Worship

  1. The Revelation of Worship (Book I) - Psalms 1-41
    1. The Person of Christ
      1. Contact with the Son of God in His kingdom - Psa. 2:12
      2. The Son of Man - Psa. 8
      3. The resurrected Christ - Psa. 16:8-11
      4. The crucified and resurrected Christ in the midst of the Church - Psa. 22:1-22, 25
      5. The shepherding Christ - Psa. 23
      6. The coming Christ - Psa. 24:7-10
      7. The consecrated Christ - Psa. 40:6-8, 9
    2. The House of God
      1. The place of worship - Psa. 5:7
      2. Love for God's house - Psa. 26:8-12
      3. The supreme desire for God's house - Psa. 27:4-6
      4. The place to lift up our hands - Psa. 28:2
      5. The place to say "Glory" - Psa. 29:9
      6. The process of confession - Psa. 32:1-7
      7. Tasting the Lord and desiring life - Psa. 34:8, 12-16
      8. Satisfied with the fatness of God's house - Psa. 36:8-9
      9. Trust, delight, commit, rest, and wait - Psa. 37:3-5, 34
      10. Released in God's house - Psa. 40:6-10
      11. Betrayed but raised up - Psa. 41:9-13

  2. The Experiences of Worship (Book II) - Psalms 42-72
    1. Desires for God and His house
      1. Thirsting for God in His house - Psa. 42:1-4
      2. Being led to God's house by light and truth - Psa. 43:3-4
      3. Discovering the reason for being defeated - Psa. 44:9-22
      4. An overflowing heart and a ready tongue over the King and the Queen - Psa. 45:1
      5. Longing for salvation that comes out of Zion - Psa. 53:6
      6. Looking for God in the sanctuary - Psa. 63:1-4
      7. Satisfied with the goodness of God's house - Psa. 65:1-4
    2. Various experiences in the light of God's house and city
      1. Made glad in trouble because of the river in the city - Psa. 46:1, 4-7
      2. Clapping and shouting because of the kingdom - Psa. 47:1-3
      3. Walk about Zion and find God everywhere- Psa. 48:1-3, 9, 12-14
      4. Thanksgiving, calling, and praising - Psa. 50:14-15, 23
      5. Failure and confession - Psa. 51:18-19
      6. Contented in God's house with the saints - Psa. 52:8-9
      7. Disappointing companions in God's house - Psa. 55:12-14, 17-19, 22
    3. Various trials that lead into worship
      1. Misunderstanding and wandering days - Psa. 56:1, 5-6, 8-11
      2. Calamities and conspiracies - Psa. 57:1, 4-5, 6-11
      3. Letting God be our defense when being attacked - Psa. 59:1-2, 6-10, 16-17
      4. Passing through hard things and confusion in order to become a banner - Psa. 60:1-5
      5. Overwhelmed in order to be led to the Rock higher than I - Psa. 61:1-4
      6. Expect from Him and pour out your heart - Psa. 62:5-8
      7. Being tested and brought out to rich abundance to offer Christ in God's house - Psa. 66:8-15
      8. Suffering for God's house - Psa. 69:4, 7-9,19-21, 25, 34-35
      9. Fast help in the light of insults - Psa. 70:1-3, 5
      10. Revived out of great and severe troubles - Psa. 71:20-21
    4. Worship with the kingdom in view
      1. God's way on the earth - Psa. 67:1-4
      2. Let God arise, His enemies be scattered, and make way for His Body - Psa. 68:1, 18, 24-29
      3. The whole earth filled with His glory - Psa. 72:17-20

  3. The Phenomena of Worship (Book III) - Psalms 73-89
    1. Frustrations to worship in God's house
      1. Making comparisons versus viewing life from God's sanctuary - Psa. 73:1-17, 21-26
      2. The Enemy's damage - Psa. 74:1-10, 18
      3. Pride - Psa. 75:4-7
      4. Stubborn hearts - Psa. 81:8-16
      5. Prayer without apparent answer - Psa. 88:13-18
    2. The paradoxes of worship
      1. The wrath of man praises God - Psa. 76:1-3, 10
      2. From disillusionment to discovery that God's way is in the sanctuary - Psa. 77:1-13
      3. The maze of history leads to God's choice and sanctuary - Psa. 78:1-4, 67-72
      4. From chastisement to repentance - Psa. 79:1, 5-7, 8-9, 11-13
      5. Pressured into becoming willing for God's way - Psa. 86:4-5, 11-12, 14-16
    3. Restored to worship
      1. The prayer for restoration - Psa. 80:1-3, 7, 14-19
      2. Longing and a change in values - Psa. 84:1-7, 10
      3. Prayer for a revival that issues in peace - Psa. 85:6-8
      4. Being filled up with God's love (Zion) - Psa. 87:1-7
      5. Trusting God's faithfulness despite delay - Psa. 89:1-2, 5-8, 46-52

