Bones to Battalions, Becoming the Army of God

This is North Way tape number 432. This message entitled, Bones to Battalions, Becoming the Army of God, was delivered by Pastor Jay Passavant of North Way Christian Community on October the 13th, 1985. You're turning in your Bibles to Ezekiel 37. Ezekiel chapter 37. If you're visiting this morning, I want to reaffirm our welcome to you. We're delighted that you're here, and I'll tell you, we know what a change this church can be for somebody who's been used to a very ordered, structured kind of worship service. We realize the shock of seeing people come out of their chairs and kneel. We realize how difficult it is to see someone raising their hands when you've never done that. Or someone who begins to clap in church. But we want you to know that we believe that all that we're doing is in accord with the Word of God. We're not trying to make up a new religion, as someone once said. We're not trying to do something in a cute way that makes everyone get excited. We believe that what we're doing lines up with the Word of God. We're not the only ones doing it, I'm happy to say. The Lord is moving, and he's calling forth the people, and we're going to see that today. Ezekiel chapter 37. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley that was full of bones. And he led me round among them, and, behold, they were very many upon the valley, and, lo, they were very dry. And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. And again he said to me, prophesy to these bones and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones, Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you. And you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord. And so I prophesied as I was commanded, and as I prophesied there was a noise. And, behold, a rattling. And the bones came together, bone to its bone. And as I looked there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, Son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God, come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live. And so I prophesied as he commanded me. And the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet an exceedingly great host. And the New International Bible says what? A vast army. Last Saturday I participated in the pastor's protest against abortion, as did 10 or 12 of our folks from North Way. And as the people trickled out of the St. Agnes Catholic Church onto Fifth Avenue in Oakland and began to walk the block or two down to McGee Women's Hospital, I'll tell you, it didn't look all that impressive. There was probably about 200, maybe as many as 300 people. A ragtag bunch, to be sure, with placards and posters and a few pictures and images. Kind of quiet as they marched. Visible, and yet standing against a huge invisible enemy, the stronghold in our nation of abortion. As the Lord would have it, a couple of our local stations carried the story on their newscasts. But the observer would see that and say, well, just another protest, and no one really cares, and what difference does it make? But I was delighted, beloved, to pick up USA Today this week, Thursday, October 10, and see that their whole editorial page was given to the story of the march for abortion, the elimination of abortion in our nation. And I praise God that they say that the little army here in Pittsburgh was part of thousands of citizens who believe abortion is murder, not a legal choice for pregnant women, who picketed in protest Sunday and Saturday in front of hospitals and clinics all across the USA. They marched in Santa Monica and Baton Rouge and Spartanburg and Tacoma and Miami and Nashville, Detroit and Atlanta, and in New Haven, Connecticut, hundreds of pink and blue balloons were released in memory of the unborn children. In Los Angeles, a message from President Reagan was read during graveside services for 16,000 aborted fetuses discovered more than a year ago. You see, beloved, we're part of a thing that God is doing, part of an army that the Lord is raising up in this day. And this pictured for me a very great spiritual truth. This isn't a message about abortion. It's a message about what God is doing to raise up a people that's going to stand in the gap between the judgment of God that's sure to come on a nation and a people who are oblivious to what is happening right around them. Though we may seem on some fronts to be small and insignificant and scattered, beloved, I want to tell you today there is an army that God's raising up. Amen? There is an army that God is bringing forth by the power of His Spirit. Though I suppose I would rather today talk to you and share with you about something that's comforting and something that's gentle, something that's healing, something that's releasing perhaps, the Lord wants me to share with you today, I believe, about what He is doing to raise up a body of people that He's going to call His army in the world today. Now, the last three Sundays I've shared with you about hearing the voice of the Lord. And last Sunday we talked about what do you