People of Presence: Ministering To The Lord

Pastor Andrew Schmidt continues the sermon series, “People of Presence”. We begin with Matt Van Sant, Celebrate’s Worship Ministries Leader, teaching on what it means to minister to the Lord.

Sermon begins at 26:11

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Scripture References:

1 Chronicles 16:4

Things To Remember:

Ministering to God:

Extol- to record, to remember

Thank- to thank

Praise- to shine, to rave, to boast

Sermon Notes and References:

• God being present everywhere is not the same as God being present somewhere.

• A theme throughout the Bible is God desiring to be present in a specific place and time to be with his people.

• David was not content with God's Presence being 'there', he wanted it to be 'here' in his midst.

• David desires for God's Presence to 'somewhere' matched God's desire. In this way he was a man after God's own heart.

• God brought God's Presence with musical worship and maintained his presence with ongoing musical worship.

• When we come to worship are we more like Simon the Pharisee evaluating what we think of everything or more like the sinful woman ready to offer what we have to Jesus?

  • I Chronicles 16:4 Says that David appointed Levites to extol, thank and praise the Lord:

    Extol: remember or recount what the Lord has done

    Thank: express appreciation for what the Lord has done

    Praise: to shine, rave, or boast about the the Lord