Sermon Title: Magnify the Lord!

Sermon Text: Psalm 34

Preparation Question: How does your life display God's goodness?

Five lessons from Psalm 34 regarding God’s goodness and our response.
1.God’s goodness should incline us to praise Him. (v. 1-3)

2.God’s goodness is an invitation to taste and see that He is good. (v. 4-8)

3.God’s goodness instructs us to trust Him with awe and wonder. (v. 9-14)

4.God’s goodness keeps the righteous intact and innocent forever and ever. (v. 19-22)

5. The world’s blindness to God’s goodness implores us to magnify the Lord. (v. 15-18)

Response Questions
1. Should praise be something we do intentionally even when we don't feel like it, or should we wait for it to be an organic, natural response?
2. God tells us in Deuteronomy 6:16 not to test Him, so why does He tell us to test Him in Malachi 3:10? What is the difference?
3. What is the wrong way and the right way to "fear the Lord"?
4. How, as Christians, are we absolutely guilty and yet innocent in the eyes of God?
5. How, and to whom, will you magnify God's goodness this week?