Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The Intersection of Grace & Worship
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The Intersection of Grace & Worship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6OUOMqVPxY
One day in prayer I began to
worship God. I began trying to give him one thing after another.
God I give you…
Praise, worship… Give you my heart,
mind, soul, strength…
My service… Take these hands and use them.
I remember trying to stretch myself
to give God everything possible.
God I give you… Tithes &
offerings, prayer, my attention, submission, my home, my family, I surrender my
dreams to you, love, sacrifice, I will put my faith and trust in you.
And then I said… “God I give you
Grace…”
…That sentence did not feel right.
It felt like a mistake.
“God is it possible to give you
grace?”
Today I want to talk to you about
the intersection of Grace & Worship.
Intersection of Grace & Worship
Every day we stand at an
intersection of grace & worship.
What is grace?
I grew up with this church
definition – Unmerited Favor.
Grace is giving something good to
someone who doesn’t deserve something good.
Grace is receiving something good when we don’t deserve it.
God gives us grace. God’s every interaction with us has been
through His Grace.
It is why a Holy God interacts with us through Jesus Christ.
John 1:14 (NIV2011) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling
among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Romans 6:23 (NIV2011) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
As sinners we deserve death… but
Grace gives us what we don’t deserve. Through Grace God gives us life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV2011) For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV2011) Let us then approach God’s throne of grace
with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
time of need.
John 3:16 (NIV2011) For God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.
When I said in my prayer “God I
give you grace…” everything halted because that is not true.
Grace is giving a good gift to
someone that has not earned a good gift.
When I said “God I give you grace…”
I was really saying “God I give you something good that you have not
earned.”
You can’t give God Grace
Tears of repentance… Godly sorrow
Dance and leap before the Lord…
Your offerings… financial blessings in your wallet…
Surrender to His will… His Word…
Obedient to water baptism…
Submission to the Spirit baptism…
Serve one another… teach Sunday
school, clean rest rooms, greet guests at the front door, volunteer your time
and energy…
Bow down… Raise hands clap hands…
gifts of the spirit…
But one thing we have never given
God is grace.
We have never come with a good gift
and given it to God and He, not deserve it.
God deserves it all!
You have never given him praise
that He was not worthy of…
You have never given him an offering that was more than His worth…
You have never given God something that was above and beyond His greatness…
Every Hallelujah… Every joyful
noise… Every song… God you are worthy of
it all forever!
Grace is a one way street.
God can give you grace, but you
cannot give God grace. It is impossible
for you to give grace directly to God…
The only way you could ever give
grace to God, would be to give it to “the least of these.”
Matthew 25:40 (NIV2011) “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you,
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you did for me.’
Church we ought to be graceful to
one another… It is the only way you could ever give grace to God.
God gives us grace… He gives us
good gifts that we could never earn ourselves.
We can’t give grace directly to the
Lord, because He is worthy of everything we could ever give… so what should we give the Lord?
Psalm 116:12 (NIV2011) What shall I return to the Lord for all his
goodness to me?
Psalm 116:13 (NIV2011) I will lift up the cup of salvation and call
on the name of the Lord.
Psalm 116:14 (NIV2011) I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the
presence of all his people.
Psalm 116:15 (NIV2011) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of his faithful servants.
Psalm 116:16 (NIV2011) Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you
just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
Psalm 116:17 (NIV2011) I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and
call on the name of the Lord.
We can’t give grace… so what can we
give?
We give worship
What is worship?
Worship is an attempt to give God a
gift that matches his worth.
Praise is an attempt to give God a
gift that matches his grace/the gifts He gives.
We can’t God grace, so we give God
praise and we give Him worship.
Psalm 29:1-2 (NIV2011) A psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, you
heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
Psalm 150:1-2 (KJV) Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary:
praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent
greatness.
Praise & Worship is an attempt
to give God a gift that matches His worth and the worth of His gifts.
Not about how you feel… Not about your preferred musical style… Not about the
decor of the room… Not about what you might receive in return…
Praise & worship is a
challenge…
Will you praise God at the same
level and value as the gifts & blessings He has given you? We might have to praise Him at a higher
level…
Will you worship God at the same
level of HIS VALUE? We might need to worship at a higher level.
