Praise God

Opening Question: What are you most thankful about this past school year?

1. What does it mean to “praise”?
2. What do you notice people like to praise, besides God? Give examples.
3. What do you notice about praise in the following passage from the Bible:

18 God shows His anger from heaven. It is against all the godless and evil things people do. They are so evil that they say no to the truth. 19 The truth about God is plain to them. God has made it plain. 20 Ever since the world was created it has been possible to see the qualities of God that are not seen. I'm talking about His eternal power and about the fact that He is God. Those things can be seen in what He has made. So people have no excuse for what they do. 21 They knew God. But they didn't honor Him as God. They didn't thank Him. Their thinking became worthless. Their foolish hearts became dark. 22 They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves. 23 They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles. 24 So God let them go. He allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted to. He let them commit sexual sins. They polluted one another's bodies by what they did. 25 They chose a lie instead of God's truth. They worshiped and served created things. They didn't worship the Creator. But He must be praised forever. Amen.
Romans 1:18-25

4. What does the verse below say to you?

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11

5. What does the following Bible verse mean to you?

6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 150:6

6. How would you explain the connection between praising God and serving man, like we see below?

15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Hebrews 13:15,16

7. Close in praise.