Worship as Surrender: Praising God Fully

DestinyLife Church May 17, 2026
The sermon emphasizes heartfelt worship as both an act of defiance and communion with God, highlighting praise as a spiritual weapon. It underscores communal unity, humility, and surrender to divine purpose, framed through musical practice and prayerful preparation.

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Who she's speaking about. Good. Okay, um, while we are before we get started here, can everyone say what microphone they're on? That would be super helpful. Who is on a? Riley is a. Okay, wait a minute. What's the order? Oh, I'm C. Oh, I'm F. Okay, what I had C. Okay, okay, perfect. Okay, so that was um, Riley on A, Abigail on B, Cheyenne on F, John on D, and Carla on E. Okay, oh wait, test, test, test. Testing, Dallas. Do you mind? You can just channel your inner deaf leopard, Dallas, and just drum with one arm. That's that's what'll have to happen. So did the day get saved? We've got no, I thought we had bought some new ones. Alright, everyone's got the instruments, the things they need, right? If uh, I think if we're ready to go, um, can we we'll pray and then we'll get started? What do you guys think? Do y'all have anything uh, any questions, anything like that before we pray? Long game, let's pray. Lord God, we just come here before you today, just humble, grateful for the opportunity to lead your people in worship. Lord, I pray that you teach our hearts what it means to truly be in worship to you. Lord, any you, ideas or preconceived notions that we have, God, that don't align with your vision and with what you want for worship. God, I just pray that you tear those down and you build them up how you want them, Lord. I just pray that we're teachable. I pray that we're humble. I pray that we're submitted and surrendered, Lord. We just submit our time. We submit our gifts, Lord. We submit our leadership all to you. I pray that the songs that we sing are glorifying to you Father. We invite your Spirit in, Lord, that you just anoint this place and you just anoint this place and you just anoint this place and you you anoint these leaders. God, that there is just a tangible presence of your Spirit that we step out of the way, Lord, and you have your way. We invite you to have your way, God. That's our heart posture this morning, and just full surrender to you, Lord, full surrender to you. We thank you for these gifts that we return to you, Lord. We just bless your name today, God. As we sing about you, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, I just pray that it's a sweet sound to your ears. God unite this team, God, let us all move together as one by the Spirit, God, and unity and cooperation with each other, but most importantly with you. God bless each and every member of this team. God the media team for giving of their time, giving of their gifts, Lord. Just pray that you bless them and you return it to them, Lord. We're so thankful, God. We're so thankful to be here, Lord, not just another Sunday in the routine. Lord, that each opportunity that we that we gather with the saints is an opportunity to work with you and to be with you and to be with you and to be with you and to be with you. Worship with our brothers and sisters with the saints have gone before us, God. And we just see this as a fresh opportunity, Lord, that there's no weariness, that it is truly a brand new opportunity to gather and to worship you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Thank you in your name, Father, we ask all of this in your name, Amen. Okay, we ready. Awesome. Okay, guys, let's hit it. Do we start on the on the chorus or the intro chords? Is that the chorus or intro chords? Do we start on I think it's chorus. "I'll praise in the valley and praise on the mountain. I'll praise when I'm sure and praise when I'm doubting. I'll praise when I'll number praise when surrounded because praise is the water my enemies drowning as long as I'm breathing I've got to go to the water my enemies drowning as long as I'm breathing I've got to go to the water."
"I've got a reason to praise Lord, oh my soul praise Lord, oh my soul. I'll praise when I feel it, I'll praise when I don't. I'll praise because I know you're still in control. My praise is a weapon, it's more than a sound. My praise is a weapon, it's more than a sound. My praise is a weapon, it's more than a sound. My praise is a weapon, it's more than a sound. My praise is a sword, it's more than a sound. My praise is a sword that brings you down as long as I'm breathing that brings you down as long as I'm breathing that brings you down as long as I'm breathing. I've got a reason to praise oh my soul. I'm gonna praise the Lord oh my soul. Oh my soul I'm gonna praise the Lord oh my soul. Oh my soul I'm gonna praise the Lord oh my soul. And I won't be quiet. My God is alive. And I won't be quiet. My God is alive. And I won't be quiet. My God is alive. How could I keep it inside? How could I keep it inside?"
"Praise the Lord, oh my soul. Praise the Lord. Check your pack number. I'll praise cause you're sovereign. Praise cause you reign. Praise cause you rose and defeated the grave. Praise cause you're faithful. Praise cause you're true. And praise cause there's nobody greater than you. I'll praise. Praise cause you're sovereign. Praise cause you reign. And praise cause you rose and defeated the grave. Praise cause you're faithful. Praise cause you're true. Praise cause there's nobody greater than you. Oh, my soul. Praise the Lord. Oh, my soul. Praise the Lord. Oh, my soul. I'm gonna praise the Lord. Oh, my soul. And I won't be quiet. My God is alive. How could I keep it inside? Oh, I won't be quiet. My God is alive. How could I keep it inside? We won't be quiet. Our God is alive. How could I keep it inside? Praise the Lord. Oh, my soul. Praise the Lord."

