Proclaim His Name

​​​​​​​"Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;

            make known among the nations what he has done.

Sing to him, sing praise to him;

            tell of his wonderful acts." - Psalm 105:1-2

As I mentioned Sunday, Scripture connects the dots between praise and proclamation. When we sing praise to God, we proclaim to the world that He is worthy! Everything we do has the potential to proclaim the power, love, majesty, grace, and peace of Christ. And the world needs us to proclaim Jesus more than anything.

So let's review a few things that elements of Sunday morning's worship proclaimed.

The welcome and reading of Psalm 105:1-4 proclaimed that we can enter God's presence, which is no small thing. God is the Creator of everything, and yet because we believe in Jesus we can boldly come before him, to pray, to praise, to listen, to speak.

Our opening song, "For the Sake of the World," proclaimed that we need Jesus to transform us. We can't do life on our own: we want the Holy Spirit to move in us in a way that the world sees and responds. It also proclaims that God loves this world, and so do we. We want everyone to know Jesus is King in our lives, that we put Him first.

The song "At the Cross (Love Ran Red)" proclaimed that because of Jesus' death on the cross, we have forgiveness of all the wrong we've ever done instead of the death that we deserve. We proclaimed mercy, hope, repentance (turning back to Jesus), and God's great love. And we proclaimed that we surrender our will to Jesus, because we believe God knows what's best for us.

The song "Christ In Me" proclaimed that the power of God, the power that resurrected Jesus to reign, is living in us as the Holy Spirit. We proclaimed our own weakness, that it's hard to believe this truth. We proclaimed that when we turn to Jesus, we lay down worries, we see that God is in control, we can make our entire life an offering of praise.

The song "All The Earth Will Sing Your Praises" proclaims the Gospel in a nutshell: Jesus lived, died, rose from the grave, and promised to return, to rule and reign. And it proclaimed that Jesus is where we put our hope for the future.

The prayers for Parkland, FL proclaimed that we trust Jesus, and we want Him to be light in the darkness of our world. It proclaimed our sorrow at the destructive forces of Satan.

The video of our international outreach proclaimed that we believe our time, talent and treasure is worth giving up to share the news of Jesus with those very different from us.

The testimony of our Global Team in serving a local refugee family proclaimed that Jesus calls us to love our neighbors, to love the foreigners among us. It proclaimed the love and care and hospitality of Jesus, which is a radical message in a world of xenophobia, racism, and nationalism.

The upcoming activities of New Cov proclaim the power of community: we need each other, and we can encourage each other.

Everything we do can proclaim Christ! So how are you proclaiming Christ today?