  4. The Recovery of Worship (Book IV) - Psalms 90-106
    1. Experiencing God Himself
      1. The Lord as our dwelling place - Psa. 90:1, 16-17
      2. Dwelling in the secret place of the Most High - Psa. 91:1-2, 9-10
      3. Holiness adorns God's house - Psa. 93:5
      4. Being touched by God when you are at your end - Psa. 94:16-19
      5. Being dealt with by singing and praising - Psa. 101:1-5, 7-8
    2. Experiencing God's house
      1. Anointed and planted in God's house - Psa. 92:10, 12-15
      2. Gathering to sing and shout - Psa. 95:1-7
      3. Gathering to declare His glory and praise - Psa. 96
      4. Worship Him! Zion hears! - Psa. 97:7-8
      5. Break forth in song (spontaneous singing ) - Psa. 98:4
      6. Worship at His footstool in Zion and call - Psa. 99:2, 5-6, 9
      7. Come with singing and enter with praise - Psa. 100
      8. Life without Zion - Psa. 102:1-14, 18, 2
    3. Experiencing God's kingdom
      1. Blessing the Lord in the details of His kingdom - Psa. 103:1-14, 19
      2. Blessing the Lord for His creation - Psa. 104
      3. Give thanks, call, sing, talk, and praise Him for His marvelous works in Israel's history - Psa. 105-106

  5. The Main Factors of Worship (Book V) - Psalms 107-150
    1. Experiences of the Lord
      1. Experiencing deliverance for worship - Psa. 107:17-22, 27-32
      2. Experiencing victory for worship - Psa. 108
      3. Being wounded for prayer and worship - Psa. 109:1-5, 21-22, 30-31
      4. Experiencing Christ as our High Priest - Psa. 110
      5. Trusting the Lord and giving liberally - Psa. 112:1-9
      6. Living in the presence of God - Psa. 114:7-8
      7. Living under the Lord's blessing - Psa. 115:12-18
    2. Experiences in the assembly of the saints
      1. Praising Him with understanding - Psa. 111:1-4
      2. Constant praising - Psa. 113:1-3
      3. Calling upon the Lord in the Lord's house - Psa. 116:12-14, 17-19
      4. Praising the Lord with all peoples - Psa. 117
      5. Preserved and spared to enjoy the Chief Corner-stone of God's Building - Psa. 118:18-29
    3. Experiences in the Word
      1. Delighting in the Word - Psa. 1
      2. Letting the Word become your way - Psa. 119
    4. Experiences related to the oneness of God's people
      1. Desiring peace - Psa. 120:6-7
      2. Kept and preserved by the Lord - Psa. 121:4-8
      3. Glad to be built up - Psa. 122:1-3, 8-9
      4. Keep your eyes upon the Lord - Psa. 123:1-2
      5. Knowing the Lord is on our side - Psa. 124:1-2, 8
      6. The Lord surrounds His people - Psa. 125:1-2
      7. Rejoicing when the Lord turns again the captivity of Zion - Psa. 126
      8. Relying upon the Lord Himself to build the house - Psa. 127:1
      9. Being blessed out of Zion - Psa. 128:5
      10. Being afflicted by those who hate Zion - Psa. 129:1-2, 5
      11. Enjoy the abundant redemption - Psa. 130:7-8
      12. Being reduced to hope in the Lord - Psa. 131:2-3
      13. Living for the Lord's choice and supreme desire - Psa. 132:1-5, 13-14
      14. Dwelling together in oneness - Psa. 133
      15. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary - Psa. 134
      16. Being a servant in the house of the Lord - Psa. 135:1-3
      17. Being specific and detailed in our thanksgiving - Psa. 136
      18. Babylon versus Jerusalem - Psa. 137
      19. Happy are the people who are in such a state - Psa. 144
    5. Experiences of praising God
      1. Having your own personal experiences - Psa. 138:1-3
      2. Living under the Lord's light - Psa. 139:23-24
      3. Being delivered from evil men - Psa. 140
      4. Keeping your eyes upon the Lord - Psa. 141:8-10
      5. Being transparent in prayer with God - Psa. 142
      6. Praying through as God's servant - Psa. 143
    6. The highest experiences of worship
      1. Speaking of the glory of God's kingdom - Psa. 145:10-13
      2. Praising God in Zion while we have our being - Psa. 146:1-2, 10
      3. Praising "our God" as Jerusalem and Zion - Psa. 147:1-2, 12
      4. Praising God with all creation and all creatures - Psa. 148:1-5, 14
      5. Praising God with full enjoyment with the saints and executing judgment - Psa. 149
      6. Praise God in His sanctuary with everything that has breath - Psa. 150