My Hallelujah Belongs to YOU, Part 2
John M. Wallace, Jr., PhD
October 18, 2026
REVIEW
Stewardship” The faithful management of everything God has entrusted to us [time, talents,
treasures, attention], according to His purposes and for His glory.
God is the owner; we are the stewards.
We are accountable for how we manage what belongs to Him.
My Hallelujah Belongs to YOU, Part 1
Worship Defined
- Shachah (Hebrew, Old Testament):—to bow down, to prostrate oneself, expresses reverence, submission, and recognition of superior authority.
- Avad (Hebrew, Old Testament):—to serve, work, perform religious service
- Exodus 20:1-5 (NLT) Then God gave the people all these instructions: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. 3 “You must not have any other god but me. 4 “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. 5 You must not bow down [shachah] to them or worship [avad] them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods.
- Worship (Greek, New Testament): proskeneo— to bow down, to prostrate oneself, expresses reverence, homage
- Worship (Greek, New Testament): latreuo— to serve, render religious service to God
- Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship [latreuo].
Insights About Worship
1. Worship is WHAT we do
2. Worship involves the HEART
3. Worship is WHO we are
Sermon in a Question
Does my hallelujah belong to HIM (really)?
Hallelujah
- Hallelu—Praise! A plural imperative, addressing a group of people.
- Yah—A shortened form of God’s name (Yahweh)
- Hallelujah = Y’all praise God!
Sermon in a Sentence
God 1 st .
Matthew 22:36-38 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus
replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
Exodus 20: 1-5 1Then God gave the people all these instructions: 2 “I am the Lord your God,
who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. 3 “You must not have any
other god but me.
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will
be added to you.
Key Kingdom Principles
1. Who (or What) Is First is Revealed by Our Worship and Our Stewardship
Question: Who or what gets our first and best (not just our most)?
2. Worship and Stewardship Go Hand In Hand
Psalm 96:4-9 4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all
gods. 5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. 6Honor and
majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 7 Give to the Lord, O
families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength. 8 Give to the Lord the glory due
His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts. 9 Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty
of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
3. Key Measures of Our Worship and Stewardship are Our Watch and Our Wallet
The Israelites and the Golden Calf
Exodus 32:1-6 32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the
mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go
before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what
has happened to him.”
2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your
daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off their earrings
and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast
in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,[b]
Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow
there will be a festival to the Lord.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed
burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and
drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
David and the Temple
1 Chronicles 29:10-16,20 10 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly,
saying, “Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as
head over all. 12 Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your
hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. 13 Now, our God, we give you
thanks, and praise your glorious name. 14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we
should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given
you only what comes from your hand. 15 We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were
all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16 Lord our God, all this
abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from
your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the
Lord your God.” So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.
My Hallelujah Belongs to YOU
Sunday, October 11, 2026
Minister Trashawnda Ward
WORSHIP MEANING
Genesis 22:5 5
“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”
Hebrew word shachah to bow down, to prostrate oneself, to do homage, or to worship, especially as an act of reverence before God or a superior.
Matthew 4: 8-10
“Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.” 10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.” Greek word proskuneō, which means to bow down, prostrate oneself, or pay deep homage to a superior authority.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
“That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty.”
Hebrew Word Yareh= reverential awe
Worship is WHAT we do.
Psalm 100
“On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn’t make him. We’re his people, his well-tended sheep. Enter with the password: “Thank you!” Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him. For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.”
Luke 17:11-16
“As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.”[a] And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy. One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.”
Worship involves the HEART.
Matthew 15:1-2,7-9
“Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him, 2 “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat. Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?” 4 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.”
John 4:23-24
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
Worship is WHO we are.
Romans 12:1-2
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.[b] 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
I Thessalonians 5: 16-18
“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
The Sermon in a question: Does your hallelujah belong to HIM?
Things to consider:
- What are you bowing down to?
- What captivates your heart?
- What holds your identity?
Colossians 3:16-17
“Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.”
Disclaimer: Everyone is entitled to their opinion. We believe and teach that the Bible is God’s Word — His opinion — and provides His instruction for how to live life under His rule (i.e., the Kingdom of God).
