Psalm 100: Make a Joyful Noise
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Good morning. My name is Spencer and I am one of the pastors here. We are in Psalm 100 today, which is on page 287, your blue Bibles that are under you, around you. You can follow along there. You can also follow along on the screen. The text will be on the screen this morning.
So, we've been in the Psalms this summer. This is our final week in the Psalms. And then a couple of years ago we were in the Psalms. And we'll continue to come back to them because they are good for our souls to sit in. But there's a lot of similarities in the Psalms and all 150 of them.
But there's also some differences. They do different things. You look at Psalms like Psalm 19 and 139 that we looked at this summer. And those Psalms had immense depth and truth in them and doctrine that helps shape us and guide us as the people of God. You look at Psalms like Psalm 23 and Psalm 42. And those are Psalms that help us in the midst of loss and suffering and grieving.
And they help us worship God through lament. You look at Psalms like Psalm 51 that help us in repentance. Psalm 67 that gives us a taste of Jesus reaching the nations. Like there's Psalms that do all kinds of different things. Some of them are very long and some of them are very short. And then you get a few Psalms like we're going to be in today.
Psalm 100 is five verses. It is a short, succinct look at how we are called to worship God. And there's a few Psalms like this that are real short, real compact. But they just help us praise God because He's worthy of it. And that's how we're closing up our summer in the Psalms. It's looking at Psalm 100, receiving its commands to help guide us in worshiping God and then helping see why we're called to do it.
So I'm going to read through it all at once and then we'll walk through it together. Psalm 100. Make a joyful noise to the Lord all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come into His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God.
It is He who made us and we are His. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him. Bless His name. For the Lord is good.
His steadfast love endures forever and His faithfulness to all generations. Let me pray for us and then we'll walk through this together. Father, I thank You for the Word of God. I thank You for the Psalms. This beautiful Psalm book that we get to come back to over and over again that helps us worship You. These songs and prayers that guide us towards the heavens, towards You.
God, I pray that You would help us be present this morning. That You would speak to us and that we'd respond in faith and repentance and obedience and worship. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Okay, so there's a subtitle in Psalm 100 that kind of frames up the Psalm.
It says a Psalm for giving thanks. So this Psalm comes at the end of a five-Psalm set called the kingship Psalms. Okay? It's all about God is our king. And this one is saying, no, we're going to be thankful to our kings. That frames it up.
And then verse 1, the first of many commands that we're going to see here. Make a joyful noise to the Lord all the earth. All right. So, make a joyful noise. So, it may not be something we're as familiar with here because we're not Pentecostal. But we're better than most Baptists, you guys.
We get a little animated. But let's just make a joyful noise. Maybe the most familiar setting where you would hear this is coming up Saturdays in the fall in the south. Yep. Preach. It's college football.
That's what we're probably most familiar with. That's where you hear a joyful noise. Where you hear 80,000 plus fans. Not too far away from here. Directionally, wherever that is. At Williams-Brice Stadium.
Who may or may not. Depends to be. Or remains to be seen. Have a joyful thing to celebrate this fall. We always hope for the bestest Gamecock fans. And they never always let us down.
But, that's it. Right? That's the most joyful noise that you're going to hear in our area. Is a bunch of people. Mostly adults. Cheering on 20 year old young men playing a child's game.
It is. Silly. Can't be idolatrous. But that's where you most are familiar with this type of joyful noise. That's being commanded here in Psalm 100. And the psalmist.
In some Psalms. They're concerned with the congregation worshiping God. In some Psalms. They're focusing on the individual. Interacting with God. This Psalm is bigger.
It says. No. Make a joyful noise to the Lord. All the earth. This isn't just all the peoples. This isn't every body.
This is all of creation. That's what earth is getting at. Make a joyful noise to the Lord. All the earth. This is similar to when Jesus. Is doing the triumphant entry into the city on Palm Sunday.
And the people start praising him. And the Pharisees get upset at this. And say. You need to stop this. And he says. I tell you.
If these were silent. The very stones would cry out. He's saying. You don't understand. The whole earth. Praises.
Me. Because we're. I'm worthy. Of. This. As we're getting at Psalm 19.
