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of Praise: 100 and 150 THE * Week 25 * Opening Prayer:

I. “Songs of Ascent” – Psalms 120-134 –

II. Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise.

1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalm 33:3 – Sing to [the LORD] a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

2 Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

3 Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his (OR “and not we ourselves”)

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (See Revelation chapters 4,7,and 19-22)

III.

1 Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,

4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,

5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

IV. Messianic Psalms

A. :1-7 –

B. – Quoted on the cross.

C. :5 – Prayer at bedtime.

D. :1-2 – “parables.”

E. :1-4 – Melchizedek. See Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 5-7.

A. :22-26—“Hosanna!”

Closing Prayer: Psalm 150

Preparation for next time: Read Proverbs 1-16

NO DIVING DEEPER NEXT WEEK ON EASTER.