when his world is in plumb-line true.
Earth is drenched
    in God’s affectionate satisfaction.
6-7 The skies were made by God’s command;
    he breathed the word and the stars popped out.
He scooped Sea into his jug,
    put Ocean in his keg.
8-9 Earth-creatures, bow before God;
    world-dwellers—down on your knees!
Here’s why: he spoke and there it was,
    in place the moment he said so.
10-12 God takes the wind out of Babel pretense,
    he shoots down the world’s power-schemes.
God’s plan for the world stands up,
    all his designs are made to last.
Blessed is the country with God for God;
    blessed are the people he’s put in his will.
13-15 From high in the skies God looks around,
    he sees all Adam’s brood.
From where he sits
    he overlooks all us earth-dwellers.
He has shaped each person in turn;
    now he watches everything we do.
16-17 No king succeeds with a big army alone,
    no warrior wins by brute strength.
Horsepower is not the answer;
    no one gets by on muscle alone.
18-19 Watch this: God’s eye is on those who respect him,
    the ones who are looking for his love.
He’s ready to come to their rescue in bad times;
    in lean times he keeps body and soul together.
20-22 We’re depending on God;
    he’s everything we need.
What’s more, our hearts brim with joy
    since we’ve taken for our own his holy name.
Love us, God, with all you’ve got—
    that’s what we’re depending on.
"Praising God For His Word" by David Graves
Psalm 33 is a helpful guide on praise: it tells us who should worship (v. 1), how we should worship (vv. 2–4), why we should worship (vv. 5–19), and what happens when we worship (vv. 20–22).
The mention of God’s Word in verse 4 reminds us that by knowing the Word of God, we get better acquainted with the God of the Word. And the better we know the Scriptures, the better we will be able to praise and worship God for who He is and for what He has done. His Word and His work are inseparable. Nothing came into existence but by God’s Word and command (vv. 6, 9), and He is Lord over the nations (vv. 10–12).
The Word that created and controls the universe is the same Word that can control your life (John 1:1-5). God’s Word tells us that He is upright, faithful, righteous, and full of love. When we trust His Word and obey it, God is free to work in our lives in mighty ways. Because He is faithful and His Word is dependable, we can rejoice, sing, and give thanks and praise to Him.

Hymn for Today:

"I Know God's Promise Is True" by Lelia N. Morris
1. For God so loved this sinful world,
His Son He freely gave,
That whosoever would believe
Eternal life should have. 
Refrain:
’Tis true, oh, yes, ’tis true,
God’s wonderful promise is true;
For I’ve trusted, and tested, and tried it,
And I know God’s promise is true. 
2. I was a wayward, wand’ring child,
A slave to sin and fear,
Until this blessed promise fell
Like music on my ear.
Refrain:
’Tis true, oh, yes, ’tis true,
God’s wonderful promise is true;
For I’ve trusted, and tested, and tried it,
And I know God’s promise is true.
3. The “whosoever” of the Lord,
I trusted was for me,
I took Him at His gracious word;
From sin He set me free.
Refrain:
’Tis true, oh, yes, ’tis true,
God’s wonderful promise is true;
For I’ve trusted, and tested, and tried it,
And I know God’s promise is true.
4. Eternal life, begun below,
Now fills my heart and soul;
I’ll sing His praise forevermore
Who has redeemed my soul.
Refrain:
’Tis true, oh, yes, ’tis true,
God’s wonderful promise is true;
For I’ve trusted, and tested, and tried it,
And I know God’s promise is true.
Thought for Today:

“Hurry with your answer, God!
    I’m nearly at the end of my rope.
Don’t turn away; don’t ignore me!
    That would be certain death.
If you wake me each morning with the sound of your loving voice,
    I’ll go to sleep each night trusting in you.
Point out the road I must travel;
    I’m all ears, all eyes before you.
Save me from my enemies, God—
    you’re my only hope!
Teach me how to live to please you,
    because you’re my God.
Lead me by your blessed Spirit
    into cleared and level pastureland."(Psalm 143:7-10)
Prayer Needs:
For the development of Christian leaders in Guatemala.
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