How We Glorify Lesson 8 God in Worship

How We Glorify Lesson 8 God in Worship “Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones, Give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. ” -- Psalm

Glorifying God • To be obsessed with the glory of God is the consuming passion of the true worshiper who lives to exalt God. “I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore” (Psalm 86: 12) • The chief end of man is to glorify God… magnifying His glory now, and relishing it throughout eternity. (Jude 24 -25; Revelation 5: 13; 7: 9 -12)

We Glorify the One Who is Glorious • What is glory? – The word “glory” occurs 379 times in the NKJV Bible. “Glorify” is found 27 times. – Thayer’s Lexicon defines the word translated “glory” (Gr. δο ξα) as “splendor, brightness… magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace, majesty… a thing belonging to God. ” • We give glory to or glorify One Who is glorious (1 Chronicles 16: 23 -29; Revelation 15: 4)

Glorifying God in Daily Living • Eliminate hypocrisy. (Matthew 6: 1 -2, 5, 16) – What is the hypocrite trying to steal for himself? • Sacrifice self (1 Peter 4: 14) – How would Peter himself glorify God? (John 21: 18 -19) • Bear fruit (John 15: 8) • Do everything to the glory of God (1 Cor. 10: 31; Matthew 5: 16; 1 Peter 4: 11) • Our goal in this life is to share in God’s glory in the next life! (Romans 2: 7, 10; 8: 18; Philippians 3: 20 -21)

Glorifying God in Worship • Do you agree that glorifying God in worship “is nothing if it is not active and dynamic”? • We glorify God in worship through… – Verbal Praise in song and thanksgiving (Psalm 50: 23; 107: 31 -32; Hebrews 13: 15) • Offered in UNITY! (Romans 15: 5 -6) – Confession of sin (Neh. 1: 5 -6; Daniel 9: 3 -19) – Prayer (John 14: 13) • How does a prayer that is asked in faith glorify God? – Worshiping Him in “the beauty of holiness” (Psalm 29: 1 -2)