Riverbluff Church Listening Guide May 23, 2021

FLOURISH part 14

HOW PRAISE LEADS TO FLOURISHING

Psalm 147:1-14 (ESV) 1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. 2 The LORD builds up ; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4 He determines the number of the stars; He gives to all of them their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure. 6 The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked to the ground. 7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! 8 He covers the heavens with clouds; He prepares rain for the earth; He makes grass grow on the hills. 9 He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. 10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor His pleasure in the legs of a man, 11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His steadfast love. 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O ! 13 For He strengthens the bars of your gates; He blesses your children within you. 14 He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

PRAISE ______GOD IN MY ______!

Psalm 147:1(ESV) “Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.”

Psalm 145:10 (ESV) “All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!”

Psalm 148:1-5 (ESV) 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights! 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! 3 Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! 4 Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD! For he commanded and they were created.

Revelation 4:8 (ESV) “And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

PRAISE MINISTERS ______TO MY ______!

Psalm 147:2-3 (ESV) “The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

Luke 9:24 (ESV) “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”

Isaiah 61:3 (NKJV) “To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

PRAISE PROMOTES MY ______ABOVE MY ______!

Psalm 147:4-6 (ESV) “He determines the number of the stars; He gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure. The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked to the ground.”

PRAISE ______MY ______FOR GOD’S GOODNESS!

Psalm 147:7-9 (ESV) “Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds; He prepares rain for the earth; He makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.”

PRAISE PROVIDES ______FROM MY ______!

Psalm 147:1-14 (ESV) “His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor His pleasure in the legs of a man, but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His steadfast love.”

2 Chronicles 20:20-22 (ESV) 20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be Established; believe His prophets, and you will succeed.” 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise Him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, “Give thanks to the LORD, for His steadfast love endures forever.” 22 And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.

Psalm 22:3 (ESV) “You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.”

PRAISE RELEASES GOD’S ______& ______FOR MY LIFE!

Psalm 147:12-14 (ESV) “Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For He strengthens the bars of your gates; He blesses your children within you. He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat.”

Acts 15:14-15 (NLT2) “Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for Himself. And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted…”

Psalm 34:1 (ESV) “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Psalm 57:7 (NASB) “My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!”