do when you don't hear the voice at all? What do you do when God's silent? But, beloved, it's just as important for a church to hear as it is for an individual. I received a very encouraging note this week from someone who said, I thank God that you, among others, are seeking the Lord for what God is saying to this church. Because I don't want to just do what other churches are doing. How about you? I want to do what the Lord's calling North Way to do. I want to be part of what God's doing here through us. And I want to hear His voice and sing. Beloved, you know something? We could become very secure and comfortable right where we are. We could put a nice flowered wall out there in front of our building and all come together and enjoy the fellowship and the sweet presence of God for a while here. We could just tag along with the sort of drift that's out there in the spirit these days. The charismatic drift. But God doesn't want that. He wants us to be part of a cutting edge company of people. He wants us to join our arms with those that He's raising up as a great and mighty army. And I want to be part of that. Because I have the conviction that time is short. There's too much happening. You may feel secure as you sit and watch our four fighters pull down this aircraft and all that kind of thing. But I'll tell you something, beloved. I don't trust in chariots and horses. Because I know that at any moment, as our brother Ken, our elder Ken Hobbs said, if it wasn't for the restraining hand of God's Holy Spirit, it would all collapse. And I don't want to get comfortable here in this building. You know, this building is a good illustration of where we are as a people. How about you folks here looking down? What do you see beneath your feet? Old dirty carpet, right? How about you folks back there? What do you see? Don't say that too loud. There's no bugs down there. Just concrete, all right? And as we look around this building, how many of you know it's wonderful what God's done, but it's not complete? It's not done. I believe that is a picture of what's true of this body of believers. Don't you? It's wonderful what God's done, but is it complete? No way. God is not finished with us yet. And I want to say to you this morning that God has told us in His Word that the kingdom of God advances forcefully, and the forceful men take hold of it. That's the New International Version, Matthew 11, 12. Write that down. The kingdom of God advances forcefully. People say, well, isn't there just room for some gentleness in God? There's nobody that I know of that enjoys worshipping the bridegroom more than I do. I love the intimate times with Jesus. But you see, to read this Word is to recognize that this is a conflict. And the church has lost its cutting edge by seeing itself as being mired down in a lot of externals and not zeroing in on the conflict that God's given to us. And I want you to see today how God is going to raise up an army, and best of all, how you can be part of that. Ezekiel 37. Let's look at it together. Now, the prophet Ezekiel was a powerful man of God. You know what Ezekiel means in Hebrew? God is strong. How would you like to have a name that tells people God is strong? A declaration. And he prophesied as a captive concerning God's judgment of Judah. And then the coming restoration of the people. No one is more graphic in his denunciation of the sinful people than Ezekiel. He is the John of Revelation to the Old Testament. His prophecy is more graphic and descriptive than anyone else in the Old Testament. Now, he says that there's going to be a restoration, and I believe this prophecy is being fulfilled in the church today. That's why we're here today. And because Ezekiel was a man without compromise, God spoke to him and gave him this prophecy. Now, let's see together what he said. Number one, the Spirit of the Lord took Ezekiel out to a valley that was full of bones. And what were those bones like? Say it. How dry? Very, very dry. How many of you have been someplace where the bones were very, very dry? Oh, beloved, I'll tell you, we can chuckle and laugh about it now, and we should. But how many of you at that time just knew inside there had to be more to God than what you were seeing? And churches all across this country are full of dry, dry bones. But I want you to know something. Brothers and sisters, there are people here today whose bones are very, very dry. Being in this room today is no guarantee that you're not part of the company of the dry bones. And I believe that there can be a deception that comes on us as born-again believers, even Spirit-filled believers, that makes us think because we have that name attached to us, because we go to a church that's calling on the name of Jesus Christ, that somehow that secures us against getting dried out. I believe today, right now, some of you are feeling that I'm talking to you. You feel very, very dry. You can't understand what's going on in your life, and you don't like it. And the church has been raising up in these last days a remnant of people that