We looked at this summer. The whole earth is testifying. The whole creation is testifying. To the glory. Of God. And Psalm 100 says.
Let's join in that. Let's join in the whole chorus. That's. Joyfully. Praising. God.
Don't miss this. We're called to do this. Joyfully. We're commanded to do this with. Joy. And listen.
This isn't something that we just manufacture. Okay. That's not the kind of joy that's happening here. This is what it means to behold God for who he is. And his glory. And his goodness.
And his beauty. And the. When you behold him. What flows out of you. Is. Joy.
Like if you've ever seen a. Set of new parents. Holding. Their newborn. Child. They are.
Beaming. With joy. They are. Grinning. They are. Excited.
They are. Terrified. There is an. All. In them. You see that.
Now listen. They don't have to. Manufacture that. They're not faking that. That's real. Because they're holding the most.
Beautiful creature. That they've ever seen. In their entire. Lives. And listen. Children are.
Beautiful gifts of God. Okay. They make jokes. But they're wicked sinners. And they are. But don't miss it.
They are beautiful. Amazing. Gifts of God. That reaction. Is how it should be. But our children.
Pale in comparison. To the glory of God. Our God is. More. Beautiful. More.
Glorious. More. Worthy of all. And. Joy. And when you behold him.
For who he is. You get to. See an overflow. Out of you. That is. Joy.
Because you are. Worshipping. The Lord. Okay. So. He says.
Make a joyful noise. To the Lord. All the earth. And then he gives a. Second command. Serve the Lord.
With. Gladness. Serve the Lord. With gladness. Now. Serving with gladness.
May be a category. That we're not familiar with. That's not. Like if you're. If your boss says. All right.
I need you to stay late. Okay. I need you to finish out. The reports. So we close out the quarter.
I need you to. Finish up these cars. So we can get them off the lot. Back to the customers. I need you to stay late. A few hours after.
Five. Most of you aren't like. Yes boss. I'm in. With gladness. I will serve you.
That's just typically. That's not a natural response. For us. Is this joyful. It's almost childlike. Giddy.
Glad. Service. My son. Bridgers. Is at. Like the perfect age.
He's at five. And it's awesome. Because I am like. The greatest to him. He. He thinks I'm the coolest.
He thinks I'm the smartest. He thinks I'm the strongest. Like I. He is. Very excited. When I ask him to come serve me.
I say. Hold this tool. While I'm doing this. He is. Glad. Because his dad is the greatest.
Now. He's in for a huge let down. When he realizes. Like I have the back. Of like a 60 year old man. That like I just.
I'm rarely the smartest person in the room. That includes. In my own home. So like. He's due for a let down. But hear this.
There's no let down with God. There ain't no let down with God. When you serve the Lord. And you realize how good he is. There's a lot of joy. In it.
Because his perfection. Is untainted by any. Perfection. That his power is unhindered. By any weakness. He is.
Inexhaustible. That his love. Is uncorrupted. His grace is unfathomable. His wisdom. Is unsearchable.
You see. All the attributes. Of God. Lined up. And there's. No one in this world.
That comes. Close. So as you follow God. And you're obedient. To his word. And you're obedient.
To where he calls you to. In life. We get to. Serve him. With. This.
Gladness. Because our God. Is truly amazing. Then he issues. Another command. He goes on to say.
Come. Into his presence. With. Singing. Come into his presence. With singing.
He commands. His people. To sing. He commands us. To sing. Now some of you.
Just got really excited. Because like. You're like Matt Freeman. Who just sings. All the time. He does.
He sings. All the time. Y'all. And. And singing. Singing to the Lord.
Is something. That you're all in on. Say yes. Amen. I'm going for it. I will sing to the Lord.
All the time. And some of you are like. Please no. I'd rather not. I'll go do the service stuff. But I don't.
I don't want to sing. And I want to take a few minutes. Just to. Help you see. Why this command is good. For those of you.
That don't really enjoy. Singing. Maybe you don't really sing here. On a Sunday. I want to help you see. Why this is actually.
Really really good. About working through. Some of the reasons. Why you might not sing. And the first is. Is that it's humbling.
