What Is Worship?
This is our natural response when we recognize God’s power, wonder, and splendor.
What is worship?
In Psalm 23, this person is our protector and guide.
Who is the Lord, our Shepherd?
David’s “I will extol the Lord at all times” teaches praise based on this, not feelings.
What is who God is (God’s character)?
“Sing to the Lord a new song” means God is doing this in us.
What is something new (a fresh work)?
This is the Bible’s largest book and a collection of songs, prayers, and poems.
What is Psalms?
Worship isn’t just singing—it's entering this Hebrew idea meaning God’s presence.
What is the Shekinah?
The “green pastures” of Psalm 23 looked like this in ancient Palestine.
What are small patches of grass in a mostly sandy land?
“I sought the Lord, and He answered me” shows God doing this with our prayers.
What is hearing and delivering us?
Psalm 96 invites not just Israel but this group to worship.
Who are all nations/all the earth?
Name two non-David authors of Psalms mentioned in our study.
Who are Solomon, Moses, Asaph, Heman, or Ethan the Ezrahite (any two)?
Authentic worship leads us to this attitude toward God’s will—wholehearted yielding.
What is a posture of surrender?
In the table metaphor, this cup picture shows God’s over-abundant care.
What is “my cup overflows”?
Psalm 34 invites us to worship together because this shared practice strengthens faith.
What is corporate/community worship?
After major victories (like Exodus 15 or Judges 5), God’s people often did this musically.
What is write/sing a new song?
The Psalms honestly cover this wide range—from doubt and despair to celebration and hope.
What is the full spectrum of human emotion?
When worship intersects daily life, this inevitable result happens to the worshiper.
What is being changed/transformed?
These three shepherd actions—leading to safety, fighting predators, and rescuing strays—model God’s care.
What are leading, protecting, and saving?
These prayers of pain, confusion, and anger make up much of the Psalms.
What are laments?
Praising God before the victory fully arrives is this faith-filled act.
What is praising in anticipation (faith/imagining God’s reign)?
About this percentage of modern Christian songs (and many psalms) are lament.
What is around 70%?
More than a “worship service” or “worship team,” worship should sit here in the Christian life.
What is the center of our lifestyle?
This physical posture in worship mirrors a child reaching up and signals surrender.
What is lifting our hands?
The two-step worship practice for moving from sorrow to hope.
What are remember and conquer?
We keep praising even when it’s hard because praise is a pathway to this.
What is the presence of Jesus (God’s presence)?
Across our series, authentic worship yields these three outcomes.
What are surrender, processing sorrow, and being shaped by God’s presence?