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Some of you asking, that's different. 1 song.

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A little little weird.

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That's intentional.

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We're gonna... What we're gonna look at today

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on the subject of worship, and so I

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wanna have more time to sing after

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we hear

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would psalm 95

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says to us about worship.

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So the years 2000,

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the month is December,

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Location is Orlando, Florida. I am 16 years

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old,

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and I am at the T td Water

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House center, which was the big arena

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there at the time where the Orlando magic

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played, and I'm in line with about 16000

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other people and some of my friends

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to see

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1 of the greatest bands. This world has

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ever known

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Creed.

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K?

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Creed

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some of you were like, I don't gonna

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know who that is.

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Before my time. I am old.

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Creed was my favorite bands. And at the

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time, this was at the height of their

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popularity.

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Does anyone know the name of their big

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song? It's actually kinda made a resurgence in,

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like, commercials and Tv shows and stuff higher.

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Right? Can you take me higher? And Know

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louise line. I mean, everyone knows it. It's

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like iconic.

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Absolutely iconic. So we go into the arena

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they do their set, they get to hire,

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which is just at the time a worldwide

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hit all over the place.

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And it the the band is playing at

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like, a hundred and 50 decibels. Like, it

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is just

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deafening loud.

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But the people were so excited there. Everyone's

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so excited that you could still hear people

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singing over the band, even with that volume,

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Just raising their hands in the air, like

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use their all,

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Yeah. Pumping in their face There's, like, flames

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coming from the stage. It was incredible. And

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it was 1 of the first times in

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my life where I really,

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like, truly realize the power of song. And

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maybe you've had a experience like that at

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a concert.

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And what songs

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do for people and singing and how and

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there's power and melody and and lyric and

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how it uses the head. It uses the

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heart. It uses

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emotion. And as we are in a series

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on the book psalms, as Dan said,

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last week, psalms are are... They're songs. There's

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songs of worship. It's a book of songs.

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But but the difference here with the book

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of psalms is that it's not songs that

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are written by a band, or written by

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a really popular

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song writer, it's written by the Lord himself.

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There songs that are breathed out by him.

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It's a book of songs that are the

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very word of God.

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That it's scripture that express thanksgiving

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and praise and declaration and lament and cries

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of mercy and words of comfort and hope

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and in encouragement and they teach.

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And so the psalms, what they should do

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for us is they should form and inform

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and dictate who we worship, why we worship

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and how we worship as it's a book

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about worship.

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And I wanna start by saying this very

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quickly.

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And we say this pretty often that worship...

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When I say worship, it's all of life.

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Right? We understand that. We understand that worship

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is not just,

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the the part sunday morning where we're saying

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or just the service, but worship is everything

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you do every day of your life, every

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word, every deed, every action every thought, you

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are continuously

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pouring out of yourself to someone or something

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all the time.

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Even people that do not believe they're are

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not Christians. They worship. They just don't worship

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God.

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They worship to self.

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They worship idol, but worship is all of

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life. For the Christian, it means that everything

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we do is in glory to god.

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But what's solve 95 as we look at

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psalm 95, I wanna bring it down to

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talk specifically about corporate worship about the gathering.

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About what we do here on Sunday mornings

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at 09:00,

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And what we're gonna see in Psalm 95,

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is is the purpose, the power, and what

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we're called to do,

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congregation Worship.

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And some of you may be asking, like,

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what's the big deal?

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Why do we even need to go through

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this?

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that is there is so much misunderstanding about

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the role of corporate worship

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in the church. And I don't mean West

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shore, but I mean in the church at

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large.

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When we look at the advent of worship,

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of of worship today that we have these

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huge stadium worship concerts and the progression of

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worship music industry, which is now a multi

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industry. We see super produced videos and professional

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bands that never miss a note.

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We see all these different song writers that

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are writing a ton of songs we can

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be very grateful for. We we sing a

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lot of songs from different saw writers. So

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we need to be grateful for that, But

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here's here's the the the way that I'm

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concerned about this. And we're we're going.

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consumer.

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Consume, consume, consume. Next thing, next thing, next

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thing. I'm bored of that onto the next

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thing. This is a social media age we

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live in a technology age that we live

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in. And if we're not careful, that's consumer

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attitude or view

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can very way very very easily make its

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way into the church.

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It can make a its way into our

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hearts.

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We can come into this place as just

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consumers.

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Okay. I'm tired of that onto the next

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thing onto the next thing.

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We cannot lose sight of the clearer vision

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of what God is calling us to hear

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in the sanctuary of the Lord where the

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saints gather,

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and they lift up songs of praise, songs

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of the redeemed that are so much more

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than just being consumer.

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It's vital for our worship to be rich

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in depth and breath

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and truth

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and to also have a really clear understanding

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of what's taking place and what its function

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is in our life and in the life

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of the church.

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And you may still ask, okay. That's nice,

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but why does it matter?

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matters of the Lord.

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percent corporate worship. The gathered worship of the

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church matters to the Lord.

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whole book about it.

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the old testament. It's in the new testament,

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and then we see the pictures of heaven

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and what is going on in heaven right

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now? What's 1 of the main activities that

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takes place? It's singing.

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And they sing a new song to the

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lamb.

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And the elves in the saints bowed down

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and they they worship.

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doing for eternity and something that is going

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on right now in the heaven. So it

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is a big deal because it matters to

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Let's read Psalm 95 together. We'll have the

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words on the screen here

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as well if you wanna follow along there

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or in your bibles.

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And it's says, o come let us sing

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Let us make a joyful noise to the

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rock of our salvation, let us come into

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his presence with Thanksgiving.

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Let us make a joyful noise to him

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with songs of praise

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or the Lord is a great god.

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And a great king above all gods.

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In his hand or the depths of the

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earth, the heights of the mountains are also

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and his hands form the dry land.

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Oh, come, let us worship and bow down

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lettuce Knee before the Lord, our maker 4

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he is our God,

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and we are the people of his pasture

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and the sheep of his hand.

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Today, if you hear his voice

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do not harden your hearts as at Mari,

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as on the day at Mas on the

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Wilderness when your father's put me to the

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test and put me to the proof though

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they had seen my work

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for 40 years, I loa that generation and

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said there are people who go astra in

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their heart and they have not known my

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they shall not enter my rest.

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today is it's gonna show us what we're

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called to do in in corporate worship as

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we do it through through singing, God's works

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and his worth allowing the very essence of

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who he is and his character and attributes

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to fuel our worship

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that we are to posture ourselves

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appropriately, and we come with hearts that are

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tackle very quickly as we say, well, why

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why do we worship? Like, why do we

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even take the time to do this We

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could just say right? The lord

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commands it? But like, this new song we've

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been singing called his glory and my good?

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I love that song. It's my favorites right

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now. But that really, I really see that

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as the same way for. Why do we

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corp... Why do we do corporate worship for

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his glory,

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and for my good.

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What's what I mean by that is for

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his glory that when we sing to the

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Lord, when we worship him, when we gather,

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what we're doing is we're a worth and

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glory and honor to god. We're saying there's

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no 1 like you, you deserve all the

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honor and the praise.

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And then our good is because as we're

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singing truth, that truth that we're singing is

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molding our hearts and our minds.

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declaring God, ordained

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revelation, the revelation of the word and through

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his spirit. And then we're responding to his

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revelation that he's given us through his word

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through Jesus and through his holy spirit.

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And then in this glorious purpose that we

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have in corporate worship,

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what does psalm 95

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call us to

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in the church in worship.

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Well, the first thing we see is that

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we're called to express worship to God through

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singing.

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It's pretty plain.

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Let us sing to the lord. Let us

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make a joyful noise to the rock of

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our salvation. Let us come into his presence

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with Thanksgiving.

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Let us make a joyful noise to him

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with songs

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of praise. And so the question could be,

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maybe you thought about it for why singing?

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What do he picks singing. I mean, it's

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all over the psalms. It makes a really

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big deal about it.

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Again, the easy answer could be, well, he

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commands it. It's over or hundred references to

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singing in the entire bible. There's almost 50

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of them being direct commands to sing.

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It's psalm 149. Think the Lord New song.

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Psalm 100 come into to his presence of

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singing. Psalm 01:05,

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sing praises to him.

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But

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Why seeing? Why not something else? He could

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picked dancing? That'd be a little weird. He

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could've picked painting. He could picked mining. He

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could picked just... Let's recite text together,

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but he makes it a point to say

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sing.

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singing is in general, it's a powerful physical

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act that what it does it. It ties

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together an individual's mind and heart, and body

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and emotion towards some end.

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And and that's why I know that some

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of you at some point in your life,

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you've been in your room. You've been in

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your car, by yourself,

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you turn your favorite song on, and you

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just start belt it out.

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1 of the... When I'm my on my

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kids, I'm not gonna say, this person's name,

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but 1 of my kids just loves to

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sing

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in the in their room.

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And we could just hear it, like, echoing

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throughout the entire house. I love it. It's

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great.

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But I'm sure some of you are the

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same way because it as you sing, it

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expresses I mean just like, you know, the

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the example I use of the concert

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that I went to. You know, what we

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see is that the the world sings. We

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have arenas

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every week that are filled with people that

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spend tons of money to go see their

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favorite band with thousands of other strangers. I

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just saw video of cold play, you know,

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cold play. They did this festival in England.

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There was 200000

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people in this field,

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singing

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their songs. And there's 1 part where they,

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like, dropped out, and the Aqua capella sound

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was... I it was beautiful,

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and it was so loud and the people

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were just, like so into it.

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Singing does something for an individual.

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You know, we even see how it's made

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its way into sports if any of you

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are Boston Red fox... Red Sox fans. I

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do not like their Boston Red sox, but

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they sing a song at the end of

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the eighth inning, every single game. Does anyone

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know what song that is.

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Sweet Caroline. Yep, which is written by Neil

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Young,

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the Neil Younger O'neil Diamond. 1 of them.

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1 of the n. Okay. That's great. I

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don't know. They're both before my time. I

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don't really care.

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Now, I'm gonna get angry meals. I'm really

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sorry about that.

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But they sing this song every game,

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and if you've ever watched a Boston Red

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sox same ever been to 1, I mean,

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you have, like, 8 year olds singing it.

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Oh good. So good. You know,

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everyone's, like, pumping in their fist and and

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they're at a baseball game. And yet people

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are like, alright. Time I'm single let's do

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this

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We are made as physical beings to sing.

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There's also been a ton of studies done

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on singing what it does to a brain,

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especially when it comes to memory,

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ability that singing uses all parts of the

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brain at once. And because you are working

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certain parts of the brain which don't get

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exercised by many other activities. You actually can

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end up rebuilding neural pathways in your brain.

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So it it like, repairs the brain and

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and, like, activates it and energizes it. Perhaps

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you're like, I know some people in my

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life and need to sing more. And shouldn't

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encourage them.

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No. But in all seriousness.

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There's patients that, you know, have dementia I've

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seen these videos are all.

