The Cosmic Cause of Christ

Psalm 66

1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth; 

2 sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! 

3 Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you. 

4 All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name." Selah 

5 Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. 

6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him, 

7 who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations- let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah 

8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, 

9 who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. 

10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. 

11 You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; 

12 you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. 

13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you, 

14 that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. 

15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah 

16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. 

17 I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. 

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 

19 But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. 

20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! 

Eleven couplets...

• Singing and Shouting

• Worshiping and Witnessing

• Invitation and Admonition

• General Revelation and Special Revelation

• Deliverance from Death

• Trust amidst Trial

• Past and Present

• Universal and Personal

• Speaking with our Lips and Surrendering our Lives 

• Humble Dependence and Holy Desire

• Praise and Prayer

One challenge...

• Spend your life spreading God’s praise among the peoples of the earth.

Thanks Pastor David!