God, by His Spirit, is calling forth so that we're no longer a church that's like, if you'll permit the illustration, the Amish carriages that we see when we go up toward New Wilmington. What an incongruity those things are, aren't they? Here's a people that thinks they're making a statement to their culture by repudiating everything that's current. And the church is very much like, you know, moving along in this little black carriage on the side of the road while the world's just blasting by, saying, look how cute they are. You know something? It grieves me that when something needs to be said in a spiritual way, the media always goes to the old black carriage church that's just kind of plodding along. Well, what do you think? Well, I don't know. I think it's fine if it doesn't hurt anybody, you know. Instead of seeing that there is an army that God's raising up who has something to say to the culture of our day. Now these dry bones, beloved, I want to tell you, this is a serious thing. There are many who are deceived and think that they're doing okay when really they're not. Maybe you've talked to them. James Robeson, who was a very powerful evangelist in the Baptist denomination for several years, in 1983, he came to terms with the fact that he had dry bones in his life. And he said something that I wanted to quote to you. He said, the greatest challenges that I recognize right now is coming to terms with the deception of the enemy and how effective he has been in holding people in lies and darkness. In dry bones, in the valley, people are asleep right now. And I want to share with you a current word that a sister in our congregation who's experiencing the renewal that I'm talking about this morning, the Lord gave her a prophetic word. And I shared it. I checked it with Fred. And I believe that the Lord would have me to read just a small portion of this. And she says, the world has fallen asleep, but Satan sleeps not. He continues to wreak havoc wheresoever and whenever he can. The world sleeps itself into death. Just as an infant dies unexpectedly in its sleep, the same is true for the world. As it slumbers away in both the day and in the night, the thief continues to steal, kill, and destroy. Listen now. My people, the church, must first wake up to sound the alarm, and then they must go to each sleeping person and warn them of the evil one. They must enter their camps and seek men out who will listen to their truth of the danger that lies round about. Beloved, I don't want to be part of a sleeping church. How about you? I want to be part of what God is saying in the world and doing in the world today. Now look what happens when Ezekiel obeys the Lord. Verse 37. The Lord tells him. And I love his response. When the Lord says, Ezekiel, can these bones live? How do you like the way Ezekiel handled that one? Isn't that great? He looked at it, and I know he thought, no way. Right? But what did he say? Hey, Lord, you're in charge here. You know. That's a statement of faith if I've ever seen one right there. Great diplomacy. You know, Lord. And the first thing that happens to bring life to dry bones, beloved, is that Ezekiel heard the Word of God and obeyed it. And he didn't hesitate, and he didn't waver, and he didn't wander around. He was a man without compromise. And so he heard God say, speak, and what did he do? He spoke. And, beloved, I want to tell you, the Lord is speaking to our fellowship and saying, these are things I want you to be doing. He is speaking to dry bones today and saying, these are things that you're to do to come to life. And so when the Lord says to us, I want you to be in prayer every morning, beloved, I believe that's what God is saying. But do you know what? We're pretty dull of hearing sometimes, aren't we? And I look out at this congregation, the hundreds of people that are here this morning to worship. I want to ask you, are you praying every morning as God's calling us to? Don't try to slough this off, beloved. It's a Word from God for us. Pray every morning. And I'll tell you, I don't say this as some whip to smack on your back by some frustrated pastor. I say this because I believe it's the only way we're going to come into what God wants to do with His people. To pray into it. I don't want to get part of the fleshly things. I want to pray into it. Every morning we're here to pray. And other places, you read it in your North Way notes. And the Lord says, speak to the bones and tell them to relate in home groups. Oh, come on. I've been part of the whole house shepherding movement before and I don't want to be part of a home group. I've been to a home group and nothing happens there. Beloved, the Lord has spoken to us. Be related in home groups. It's the core of our relationship. Now you can sit here today, and many of you do, and say, well, I think that's fine for someone, but I'm not sure that's for me. I want to tell you, if you're here and you think this place is where God wants you, then that's for you. And God is doing it. And I had reports this week. I just rejoiced in what