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Alzheimer's that...

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They're phasing. They they can't speak. They're mostly

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nonverbal.

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They just, like, sit, not move

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much or say anything. You know and they

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put songs on from their childhood from from

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their adulthood when they're were younger, and they

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wake up,

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and they sing the songs and they start

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talking about, oh, I remember when my wife

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did this or my my husband, we danced

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to this at this and it it's incredible.

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It it's truly go to Youtube and watch

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these video. I mean, it's it's really incredible.

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And so, you know, even singing is something

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that a young child can do.

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Like a 2 year old can start. Even

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a 1 year rule can start, you know,

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humming mel.

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We... It's like ingrained in us, just as

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human beings.

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Not only is it ingrained in us just

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as human beings, but when we sing we're

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actually reflecting and em

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our god?

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It says F and I 3 that god

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ex over us with loud

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singing. I love that. I love that. It

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just just say quiet singing,

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subdued singing,

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loud singing. Our God is a loud singer.

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And so when we sing loudly, we're just

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reflecting his character.

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We've seen Matthew 26 Mark 14 that Jesus

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sings Him with disciples after last summer, and

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everyone knows that he's saying, how great the

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art. That's wrong. I was written in 18

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85, but some people do.

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And so singing just has so much power

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for all human beings, but what does singing

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specifically accomplished for us in corporate worship. When

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we come together and we spend the time

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that we do just saying like, what's

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actually taking place. And Paul in C 03:16,

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he gives us he gives us just outlines

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for us what it's doing and what it's

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supposed to be doing. And so this is

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what he says.

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Let the word of Christ

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dwell in you Rich ritual. K. We can

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all agree. That would be good.

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Teaching and ad 1 another in all wisdom,

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how

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singing psalms and h and spiritual songs with

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thankful in your hearts

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to god.

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I mean, here's the reality of it.

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Many people don't leave services with sentences from...

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The sermon reciting in their head Like, if

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you ever gone home and you're reciting like

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paragraphs,

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maybe you have an incredible memory. As the

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week goes on, it gets fuzz,

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and fuzz. Maybe you're gonna left or if

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you're like, I gotta pull up my nose

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because what do we even talk about? What

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was the scripture? Now you may remember an

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illustration or a story

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or a certain point or or, you know,

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just something that really stuck with you, but

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you don't leave with just lines and lines.

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Of the sermon in your head?

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You do leave with Lyric and Melody?

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How many times have you caught yourself?

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What's that song are you're humming it? Or

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you're in the kitchen, you're singing Worship song,

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You don't even realize you're doing it. My

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my youngest matthew. He he does that all

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the time. We have a lot of worship

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music in our house and in our car.

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And he'll just be playing with legos, and

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he's just singing a worship song.

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Just singing all the time. Mike guess what

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he does. And I love because he's declaring

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truth to us in our house And again,

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I'm not sure if he knows consciously that

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that he's doing it.

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And so

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Paul knows this. He knows that the power

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of singing that that there that singing is

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a powerful p

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device, which is a memory

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technique. That what it does when we sing

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is it helps us to memorize the word

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of God, the truth of who god is,

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the story of of the gospel.

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And Paul wants the word of Christ is

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truth to be dug down deep in our

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hearts

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because when that happens,

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we're influenced by that truth. We're changed by

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it. We're held to account by it.

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Truth molds you

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and singing is a powerful way for what

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is contained in the text that we're sending

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to be ingrained in our hearts in our

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minds. And God has used song in this

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way from very early on. We see in

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d 31,

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where he speaks Sam Moses and is what

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he says. And he says, no, therefore, write

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this song and teach it to the peoples

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of Israel,

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put it in their mouth, that this song

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may be a witness for me against the

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people of Israel. And when many evils and

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troubles have come upon them, this song shall

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confront them as a witness.

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For it will live forgotten in the mouths

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of their

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offspring.

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And so what God is saying to Moses

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is, hey, teach this song to the people.

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And it's gonna be a witness about who

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I am, what I've done. And this song

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is gonna be passed on from generation to

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generation to generation, and they're gonna remember who

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god is. And for the same way for

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us, as songs that we sing can be

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a witness reminding us, who got us even

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in the hardest of times, when when evils

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and troubles sale us, you know, 1 of

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my favorite worship songs is in Christ alone.

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Right? It's an old older 1 older 1,

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but it's so good. Verse 1, this is

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a song that when I sing it, I

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mean, It is a witness to me that

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Jesus is my cornerstone. So we have

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the lyrics here. So I want us to

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read these lyrics together.

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In christ alone,

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my hope is found.

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He is my light, my strength, my song.

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This cornerstone,

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this solid ground,

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firm to the fiercest drought and storm,

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but heights of love

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with depths of peace

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when fears are still when striving sees

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might come twitter, my all in all

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here in the love of Christ I stand.

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It's great.

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But when you add melody to it,

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It comes alive. It comes alive in our

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in our motion and in our hearts and

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it sticks

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in our brains even more

544
00:18:54,708 --> 00:18:56,221
it'd be really hard for you just to

545
00:18:56,221 --> 00:18:57,495
recite the lyrics off the top of your

546
00:18:57,495 --> 00:19:00,224
head, but when we add Melody something else

547
00:19:00,441 --> 00:19:02,591
happens. So we're gonna sing this together, Aqua

548
00:19:02,591 --> 00:19:04,274
capella, and I want us to really pay

549
00:19:04,274 --> 00:19:06,654
attention even how the how the melody how

550
00:19:06,654 --> 00:19:08,162
horizon is... I know a little weird. We're

551
00:19:08,162 --> 00:19:09,114
gonna do it It's gonna be great.

552
00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,599
How the melody rises falls and really gives

553
00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:14,500
like feeling

554
00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:16,580
to what we're saying

555
00:19:17,279 --> 00:19:18,259
in Christ

556
00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,220
alone

557
00:19:19,934 --> 00:19:21,870
my hope is found.

558
00:19:23,046 --> 00:19:25,621
He is my light. My strength,

559
00:19:26,478 --> 00:19:27,457
my song,

560
00:19:28,407 --> 00:19:29,465
this cornerstone,

561
00:19:31,274 --> 00:19:32,491
and this solid

562
00:19:33,026 --> 00:19:33,526
ground,

563
00:19:34,778 --> 00:19:36,234
firm through the fiercest.

564
00:19:36,864 --> 00:19:37,364
Throw

565
00:19:38,143 --> 00:19:40,540
then it comes a high note. What to

566
00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:41,519
hide some

567
00:19:43,177 --> 00:19:45,095
what depths of peace.

568
00:19:45,908 --> 00:19:48,082
When fears are stew,

569
00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:49,996
when striving

570
00:19:50,533 --> 00:19:51,033
sees,

571
00:19:52,128 --> 00:19:53,824
my comfort fe,

572
00:19:55,095 --> 00:19:57,275
my all in all,

573
00:19:58,455 --> 00:20:01,115
here in the love of christ.

574
00:20:02,134 --> 00:20:03,275
I stand

575
00:20:03,986 --> 00:20:04,542
that'll preach,

576
00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:07,084
and it sounds beautiful. Let's get a bus.

577
00:20:12,183 --> 00:20:13,774
But when we added Melody to, I noticed,

578
00:20:13,933 --> 00:20:15,604
like, I didn't need to remind you of

579
00:20:15,604 --> 00:20:16,081
the melody.

580
00:20:16,797 --> 00:20:17,831
I need to say, hey guys. This is

581
00:20:17,831 --> 00:20:20,549
how it goes. Mh. Like it already triggered

582
00:20:20,549 --> 00:20:21,185
in your brain.

583
00:20:21,979 --> 00:20:23,728
I didn't have to really lead you much

584
00:20:23,728 --> 00:20:25,476
on the meter or the Rhyme scheme or

585
00:20:25,476 --> 00:20:26,270
anything. You knew it.

586
00:20:27,319 --> 00:20:29,387
Because it's it's saturated in your brain and

587
00:20:29,387 --> 00:20:31,058
your heart. And then we sing it. I

588
00:20:31,058 --> 00:20:32,410
could see it, like, some of you were

589
00:20:32,410 --> 00:20:33,047
like, yes.

590
00:20:33,539 --> 00:20:35,533
Yes. I feel it I know and I

591
00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,011
believe it.

592
00:20:36,888 --> 00:20:38,164
That's what singing does.

593
00:20:39,919 --> 00:20:42,550
Also Paul talks about another aspect of, of

594
00:20:42,550 --> 00:20:43,679
the power of singing.

595
00:20:44,236 --> 00:20:46,463
He says let the word of Christ, Rich

596
00:20:46,463 --> 00:20:46,702
ritual,

597
00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:48,054
teaching who,

598
00:20:49,008 --> 00:20:49,565
1 another.

599
00:20:50,615 --> 00:20:53,640
And in 1 another, how by singing?

600
00:20:54,198 --> 00:20:56,188
And so we have this... These 2 aspects

601
00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:58,773
this double edged sword of singing which is

602
00:20:58,832 --> 00:21:00,745
incredible. That we're singing vertically to the lord.

603
00:21:00,905 --> 00:21:03,058
We're giving him moderation. We're giving him praise.

604
00:21:03,217 --> 00:21:04,493
We're lifting his name high.

605
00:21:05,211 --> 00:21:06,885
We're also declaring to our hearts, who got

606
00:21:06,885 --> 00:21:09,054
is but then we're singing to 1 another.

607
00:21:09,532 --> 00:21:12,164
We're teaching 1 another. You're telling your brother

608
00:21:12,164 --> 00:21:13,999
and your sister to your left, to your

609
00:21:13,999 --> 00:21:15,673
right, the ones in front of you behind

610
00:21:15,673 --> 00:21:18,789
you all around you. In Christ alone my

611
00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:20,138
hope is found,

612
00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:22,836
and it really is a beautiful and powerful

613
00:21:22,836 --> 00:21:24,240
thing. So I want us to do

614
00:21:24,994 --> 00:21:26,741
something else. G has paid at all. Everyone

615
00:21:26,741 --> 00:21:28,647
knows you has paid at all, Chorus and

616
00:21:28,647 --> 00:21:28,806
bridge.

617
00:21:29,601 --> 00:21:30,633
I want you to close your eyes.

618
00:21:31,268 --> 00:21:32,460
And as we're gonna a sing this together,

619
00:21:32,618 --> 00:21:33,174
A capella.

620
00:21:34,144 --> 00:21:36,377
I want you to listen to those around

621
00:21:36,377 --> 00:21:38,371
you as if they're telling you this, because

622
00:21:38,371 --> 00:21:38,690
they are.

623
00:21:39,647 --> 00:21:41,163
And I want you to sing it that

624
00:21:41,163 --> 00:21:43,077
you're telling and reminding your brother and sister

625
00:21:43,077 --> 00:21:44,605
that g has paid at. Let's close your

626
00:21:44,605 --> 00:21:45,161
horizons let's do it.

