How We Glorify God in Worship

Lesson 8

“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 29:1-2

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. δοξα) 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)