When You Don’t Feel Like Worship
Living a Life of Worship – Part 7
Life Church St. Louis – September 4, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
Psalm 10:1 (NLT) O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most?
Psalm 143:7-8 (NLT) Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don't turn away from me, or I will die. Let me hear of your unfailing love to me in the morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I have come to you in prayer.
1. __________ to God candidly
1A. __________ any sin in your life
Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT) Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you.
1B. __________ God how you feel
Psalm 38:21-22 (NLT) Do not abandon me, LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.
2. ___________ God constantly
Ephesians 5:20 (NLT) Always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1A. Thank God for ________ He is
Psalm 34:8 (NIV) Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
1B. Thank God for what He has _________
Psalm 143:4-5 (NLT) I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear. I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works. I think about what you have done.
3. ___________ God completely
3A. Believe that God is ________ you
Matthew 28:20 (NLT) Be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
3B. Believe that God keeps His _____________
Psalm 119:50 (NIV) My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.