“Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:1-2).

Praise the LORD is one word in the Hebrew – hallelujah.

When people heard ‘hallelujah’ people knew it was time to worship.

You will find this refrain all throughout the Psalms. What is interesting is that ‘hallelujah’ is written in the imperative. In essence, David is commanding his soul to praise the LORD.

Why a command? Why an imperative?

Because if you wait until you feel like praising the LORD, at best, you are a seasonal worshiper. Your worship will completely depend on your feelings. Your feelings and your flesh will determine when to worship.

That is ludicrous!

Worship has nothing to do with our feelings. Worship has everything to do with who God is, His character, His grace, His promises, His deeds, His favor.

David proclaims, “Praise the LORD…and forget not all his benefits.” Remember who your God is. And if He is God, He is worthy of worship.

Worship was never about feelings. Worship is all about who God is.

So, Little Church, “Hallelujah!”

Praise the LORD!

“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks” (John 4:23).

We live in a culture that is infatuated with worship.

• We worship wealth
• We worship celebrities
• We worship power
• We worship fame
• We worship politicians
• We worship sports teams
• We worship political parties
• We worship hobbies
• What we worship is endless

Whatever dictates how we spend our time, money, energy is what we worship.

In such a world, the most radical and rebellious thing Christ-followers can do is to gather on the Lord’s Day in declare to the world that Jesus is the only One worthy of our worship.

When it comes to worshiping Jesus, go CRAZY! Go nuts! Even more than when the Seahawks win the Super Bowl. Every Sunday, gather in the Lord’s house, the Lord’s way and when the world asks what you’re up to, let them know that you worship the only One worthy of worship, the One who never changes, the One who is always for us.

In a culture infatuated with worshiping false gods, show them the only One worthy of our worship.

His name is Jesus.

It’s Sunday. It’s time to worship!

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“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).

It’s Sunday. We are going to church.

Not because God needs us to go to church, but because we need Jesus.

NO. You cannot get hear God’s word proclaimed on a golf course, at a fishing hole, on a hike.

NO. You cannot receive the holy sacraments which the Lord commanded us to do.

There is only one place in the entire universe where the word of God is faithfully proclaimed and the sacraments of the Lord administered. It’s the church

Church isn’t just a place we go. Church is a reminder of to whom we belong. Church is God’s idea. We were commanded to keep the Sabbath and to keep it holy.

So, Sunday’s coming.

Hey! It’s Sunday. We are going to church!