Scripture/Text: Psalm 145; This week's sermon on Psalm 145 explores an alphabetic psalm of adoration, presenting the “Big Idea” that all of us should be blessing all of God, all the time. This message traces how David's personal worship expands outward through generations. Starting with David himself as king, to his descendants, to all the saints, and ultimately to “all flesh” (every living being across all ages, ethnicities, nations, and conditions). The call is to comprehensive worship, not selective praise of only comfortable attributes, but blessing all of God's character including His justice and judgment, constantly and eternally. After explaining the calling to praise, this sermon addresses two key challenges: First, how can we adequately praise an infinite, unsearchable God? Second, how can all flesh continually bless Him forever?

Sermon Outline:
1. The Big Idea - All of us, Blessing all of Him, All the time.
2. Challenge # 1 - How can finite humans praise an infinite God, whose greatness is unsearchable (Psalm 145:3)?
3. Challenge # 2 - How can sinful humans praise God at all the times?

Discussion Questions


• How does Psalm 144 prepare us to join David in praising God in Psalm 145?
• Why is it important to notice that Psalm 145 is written for “all”?
• How have you seen praising God shape or impact your life—no matter the season?
• How does goodness in this world help us know and see God more clearly?
• How does God's goodness help us grow in understanding Him and living out His character in the world?
• If God's greatness is “unsearchable” (v. 3), how can we truly know Him?
• How has God's greatness in His Word helped you know Him more deeply? How has this grown your intimacy with Him or changed you?
• How has reading God's Word led you to praise Him?
• How does Psalm 145 teach us to bless God? And how does blessing God transform us?
• What might it look like for parents, grandparents, and singles in this church to raise up the next generation in praise?
• Would you commit to writing your own “A-to-Z Psalm” in English, following the pattern of Psalm 145? What do you think might happen in your heart if you did?
• In what ways do we, as God's people, sometimes belittle Him with our lives—even if not with our words?
• What will it look like for us to praise God all the time? When will that finally be complete, and how can we grow toward that now?
• How does Jesus lead us to see how we can praise God at all times?
• How does the book of Exodus reveal God's grace, mercy, and love in ways that move us to praise?
• How is Jesus the greater David and the greater Moses?