It's humbling. Some of you may find it humbling. Because. The when you sing. It sounds more like verse one. Sounds more like a joyful noise.
Coming out. That's. Listen. I'm on your team. All right.
When I sing. It's not the most pleasant sound. In the world. So maybe that's you. You don't like to sing. Because you're just not very.
Good at it. We would never set you up here. On a Sunday. And leave others. In worship. Maybe you don't sing.
Because you think it's silly. That it's. It's a little silly. It's a little childlike. It's a little beneath you. It's just a little like.
Ah. Just I don't. I don't. I'm not all about that. Listen. It's humbling.
Okay. Whether you struggle to sing well. Or whether you. It's a humbling experience. If I sing to my wife. Which I don't do.
Because that doesn't show her love. She wouldn't appreciate that. Okay. But if I sing to her. I position myself beneath her. Right.
I'm humbling myself before her. In singing. So yes. Singing. It is. Humbling.
Okay. It absolutely is childlike. And some of you. And to be honest. And this is anecdotal. I don't have stats to back this up.
But the majority of people that don't sing. In worship. Are men. That's been here. That's been. All the churches that have been a part of.
Is that men are less likely to sing than women. You may have a lot of reasons that you don't sing. But let me tell you why you should. Because if you are willing to. Joyfully praise. 20 year old.
Young men. Throwing a football around on a Saturday. If you are willing to. Joyfully sing at a concert. While the lead singer is singing about ants marching. Or thunder.
Or a pickup truck. And a girl. Which is like a thousand different country songs. Whatever your speed is. If you are willing to join the chorus. At a concert.
If you are willing to. Cheer people online. Who are playing with a fake digital character. Playing another nerd. Halfway across the world. Who has their own digital fake character.
Listen. I don't understand it. I don't have to. You do you. But if you are willing to do that.
And joyfully cheer someone else on. But you are unwilling to sing here. On a Sunday. You have misunderstood reality. No. We need to sing to our Lord.
He is worthy of our worship. We need to joyfully celebrate him. It is humbling. If you are willing to humble yourself. Before anything else. And not the Lord.
We need a reality check. We need to change here. Repent here. And actually sing. And obey this command. The second reason.
It is about your heart. Not your ability. Okay. It is about your heart. Not your ability. You might have a very pleasant voice.
For a church our size. I am unbelievably blown away. At the amount of people. That God has gifted. To lead us. In worship.
It is such an immense. Blessing. But you might have a great voice. But guess what? If your heart is not in the right place. Right?
If it is about self. If it is about how good you sound. Or look before others. The Bible says very bluntly. God hates that. God.
The book of Amos. Says that very bluntly. In Amos 5. It says in verse 21. I hate. I despise your feasts.
I take no delight. In your solemn assemblies. Because the people of God. Were still having assemblies. And still praising God. And bowing down to idols.
And not doing justice. That God had called them to do. They were still living in sin. And acting. Doing the part. Their heart was in the wrong place.
And still doing the actions. Then it goes on in verse 23. To say take away from me. The noise of your songs. To the melody of your hearts. To the melody of your hearts.
I will not listen. That corrects the heart. That sings about themselves. But that also gives us the picture of. That it's truly about the heart. Which means.
If you sound like a bad American Idol audition. Right? That's okay. Because it's not about your ability to sing. It's about your heart's position before the Lord. Third.
It's not about you. The third reason why you should sing. It's not about you. That's one of the things I appreciate about congregational worship. It's not about the individual. It's about the corporate.
I personally. Love the cover. Of all the saints in the room singing. It's great. It means I can sing louder. Right?
The only people who have to endure my singing. Are the ones who sit directly in front of me. So. Sorry. Sing louder. You won't hear me.
But I love that. Because that's how. Listen. I would argue. That's by design. Okay?
When you zoom in on the individual. You're going to hear all the imperfections. But when you zoom out. And you hear the collective. You hear a beautiful chorus. Right?
Like we went to a pastor's conference called. Together for the Gospel. This. In April. And Together for the Gospel has these. The worship at those conferences.
Is a guy on a piano. With a microphone. And 10 to 12 thousand. Pastors and ministry leaders singing. And their albums are on. On Spotify.