627
00:21:46,036 --> 00:21:46,536
Jesus

628
00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:48,125
paid

629
00:21:48,659 --> 00:21:49,159
all

630
00:21:50,646 --> 00:21:51,146
all

631
00:21:51,934 --> 00:21:54,085
to him. I owe.

632
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:55,940
Sin

633
00:21:56,636 --> 00:21:58,570
had left a crimson

634
00:21:58,947 --> 00:21:59,447
stain

635
00:21:59,918 --> 00:22:00,418
He

636
00:22:00,874 --> 00:22:01,374
was

637
00:22:02,148 --> 00:22:05,414
it wide ass. No. Praise the 1. And

638
00:22:05,414 --> 00:22:07,666
no praise the 1

639
00:22:08,042 --> 00:22:08,542
who

640
00:22:09,014 --> 00:22:10,473
pain my hair

641
00:22:10,852 --> 00:22:11,352
and

642
00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:13,189
raise this alive

643
00:22:13,568 --> 00:22:14,068
up

644
00:22:14,527 --> 00:22:16,799
from the 1 more time. Oh

645
00:22:17,258 --> 00:22:18,717
praise the 1

646
00:22:19,096 --> 00:22:19,596
who

647
00:22:20,135 --> 00:22:21,514
in my dead

648
00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:22,473
and

649
00:22:22,932 --> 00:22:24,391
raise this life

650
00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:25,270
of

651
00:22:28,125 --> 00:22:29,395
You come and feeling condemned.

652
00:22:30,189 --> 00:22:31,380
You need to hear that from your brother

653
00:22:31,380 --> 00:22:32,492
and your sister reminding you.

654
00:22:33,286 --> 00:22:34,818
You come and feeling the weight

655
00:22:35,128 --> 00:22:35,846
of your sin.

656
00:22:36,644 --> 00:22:38,477
Perhaps you've come in on a Sunday morning,

657
00:22:38,876 --> 00:22:41,029
and you are so battered from the week

658
00:22:41,029 --> 00:22:42,703
because you have a sin in your life

659
00:22:42,703 --> 00:22:45,054
that has taken hold. And you feel

660
00:22:45,433 --> 00:22:48,890
condemnation and guilt and shame, and you physically

661
00:22:48,949 --> 00:22:50,388
can't even sing those words.

662
00:22:51,747 --> 00:22:53,765
You have your brother and your sister

663
00:22:54,159 --> 00:22:56,817
all around you, reminding you Jesus

664
00:22:57,196 --> 00:22:58,634
paid it all.

665
00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:01,990
Sin had left a Crimson saying yes, That

666
00:23:01,990 --> 00:23:04,159
was a problem but he washed it white

667
00:23:04,159 --> 00:23:04,717
a snow.

668
00:23:05,434 --> 00:23:08,085
So praised the 1 who paid your debt

669
00:23:08,382 --> 00:23:09,281
and raised

670
00:23:09,737 --> 00:23:10,215
your life.

671
00:23:11,426 --> 00:23:11,825
From death.

672
00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:15,016
So your voice is needed.

673
00:23:15,972 --> 00:23:18,126
Your voice is needed.

674
00:23:18,924 --> 00:23:21,335
Your brothers and your sisters there's room need

675
00:23:21,335 --> 00:23:23,095
to hear that truth. It's like a good

676
00:23:23,095 --> 00:23:25,095
friend. When you're having a hard time or

677
00:23:25,095 --> 00:23:28,714
in life, just reminding you of amazing truth

678
00:23:28,934 --> 00:23:30,109
to get you back

679
00:23:31,104 --> 00:23:34,287
envision behold the Lord to comfort you to

680
00:23:34,287 --> 00:23:34,924
lift you up.

681
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,515
It's the same way.

682
00:23:38,027 --> 00:23:40,110
And so there's are some questions that come,

683
00:23:40,747 --> 00:23:42,360
I think pretty easily from

684
00:23:42,734 --> 00:23:44,642
singing. Okay? The first 1, I think some

685
00:23:44,642 --> 00:23:45,914
people can ask and you may have his

686
00:23:45,914 --> 00:23:47,664
question is, well, what if I'm not a

687
00:23:47,664 --> 00:23:48,061
good singer.

688
00:23:50,227 --> 00:23:52,223
Get over it. No. I'm just kidding.

689
00:23:54,139 --> 00:23:56,614
Here's the thing. If skill and ability were

690
00:23:56,614 --> 00:23:58,850
a precursor to worship, we would see that.

691
00:23:59,104 --> 00:23:59,263
Right?

692
00:24:00,139 --> 00:24:01,753
It it doesn't say anywhere

693
00:24:02,129 --> 00:24:04,279
if you've auditioned with the worship pastor at

694
00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:05,791
your church, and he said it's okay for

695
00:24:05,791 --> 00:24:07,876
you just saying thing or if you went

696
00:24:07,876 --> 00:24:09,945
to school and got a music degree or

697
00:24:09,945 --> 00:24:11,458
you made it to the fifth round American

698
00:24:11,537 --> 00:24:13,766
Idol, None of that. Right? None of that.

699
00:24:14,801 --> 00:24:16,733
It says make a joyful noise

700
00:24:17,524 --> 00:24:19,602
noise. The word noise. Right? My lawn mower

701
00:24:19,602 --> 00:24:21,679
makes a noise. It's not great.

702
00:24:22,558 --> 00:24:24,716
The racing track over here makes a noise

703
00:24:24,716 --> 00:24:25,695
that I hear

704
00:24:26,009 --> 00:24:27,127
many times at night.

705
00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:29,604
It ain't great. I don't like it. Sorry.

706
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,352
And so for you, you may have

707
00:24:34,970 --> 00:24:35,768
a terrible pitch.

708
00:24:37,046 --> 00:24:38,642
You may not be able to sing and

709
00:24:38,642 --> 00:24:39,281
tune at all.

710
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,436
It doesn't matter.

711
00:24:41,995 --> 00:24:42,235
Sing.

712
00:24:43,125 --> 00:24:44,898
Because here's the truth of it is that

713
00:24:45,194 --> 00:24:47,502
your voice has been redeemed by the king.

714
00:24:48,855 --> 00:24:49,593
The Lord

715
00:24:50,207 --> 00:24:52,693
desires that you sing, and Again, doesn't matter

716
00:24:52,693 --> 00:24:54,531
your ability. When you sing to him in

717
00:24:54,531 --> 00:24:58,048
worship, he receives it as a sweet offering.

718
00:24:58,367 --> 00:25:00,845
He loves to hear that sound and we

719
00:25:00,845 --> 00:25:01,165
love to.

720
00:25:01,896 --> 00:25:03,564
Now, everyone in here sounds like they're really

721
00:25:03,564 --> 00:25:05,232
good singer probably would all make the worship

722
00:25:05,232 --> 00:25:06,106
team if you auditioned.

723
00:25:07,059 --> 00:25:09,894
I'm kidding. So don't... Unless you're really sure

724
00:25:12,877 --> 00:25:14,308
But all that to say is that the

725
00:25:14,308 --> 00:25:16,216
songs was redeemed to the father from a

726
00:25:16,216 --> 00:25:18,284
heart from a true pure heart of worship.

727
00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:22,049
Is we to him. He loves it. He

728
00:25:22,049 --> 00:25:23,730
desires it. So no matter your skill,

729
00:25:24,369 --> 00:25:24,690
sing.

730
00:25:25,250 --> 00:25:26,929
The second question that someone may have is

731
00:25:26,929 --> 00:25:28,369
that well would if singing is just not

732
00:25:28,369 --> 00:25:28,769
my thing.

733
00:25:29,581 --> 00:25:30,956
Like I don't even like to do it

734
00:25:31,809 --> 00:25:32,525
and my free time,

735
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,708
which I know there's a band, I know

736
00:25:35,708 --> 00:25:37,459
each of you have a song and when

737
00:25:37,459 --> 00:25:40,583
it comes on, guessing it. But anyway, Bob

738
00:25:40,742 --> 00:25:42,817
Ko is he's a pastor, and he's a

739
00:25:42,817 --> 00:25:44,811
writer, a song writer and a a book

740
00:25:44,811 --> 00:25:45,424
an author

741
00:25:46,022 --> 00:25:47,059
writes a lot on worship,

742
00:25:47,856 --> 00:25:50,407
worship issues. He he had poses a question

743
00:25:50,407 --> 00:25:52,162
this way. He says the real question is

744
00:25:52,162 --> 00:25:52,662
not

745
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:54,075
do you have a voice?

746
00:25:54,884 --> 00:25:56,391
The real question is do you have a

747
00:25:56,391 --> 00:25:57,025
song to sing?

748
00:25:58,136 --> 00:25:59,246
And the answer is yes.

749
00:25:59,881 --> 00:26:01,864
Yes, if you have been redeemed by the

750
00:26:01,943 --> 00:26:04,209
Lord, You have the song of the lamb

751
00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:05,381
in your voice.

752
00:26:06,336 --> 00:26:08,248
You have the song of the redeemed in

753
00:26:08,248 --> 00:26:08,805
your mouth.

754
00:26:09,362 --> 00:26:11,769
You have a song to declares that I

755
00:26:11,769 --> 00:26:15,049
used to be in bondage to sin. I

756
00:26:15,049 --> 00:26:17,630
used to be headed towards hell, but Jesus

757
00:26:17,769 --> 00:26:18,809
has saved me.

758
00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:21,368
And now I'm a new creation, and I'm

759
00:26:21,368 --> 00:26:24,461
am a child of God. That is a

760
00:26:24,461 --> 00:26:25,731
song to sing.

761
00:26:26,762 --> 00:26:27,396
So sing it.

762
00:26:29,798 --> 00:26:30,595
Sing with passion,

763
00:26:31,709 --> 00:26:32,744
make a joyful noise.

764
00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:35,291
Your brothers and sisters need it, the Lord

765
00:26:35,291 --> 00:26:35,585
loves

766
00:26:37,058 --> 00:26:38,333
Second thing we see that we're called to

767
00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:39,050
do in this psalm.

768
00:26:39,927 --> 00:26:41,919
We are called to have our worship fueled

769
00:26:41,919 --> 00:26:42,977
and informed

770
00:26:43,433 --> 00:26:45,918
by who god is and what He's done.

771
00:26:46,078 --> 00:26:47,993
And so coming right out of this invitation

772
00:26:47,993 --> 00:26:50,706
to saying right? Come sing assume verse 1

773
00:26:50,706 --> 00:26:52,143
of verse 2. Goes to verse 3.

774
00:26:52,781 --> 00:26:53,100
4,

775
00:26:53,673 --> 00:26:54,868
the Lord. I wanna stop there real quickly.

776
00:26:55,107 --> 00:26:57,179
That 4 is basically saying, oh, come sing

777
00:26:57,179 --> 00:26:58,135
to the Lord because?

778
00:26:58,773 --> 00:26:59,251
Because what?

