Amen and amen. How we do it? Church, doing good? You look great if you got your

Bibles. We're in Psalm 98. Go there. Today we're going to talk about worship. You see,

every single one of us live on a continuum between gratitude and entitlement, and everything

in this world pushes us over to entitlement, what I deserve,

what is mine, what I want, what I need. But the scriptures push us to a position of gratitude.

And it is what worship is rooted in, and this is the year of worship, and it's a really, really

big deal. Because

every single one of us worship something. And what worship is, worship means that we ascribe

worth to. We put our attention and affection towards. And every single one of us, no matter what

you believe about God and about the Bible and about Jesus, we all ascribe

worth and we all put our attention towards something. We all become who we worship.

When the Bible talks about worship, primarily what it is talking about is our response to God

for who he is and what he has done. This is the year of worship, and so I'm hoping and praying that this sermon, we're going to talk

about how we as a church are to worship, and I hope it moves the needle for our entire church

on what worship is and why it's so important.

Psalm 98 starts out this way.

I'm going to put it on the screen so you can help me with this second word, okay? Oh, you nailed it. Now, if you just do it, we could go home

right now, you understand? Now, why does the Bible talk so much about singing? It talks a lot

about singing. It really does. Now, worship is way more than singing, but it's not less than singing.

And we serve a God that tells us to sing. Notice this is not a request. It does not say a Psalm of

David. You know what? If you feel it and you kind of like the song and you're in a good mood,

then why don't you hum along? It's not what it says. It's a command. Part of the reason we are to sing as a church is because our Lord tells us to sing. And when you're in a good mood, then why don't you hum along? It's not what it says. It's a command. Part of the reason we are to sing as a church is because our Lord tells us to sing.

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