And you listen to them. And it's amazing. Dear 10,000. Voices. Praising God. It's poetic.
It's. It's. It's. It's brilliant. It's so. Pleasant to hear.
And I think that's by. Design. I think that's the God view. Of worship. That's what he gets to hear. As the saints come together.
For corporate worship. Which tells you. It's not about you. You get to join in the chorus. Of all the saints. Praising our God.
For who he is. So. Listen. Obey the command. Obey the command. Come into his presence.
With. Singing. Third. Or verse three. Know. The Lord.
He is. God. That's the next command. It says. Know that he is God. Which is one of the ways.
That we do this. Is through word. And prayer. That we want to know. That he is God. And be reminded of this.
On a daily basis. To know. Him. And then he goes on to say. It is he. Who made us.
That's creator. Language. It is he who made us. And we are. His. Now we're switching into more covenantal.
Language. This is the covenant relationship between. God. And Israel. And the Old Testament. And it.
Furthers the idea. When he says. We are his people. And the sheep of his. Pasture. That's God in Israel.
That's the shepherd in his. Sheep. And the truth that's being taught there. Is that we belong. To God. We belong to him.
And that's powerful. For two reasons. First. It means that we are his possession. It means that. If you believe in.
Christ. You belong to him. He possesses. You. The Old Testament. The Old Testament taught us.
In Deuteronomy 7. When it says. For you. Are a people. Holy. To the Lord.
Your God. The Lord. Your God. Has chosen you. To be a people. For his treasured.
Possession. Out of all the peoples. Who are on the face of the earth. That's true. In the new covenant. In the new testament.
In first Peter. When he says. But you are a chosen race. A royal priest. A holy nation. A people.
For his own. Possession. That you may proclaim. The excellencies of him. Who called you out of darkness. Into marvelous.
Light. He. Possesses us. We belong to him. In that way. In the same way.
That my children. Belong to. Me. Like I helped. Make. Them.
And I have to remind them. Sometimes. That my wife and I. We bought everything. In this house. Because they'll fight over toys.
And they'll fight over territory. And it's like. Listen. Stop. We own everything. In this house.
It is on loan to you. To be able to use. For your enjoyment. But we. Bought all of this. You belong to us.
And there's a lot of benefits. That come with them. Belonging to us. We love them. More than anyone else. In this world.
Does. We. We would protect them. More than anyone else. Would want to. Like we.
If someone touches my child. It's on. Right. That's built into parenthood. I'm their biggest fan. Like I get to coach my.
I got to coach my son's. T-ball team. This last spring. And I did my best. And I think I did a decent Job. Of being the coach.
Who's objective. Okay. Who you know. Didn't. Try to favor his son. Over the other kids.
But there were moments. When I watched him hit a ball. And run. Awkwardly. To first base. As fast as he could.
That I was beaming. I was like. Yes. That's my boy. Woo. Like I was going for it.
Because. I'm his biggest fan. I'm my children's. Biggest fan. Because they belong to me. That's built into the relationship.
And it's built into the relationship. Of God and his people. That there's immense. Benefit. And belonging to him. That he possesses us.
That he's in our corner. More than anyone else. That he's for our. Good. And our ultimate good. More than anyone.
Else. That's the first picture. That I think is really powerful. For belonging to him. To being the sheep. And his.
Pasture. The second. Is that we have a place with him. I love that picture of. We are his people. The sheep of his pasture.
That we. We have a place. With the Lord. That we. Belong with him. In that way.
Because many of us. Have been searching for belonging. For a very long time. You felt it in middle school. Where you. Were searching.
For a place to belong. And you kept searching. And. You know. It might change. Middle school.
You know. Is one thing. But. That. Search. Continues.
Throughout life. Looking for a place to belong. Looking for a people to belong to. And I want to tell you. And very. Be very.
Candid. I. I think the church. Is an. Is an. Unbelievable place to belong.
I think our church. Is an unbelievable place to belong. The church. Of Jesus. The local church. Is a beautiful.
Messy. Wonderful. Place. It's a bunch of misfit sheep. That got us called together. As his people.
