Giving Props

1) American Idol Randy Jackson yo yo

2) We praise people for their abilities (sports figures

3) As kids we use to brag about my dad can beat your dad

4) As adults we brag about who is the better sports team, singer, actor or actress, politician, preacher…

5) We give honor to people that made a difference in our lives

6) Parents, teachers, grandparent, aunt, uncle…

7) There are times that we give credit where it doesn’t belong

8) Sometimes we take credit that doesn’t belong

9) Hard not to take credit when people are praising you

10) David tells us to ascribe to the Lord

11) He is telling us give God the respect, honor that He deserves

12) To David giving God honor seems to come naturally

13) When life got the best of him he knew where his help came from scriptures

14) Do we give God the honor he deserves

15) Are we like David and turn to God no matter where life takes us

16) Are we able to give God glory even in the midst of trouble

17) Ever notice football players when something goes their way

18) God deserves our praise no matter what

19) On the mountain tops and in the deepest valley

20) He is our help

21) Do we believe that like our very existence depended on it?

Psalm 29 (NIV)
1 A psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. 8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!” 10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever. 11 The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 54:4 (NIV)
4 Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

Psalm 118:13 (NIV)
13 I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me.

Psalm 33:20 (NIV)
20 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

Psalm 30:2 (NIV)
2 O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.