The Cost of Praise | Sing it Out Week 2 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

 

Hebrews 13:15 NIV: Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

Sacrifice: God’s Expectation

• Defining Sacrifice

Common Definition: The act of giving up something valuable or important for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.

Biblical Definition: Something of value, often an animal, food or other item, offered up to God as an act of worship, devotion, or penance.

• God is about His sacrifices!

• Jesus is the .

A Different Kind of Sacrifice

• The people of Israel learned about another kind of sacrifice: and .

Psalm 141:2 NIV: May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

1 Chronicles 23:30 NIV: They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening.

• King David showed us the way by a , a and an .

2 Samuel 6:22 NIV: I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes…

Psalms 96 1-4 NIV: Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

2 Samuel 24:24 NIV: But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

• The New Testament teaches us to continue to !

Ephesians 5:17-20 NLT: Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Sacrifice of Praise

Hebrews 13:15 NIV: Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

Growing in the Sacrifice of Praise

First Level: Verbal repetition/declaration

Second Level: Engagement of mind and will

Third Level: Breaking into a Spirit-directed flow