779
00:26:59,888 --> 00:27:01,880
Because the Lord is a great God and

780
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,570
a great king of above all God. Right

781
00:27:03,570 --> 00:27:05,170
there. I should be stopped right there.

782
00:27:06,289 --> 00:27:08,130
Reason, but he keeps going. And he paint...

783
00:27:08,289 --> 00:27:10,210
Gives us his picture. In his hand or

784
00:27:10,210 --> 00:27:11,809
the depths of the earth, the heights of

785
00:27:11,809 --> 00:27:14,215
the mountain his Also the sea is his

786
00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:16,704
for he made it and his hands formed

787
00:27:16,841 --> 00:27:19,410
the dry land. He's saying the qualifier

788
00:27:19,959 --> 00:27:21,957
for the call to sing is that you're

789
00:27:21,957 --> 00:27:24,674
singing not just to anyone. You're singing to

790
00:27:24,674 --> 00:27:27,072
the god of the universe who created all

791
00:27:27,072 --> 00:27:27,572
things

792
00:27:28,031 --> 00:27:30,224
who has all power, and majesty

793
00:27:30,525 --> 00:27:32,365
and h and purity,

794
00:27:32,924 --> 00:27:34,765
and it's so powerful that that the mountains

795
00:27:34,765 --> 00:27:36,365
he he carved it with his hands. Another

796
00:27:36,365 --> 00:27:38,319
part of the Psalm say, that the mountains

797
00:27:38,380 --> 00:27:40,220
melt like wax before him.

798
00:27:41,740 --> 00:27:43,980
So last summer, my family and I were

799
00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:46,310
able to go on Sa vatican, and 1

800
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:47,587
of the places that we went to was

801
00:27:47,587 --> 00:27:49,262
like, a bucket list place for me, which

802
00:27:49,262 --> 00:27:50,697
was Scotland. We got to go to Scotland.

803
00:27:51,096 --> 00:27:52,931
Went this area of Scotland the northwest in

804
00:27:52,931 --> 00:27:55,837
the highlands called the Isle of Sky. Highly

805
00:27:55,894 --> 00:27:57,406
recommend you go there if you ever have

806
00:27:57,406 --> 00:27:58,997
the chance to. And in the olive of

807
00:27:59,156 --> 00:28:01,167
Sky, it's just some of the most beautiful

808
00:28:01,224 --> 00:28:03,174
and awe all inspiring

809
00:28:03,634 --> 00:28:05,315
vista that you've ever seen. When this area

810
00:28:05,315 --> 00:28:07,315
called the quarry, and the quarry was where

811
00:28:07,315 --> 00:28:10,035
this giant landslide happened a long, long time

812
00:28:10,035 --> 00:28:12,128
ago? And so we drive all the way

813
00:28:12,128 --> 00:28:14,126
up, whether, again, there's no Scottish word for

814
00:28:14,205 --> 00:28:17,083
Ban or or railing like nothing. So you

815
00:28:17,083 --> 00:28:18,761
mean you're hanging off the road, we get

816
00:28:18,761 --> 00:28:20,040
all to the top of it. We park,

817
00:28:20,374 --> 00:28:22,597
we walk out and we had this clearing

818
00:28:22,597 --> 00:28:24,742
and it just shows us this picture.

819
00:28:28,792 --> 00:28:31,037
And this view was the most stunning view

820
00:28:31,117 --> 00:28:31,995
I've ever seen in my life.

821
00:28:32,713 --> 00:28:35,427
The picture doesn't do justice. III really feels

822
00:28:35,427 --> 00:28:36,465
like, I mean we were there. I was

823
00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:38,381
like, expecting a dragon to come, like, flying

824
00:28:38,381 --> 00:28:40,704
over the the mountains and, like, Gandalf off

825
00:28:40,704 --> 00:28:42,158
to come out of somewhere. And

826
00:28:43,566 --> 00:28:45,156
but when we walked up there, we were

827
00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:46,906
just we were just completely inspired.

828
00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:49,400
And the only thing that we could do

829
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,480
was worship. And so I pulled out my

830
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,960
phone, and I looked up some psalms, and

831
00:28:54,119 --> 00:28:55,694
I read Psalm 95. Was actually 1 of

832
00:28:55,893 --> 00:28:56,849
that I read, and I said to my

833
00:28:56,849 --> 00:28:58,043
family, I said I want you to look

834
00:28:58,043 --> 00:28:59,714
out, and I want you to hear these

835
00:28:59,714 --> 00:28:59,953
words.

836
00:29:01,147 --> 00:29:01,886
The Lord

837
00:29:02,898 --> 00:29:03,535
made these mountain.

838
00:29:04,187 --> 00:29:06,334
The heights of the mountains are his,

839
00:29:06,971 --> 00:29:09,596
the depths of the earth he has in

840
00:29:09,596 --> 00:29:10,550
the palm of his hand.

841
00:29:11,518 --> 00:29:13,581
The earth is 4000 miles deep. The most

842
00:29:13,581 --> 00:29:15,906
that we've ever done and dog in human

843
00:29:16,517 --> 00:29:19,175
human beings is 8 miles. We got ways

844
00:29:19,231 --> 00:29:21,217
to go. He's the depths of the earth

845
00:29:21,217 --> 00:29:21,932
in his hands.

846
00:29:22,568 --> 00:29:24,157
He crafted this perfectly.

847
00:29:25,031 --> 00:29:27,274
And I understand that, you know, You'd be

848
00:29:27,274 --> 00:29:28,792
like, yeah, that's easy. Like, you probably have

849
00:29:28,792 --> 00:29:30,310
had a situation life where you've been in

850
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:32,147
a a gorgeous view of Vista, and it

851
00:29:32,147 --> 00:29:34,065
makes you wanna worship the Lord in creation.

852
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,500
And we may not have this view here

853
00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:39,279
in this closed room. But what we do

854
00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:42,094
have is an even more dazzling view than

855
00:29:42,094 --> 00:29:44,248
that 1. And that is the view of

856
00:29:44,248 --> 00:29:46,483
the grace and mercy of God in Jesus

857
00:29:46,642 --> 00:29:46,961
Christ.

858
00:29:48,079 --> 00:29:49,297
That when we contemplate

859
00:29:50,008 --> 00:29:52,702
the gospel. It is the most beautiful and

860
00:29:52,702 --> 00:29:53,202
incredible

861
00:29:53,574 --> 00:29:56,690
vista of God's love than anyone could ever

862
00:29:56,824 --> 00:29:57,061
see.

863
00:29:57,790 --> 00:30:00,012
And Psalm continues when he says in the

864
00:30:00,012 --> 00:30:00,250
psalm,

865
00:30:01,282 --> 00:30:02,313
for he is our God,

866
00:30:03,106 --> 00:30:05,209
and we are the people of his pasture

867
00:30:05,425 --> 00:30:06,698
and the sheep of his hand.

868
00:30:07,414 --> 00:30:09,085
And so he's using the imagery of the

869
00:30:09,085 --> 00:30:10,835
shepherd, who's the great shepherd of our souls?

870
00:30:11,392 --> 00:30:12,202
Jesus christ.

871
00:30:12,918 --> 00:30:14,769
How are we the people of God's pasture

872
00:30:15,144 --> 00:30:16,733
only because of what Jesus has done.

873
00:30:17,846 --> 00:30:19,754
And so we have to allow? We have

874
00:30:19,754 --> 00:30:22,554
to view the gospel and let it fuel

875
00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:24,864
our worship because in the gospel, and this

876
00:30:24,864 --> 00:30:27,174
reason why we have so many songs that

877
00:30:27,174 --> 00:30:29,006
we sing about the gospel. We're never not

878
00:30:29,006 --> 00:30:31,249
gonna not sing about the, we're gonna sing

879
00:30:31,249 --> 00:30:34,189
about it every single week. Because in the

880
00:30:34,189 --> 00:30:38,026
gospel, in Jesus, we see the pen ultimate

881
00:30:38,241 --> 00:30:39,036
work of God.

882
00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:41,757
We see the perfect view of who our

883
00:30:41,916 --> 00:30:44,486
God is in Jesus and in his work

884
00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:47,033
on the cross. And when we truly

885
00:30:47,424 --> 00:30:48,937
see what we have been saved from and

886
00:30:48,937 --> 00:30:51,486
what God has done. What Jesus has done

887
00:30:51,486 --> 00:30:54,216
on the cross. There's no other

888
00:30:54,592 --> 00:30:56,185
response than to worship.

889
00:30:57,792 --> 00:30:58,509
Thank you, Lord.

890
00:31:00,896 --> 00:31:01,692
It humble,

891
00:31:02,567 --> 00:31:05,455
and it fuels us, and should be our

892
00:31:05,591 --> 00:31:05,964
motivation

893
00:31:07,275 --> 00:31:08,942
It should dictate our songs.

894
00:31:09,736 --> 00:31:11,880
And this section of the song really shows

895
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,000
a like, how vital it is

896
00:31:14,596 --> 00:31:16,666
that the songs that we sing or even

897
00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:18,178
seeing the worship songs are you sing on

898
00:31:18,178 --> 00:31:19,770
your own time and your cars, with your

899
00:31:19,770 --> 00:31:22,715
family that they accurately describe who god is

900
00:31:22,715 --> 00:31:23,591
and what his works are.

901
00:31:25,831 --> 00:31:28,374
When we rely on just how it sounds,

902
00:31:29,248 --> 00:31:29,645
style,

903
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,289
or preference, or maybe even the voice of

904
00:31:32,289 --> 00:31:33,890
a singer, what can end up happening is

905
00:31:33,890 --> 00:31:34,950
that we replace

906
00:31:35,569 --> 00:31:36,309
good truth

907
00:31:37,009 --> 00:31:37,730
with good music.

908
00:31:38,450 --> 00:31:40,130
You could say, well, like this worship someone

909
00:31:40,130 --> 00:31:42,464
because the way it sounds. Meanwhile, the song

910
00:31:42,464 --> 00:31:43,285
is full of.

911
00:31:45,585 --> 00:31:46,384
Shallow lyrics,

912
00:31:47,424 --> 00:31:49,744
we have to start with good truth first.

913
00:31:50,384 --> 00:31:51,674
When music second.

914
00:31:53,107 --> 00:31:54,563
Because this is why songs

915
00:31:55,018 --> 00:31:57,725
shape what you think and believe about God,

916
00:31:57,885 --> 00:31:58,840
whether you know it or not.

917
00:31:59,574 --> 00:32:01,411
Whether you like it or not. They're shaping

918
00:32:01,411 --> 00:32:03,009
you. They're shaping us.

919
00:32:03,968 --> 00:32:06,205
It's a serious matter so we should use

920
00:32:06,205 --> 00:32:06,705
discernment

921
00:32:07,257 --> 00:32:08,847
And as we come in here on Sunday

922
00:32:08,847 --> 00:32:11,257
mornings, what this should be is a feast

923
00:32:11,632 --> 00:32:14,353
in worship. A feast of truth and the

924
00:32:14,353 --> 00:32:16,346
real question is not do we wanna sing,

925
00:32:16,506 --> 00:32:18,101
but what should we sing?

