Sermon

Grateful Hearts: The Essence of True Worship

Genesis 8:20

January 24, 2009 | Joel R. Beeke

Joel R. Beeke centers on Genesis 8:20, where Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices to God after the flood. Beeke emphasizes the importance of gratitude in worship, highlighting how true worship arises from a thankful heart recognizing God’s grace and mercy. He encourages believers to cultivate gratitude and express it through dedicated worship and obedience to God.

Joel R. Beeke serves as president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 books, editor of another 100 volumes, and has just finished writing the final volume, with Paul Smalley, of Reformed Systematic Theology (4 vols.; Crossway).