What if your personal praise
defined your feelings, thoughts, and thankfulness for all of God’s
blessings?
IT DOES! Has God been good to you? Then Praise Him! And praise Him at the level of His goodness
toward you.
What if your personal worship
defined your feelings & thoughts about God?
IT DOES! Is God good? Is God worthy? Is God beautiful &
glorious? Then Worship Him! And worship at the level of his greatness.
In Luke 10, Jesus was asked “what
does God really want… Of all the commandments, which one is the most
important.” Jesus said…
Luke 10:27 (NIV2011) He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your
mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
Do you love the Lord your God
today?
Have you ever showed Him that you Love Him?
Do we feel like we have kept this most important commandment?
I have never kept this commandment.
Have you ever loved God with all
your heart? Soul? Strength? Mind?
Praising & Worshipping this
wonderful God of ours is the challenge of a life time.
We should NEVER gather together and
give God praise & worship that is bland, vapid, anemic, lifeless,
commonplace, weak, wishy-washy…
Is your God bland? What does your praise say…?
Are God’s gifts to you weak? What does your worship say…?
Grace is where God gives you
everything you don’t deserve.
Worship is where you attempt to give God everything He is deserving of.
Grace is a one way street…
Worship is a one way street…
Worship is a one way street
God doesn’t worship us… and that is
a good thing. …Because worship is giving
what someone is deserving of…
If God Gave me everything I was
deserving of.. I would be dead. The
wages of sin is death…
Instead of giving us worship, what
we are deserving of… God chooses to give us grace.
Today we stand at the intersection
of Grace & Worship.
We stand in a place where God
continually gives us what we could never earn… and where we try to Give God
everything He is worthy of.
Even while we worship Him, He pours
out new blessing on us.
We are in such debt to God… We owe
Him everything. So give Him everything
today.
Is God good today? Prove it in your worship.
Love Him with ALL your heart,
strength, mind, soul.
View all episodes
By Redemption Church Plano Texas
5
11 ratings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6OUOMqVPxY
One day in prayer I began to
worship God. I began trying to give him one thing after another.
God I give you…
Praise, worship… Give you my heart,
mind, soul, strength…
My service… Take these hands and use them.
I remember trying to stretch myself
to give God everything possible.
God I give you… Tithes &
offerings, prayer, my attention, submission, my home, my family, I surrender my
dreams to you, love, sacrifice, I will put my faith and trust in you.
And then I said… “God I give you
Grace…”
…That sentence did not feel right.
It felt like a mistake.
“God is it possible to give you
grace?”
Today I want to talk to you about
the intersection of Grace & Worship.
Intersection of Grace & Worship
Every day we stand at an
intersection of grace & worship.
What is grace?
I grew up with this church
definition – Unmerited Favor.
Grace is giving something good to
someone who doesn’t deserve something good.
Grace is receiving something good when we don’t deserve it.
God gives us grace. God’s every interaction with us has been
through His Grace.
It is why a Holy God interacts with us through Jesus Christ.
John 1:14 (NIV2011) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling
among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Romans 6:23 (NIV2011) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
As sinners we deserve death… but
Grace gives us what we don’t deserve. Through Grace God gives us life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV2011) For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV2011) Let us then approach God’s throne of grace
with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
time of need.
John 3:16 (NIV2011) For God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.
When I said in my prayer “God I
give you grace…” everything halted because that is not true.
Grace is giving a good gift to
someone that has not earned a good gift.
When I said “God I give you grace…”
I was really saying “God I give you something good that you have not
earned.”
You can’t give God Grace
Tears of repentance… Godly sorrow
Dance and leap before the Lord…
Your offerings… financial blessings in your wallet…
Surrender to His will… His Word…
Obedient to water baptism…
Submission to the Spirit baptism…
Serve one another… teach Sunday
school, clean rest rooms, greet guests at the front door, volunteer your time
and energy…
Bow down… Raise hands clap hands…
gifts of the spirit…
But one thing we have never given
God is grace.
