Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday
Speaker: Tim Perkins
Date: April 10, 2022
Message Title: Worship – Palm Sunday

The Week.

(John 3:16 NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

(Romans 5:8 NLT) But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

When I survey the wondrous cross…  “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.” ~Isaac Watts

(Luke 19:29-35 NIV) As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’” Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They replied, “The Lord needs it.” They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.

(Zechariah 9:9 NIV) Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

(Luke 19:36-40 NIV) As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of the in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

We all worship .

• Worship is our response to what we

• Whatever I worship becomes an .

• Whatever I become obsessed with I .

• Whatever I imitate I .

“Worship changes the worshipper into the image of the One worshiped.” ~Jack Hayford

(Mark 12:28-30 NIV) One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “Themost important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love theLord your God with all your heart and all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.”

1. God wants us to worship Him with our .

(Psalm 150:1-6 NIV) 

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 tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
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.

Pardon our . It’s the sound of .

2. God wants us to worship Him with our .

(Romans 12:2 MSG) Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out…

3. God wants us to worship Him with our .

(Hebrews 13:15-16 NIV) Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. And do not forget to do good and share with others, for withsuch sacrifices God is pleased.