God is Lord

So the last "God is..." will be God is Lord. I'll be going off Psalm 93.

I. Intro/Definition

Here I'll define what being Lord specifically means.

II. The Reign of the Lord (v1)

Here I'll talk about how God is reigning currently and how everything is firmly planned in His hands.

III. The Endurance of the Lord (v2)

This section will be how God has existed and been always.

IV. The Power of the Lord (v3-4)

This part is where I'll talk about how God really rules over everything. In particular in the verses it talks about how He is mighty even over the waters.

V. The Holiness of the Lord (v5)

This last part will be about how He is true to His Word always and how holiness is always apart of His character.

VI. Conclusion/Application

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So I'll be going through the Psalm and drawing things out from the Psalm. The way it'll flow is some intro and then defining what it means for God to be Lord and then really all the points that follow will be implications/characteristics of Him being Lord.

The conclusion/application will come in our submission to Him. We love to have God as our Savior all the time, but we don't always love to have Him as our Lord all the time because that means we can't always do whatever we want. The fact that God is Lord, and more specifically, our Lord, means that we live not to ourselves, but to Him. God is not an uncaring Lord or King, but He is the most loving and the One who will care the most.

Really what this series has been has been to put us in awe before our God. Hopefully the kids have been seeing that as we have progressed through and hopefully this last message will do the same.

God is Worthy

Big Idea: When we truly encounter God’s presence, we recognize that we give our lives and our selves to him not because he asks for it or because it’s required of us, but because he is worthy of it. To know who God is is to understand that he deserves everything.

I. Text: Revelation 4:2-11 (maybe touch on chapter 5 too)

Explain symbolism of text

Re-read a “translated” version

II. A picture of God

As beautiful (4:3)

As powerful (4:5)

As holy and eternal (4:8)

As creator (4:11)

As the Lamb (4:9, 12)

III. The response of God’s people

Constant worship and thanksgiving (4:9-10, 5:9)

Falling before him and laying down crowns (4:10, 5:14)


The great struggle of all of our lives is to get here. This is heaven – this is us at our best, in a redeemed state. But we work and strive to be like this, to come to a place where we fall down before God and give him our crowns. If you learn nothing else from this series, learn that God is awesome. Not awesome in the modern sense of the word, awesome in the sense that he inspires our awe. That he is so profoundly amazing that to actually see him and experience him should leave you breathless. Recognize that everything about who God is should move you to humble yourself. That the more you see that God deserves, the less you think that you deserve.