People. And our shepherd. Is really. Really good. So. You've been searching.
For a place to belong. The people of God. Is a wonderful place. To be. That's how it always has been. All the way back to Psalm 100.
When this was written. That the pasture of the Lord. Is a wonderful place. To belong. If you've ever. If you've ever wandered.
A long distance in life. Trying to find belonging. Hear the encouragement. That Jesus offers here. Then he gives the next commandment.
Verse. Four. He says. Enter his gates with thanksgiving. And his courts with praise. Give.
Thanks to him. Bless. His name. Now. This picture. Is the Old Testament picture of worship.
When they would travel to Jerusalem. To the temple. And the temple courts. Where they'd offer sacrifices. Where they would sing. Praises.
And offer thanks. To God. But the command to give thanks. Is something that. I think is lacking. For many of us.
I think many of us. Forget all the things. That God does for us. And all. I think we forget. How great he really is.
And we. We don't give thanks enough for that. And being as children. That. That happens. Children can be entitled.
Like I. When I was. At the end of the day. End of my junior year of high school. My mom sold her family business. And became a stay at home mom.
And she actually was. She's already. Was a good cook. She was actually going. At some point. For culinary classes.
To further just her skills. Because she wanted to. So my senior year. I had the distinct privilege. Of being able to eat. Some wonderful meals.
It was great. And what would happen. Is I would finish football practice. I would finish baseball practice. And I would call home. And my.
My school was about 30 minutes. From my house. I call home. And she said. What do you want for dinner? And I said.
I don't know. Steak. Your brown rice. That you make. Our secret family recipe. For mac and cheese.
Which was Stouffer's. Which. Is a very underrated mac and cheese. In fact. I would argue. That the Chick-fil-A mac and cheese.
Is just Stouffer's. They sprinkle some cheese on. Okay. For those of you. Love it. I can't back that up.
But. That's my theory. I was like. Can you make it? And she'd say. Yes.
She would. That whole senior year. I got to eat all these great meals. Got to come home. And I'm sure. Every now and then.
I said. Thank you. But at the same time. You just got. I got accustomed to it. For the whole year.
It was very. Great. And that happens with kids. You just. They just get. Like I realized.
As I became an adult. When I finally realized. That I didn't give enough thanks. To my parents. Is when I started having my own kids. And I started watching them.
Do the same things. That I used to do. To go through life. Expecting this. Expecting that. Expecting this.
Getting mad when you don't get this. Getting mad when you don't get that. Rarely saying thanks. And I'm trying to. I'm working. We're discipling our kids.
I'm trying to coach them. Trying to say. Hey listen. Your mama just did that. Thank her. Say.
Look at her eye contact. Thank you. Thank you. But that doesn't naturally flow out of them. But here's what I've realized.
As a parent. I don't do it for the thanks. My wife doesn't do it for the thanks. We do it because we love them. We love our kids. And we sacrifice for them.
And we do all these things for them. Not to get applause. But because we immensely love them. And that is how our God is with us. And then some. God loves us.
Deeply. It is all the things for us. And all the ways that are seen and unseen. Because he loves us. And we're missing out. If we don't thank him.
Thank the God who gave us life. Who gave us existence. Thank the God who gives us daily bread. That we take for granted. Thank the God who gives us different abilities and talents. And if you're a Christian.
Thank the God who gave himself up for you. Thank the God who in Christ gives us immense spiritual blessings. Thank the God who gives us an unbelievable unending eternity of joyous praise before him. And we have unbelievable benefits. Endless benefits. That he's worthy of thanks for.
It is good for our souls. The people of God. They had to come to Jerusalem. To be in the presence of God. To offer thanks to him. And in Christ.
We don't have to do that anymore. If you believe in Jesus. You can wake up each day. And you can thank the Lord. You can go to sleep each night. And you can thank the Lord.
One of the things. I quote Philippians 4.6 quite often. Do not be anxious in anything but through prayer. And supplication. With thanksgiving. Make your requests to be known to God.
I focus on a lot of times. Do not be anxious. Which is a powerful part of that. And make your requests. Which is a powerful part of that. But with thanksgiving.
