How to Glorify God  

• Explanation of the word “glory”?   
• “Isn’t glorifying God another term for worship?”       
• “Does God need us to glorify Him?”            
• The warp and woof of glorifying God          
• The paper-towel tie        

1—Prayer

• Types of prayer  
• “I try to pray, but it’s awkward and I probably sound stupid”  
• “What does praying do, should I even bother?”          
• “My prayers are lame, I need some help”     
• “So, how do I pray . . .  and what for?”         
• “But does God even hear me?”       
• “How do I know God will answer?”             
• Prayers are answered when you and God are on the same page
• Prayer, trusting God, and an engine

2—Faith (and Hope) 

• “What is faith . . . really? I don’t think I know enough to have faith.”   
• “I just don’t seem to have much faith.”        
• “Can I get more faith?”    
• “Sounds great, but can my faith get stronger and more enduring?”        
• “Can I lose some of my faith?”      
• Faith produces hope          
• Faith produces trust          
• Faith produces peace        
• Faith produces love          
• Help from James and Peter             
• “So is being faithful the result of having faith?”         
• The Faith Museum            

3—Love  

• Love is a command . . . and for good reason!
• “What is love, anyway?”  
• “Then how do I love? Isn’t it just a feeling?”
• Monsters in the closet need love too             
• Love has an aroma            
• Love looks like this          
• Love does goodwill          
• Do you like adventure?    
• People can spot a fake      

4 – Abide

• Bingo and wine  
• Jesus gives the results of abiding    
• Abide means more than you think!
• Practical Application        
• Eleven Character Traits of Those Who Abide with God           
• Be fruitful and multiply is the first command             
• What are our fruits?          

5—Obedience  

• The biblical concept of obedience  
• “Is obedience really that important?”
• Obedience has to be learned           
• “Obedience sounds limiting . . . little freedom and no fun, right?”         
• The Christian tire
• “So what is the purpose of me being obedient?”         
• “Sounds hard”    
• “Why should I be obedient? What do I get?”
• Obedience in marriage is fantastic!
• Well done, good and faithful . . .     

6—Acknowledge (Him)    

• “What does this word ‘acknowledge’ mean?”            
• “That was interesting, but how do I glorify God with it?”        
• “Can I watch TV and play video games all the time?”
• Give God a “thumbs-up”  
• “I like to be acknowledged, God probably does too” 

7—Integrity     

• “Integrity? I have that, don’t I?”     
• When God gives you a “thumbs-up”             
• “What exactly is integrity and how do I get it?”         

8—Skillful       

• Skillful means more than you think
• “I don’t think I have a skill. Is there hope?” 
• Being skillful gets you noticed       
• Work is a gift from God   
• How to become skillful    
• What will the results be for your efforts?     
• Tools of the skillful          

9—Influence    

• Influence like salt and light             
• Do you sparkle? 
• “Can you explain how?”  
• “And tell me who to . . .?”
• God deserves an ROI        
• Your sphere of influence  
• The influence of taking your watch off         
• The influence of picking someone up           

10—Image       

• The meaning of “image”  
• An alive image   
• Doing Jesus’ ministry       
• Be a pink spoon 

11—Suffering  

• Suffering examples from history    
• “Does God bring us suffering”?     
• “Does God even care about my suffering?” 
• “Then why doesn’t God stop suffering?”     
• “I don’t understand why I am suffering, does God even care?”
• “But does or will God help us when we are suffering?”            
• The legacy of Chris          
• God has a different view of death than we do             
• “So, what should be my response to suffering?”         
• What about Job  
• Where to find comfort when suffering          

12—Thankful   

• Words of thanks are action words  
• “Thank my lucky stars!”  
• The history of giving thanks           
• The Thanksgiving Holiday
• Giving thanks is the will of God for you      
• A very important topic in the Bible
• Contentment, the bridge you must cross       
• There’s an app for that     
• God deposits into your bank account            

13—Praise

• “Isn’t praise the same as saying thanks to God?”       
• Praise God for His character traits you recognize       
• Jesus didn’t teach us to pray with thankfulness and praise       
• “In our church, we praise God through music. What if I can’t sing?”     
• “We are to ‘bless the Lord’? Isn’t that egotistical?”   

14—Giving      

• “Tithing seems like paying taxes”  
• The purposes of giving     
• “Is this a contradiction in the Bible?”           
• “Giving is . . .”    
• Giving is for your own good!         
• Be a do-gooder   
• “When does God bless a cheerful giver?”    
• Giving is cheerful, not begrudgingly painful

15—Study

• Studying is a sure way to “hear” God           
• The value of studying God’s Word
• Practical advice for studying God’s Word    
• “But aren’t there contradictions and errors in the Bible? Can it still be trusted?” 
• “Study sounds hard. I’ll need some help.”    
• What you get when you study the Bible       
• Join the noble elite            
• How to study the Bible     
• Location, location, location            
• Interesting observations   
• Don’t believe these lies    

16—Teach

• Wise people learn truth, then they teach it to others   
• “But I’m not a teacher!” Oh yes, you are!”  
• A pattern from Scripture  
• What to teach     
• Why you should teach      
• How to teach      
• Sequential phases of teaching         

17—Worship    

• Meaning of the word “worship”     
• True worship comes from a biblical heart    
• Jesus taught us how to worship      
• Your sense of wonder       
• “So, is singing songs worship or not?”         
• The recipe of worship