I've heard that's happening in home groups. People are moving ahead in the kingdom of God in home groups. And on and on I could go. But let me just say this. When the Lord speaks, the third thing happens. The bones began to rattle. How many of you found that when God tells you to do something, it shakes you up sometimes? When God told Blaine Workman four and a half years ago, Blaine, I want you to leave your position that he was five years in establishing as a CPA in a major accounting firm to go into youth ministry. I want you to know Blaine shook. Blaine is still shaking today because the Lord's now said it's time to get married and take the next step. But he knows that God's calling him to do it. And in obedience to that word, he's doing it. Beloved, when God spoke to Paul, what happened on the road to Damascus? It trembled. It fell down. When the Lord speaks to you, don't think it's going to be, hey, great idea, Lord, let's go have a picnic. It's going to be at the point where you are blocking the move of the Holy Spirit in your life. It shakes us up. And then look what happens, beloved. I'm down now. Verse 8. Okay? There's the speaking of the word and then the hearing of it. There's a rattling and shaking as we obey it. And then number 4, there's a great coming together. I love this. And as I look, verse 8, there were sinews on them and flesh had come upon them and skin had covered them, but there was no breath in them. I have never been more convinced, beloved, that order, coming together, unity is at the core of becoming what God wants us to be. I, for one, have come to see that independence in the kingdom of God and in the body of Christ does not please the Father and opens us up to deceit, makes us vulnerable to pride, and causes us to be the very own Holy Spirit for all the rest of the world, judging and convicting of sin. And the Lord today, right now, October the 13th, is speaking a word to us about ordering our people. That's why Fred and I are teaching this Partners in Community class, to give some definition. That's why we're saying again, be involved in order. Why? So we can keep our hands? No, so that we can enjoy the flowing down of the anointing of God. Behold how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity, so that the oil of anointing come down the beard and over the robes. That's what the Lord is saying. Get in order. Get the bones connected to the bones. I can't say that without thinking about that song, can you? We're not doing that this morning. And I'll tell you, this word, beloved, is just beginning to echo all around where we go. We're hearing of the Lord saying, get in order. Don't be afraid to require something of one another. God has a government. How many kingdoms do you know that don't have any order to them? God's kingdom has an order. His word tells us about it and we're seeking to live it out. Now, you can have a voice speaking. You can have a hearing. You can have bones rattling and you can have a coming together. But, beloved, that still isn't enough. Finally, I want you to see what has to take place. The Lord tells Ezekiel in verse 9, prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath. And that word, by the way, in Hebrew, bruach, is the word spirit. Thus says the Lord, come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live. And I don't know why the first prophecy wasn't enough, but I praise God that Ezekiel was obedient twice. And he didn't just stop with the first prophecy. He prophesied again and said, breath, spirit, come and fill these that have come together. Beloved, I don't know, but nothing in me wants life without power. How about you? Nothing in me wants form without reality. Nothing in me wants to know a shell without the strength that goes with it. I want to be full of what God wants to give. How about you? I want to know in my inner man what he's giving. And look what happens when the breath of God falls. Look at this. And the breath came into them and they lived and stood upon their feet an exceedingly vast army. What the world needs to see, beloved, is an ordered, knit-together, spirit-empowered army. And I want to say that's contrary to everything American. Everything in us recoils at the idea of being part of something where we're given guidelines and set in order and where we're told that some spirit is going to control our lives. And that's why it's so difficult for us. But, beloved, I want to say I don't want anything more to do with westernized Christianity because it will not stand. And I believe that the fire of God will burn out whatever isn't of him. And I'm asking God for that. Are you willing to say to the Lord today, Lord, burn out of me everything that's not of you so that when it's all said and done, if the fire went through me, all that would remain is Jesus himself. I believe, church, unless we're willing as a people to say that today, we will just lope along, kind of moving, we think, with what God is saying instead of being in order and going out and doing what God wants us to do. Why does it happen? Why did