Often gets missed. Our prayers should be lined. With thankfulness. I want you to do something this week. I want you to set a timer for ten minutes. Grab a pen and a pad.
And for the first five minutes. I want you to write out. Thanking God for who he is. Just who he is. God you're merciful. God you're loving.
God you are the creator of all things. God you are gracious. God you are a God of justice. I want you to just take five minutes. And write out. Thanking God for who he is.
And in the last five minutes. I want you to thank God for what he has done for you. Specifically. Thank God for the things he does for you. On a regular basis. The big things he's done for you in life.
The small things. Just take ten minutes. And you will start to line that paper. With all kinds of reasons. And you're not even scratching the surface. We're called to give.
We're commanded to give thanks to our God. Alright. He gives command after command. After command. After command. To help us worship God.
And the way that we were designed to. And then he says what? Verse five. For. That's purpose. For.
The Lord is. Good. Good. His steadfast love. Endures. Forever.
And his faithfulness to all. Generations. The Lord. Is. Good. Now that's hard for us.
In the English language. Because goodness. Is kind of a very generic. Vague. Category. Just is.
Try to define it. Try to use it. I can say. That the. Pork chop. Dinner.
At. Bodhi Thai. In Lexington. Or. Five Points. At Saludas.
Either one of those places. You want a fancy dinner. You get to the seared pork chop. With the sides. They're different. Different places.
But that is good. That is a good. Meal right there. I can say that the drum solo. And in the air tonight. By Phil Collins.
Do do. Do do. Do do. Do do. Do do. Do.
That is. Good. And it is. And then I can say. The Lord is good. And go.
Oh. What? Those aren't on the same level. Right? Now. A few of you.
Are going to want to fight the good fight. And say. I will never say anything is good. Somebody is going to ask me. Are you good? You don't even know what good is.
Listen. It is a losing. It is a losing battle. Okay? The English language. It is just not.
It is kind of a mutt language. It is not very good with words. Or. When you hear. The Lord is good. You elevate that.
To a category. Of spiritual. Goodness. That has. That is completely untainted. With evil.
There is no sin. In that. Goodness. There is no failure. In that. Goodness.
There is only purity. And perfection. In that. Goodness. When you are. When you are thinking of the attributes of God.
And you are just saying. God. You are so. Faithful. You are so. Gracious.
Like. One of the things that just fall back on us. I don't. You are just so. Good. And it is just almost a catch all.
For everything that he is. He is just. Good. And then he goes on to say. His steadfast love endures forever. And his faithfulness.
To all generations. Now. Those phrasings. Are some of the more. Repeated phrasings. Throughout the scriptures.
You hear all the time. His steadfast love endures forever. His faithfulness to all generations. And what is powerful here. Is the psalmist. Wasn't even able to fully.
Realize. What that meant. He wasn't even fully. Able to realize. How that was going to be fulfilled. When God inspired this in him.
Because. But this side of the cross. And this side of the empty tomb. We know what it means. That his steadfast love endures forever. And his faithfulness.
To all generations. Because the goodness of God. And his steadfast love. And his faithfulness. Was perfectly displayed in Christ. That Christ left the heavens.
And took on flesh. And dwelt among us. That he fulfilled the law perfectly. That he went to the cross. To be crushed for our rebellion. That he walked out of the empty tomb.
To make. To give us a way. To be partakers. Of this beautiful promise. Of this beautiful. Steadfast love.
He was faithful to us. Who were faithless. We understand. What this means. And we get to. Anchor this deep.
Into our soul. Over and over again. When we come across Psalms. Like this. When you look at this Psalm. And it's brief.
Five verses. It's so basic. In fact. The phrases in this Psalm. Are repeated. All over the Psalms.
You can flip and flip. And see back and forth. You're going to see this. All over the Psalms. So why at the century Mark.
Of the Psalm book. Did God. Inspire such a succinct. Five verse picture. Like this. I'd argue.
It is because these truths. Need to be. Anchored deeper. Into our soul. They need to be sung. Into our soul.
The Psalms were songs. They were prayers. They were meant to be repeated. Over and over again. So they could be.
Anchored deeper. Into our souls. That's what singing does. Y'all. Singing. Anchors.
