Closer Pt. 2 | August 17, 2025
Pastor Wes Morris
Psalm 50:7-15 (TLB) O my people, listen! For I am your God. Here are my charges against you: I have no complaint about the sacrifices you bring to my altar, for you bring them regularly. But it isn’t sacrificial goats that I really want from you.
For all the animals of field and forest are mine! The cattle on a thousand hills! And all the birds upon the mountains! If I were hungry, I would not mention it to you - for all the world is mine and everything in it. No, I don’t need your sacrifices of flesh and blood.
What I want from you is your true thanks; I want your promises fulfilled. I want you to trust me in your times of trouble, so I can rescue you and you can give me glory.
√ GOD DOESN’T NEED OUR RELIGION - HE WANTS OUR HEART.
Psalm 51:16-17 (NLT) You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
√ GOD DELIGHTS IN A HEART THAT IS GRATEFUL.
Psalm 50:15 (TLB) What I want from you is your true thanks...
Psalm 100:4 (NIV) Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. - John Piper
√ GOD WANTS US TO TRUST HIM IN OUR TROUBLES.
II Chronicles 20:12 (NIV) Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.
II Chronicles 20:21-22 (NIV) After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”
As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
WHAT GOD REALLY WANTS
I. THANK GOD DAILY.
I Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
II. TURN WORRY INTO WORSHIP.
Psalm 56:3-4 (NIV) When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.
III. PRAISE HIM IN EVERY SITUATION.
Psalm 34:1 (NIV) I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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