Out of the Gaze Comes Praise

Nov 12

Louie Giglio joins us for another week of All on the Altar, highlighting the importance of gazing upon the Lord in our worship from Psalm 27. Amidst our circumstances and feelings, we are encouraged to seek God and continue praising Him with genuine, personal worship.

Key Takeaway

Make worship personal and private, and it will undoubtedly go public.

True worship is personal
True worship is durable
True worship in secret goes public

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"Personal worship isn't about being seen it's about seeing someone. And at the end of the day, it's about spilling over more than it's about being filled up."

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Louie Giglio

Discussion Questions

How is worship both corporate and personal?
What is significant about how personalized David’s psalm is?
What did Louie say might be the most important word for our life from this text?
What does it mean to ‘gaze’ in Hebrew? What are we called to do?
What is the correlation between beholding God and being at peace in life? How have you personally experienced this?
What is the ‘secret place?' Why is it so important?
What does it mean to come into worship from the ‘secret place?'
How is true worship ‘durable?'
What did Louie say about private worship becoming public?
What is hearing your own voice worship supposed to do for you?

Scripture References

Psalm 27 Of David. 1.The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? 2.When the wicked advance against me to devour27:2 Or slander me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3.Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. 4.One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. 5.For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. 6.Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord. 7.Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. 8.My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. 9.Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior. 10.Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. 11.Teach me your way, Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. 12.Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations. 13.I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14.Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Psalm 16 A miktam16:0 Probably a literary or musical term of David. 1.Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 2.I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” 3.I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” 4.Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips. 5. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. 6.The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7.I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. 8.I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9.Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10.because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful16:10 Or holy one see decay. 11.You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

1. “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.2. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3.But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4.so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.5. “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6.But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.