Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

-Different places we approach

Restaurant

Ball Game

Funeral Home

How do we approach worship?

If we were to be honest tonight, do we give any real thought to how we approach God when we come to worship?

Do we consider Who we are coming to appear before?

Do we consider what we say and do?

Do we consider how we dress and how we structure and organize different aspects of the worship service?

Tonight we want to learn to Consider Our Steps as we study this passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Red text.

Pray.

1. Prepare Yourself For Worship (v.1a)

2. Listen Before You Speak (v.1b)

Job 38:1-3

3. Consider Carefully What You Promise to the Lord (vv.

2-7a)

4. Fear the Lord (v.7b)

A. Fear precedes Knowledge and Wisdom of God

B. Fear precedes the acknowledgement of Sin to God

Gen. 3:

C. Fear Precedes the Keeping of God’s Commands

D. Fear Precedes the Keeping of God’s Commands

D. Fear or dread of God precedes worship of God.

Jesus ultimately is the greatest example to us of a proper fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 11:1-3

Conclusion:

Tonight I hope that you have seen the way that we should approach God is often far from the way that we really do come before Him.

We need to consider our ways before the Lord.

We need to guard our steps when we come to the house of the Lord.

We don’t need to stay away when we have sinned, but all the more we need to draw near to receive His mercy and quickly be restored back to proper fellowship with God and His people.

However I think we can agree that if we will consider our steps before we worship the Lord, not only will we get much more out of the worship service, but we will also honor the Lord far better than many are doing these days.

Let us offer the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, as the Psalmist says

Psalm 107:22