We have never come with a good gift
and given it to God and He, not deserve it.
God deserves it all!
You have never given him praise
that He was not worthy of…
You have never given him an offering that was more than His worth…
You have never given God something that was above and beyond His greatness…
Every Hallelujah… Every joyful
noise… Every song… God you are worthy of
it all forever!
Grace is a one way street.
God can give you grace, but you
cannot give God grace. It is impossible
for you to give grace directly to God…
The only way you could ever give
grace to God, would be to give it to “the least of these.”
Matthew 25:40 (NIV2011) “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you,
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you did for me.’
Church we ought to be graceful to
one another… It is the only way you could ever give grace to God.
God gives us grace… He gives us
good gifts that we could never earn ourselves.
We can’t give grace directly to the
Lord, because He is worthy of everything we could ever give… so what should we give the Lord?
Psalm 116:12 (NIV2011) What shall I return to the Lord for all his
goodness to me?
Psalm 116:13 (NIV2011) I will lift up the cup of salvation and call
on the name of the Lord.
Psalm 116:14 (NIV2011) I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the
presence of all his people.
Psalm 116:15 (NIV2011) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of his faithful servants.
Psalm 116:16 (NIV2011) Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you
just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
Psalm 116:17 (NIV2011) I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and
call on the name of the Lord.
We can’t give grace… so what can we
give?
We give worship
What is worship?
Worship is an attempt to give God a
gift that matches his worth.
Praise is an attempt to give God a
gift that matches his grace/the gifts He gives.
We can’t God grace, so we give God
praise and we give Him worship.
Psalm 29:1-2 (NIV2011) A psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, you
heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
Psalm 150:1-2 (KJV) Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary:
praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent
greatness.
Praise & Worship is an attempt
to give God a gift that matches His worth and the worth of His gifts.
Not about how you feel… Not about your preferred musical style… Not about the
decor of the room… Not about what you might receive in return…
Praise & worship is a
challenge…
Will you praise God at the same
level and value as the gifts & blessings He has given you? We might have to praise Him at a higher
level…
Will you worship God at the same
level of HIS VALUE? We might need to worship at a higher level.
What if your personal praise
defined your feelings, thoughts, and thankfulness for all of God’s
blessings?
IT DOES! Has God been good to you? Then Praise Him! And praise Him at the level of His goodness
toward you.
What if your personal worship
defined your feelings & thoughts about God?
IT DOES! Is God good? Is God worthy? Is God beautiful &
glorious? Then Worship Him! And worship at the level of his greatness.
In Luke 10, Jesus was asked “what
does God really want… Of all the commandments, which one is the most
important.” Jesus said…
Luke 10:27 (NIV2011) He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your
mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
Do you love the Lord your God
today?
Have you ever showed Him that you Love Him?
Do we feel like we have kept this most important commandment?
I have never kept this commandment.
Have you ever loved God with all
your heart? Soul? Strength? Mind?
Praising & Worshipping this
wonderful God of ours is the challenge of a life time.
We should NEVER gather together and
give God praise & worship that is bland, vapid, anemic, lifeless,
commonplace, weak, wishy-washy…
Is your God bland? What does your praise say…?
Are God’s gifts to you weak? What does your worship say…?
Grace is where God gives you
everything you don’t deserve.
Worship is where you attempt to give God everything He is deserving of.
Grace is a one way street…
Worship is a one way street…
Worship is a one way street
God doesn’t worship us… and that is
a good thing. …Because worship is giving
what someone is deserving of…
If God Gave me everything I was
deserving of.. I would be dead. The
wages of sin is death…
Instead of giving us worship, what
we are deserving of… God chooses to give us grace.
Today we stand at the intersection
of Grace & Worship.
We stand in a place where God
continually gives us what we could never earn… and where we try to Give God
everything He is worthy of.
Even while we worship Him, He pours
out new blessing on us.
We are in such debt to God… We owe
Him everything. So give Him everything
today.
Is God good today? Prove it in your worship.
Love Him with ALL your heart,
strength, mind, soul.