Incomparable God

In a 2002 survey of Protestant church congregants, George Barna found that only 2% thought that “praising God” was the most important worship outcome. This coupled with 1 Peter 2:9 indicates that we need to learn to “Praise Our Incomparable God”, which is the LifeWay lesson this week based on Micah 7:8-20. SonShine at Bible.org provided study questions for the lesson that you can distribute to members in advance.

About halfway down in this article there are some helpful tips on learning to praise God, but I laughed at this Rat’s Tale of learning to praise God.

Consider having members read the focal passage and select what verse they consider to be the key verse (I like verse 18) that best encourages praise to God—the lesson aim. Jot down their answers and tally the one with the largest number of votes. Discuss how this particular verse encourages praise to God. Consider leading the class to memorize it.

An alternative is to put up a collage of pictures of items, places, or people that are supposedly incomparable (Google incomparable images). Ask “Are they truly incomparable in the sense that they cannot be compared with anything else in all creation?” The answer is no, and the claim of incomparability is more hype than reality. State that this lesson will help us learn to praise God because He truly is incomparable.