Truths. Into our soul. There's a reason why. A whole generation. Of baby boomers. Have the philosophy.
You know. You can't always get. What you want. But if you try sometimes. You know. You might find.
You get what you need. You know why. Because the philosopher. Mick Jagger. Wrote that. And they sang it.
A thousand times. They sang that truth. Deep into their soul. That's what singing does. It sings. Truth.
Deep into your soul. And we need Psalms. Like Psalms. 100. To be sung. To be recited.
Deep into our soul. That's good for us. Y'all. When you can't remember scripture. Sometimes. You can't remember a song.
I got. When I'm struggling. With sin. And suffering. I might not be able to remember Romans 8. My mind might be all over the place.
But I can remember rock of ages. Cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee. Let the water and the blood. From my wounded side. Which flowed.
Be of sin. The double cure. Saved from wrath. And made me pure. I can remember that. And that reminds me.
Of how good our savior is. We need this y'all. We need truth. Sung deeper into our soul. We need these Psalms recited. Deeper into our soul.
Like Matt Freeman. Our pastor of worship. Who's over here in the keys. Like he spends time y'all. And he has help sometimes. With some different volunteers.
From our worship ministry. But he writes the liturgy. And he's thoughtful about it. And y'all. This liturgy that we recite. Every Sunday.
It gets repeated. Like Psalm 100 gets repeated. Once every two or three months. Which is going to blow. Some of your minds. Because some of you.
Miss that every week. Because you roll in late. But if you came in on time. You'd hear Psalm 100. Once every two to three months. And you hear it over.
And over. And over again. And that truth. Would get sung deeper. And deeper into your soul. And listen.
We need that. We need to know the command. To make a joyful noise. The Lord. We need to know the command. To serve the Lord.
With gladness. We need to know the command. That we're called to come. Into his presence. With singing. We need to know.
That he is God. We need to realize. And let it sink into our hearts. That we belong to him. And all the benefits. That come along with that.
Because he's good. Because his steadfast love. Endures forever. And his faithfulness. For all generations. We need that.
And we're going to do that. As the band comes up. We're just going to sing. Two more songs. And I want us. To sing.
I want us to sing. And grow in this. To sing these truths. Deep into our soul. Listen. You may not know the songs.
I would encourage you. If you want to know the songs. Go talk to Matt. After worship. It gets in your playlist. It can send you some songs.
That you can sing regularly. To be familiar with them. But we need this. We need to grow. In actually. Worshiping.
The Lord. We need to grow. In singing. Praises. To our God. And actually.
Singing. We need to grow. In thankfulness. Thanking the Lord. On a regular basis. For all.
Who he is. And everything. That he does. For us. We need to grow. In worshiping.
Our God. Because he's. Worthy. Of it. Now some of you.
May be checking. This out. Maybe checking out. Jesus. Maybe. Feel like an outsider.
Listening into an insider. Conversation. And I just want to say. Very clearly to you. If you are exploring. Our faith.
You don't know where you stand. Before the Lord. I want you to hear. What he says. Very clearly. There's an invitation.
Here to be a sheep. At his pasture. There's a place. For you to belong. Amongst the people. Of God.
Our shepherd. Is unbelievably good. He's unbelievably loving. And he loves you. So much.
That the shepherd. Came and laid down. His life. For you. So that you could experience.
This endless joy. This endless love. This unbelievable faithfulness. There's a place for you. In the people of God. And the invitation is there.
And my hope is. Is that as we sing this morning. You'd so clearly hear. The invitation of our shepherd. And that you would place. Your faith.
In him. Because he's worthy of it. Let's pray. Heavenly Father. Thank you so much. For the Psalms.
Thank you. For a couple of months. Just to gaze upon. In your beauty. In your glory. In your faithfulness.
God help us worship. Help us be a people. That are so blown away. That are so enamored. With who you are. That the overflow of that.
Is this obedience. In Psalm 100. God I pray. If there's anyone here. That does not know you. That doesn't know.
How good of a shepherd you are. That this morning. They would. That you would break down. The doors of their heart. And they would believe.
We ask this in Jesus name. Amen.