926
00:32:18,739 --> 00:32:20,414
What do we need to sing?

927
00:32:21,052 --> 00:32:23,205
And the gospel is 1 of those things.

928
00:32:24,173 --> 00:32:25,545
We should desire depth

929
00:32:25,996 --> 00:32:28,398
and richness and christ's centered,

930
00:32:29,563 --> 00:32:31,560
and then the word of God is the

931
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,736
ultimate anchor, and accountability partner for making sure

932
00:32:34,736 --> 00:32:37,754
that what we're singing is accurate is clear,

933
00:32:38,230 --> 00:32:40,812
is good is rich and it's gonna serve

934
00:32:40,948 --> 00:32:41,744
our church.

935
00:32:42,539 --> 00:32:44,130
And once again, do that in your own

936
00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:46,375
life. Pay attention to the words of the

937
00:32:46,375 --> 00:32:48,855
songs that you're listening to, the worship songs.

938
00:32:49,095 --> 00:32:51,095
See what it says about the Lord. Weigh

939
00:32:51,095 --> 00:32:52,214
it against the word of god.

940
00:32:54,625 --> 00:32:56,291
The third point we see here in psalm

941
00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:57,401
if I will recall to is that we

942
00:32:57,401 --> 00:32:59,305
are called to give our all,

943
00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:02,081
including our posture to God in worship.

944
00:33:03,210 --> 00:33:03,846
In verse 6,

945
00:33:04,721 --> 00:33:06,312
0 come, let us worship and bed down,

946
00:33:06,471 --> 00:33:08,699
let us knee before the Lord, our maker

947
00:33:08,699 --> 00:33:10,290
for he's our god and we're the people

948
00:33:10,290 --> 00:33:11,188
of his pasture

949
00:33:11,660 --> 00:33:13,099
and the sheep of his hand.

950
00:33:13,819 --> 00:33:15,339
And so right right right from here, he

951
00:33:15,339 --> 00:33:17,500
moves from singing to saying, okay, why do

952
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,745
we say? Because he's a great king, and

953
00:33:19,745 --> 00:33:22,523
then he moves to the physical expressive ness

954
00:33:22,523 --> 00:33:23,953
that he has, where he used a lot

955
00:33:23,953 --> 00:33:25,858
of exclamation points here. I'm not a big

956
00:33:25,858 --> 00:33:27,865
fan of emails that have a live exclamation

957
00:33:27,865 --> 00:33:29,620
points. I think it's kinda weird, but. The

958
00:33:29,620 --> 00:33:30,258
scripture. It's okay.

959
00:33:31,055 --> 00:33:32,571
But what he's saying is I'm so excited

960
00:33:32,571 --> 00:33:34,485
like, the Lord is so great. What am

961
00:33:34,644 --> 00:33:36,160
I gonna do? I'm gonna knee before him.

962
00:33:36,891 --> 00:33:39,755
I'm gonna bow before him. You see worship

963
00:33:39,755 --> 00:33:42,005
is not meant to be just a cold

964
00:33:42,857 --> 00:33:43,309
academic

965
00:33:43,828 --> 00:33:44,328
wrote

966
00:33:44,787 --> 00:33:47,182
dry exercise, but it's every part of our

967
00:33:47,182 --> 00:33:50,136
being, it's mind and heart, thought and emotion.

968
00:33:50,615 --> 00:33:53,010
It's our the physical bodies that we have.

969
00:33:54,135 --> 00:33:56,434
Now, I wanna say heart matters first. Yes,

970
00:33:56,592 --> 00:33:58,257
and we'll get to the heart as Psalm

971
00:33:58,257 --> 00:34:01,528
95 talks about it. But right heart posture

972
00:34:01,528 --> 00:34:02,966
in worship. What it should do is it

973
00:34:02,966 --> 00:34:05,943
should lead to an overflow a physical posture

974
00:34:06,162 --> 00:34:06,721
in worship.

975
00:34:07,774 --> 00:34:09,758
And what we see here is that he's

976
00:34:09,758 --> 00:34:12,537
specifically mentioning bow and knee. And I don't

977
00:34:12,537 --> 00:34:14,387
want us to get fixated on the

978
00:34:14,998 --> 00:34:17,164
specific acts that he's talking about here. I

979
00:34:17,164 --> 00:34:19,079
want us look at the bigger implications of

980
00:34:19,079 --> 00:34:19,318
this.

981
00:34:21,391 --> 00:34:21,950
If if...

982
00:34:22,668 --> 00:34:23,944
You think about someone in your life that

983
00:34:23,944 --> 00:34:24,661
you really respect.

984
00:34:25,634 --> 00:34:26,992
You wanna meet. I'm sure if someone in

985
00:34:26,992 --> 00:34:28,350
your life that man, If I could meet

986
00:34:28,350 --> 00:34:29,629
this 1 person, it might be an author,

987
00:34:30,108 --> 00:34:31,865
might be a singer. It might be an

988
00:34:31,865 --> 00:34:32,365
athlete

989
00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:34,112
whoever it is. You have that person in

990
00:34:34,112 --> 00:34:34,271
mind.

991
00:34:35,068 --> 00:34:36,262
If they walked in here,

992
00:34:37,298 --> 00:34:39,130
and they came up to meet you, how

993
00:34:39,130 --> 00:34:39,847
would your posture be?

994
00:34:40,722 --> 00:34:42,889
Would you be like s over, not really

995
00:34:42,889 --> 00:34:45,620
paying attention or staring at the ground, looking

996
00:34:45,757 --> 00:34:48,148
bored or, like, now, whatever. No. You'd be

997
00:34:48,148 --> 00:34:49,911
like, oh my gosh. So nice to meet

998
00:34:49,911 --> 00:34:51,101
you. Let me shake your hand.

999
00:34:52,054 --> 00:34:53,561
You'd be like, up at attention, you'd be

1000
00:34:53,561 --> 00:34:55,226
having a smile just beam on your face

1001
00:34:55,306 --> 00:34:56,495
You wanna get a picture with them and

1002
00:34:56,495 --> 00:34:58,815
you post it on Social media, Look I

1003
00:34:58,815 --> 00:34:58,974
met.

1004
00:35:01,759 --> 00:35:03,668
Now compare that with who we get to

1005
00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:05,353
meet every every single Sunday here.

1006
00:35:06,785 --> 00:35:07,978
Someone that is more famous,

1007
00:35:09,012 --> 00:35:09,887
more glorious,

1008
00:35:10,603 --> 00:35:13,727
more power pull than any celebrity than any

1009
00:35:13,727 --> 00:35:16,439
person that you respect in any preacher, any

1010
00:35:16,439 --> 00:35:18,592
author. It's the living God.

1011
00:35:19,231 --> 00:35:20,826
He is here in this place.

1012
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,519
And so I ask you,

1013
00:35:23,159 --> 00:35:24,460
what is your posture

1014
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:25,480
before the lord?

1015
00:35:26,359 --> 00:35:28,359
What is your posture like in his presence?

1016
00:35:29,174 --> 00:35:29,893
Is it boredom?

1017
00:35:30,692 --> 00:35:31,571
Is it let?

1018
00:35:32,210 --> 00:35:33,190
Is it ind?

1019
00:35:35,646 --> 00:35:37,739
The psalm can't help himself in presence of

1020
00:35:37,739 --> 00:35:38,139
the lord.

1021
00:35:38,777 --> 00:35:40,216
And so he says bow down,

1022
00:35:40,855 --> 00:35:42,054
Knee before him.

1023
00:35:44,370 --> 00:35:46,482
Because here to here's the thing about physical

1024
00:35:46,779 --> 00:35:48,933
expression is that I think the way that

1025
00:35:48,933 --> 00:35:50,688
we think about this, this is a tough

1026
00:35:50,688 --> 00:35:53,160
touchy subject. Like, I get it. IIII

1027
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,016
understand. Right? And we never wanna do anything

1028
00:35:55,249 --> 00:35:56,842
comp, which I'm gonna talk about her in

1029
00:35:56,842 --> 00:35:57,081
a sec.

1030
00:35:58,037 --> 00:35:59,392
But I think the way we think about

1031
00:35:59,392 --> 00:36:02,394
physical physical expression in worship is more about

1032
00:36:03,150 --> 00:36:04,286
our our culture,

1033
00:36:04,899 --> 00:36:07,227
and tradition, and preference

1034
00:36:08,078 --> 00:36:10,145
or temperament over them what the word of

1035
00:36:10,225 --> 00:36:11,735
God models for us.

1036
00:36:12,783 --> 00:36:14,370
And this is an area that honestly, I

1037
00:36:14,370 --> 00:36:14,950
grow for

1038
00:36:15,402 --> 00:36:16,197
growth in our church.

1039
00:36:16,911 --> 00:36:18,975
Again, not out of comp, but out of

1040
00:36:18,975 --> 00:36:22,490
a joyful heart that overflows to the physical.

1041
00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:25,522
Second Corinthians 9 7, Paul's talking more about

1042
00:36:25,522 --> 00:36:27,995
giving of of of your resources and money,

1043
00:36:28,329 --> 00:36:29,929
but he says each 1 must give as

1044
00:36:29,929 --> 00:36:30,969
he has decided in his heart,

1045
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,949
not reluctant or under a comp

1046
00:36:34,650 --> 00:36:36,570
for God loves a cheerful give. And I

1047
00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:37,264
think that we can

1048
00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:39,617
relate this to what we're talking about here.

1049
00:36:40,175 --> 00:36:41,931
And that when we come, we should be

1050
00:36:41,931 --> 00:36:45,382
the most cheerful give, giving an over abundance

1051
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,767
of our ourself in worship to the Lord.

1052
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,831
And physical expression in worship is as we

1053
00:36:51,831 --> 00:36:53,526
see here, it's a hundred percent

1054
00:36:54,061 --> 00:36:54,561
biblical

1055
00:36:55,033 --> 00:36:56,708
We see it over and over and over

1056
00:36:56,708 --> 00:36:59,260
again in the psalms, whether it be raising

1057
00:36:59,260 --> 00:37:01,515
of hands, clapping, bow, lying

1058
00:37:02,131 --> 00:37:03,328
pros straight, dancing,

1059
00:37:03,726 --> 00:37:04,226
jumping

1060
00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:08,347
And physical expression also has meaning.

1061
00:37:09,141 --> 00:37:11,601
It it's not just an empty fl around

1062
00:37:11,601 --> 00:37:13,362
or it's something we do because of church

1063
00:37:13,362 --> 00:37:16,383
culture or something that's just reserved for for

1064
00:37:16,383 --> 00:37:18,870
charismatic, but there is a biblical precedent

1065
00:37:19,483 --> 00:37:21,868
behind it. And also there's intentional behind it.