That sounded great, guys. I can't hear you. Cheyenne, I'm in F. F. Yeah, my pack is C. Check, check, check. Hello? Check, check, check. Hello? Hello? Hello? Does that work? I have period from it. Oh, that was... Here we go. Sound. Good. Let's go ahead and try that from the beginning. "Mighty warrior. Sovereign king. You win every battle. Even in the shadows. Oh, my soul. Gentle father. Rich in love. You cloth the orphan. Double their portion. Roaring water. Brushing wind. Winding like a fountain. Moving every mountain. Great Jehovah. The architect. Alpha and omega. Holy way maker. Unto the great I am. With everything I have. Unto the great I am, I'm singing how great is your name. Unto the great I am, with everything I have. Unto the great I am, I'm singing how great is your name. Wonder worker. Bread of life. Your body was broken. Heaven's one. Now resurrected and lifted high. Risen messiah. Glory. Glory in the highest. Sing unto the great I am. With everything I have. Unto the great I am, I'm singing how great is your name. Unto the great I am. With everything I have. Unto the great I am, I'm singing how great is your name. How great is your name."

"Oh, it's the bride of Judah. Oh, praise the lamb once slain. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Oh, praise the rock of angels. Oh, praise the God who saves. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Your name is everything. Yahweh, we love you. Your name is everything. Everything! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you! Yahweh, we love you!"

"Holy fire, comforter, peace within the chaos. How you sustain us. Breath of heaven within our lungs. The new sound is stirring. And it sounds like, how great is your name. So praise the plight of Judah. Oh, praise the Lamb once slain. Sing, Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Oh, praise the God who saves. Sing, Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Your name is our salvation. Jesus, serve you, our King. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Your name is resurrection. Your name is everything. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Sing, Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Sing, Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you."

"Testing, one, two. Testing. Talk into your mind. Hello, check, check, check. You can hear me now? Yeah, with everyone. Well, I'm singing out here, so I'll just try to sing right here. How did that feel? How did that feel, Riley? Okay. Do you want to run the bridge part again? Or do you want to wait? Do you want to just listen to it? Okay. Okay. Sure. Okay. Okay. So this next song is 'How Awesome'. I thought we could play it a couple of times, just since it's new to us. It's really pretty straightforward. I think what I would like is on that first chorus to keep it pretty open, not super loud, just so it has somewhere to go, particularly on drums. How awesome is the Lord? I don't even know. But yeah, just to keep it, you know, maybe some crashes on the four, but not like anything crazy. F. Mike F. Sorry, I need to just do this. I just need to do this. What was I saying? And then, yeah. And we'll do kind of like that shortened version. Did you guys get, you guys all got the text about the reading, right? That's why we're only doing three songs. Okay, cool. Cool. It's not crazy. We're just doing three songs, and then they're doing like a little rededication of, yeah, the America. Okay. So yeah, let's just give it a try. Does anyone have any questions on it before we start? Okay. Let's hit it. Go high up on homes. You're the echo. All of creation bows down in worship to the king of all. You're the echo. All of creation bows down in worship to the king of all. That was perfect, guys. Thank you."

"Alpha Omega, the author of all things. The author of all things. Authority. Lion of Judah, lamb who is risen, you'll all be adored. How awesome is the Lord? You are almighty, the name above all names. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. How awesome is the Lord. You are almighty, the name above all names. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. To the King of kings, the Lord of lords, who lives and reigns forevermore on earth. Glory and praise, the highest and the great I am, whose kingdom stands and never ends on earth. Glory and praise to the Lamb of God who conquered sin, defeated death, and rose again on earth. Glory and praise to the One who lives and is to come forever. He is lifted up on earth. Glory and praise. How awesome is the Lord. You are almighty, the name above all names. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. How awesome is the Lord. And you guys still sing that, the Chorseri. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. You are almighty, the name above all names. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord."