Ezekiel do it? Because he was a man without compromise. And I want to just ask you today, what is it in you that you understand to be a compromise toward the voice of God? This is a hard thing for me to say, beloved, because I'm mindful of my own struggle. And I asked one of our elders, I said, what do you think is compromise in our body? And I can't say for you, well, it's watching too much TV or it's having a drink when you go out with your business partners. But I'll tell you something, if you're sensitive to God, you know where you are hedging with God. And you know when God is saying something for you to do and you're not doing it. And if we accommodate to that compromising spirit as a church and as a people, beloved, we will not be able to receive the spirit enablement that God wants to give. He doesn't pour his spirit into a vessel that's cluttered up with junk. He pours his spirit into a clean vessel that's come into the forgiveness of the blood of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. The Lord showed me something this week, and I want to just conclude with this. This really penetrated my heart, beloved. How many of you have ever been out in a field or perhaps maybe just golfing or whatever, and you've seen a storm cloud begin to gather? And you look out generally to the west and you see it starts to get a little dark over there. And if you're out in an open field especially, you can see it begin to come. How many know what I'm talking about? And you kind of gauge, well, I probably have a half hour to finish it. And that storm cloud, you see it coming, and it is full of power. And maybe in a violent storm, you can see the lightning and so on. And then what happens is it gets closer. The trees begin to blow, don't they? And every once in a while, if it's really a powerful storm, there'll be sort of a strange light. You know what I'm saying? Almost like an orange or a glowing light. How many of you have ever seen that happen? All the things I've just described, and it didn't rain. I've had that happen. I've seen all the symptoms, and we say it passed over. Well, beloved, the Lord impressed me in my heart this week, and He said, this gathering of people that we're part of right now this morning has been the calling together of the Spirit of the Lord. And we are, as it were, in the earth today, a powerful cloud of witnesses, as Hebrews 12 describes. And in us are all the ingredients of a great outpouring of God. But, beloved, it has not yet begun to rain. And my heart says, Lord, what is it going to take for the rain, which in the Bible always stands for revival, the rain of God to fall, what's it going to take? And the Lord seemed to say to me, if we'll deal with our compromise and we'll get united in what He wants to do of one heart and soul and mind, we will not be able to contain the rain, beloved. And the rain will fall, and the earth will be watered, and people will come to know Jesus. You may not know this, but this is a fact. You know that in our city, our greater metropolitan area of nearly three million people, I know of very few, if any, churches that have ever really grown to have an ongoing powerful impact in their community. I know of hardly any churches that have more than 1,000 people in them. We know what's happening in Korea. We know what's going on in Argentina and what's happening here and there. But, beloved, how many of you know there's people that need Jesus right next to where you live, and they're not part of churches, and they spend their time at David Weiss on Sunday and in the park, and God's saying to me, I believe He's saying to us, I want the rain of my revival to pour through this people. I want this people to infect this city and not stop with a vision that ends right here in these four walls. And I love that because it tells me that God loves us and wants to use us. This is great in my mind. Well, where do we begin? We begin by saying, Lord, flush out the compromise in me. I want you to bow your head right now, would you? Lord, we begin right now by saying, Holy Spirit, examine my heart. Open my eyes to see, Lord, my heart as you see my heart. Hallelujah. I'm just going to give you two or three minutes of quiet. And you let the Holy Spirit of God bring into the light the things that would keep you from being part of the army that God wants to raise up in this day. God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand A few of the elders will be here. You come up with the person that you touched. And brother over here, if you'd come. I just want to give you a piece of literature and pray with you. Get you on your way with the Lord. We're going to sing it one more time. And at the end, I want us to shout like an army would shout. Let's sing one more time. Hallelujah! God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart Once more! God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts And in that army I'm not apart God's God army marching through the land Deliverance is their song and healing is their hand Everlasting joy and gladness in their hearts