1066
00:37:22,678 --> 00:37:24,267
That we're not ever doing anything,

1067
00:37:24,983 --> 00:37:27,366
just not even understanding what we're doing. Like,

1068
00:37:27,525 --> 00:37:29,034
when we raise our hands, what is that

1069
00:37:29,034 --> 00:37:29,352
saying?

1070
00:37:30,306 --> 00:37:32,471
What we're saying is I am fully dependent

1071
00:37:32,471 --> 00:37:33,189
on you lord.

1072
00:37:34,465 --> 00:37:36,459
I look to you as my god as

1073
00:37:36,459 --> 00:37:38,054
my king. Now I see it as like

1074
00:37:38,054 --> 00:37:40,128
a child, like, lifting up their hands their

1075
00:37:40,128 --> 00:37:41,005
dad saying pick me up.

1076
00:37:42,213 --> 00:37:43,645
If we bow or Neil,

1077
00:37:44,281 --> 00:37:47,462
it's an act reverence or submission to to

1078
00:37:47,462 --> 00:37:48,814
the Lord or to an authority.

1079
00:37:49,704 --> 00:37:51,534
Clapping is a physical way of giving a

1080
00:37:51,534 --> 00:37:54,000
applause. The lord saying you deserve all the

1081
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,750
honor and the attention.

1082
00:37:57,181 --> 00:37:58,429
And when we talk about

1083
00:37:58,788 --> 00:38:00,859
physical expressive is, some things that I hear

1084
00:38:00,859 --> 00:38:03,009
because there are obstacles. I, again, I I

1085
00:38:03,009 --> 00:38:04,522
get it. The first 1 is, I hear

1086
00:38:04,522 --> 00:38:05,796
people say, I'm not that type person.

1087
00:38:06,672 --> 00:38:07,364
It's just not

1088
00:38:08,041 --> 00:38:09,711
my personality, I'm kind of introverted.

1089
00:38:10,905 --> 00:38:12,734
Just not very expressive in general.

1090
00:38:14,086 --> 00:38:16,567
Well, I would ask you why not? In

1091
00:38:16,567 --> 00:38:18,235
the in in this context.

1092
00:38:18,791 --> 00:38:21,016
Why not? And I don't see it anywhere

1093
00:38:21,016 --> 00:38:22,922
saying, lift up your hands. If you feel

1094
00:38:22,922 --> 00:38:23,161
like it,

1095
00:38:23,892 --> 00:38:26,280
I it's encouraging us. Yes. So I would

1096
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,110
challenge I would challenge you there. The same

1097
00:38:28,110 --> 00:38:29,702
way that I would challenge on on singing

1098
00:38:29,702 --> 00:38:30,896
if you don't think it's not my thing.

1099
00:38:31,547 --> 00:38:32,739
The second 1 is 1 I think hear

1100
00:38:32,739 --> 00:38:34,329
the most is I'm worried about what others

1101
00:38:34,329 --> 00:38:34,487
think.

1102
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,587
I'm worried that others are looking at. I

1103
00:38:37,587 --> 00:38:38,723
remember really

1104
00:38:39,191 --> 00:38:40,303
having a hang up with this when I

1105
00:38:40,303 --> 00:38:41,018
was in middle school,

1106
00:38:41,971 --> 00:38:43,956
thinking that everyone in the room was looking

1107
00:38:43,956 --> 00:38:44,988
at George Men,

1108
00:38:45,464 --> 00:38:46,338
a 14 year old,

1109
00:38:47,449 --> 00:38:48,980
13 year old look, don't know what Asia

1110
00:38:48,980 --> 00:38:50,019
was in medical. But anyway,

1111
00:38:52,179 --> 00:38:53,059
it was so silly.

1112
00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:55,539
And it's the same way here no 1

1113
00:38:55,539 --> 00:38:56,434
is looking at you.

1114
00:38:57,553 --> 00:39:00,190
Everyone's focused on what hopefully, what we're singing

1115
00:39:00,190 --> 00:39:00,430
about.

1116
00:39:02,348 --> 00:39:04,186
The third thing I hear is I don't

1117
00:39:04,186 --> 00:39:06,911
wanna be distraction others. That's the furthest thing

1118
00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:08,824
from the truth. You're actually an encouragement.

1119
00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:12,170
Your physical expressive is an encouragement.

1120
00:39:13,459 --> 00:39:14,414
So be free in that.

1121
00:39:15,210 --> 00:39:17,201
And I don't say all of this. Once

1122
00:39:17,201 --> 00:39:19,271
again, I don't say all of this because

1123
00:39:19,271 --> 00:39:20,519
it's just super cool

1124
00:39:21,117 --> 00:39:23,110
To have a church. It's really expressive, lifting

1125
00:39:23,110 --> 00:39:24,567
up their hands or it validates

1126
00:39:25,184 --> 00:39:27,576
the worship in some way, or, you know,

1127
00:39:27,735 --> 00:39:29,090
it's it's a required part.

1128
00:39:29,742 --> 00:39:31,175
Of the of the Christian life,

1129
00:39:31,812 --> 00:39:33,881
but it's because I want us to have

1130
00:39:33,881 --> 00:39:37,719
a robust understanding of biblical congregation worship and

1131
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,400
we see it here in a somme.

1132
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,199
So it's here, we have to deal with

1133
00:39:42,199 --> 00:39:44,199
it. We have to think about it. We

1134
00:39:44,199 --> 00:39:45,079
have to talk about it.

1135
00:39:47,244 --> 00:39:49,149
When in the end, here here's what my

1136
00:39:49,149 --> 00:39:50,816
desire is there's just freedom in this room.

1137
00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:52,586
There's freedom

1138
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:53,619
to be

1139
00:39:54,007 --> 00:39:56,235
just again, once to have over abundance of

1140
00:39:56,235 --> 00:39:56,553
joy.

1141
00:39:57,428 --> 00:39:59,576
Freedom that if the spirit moves you to

1142
00:39:59,576 --> 00:40:00,371
that you would,

1143
00:40:01,260 --> 00:40:04,539
be physically expressive and worship knowing again, intentionally

1144
00:40:04,595 --> 00:40:06,683
what you're doing and what you're communicating

1145
00:40:07,136 --> 00:40:07,692
when you do it.

1146
00:40:10,249 --> 00:40:11,048
So then moving on,

1147
00:40:11,768 --> 00:40:12,726
last thing we see here.

1148
00:40:14,724 --> 00:40:16,722
We are called to worship God without a

1149
00:40:16,722 --> 00:40:18,534
hardness of heart. And so

1150
00:40:18,971 --> 00:40:20,662
After the the this whole

1151
00:40:21,591 --> 00:40:23,417
heart on worship, and it's very joyous. Right?

1152
00:40:23,655 --> 00:40:25,640
Again, a lot of exclamation points sing to

1153
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,037
the Lord. He he's a great king where

1154
00:40:28,037 --> 00:40:30,261
the people's is pasture, it kinda turns and

1155
00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:31,849
it the song kinda ends in like a

1156
00:40:31,849 --> 00:40:33,755
downer note, but it's a warning, and it's

1157
00:40:33,755 --> 00:40:34,947
a warning that we need to hear.

1158
00:40:36,153 --> 00:40:37,505
Today, if you hear his voice, do not

1159
00:40:37,505 --> 00:40:39,413
harden your hearts as at Mari as on

1160
00:40:39,413 --> 00:40:41,719
the day at Masa and the wilderness. When

1161
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:43,230
your father's put me to the test and

1162
00:40:43,230 --> 00:40:44,079
put me to the proof

1163
00:40:44,755 --> 00:40:46,266
though they had seen my work.

1164
00:40:47,062 --> 00:40:50,481
For 40 years, I loa that generation and

1165
00:40:50,481 --> 00:40:52,151
said there are people who go stray their

1166
00:40:52,151 --> 00:40:52,445
heart

1167
00:40:52,961 --> 00:40:54,707
and they have not known my ways.

1168
00:40:55,739 --> 00:40:58,121
Therefore, I swore in my wrath. They shall

1169
00:40:58,121 --> 00:41:00,900
not enter my rest. Those are some strong

1170
00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:01,217
words.

1171
00:41:01,869 --> 00:41:03,547
It's a strong warning warning. So what is

1172
00:41:03,547 --> 00:41:05,544
he referencing? He says Mari and Masa. What

1173
00:41:05,544 --> 00:41:07,701
he's talking about? Are these 2 areas in

1174
00:41:07,701 --> 00:41:08,441
exodus 17?

1175
00:41:09,472 --> 00:41:13,140
Back when Moses led the Israelites from slavery

1176
00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:14,815
in egyptians. He part of the red sea,

1177
00:41:15,054 --> 00:41:17,208
brought them out into the wilderness as God

1178
00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:19,299
had promised them a promised land where they

1179
00:41:19,299 --> 00:41:21,619
would have a nation and a kingdom. He

1180
00:41:21,619 --> 00:41:24,980
promised them protection. He he came in AAAA

1181
00:41:24,980 --> 00:41:26,819
cloud of glory. He gave the 10 commandments,

1182
00:41:27,153 --> 00:41:29,295
all this stuff. All these incredible things. Right?

1183
00:41:29,613 --> 00:41:30,644
That they saw it with their own eyes.

1184
00:41:31,835 --> 00:41:33,580
Masks are 2 areas where they came, and

1185
00:41:33,580 --> 00:41:35,024
they were they were done.

1186
00:41:35,818 --> 00:41:38,043
Their patients had run out. And so they

1187
00:41:38,043 --> 00:41:40,823
actually started gru complaining and said, hey, maybe

1188
00:41:40,823 --> 00:41:42,174
we should stone Moses. That sounds like a

1189
00:41:42,174 --> 00:41:42,650
great idea.

1190
00:41:43,939 --> 00:41:45,771
And they go to Moses and they say,

1191
00:41:47,443 --> 00:41:48,876
did you bring us out here to kill

1192
00:41:48,876 --> 00:41:49,036
us?

1193
00:41:49,911 --> 00:41:51,425
Like, what's going on? We need water.

1194
00:41:51,918 --> 00:41:54,250
We need food. He rebuke them

1195
00:41:54,626 --> 00:41:57,015
and says how could you question the Lord?

1196
00:41:57,652 --> 00:41:59,564
How could you question your god who's done

1197
00:41:59,564 --> 00:42:01,889
these amazing works. Who's brought you out of

1198
00:42:01,889 --> 00:42:04,038
slavery and has promised to a future and

1199
00:42:04,038 --> 00:42:05,789
you're complaining, and then they doubled down, and

1200
00:42:05,789 --> 00:42:07,699
they say, okay, is God with us or

1201
00:42:07,699 --> 00:42:07,858
not?

1202
00:42:10,509 --> 00:42:13,150
And so the Soul is referencing this. Where

1203
00:42:13,230 --> 00:42:15,630
God is saying that they they tested him.

1204
00:42:15,869 --> 00:42:16,909
They tested his patience.