Okay, here's a little idea. We have a few minutes. My thought is maybe to, well, because I think we'll have, I think we'll have time. My thought is to maybe give it some room to breathe, like, you know, something like that, and then go back into the bridge chords. And we kind of start the bridge. To the King of kings, the Lord who lives and reigns forevermore. Glory and praise to the highest, the greatest kingdom stands. And kind of start to build here. On earth, glory and praise. Yes. To the Lamb of God who conquered sin, defeated death and rose again. Glory and praise. Glory and praise. To the one who raised the knees to God, the King is lifted up on earth. Go into what a beautiful name. What a powerful name. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ, my King. What a powerful name it is. Nothing can stand against. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus. What a powerful name it is. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ, my King. What a powerful name it is. Nothing can stand against. What a powerful name it is. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ, my King. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ, my King. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ, my King. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ, my King. What a powerful name it is. From we'll finish the song and then we'll give it a little bit of room to breathe then we'll go and abigail i'll kind of like look at you kind of give the cue to go back into those bridge chords and then we'll do the bridge and then straight from the bridge into what a powerful name it is two times and then tag it two times and on that last tag we'll kind of do like a like a little slow down and dallas if you want on that last tag you can kind of cut the click does that work awesome guys yeah yeah yes um probably not just because of the time um were you in that text when i about the thing okay perfect um yeah i'm probably for time's sake no so that's why i was just singing the chorus oh my gosh excuse me okay we've got a little bit of time um let's see that was the new song oh yeah yeah we can do it sure oh sure sure sure let's do we want to stay on that one let's see we've got we've got about 15 minutes let's run you how awesome one more time with the little thing at the end and then riley we'll do yahweh we love you again does that work for you okay perfect okay let's just start how awesome dan lisa wants to know if she's okay she good sounds great seated in glory high above all these echoing all of creation bows down in worship to the king above all kings a awesome is the lord you're the name above all now you deserve the praise now and forever the earth in heaven's roar how awesome is the lord you guys can come here uh unison the author of all things you have all authority and then you can split into parts here lion of judah the lamb who is how awesome is the lord god oh my you deserve the praise how forevermore the earth in heaven's roar How awesome is the Lord, how awesome is the Lord. God Almighty, in the name above all names, you deserve the praise. Now and forevermore, and in heaven's war, how awesome is the Lord. Oh, unison with me here. To the King of Kings. Oh, yeah. Hang on one second, guys. Oh, okay. Hey, I'm sorry. Really quick, guys. Is it the second ending on the chorus right there? All right. That's just the ending. Okay. That was just the ending. Okay. Let's do it on that last, how awesome is the Lord, into the bridge. Okay. We'll do now and forevermore. Okay. Sorry. Thank you. Now and forevermore, the earth and heaven. In heaven's war, how awesome is the Lord. To the King of Kings, the Lord of kings, who lives and reigns forevermore. Glory and praise to the highest and in the great I am, whose kingdom stands and ever reigns on, glory and praise to the Lamb of God who conquered sin. To Him who died and rose again on earth, glory and praise. To the one who lives and years to come, whose name is lifted up on earth. Glory and praise, how awesome is the Lord. God Almighty, the name above all names. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. Sing that again. How awesome is the Lord. Yeah, stay up there. God Almighty, the name above all names. You deserve the praise now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. Now and forevermore tag. Now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. Sorry, Cliff's got a question real quick. Go to the D minor vocally. You went back to the F again. The D minor vocally. We're going, we're doing, you're going, you're resolving it. Oh, I see. Is that this, okay, is that the first time before we go to the tag? Oh, okay, so. How awesome is the Lord. Okay, okay, okay. Let's try that last chorus. Oh, okay. What is it? How awesome is the Lord. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. Okay, there we go. Now and forevermore. The earth and heavens roar. How awesome is the Lord. That was the ending, Dallas. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and we'll bring that down there before we go into the bridge again. Yeah, and just stay, yeah, stay in the chorus chords. And then we'll go. We'll go into the bridge. To the King of kings and lords who lives and reigns forevermore. Glory and praise to the highest of the great. I want to praise the King of kings and lords who lives and reigns forevermore. Glory and praise to the Lamb of God who called good sin. To fear the death and wrongs to get over. Glory and praise to the Lamb of God who called good sin. Glory and praise to the one who lives and is to come. Forever he is lifted up. All honor. Glory and praise. What a powerful name. What a powerful name it is. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ my King. What a powerful name it is. Nothing can set us against. What a powerful name it is. Oh my. Nothing can set us against. What a powerful name it is. Oh my. The name of Jesus Christ my King. The grew up man of firm está na verdade. What a powerful name it is. Nothing can set us against. What a powerful name it is The name of Jesus What a powerful name it is The name of Jesus What a powerful name it is The name of Jesus Awesome. There is no one like him There's no one like the Lord The oldest truth shall be found In the presence of the Lord There's no one like the Lord So we crown you king of lords And crown you king of lords We crown you king of lords And crown you king of lords Can we run the bridge really quick of Yahweh We Love You? Okay, just to give Briley another chance to run that through. Where would you like to start? Would you like to start from the beginning? The chorus. Okay, let's start at the first chorus. Do you want to do the second one? Okay, so this is second chorus into the bridge. Unto the great I am With everything I have Unto the great I will come I'm singing how great is your name Unto the great I am With everything I have Unto the great I am I'm singing how great is your name How great is your name How great is your name How great is your name Praise the bride of Judah Praise the lamb once slain Yahweh We Love You Yahweh We Love You Yahweh We Love You Oh, praise the rock of angels Oh, praise the God who saves Yahweh We Love You Yahweh We Love You Your name is our salvation Jesus, the King of Kings Yahweh We Love You Yahweh We Love You Your name is resurrection Your name is everything Yahweh We Love You Yahweh, we love you. Holy fire, comforter, peace within the chaos. How you sustain us. Breath of heaven within our lungs. A new sound is stirring. And it sounds like, how great is your name. How great is your name. How great is your name. How great is your name. Don't all stand pride and cheer. No praise their lamb was slain. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Oh, praise the rock. Oh, praise the God that saves. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Jesus, the king of kings. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Your name is resurrection. Your name is everything. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. Yahweh, we love you. How did that feel? Is it good? Sounds great. Um, thanks so much, guys. That's great way to go.

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