King, hail to the king The king of hail to the king Beloved, in all that we do in this time of praise There's purpose to it, amen? And we're anxious as the leadership of the body That you move with understanding in this time of praise And I was asking the Lord just this morning Lord, what is it that are in the lyric In the words to the songs that we're singing? And the Lord just brought two things to mind Our purpose in praise, this is what's in our lyric Number one, we extol him for, say it Who he is, who God is You listen to everything we sing It talks about who God is And you know what, we'll never exhaust it We're never gonna wake up one morning and say There's nothing new to say about God We'll never discover it all But there's also another ingredient in every song that we sing All of our praise songs, the next five or six choruses Also declares our response Now as we sing these songs, beloved Our heart this morning is that you not see them Just as the first ten or fifteen minutes of the service But that you allow God to do a thorough cleansing of your mind How many of you have had a mind that's been Just sort of cluttered up with things this week? How about this morning, right? All through the next chorus as we sing Two things are gonna happen We're gonna extol God for who he is And we're going to declare to the principalities and powers What our response is going to be And I'll tell you, beloved, if you'll do this with all your heart You'll be changed today You'll make room for the Holy Spirit to bring about a transformation How many of you want to be changed as a result of this service today? Hallelujah, so let's together declare That we're gonna glorify his name Let's sing together What a mighty God you are Eminent and glorious What a mighty God you are What a mighty God you are Eminent and glorious What a mighty God you are What a mighty God we serve What about any concrete world? The angels bow before you Heaven and earth adore you Give Him praise Let all be in His presence Make joyful noise Sing to the Lord Tell of your love Dance in peace for Him Make joyful noise Sing to the Lord Tell of your love Alleluia Alleluia Amen Alleluia Amen Make joyful noise Sing to the Lord Tell of your love Dance in peace for Him Make joyful noise Sing to the Lord Tell of your love Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Carved into each sculptured mountain Your power moves the storm Calms the breeze Your majesty is stirring In each tiny creature's birth Your holiness is sparkling In the sea Celebrate The great designer Celebrate his won May the rising sun be witness To the work His hands have done Celebrate The God Almighty Celebrate The holy work that every voice Has heard to sing A celebration to the King The great designer Celebrate his won May the rising sun be witness To the work His hands have done Celebrate The God Almighty Celebrate The holy work that every voice Has heard to sing A celebration to the King Celebration to the King Celebration to the King Full glory Join in Heaven's peace In celebration with The hosts of love Celebrate The great designer Celebrate his won He celebrates the holy won Celebrate The great designer Celebrate the God Almighty O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. We give you praise, we give you glory, and magnify your holy name. We honor you, we worship you, and glorify your name. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. We give you praise, we give you glory. We honor you, we worship you, and glorify your name. I want you to learn this song this morning. You know, I have to confess to you, I was disappointed this morning. I wanted the Lord to give us a day that was just as glorious as He is, in terms of its radiance. And it came out just a little bit cloudy. In fact, it came out real cloudy and rainy. But nonetheless, I want you to learn this this morning and ask the Lord to just put it in your spirit. So that when you leave here, today, later on perhaps, tomorrow, the next day, as you just drive through the areas in which God has placed us, I'll tell you something, the Lord will fill you. The Lord will fill you with the reality of His glory through what you see in your eye gate. He will fill you. The Lord first introduced me to this song back in the spring. I remember clearly when, you know, the spring blossoms come, and there's that radiance that comes with the dogwoods and all the rest. That's when I learned this song. And I said, Lord, there was a beautiful blue sky that day. I waited six months to teach it, because I said, there's only one other time that's that glorious, and that's right now when we are. Isn't He worthy of our worship and our praise? So let's stand together as we sing, and have the Lord teach it to us. Let's sing. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. We give You praise, we give You glory, and magnify Your holy name. We honor You, we worship You, and glorify Your name. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. We give You praise, we give You glory, and magnify Your holy name. We honor You,