1205
00:42:17,641 --> 00:42:20,979
For 40 years, I loa that generation. They

1206
00:42:20,979 --> 00:42:22,965
became hard in their hearts, they'd had forgotten

1207
00:42:22,965 --> 00:42:25,130
the blessings of God and said just moved

1208
00:42:25,130 --> 00:42:27,869
to complaining and ended up with full blown

1209
00:42:28,570 --> 00:42:30,730
idol tree and worshiping of idol.

1210
00:42:31,690 --> 00:42:33,690
And what what was the the whole result

1211
00:42:33,690 --> 00:42:35,797
of that? They shall not

1212
00:42:36,171 --> 00:42:37,364
enter my rest.

1213
00:42:39,589 --> 00:42:41,179
And so you may be asking, like, how

1214
00:42:41,179 --> 00:42:41,789
does that

1215
00:42:42,628 --> 00:42:43,505
relate to us today.

1216
00:42:44,623 --> 00:42:46,299
And I think when we hear that, we

1217
00:42:46,299 --> 00:42:47,119
can kind of

1218
00:42:47,736 --> 00:42:49,492
have a self righteous attitude about it, Like,

1219
00:42:49,651 --> 00:42:51,505
that's so silly I was there? I wouldn't

1220
00:42:51,505 --> 00:42:52,144
be like that.

1221
00:42:53,344 --> 00:42:54,804
But I ask you, how often

1222
00:42:55,105 --> 00:42:55,824
do we gru?

1223
00:42:57,105 --> 00:42:58,224
How often do we complain?

1224
00:42:59,594 --> 00:43:00,709
About ridiculous things.

1225
00:43:02,381 --> 00:43:04,054
How often do we question the Lord?

1226
00:43:04,850 --> 00:43:05,726
Question his will.

1227
00:43:06,602 --> 00:43:08,128
Question his dream for alive.

1228
00:43:09,954 --> 00:43:10,749
If we do that,

1229
00:43:12,099 --> 00:43:13,608
what will happen is we will have hardened

1230
00:43:13,608 --> 00:43:14,108
hearts

1231
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:15,276
will be bitter.

1232
00:43:16,329 --> 00:43:17,847
And again, the promises is that we will

1233
00:43:17,847 --> 00:43:19,365
not have rest.

1234
00:43:20,804 --> 00:43:22,802
And this applies to congregation worship, but also

1235
00:43:22,802 --> 00:43:24,880
applies to our everyday life. Every day.

1236
00:43:25,855 --> 00:43:28,835
And it will also stunt and interfere

1237
00:43:29,135 --> 00:43:29,855
our worship.

1238
00:43:32,255 --> 00:43:33,989
And I think about some things like water

1239
00:43:34,109 --> 00:43:36,254
some specific things that can harden our hearts

1240
00:43:36,254 --> 00:43:36,833
and the

1241
00:43:37,286 --> 00:43:38,319
3 things that came to me.

1242
00:43:39,034 --> 00:43:40,623
First is that if we come in here

1243
00:43:40,623 --> 00:43:42,626
and again, be for all of life. If

1244
00:43:42,626 --> 00:43:45,092
we come in here with hidden, un confessed

1245
00:43:45,092 --> 00:43:47,160
or un repentance sin, it will harden your

1246
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:47,319
heart.

1247
00:43:48,609 --> 00:43:50,286
If you have idol in the closet that

1248
00:43:50,286 --> 00:43:50,766
you've been hiding.

1249
00:43:51,405 --> 00:43:53,243
If you have activities that you've been doing

1250
00:43:53,243 --> 00:43:54,222
that you know

1251
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:55,695
is is

1252
00:43:56,534 --> 00:43:57,034
will

1253
00:43:57,412 --> 00:43:57,891
disobedience.

1254
00:43:59,409 --> 00:44:01,487
And you have not confessed them. You have

1255
00:44:01,487 --> 00:44:03,900
not repent your heart will be hard.

1256
00:44:04,859 --> 00:44:05,599
The gospel

1257
00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:07,900
will seem boring to you.

1258
00:44:08,539 --> 00:44:09,920
You won't be affected

1259
00:44:10,793 --> 00:44:12,566
you just go through life lack of,

1260
00:44:13,577 --> 00:44:15,168
spiritually just kind of floating.

1261
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:17,396
So if that's you,

1262
00:44:18,368 --> 00:44:20,204
the solution to that is to confess,

1263
00:44:20,922 --> 00:44:23,796
repent and he's always faithful to forgive.

1264
00:44:24,434 --> 00:44:26,190
Because when that happened, the weight gonna come

1265
00:44:26,190 --> 00:44:26,485
off

1266
00:44:27,485 --> 00:44:28,545
and in your life

1267
00:44:28,845 --> 00:44:31,565
in corporate worship, it will be rest.

1268
00:44:32,445 --> 00:44:33,885
It will be healing.

1269
00:44:35,405 --> 00:44:37,492
The second thing. I think that can harden

1270
00:44:37,492 --> 00:44:38,470
our hearts and worship

1271
00:44:39,164 --> 00:44:41,336
is that we can have overly critical spirits

1272
00:44:41,791 --> 00:44:43,963
that that place musical preference

1273
00:44:44,751 --> 00:44:47,289
above truth that is being sung. And there's

1274
00:44:47,289 --> 00:44:49,987
this phrase called the worship wars. And and

1275
00:44:49,987 --> 00:44:52,305
people talk about the worship wars at that

1276
00:44:52,305 --> 00:44:54,474
people from different age groups and churches and

1277
00:44:54,530 --> 00:44:56,835
denomination. They argued and argued and argued about

1278
00:44:56,835 --> 00:44:59,538
style about preference, so badly in some churches

1279
00:44:59,538 --> 00:45:00,673
that churches literally

1280
00:45:01,064 --> 00:45:02,900
split because of musical style preference.

1281
00:45:03,777 --> 00:45:04,517
And that's

1282
00:45:04,895 --> 00:45:06,811
sad in the end. And honestly, that phrase,

1283
00:45:07,050 --> 00:45:08,646
III despise that phrase.

1284
00:45:09,698 --> 00:45:11,372
Harold Best is it this way that the

1285
00:45:11,372 --> 00:45:11,872
only

1286
00:45:12,408 --> 00:45:14,400
worship war. The only true worship where there

1287
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:14,900
is

1288
00:45:15,277 --> 00:45:17,110
is 1 between God and Satan.

1289
00:45:18,159 --> 00:45:20,887
Is 1 between true worship and idol tree

1290
00:45:20,943 --> 00:45:23,171
is only between the spirit and the flesh.

1291
00:45:24,458 --> 00:45:27,001
Not in preference, not in style, not in

1292
00:45:27,001 --> 00:45:29,226
vehicle, not in lit, not in, you know,

1293
00:45:29,464 --> 00:45:30,894
song choices of what I like and what

1294
00:45:30,974 --> 00:45:31,451
I don't like.

1295
00:45:32,182 --> 00:45:33,614
Now, in all that, we need to have

1296
00:45:33,614 --> 00:45:36,318
an intentional and careful approach understanding context, and

1297
00:45:36,318 --> 00:45:38,679
the understanding what's wise and what's good with

1298
00:45:38,879 --> 00:45:41,690
style and all that. But if we elevate

1299
00:45:42,544 --> 00:45:45,413
the gift of music. If we elevate that

1300
00:45:45,413 --> 00:45:47,577
above the give, everything's gonna be out of

1301
00:45:47,577 --> 00:45:47,816
whack.

1302
00:45:49,168 --> 00:45:50,282
If we come in here and we say,

1303
00:45:50,441 --> 00:45:52,588
well I can only worship if it's this

1304
00:45:52,588 --> 00:45:54,975
way. What you're doing is you're making god's,

1305
00:45:55,230 --> 00:45:57,707
presence dependent on your own preference.

1306
00:45:58,506 --> 00:46:01,942
Once again, a very dangerous place to be.

1307
00:46:03,541 --> 00:46:04,554
So I would say

1308
00:46:06,893 --> 00:46:08,161
We need to come in here always on

1309
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,064
Guard for that. Again, it goes back to

1310
00:46:10,064 --> 00:46:11,199
that, I think consumer.

1311
00:46:12,699 --> 00:46:13,199
Attitude

1312
00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:15,440
and have our heart softened and be

1313
00:46:17,099 --> 00:46:18,639
the influenced and changed

1314
00:46:19,754 --> 00:46:21,986
and affected by the truth by the text,

1315
00:46:22,703 --> 00:46:24,617
not just the vehicle or style of it,

1316
00:46:28,138 --> 00:46:30,521
music style and all that. They're not they're

1317
00:46:30,521 --> 00:46:31,712
not the means or the ends.

1318
00:46:33,221 --> 00:46:34,969
God is the means of our worship, and

1319
00:46:34,969 --> 00:46:36,080
he's also the end of our worship.

1320
00:46:38,561 --> 00:46:39,992
The third thing that can harden our hearts.

1321
00:46:40,389 --> 00:46:41,184
This is a tough 1.

1322
00:46:42,695 --> 00:46:44,047
Is when we allow the challenges of a

1323
00:46:44,047 --> 00:46:45,979
life to loom larger than the blessings

1324
00:46:46,369 --> 00:46:46,769
of God.

1325
00:46:48,527 --> 00:46:50,045
And and I understand that, in this world,

1326
00:46:50,205 --> 00:46:51,324
we have suffering.

1327
00:46:51,804 --> 00:46:54,301
We have persecution. We have hardship.

1328
00:46:54,681 --> 00:46:57,822
We have death we have really hard things

1329
00:46:58,673 --> 00:46:59,626
that we come against.

1330
00:47:00,659 --> 00:47:02,510
And there can be times of sadness

1331
00:47:03,217 --> 00:47:04,091
times of lament,

1332
00:47:04,965 --> 00:47:06,476
times are crying out from mercy.

1333
00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:09,257
Times have even asking God why. We see

1334
00:47:09,257 --> 00:47:09,973
that in the homes.

1335
00:47:11,006 --> 00:47:12,690
David asked why God. You see it in

1336
00:47:12,769 --> 00:47:15,710
Joe, why God? Why am I suffering this

1337
00:47:15,710 --> 00:47:15,949
way?

1338
00:47:16,744 --> 00:47:17,880
But notice something

1339
00:47:18,333 --> 00:47:20,161
about all these godly men in the word

1340
00:47:20,161 --> 00:47:21,250
of God? When they

1341
00:47:21,690 --> 00:47:24,090
come against something that that is just so

1342
00:47:24,090 --> 00:47:25,130
horrific in their life.

1343
00:47:26,170 --> 00:47:27,769
It may be a why God. It may

1344
00:47:27,769 --> 00:47:30,175
be asking it may be wondering what's going

1345
00:47:30,175 --> 00:47:32,714
on, but they always end up in the

1346
00:47:32,714 --> 00:47:33,745
same place,

1347
00:47:34,459 --> 00:47:34,935
worship.

1348
00:47:35,728 --> 00:47:35,966
Pray,

1349
00:47:37,418 --> 00:47:39,895
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away,

1350
00:47:40,454 --> 00:47:41,573
blessed be the name of the Lord.

1351
00:47:42,851 --> 00:47:45,023
No matter what season. Bless it's be the

1352
00:47:45,023 --> 00:47:45,660
name of the Lord.

1353
00:47:46,615 --> 00:47:47,889
And so what can happen in our hearts,

1354
00:47:48,048 --> 00:47:49,242
it can be hardened is if we come

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00:47:49,242 --> 00:47:51,073
in here with with the cares of life

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00:47:51,073 --> 00:47:52,880
and with really tough things are going through

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and they loom larger than the faithfulness of

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00:47:55,306 --> 00:47:57,295
God, than the power of God, than the

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00:47:57,295 --> 00:47:59,523
deliverance of God, than the gospel, our hearts

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00:47:59,523 --> 00:48:01,453
will be bitter. Our hearts will be hard.

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Our hearts will be cold.

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00:48:04,569 --> 00:48:06,588
So we never wanna just kind of push

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00:48:07,286 --> 00:48:09,376
suffering to the side. But at the same

1364
00:48:09,376 --> 00:48:11,291
time, we have to really watch,

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00:48:12,009 --> 00:48:13,067
are we allowing

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00:48:13,843 --> 00:48:15,358
the troubles of this world to be bigger

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00:48:15,358 --> 00:48:16,954
than who our God is because God is

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00:48:16,954 --> 00:48:18,723
so much bigger than anything that we go

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00:48:18,723 --> 00:48:18,882
through.

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And his promise is that he always with

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us

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and he's sovereign everything

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and And then as we sing,

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as we sing

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declarations

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and songs of and songs of thanksgiving

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00:48:35,964 --> 00:48:37,556
once again that this is a time of

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healing.

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It's a time of rest,

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of comfort of repentance

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00:48:44,574 --> 00:48:46,406
where sadness is replaced with joy.

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00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,729
We're having is treated for hope where restless

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00:48:51,105 --> 00:48:52,242
becomes a peace

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00:48:52,553 --> 00:48:53,030
of god.

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Truth that we declare and we sing that

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is the name of Jesus.

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00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,749
That declares that he is the 1 who

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loves the sinner

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that he forgive the ini of the repent

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that we sing that the world is nothing

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compared to the far

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00:49:09,714 --> 00:49:12,110
surpassing glory and majesty of our god,

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00:49:13,149 --> 00:49:14,987
that we are people who have been bought

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by the blood of Christ.

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00:49:18,032 --> 00:49:19,939
And that we are made alive because the

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resurrection of Jesus and we have a promised

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00:49:22,403 --> 00:49:25,049
future in heaven and that our God rains

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over all.

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That's what we wanted to declare.

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That's what we want to sink deep and

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00:49:31,114 --> 00:49:32,795
dwell deep the word of Christ in our

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00:49:32,795 --> 00:49:33,514
hearts and we're sing.

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00:49:35,125 --> 00:49:36,398
And so as we conclude here,

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00:49:37,670 --> 00:49:39,181
our times of worship as a gathered church,

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00:49:39,340 --> 00:49:40,692
I hope that you come expect.

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00:49:41,169 --> 00:49:42,521
I hope that you come ready.

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00:49:43,077 --> 00:49:44,213
I hope that you come

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00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:46,907
cited for what the Lord's gonna do. For

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00:49:46,907 --> 00:49:48,813
what your neighbor is gonna tell you through

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00:49:48,813 --> 00:49:50,958
song. But the the opportunity that you get

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00:49:50,958 --> 00:49:53,193
to speak truth to those around you,

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00:49:54,223 --> 00:49:56,838
giving saturation to the Lord. But it's more

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00:49:56,838 --> 00:49:58,684
than just a 1 off experience

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00:49:59,471 --> 00:50:01,699
or just an emotional high or just an

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00:50:01,699 --> 00:50:04,086
opportunity to take some music in and sing

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00:50:04,086 --> 00:50:05,120
some nice songs,

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00:50:05,757 --> 00:50:08,039
but rather what we get to do every

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00:50:08,159 --> 00:50:09,851
day morning. It is a unique

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00:50:10,306 --> 00:50:12,691
and powerful opportunity where the bride of Christ,

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00:50:13,088 --> 00:50:16,030
the church, we behold god together.

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00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:18,916
We get to tell our hearts and each

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00:50:18,916 --> 00:50:21,148
other the riches and the gl of Christ

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00:50:21,148 --> 00:50:24,019
to have our affection heightened for him. Our

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00:50:24,019 --> 00:50:25,317
love increase

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00:50:25,629 --> 00:50:26,266
for our God.

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00:50:27,223 --> 00:50:29,535
And when that happens that there's actual spiritual

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00:50:29,535 --> 00:50:30,832
growth that takes

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00:50:31,208 --> 00:50:31,708
place

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00:50:32,324 --> 00:50:32,984
that there's

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00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,848
transformation And as we behold God of the

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00:50:35,848 --> 00:50:38,559
worship that once again, we are made into

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00:50:38,559 --> 00:50:40,473
the very image of the 1 that we

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00:50:40,473 --> 00:50:42,307
are looking at and we are singing about.

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00:50:43,998 --> 00:50:45,197
So I'm gonna ask the worship team to

1435
00:50:45,197 --> 00:50:47,534
come up now. I wanna close with this

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quote from the author Harold Best who I

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00:50:50,550 --> 00:50:51,005
referenced

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00:50:51,443 --> 00:50:51,922
earlier.

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00:50:53,995 --> 00:50:56,149
And he writes this about the gathering. It's

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00:50:56,149 --> 00:50:56,947
love how he says it.

1441
00:50:58,940 --> 00:50:59,680
We gather

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00:51:00,137 --> 00:51:02,085
as the body of christ his bride

1443
00:51:02,539 --> 00:51:04,922
and our continuing worship turns into a gathered

1444
00:51:04,922 --> 00:51:05,240
feast.

1445
00:51:06,114 --> 00:51:08,498
We understand that the power and experience that

1446
00:51:08,498 --> 00:51:11,063
comes from true worship it rises above the

1447
00:51:11,063 --> 00:51:12,342
every day in the profane.

1448
00:51:13,301 --> 00:51:16,018
We gather to learn of the entire council

1449
00:51:16,018 --> 00:51:18,655
of god through the structures and lit we

1450
00:51:18,655 --> 00:51:18,815
divide.

1451
00:51:19,469 --> 00:51:21,386
We gather as 1 body,

1452
00:51:22,105 --> 00:51:22,744
young and old,

1453
00:51:23,703 --> 00:51:24,662
feeble and strong,

1454
00:51:25,461 --> 00:51:26,260
rich and poor,

1455
00:51:26,994 --> 00:51:29,311
un divided by the little things of life

1456
00:51:29,311 --> 00:51:30,670
like style and music.

1457
00:51:31,309 --> 00:51:34,266
We gather around the unifying power of the

1458
00:51:34,266 --> 00:51:36,679
word and bring our archaic praise to the

1459
00:51:36,679 --> 00:51:37,819
king of kings

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00:51:38,119 --> 00:51:39,719
and Lord of Lords.

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00:51:40,519 --> 00:51:42,519
That's what we endeavor to do.

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00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,175
We're gonna take some now time now to

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00:51:45,175 --> 00:51:47,115
sing. The practice with Psalm 95

1464
00:51:47,974 --> 00:51:49,815
taught us today, and I would just encourage

1465
00:51:49,815 --> 00:51:50,315
you

1466
00:51:50,695 --> 00:51:52,590
the things that that we talked about that

1467
00:51:52,788 --> 00:51:54,219
as we're seeing at the word of Christ

1468
00:51:54,219 --> 00:51:56,683
would tell that you would relate pay special,

1469
00:51:57,478 --> 00:52:00,021
close attention to what you are singing.

1470
00:52:00,913 --> 00:52:02,989
To what you're singing about to who you're

1471
00:52:02,989 --> 00:52:03,867
singing to.

1472
00:52:04,665 --> 00:52:06,501
And once again that you are singing to

1473
00:52:06,501 --> 00:52:08,598
each other in this room to encourage

1474
00:52:08,976 --> 00:52:10,743
and build up and ex.

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00:52:11,378 --> 00:52:13,204
We need your voice, the lord loves to

1476
00:52:13,204 --> 00:52:15,109
hear your voice. Let me pray, no more

1477
00:52:15,109 --> 00:52:15,427
worship.

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00:52:19,887 --> 00:52:22,531
Where we thank you for the blessed call

1479
00:52:22,587 --> 00:52:23,087
of

1480
00:52:23,460 --> 00:52:25,445
the corporate gathering of the song of the

1481
00:52:25,445 --> 00:52:26,398
redeem, we thank you.

1482
00:52:27,207 --> 00:52:28,661
That you hear our praises

1483
00:52:29,434 --> 00:52:30,548
that you give us direction,

1484
00:52:31,344 --> 00:52:33,332
but also in just the power and the

1485
00:52:33,332 --> 00:52:35,242
purpose and the calling if there is to

1486
00:52:35,242 --> 00:52:35,893
worship you.

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00:52:36,611 --> 00:52:37,966
As we know that when we sing your

1488
00:52:37,966 --> 00:52:40,596
truth, it's it's reminding us of who you

1489
00:52:40,596 --> 00:52:43,226
are, it's telling us of the gospel once

1490
00:52:43,226 --> 00:52:43,465
again.

1491
00:52:44,036 --> 00:52:46,573
And when that happens, our doubts fade,

1492
00:52:47,445 --> 00:52:48,342
faith rises.

1493
00:52:49,824 --> 00:52:50,775
Peace takes over.

1494
00:52:52,542 --> 00:52:54,537
And I pray that you'd receive our songs

1495
00:52:54,537 --> 00:52:56,293
as a sweet sweet offering.

1496
00:52:57,889 --> 00:52:59,885
You desire to hear your children sing.

1497
00:53:00,536 --> 00:53:02,602
And so we join the heavens.

1498
00:53:03,556 --> 00:53:05,089
Help us to worship you rightly

1499
00:53:05,702 --> 00:53:07,609
with pure hearts that are not hardened,

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00:53:08,244 --> 00:53:08,983
ib bitterness

1501
00:53:09,613 --> 00:53:10,251
or sin,

1502
00:53:11,130 --> 00:53:12,806
but hearts that are softened to who you

1503
00:53:12,806 --> 00:53:14,641
are and what you've called us to be

1504
00:53:14,641 --> 00:53:15,200
and to do.

1505
00:53:16,317 --> 00:53:17,195
But be glorified.

1506
00:53:18,085 --> 00:53:19,197
In your holy name you pray.

1507
00:53:19,833 --> 00:53:19,992
Amen.

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00:53:20,786 --> 00:53:21,739
And amen, let's stand and sing.