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 Disciplined disciples. That's what we're hoping for. We don't just want kind of just part-time believers. We want disciplined disciples. People who actually have, when they say they've devoted themselves to be followers of Christ, that that's what they're doing.

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 Students, when they are following a discipline, they are studying diligently, we hope, especially during exam time. Is that right, Ryan? Studying hard, everything that that discipline needs you to know, you're knowing.

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 And for some reason, we lost that art in the church. We said that we would be disciples of Jesus, but then we don't really spend that much attention following his way or studying his word.

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 And then we wonder why we're not really getting the delight that comes from following him. It's because we don't have the desire, and it's the discipline that leads to the desire, which leads to the delight.

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 And that's something that we've been trying to figure out. How do we become disciplined disciples? How do we look more like him?

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 And this week, we're going to do one, and it's going to be on the discipline of worship. Worship. When I say worship, what do you think of?

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 When I think about worship, I think of Ellie, Mihi, Alex, Gracie, sometimes Paul. I think of that, right? What do you think of? Let me pick on some people.

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 Mr. Brown, you know he's coming to you. You know it was about time. You led us so well in those signs.

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 You led us because you were the only one that we could see. Because bless her, Alex was so good, but she was too short.

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 Mr. Brown, when I say worship, what do you think of?

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 Whoa, connection. He talks about, tell us a bit more about that. Connection to what? Expand.

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 What N.T. Wright said that, he says our focus here is to reflect God to his creation.

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 In return, reflect creation's praise back to God. So we are that connection between the two.

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 Yeah.

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 So praise, worship is a really important part of that. It's not just part of our focus.

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 Wow, that's huge. I mean, that goes back to Genesis 1, 26, when actually what we were created for in the image of God, to basically reorder culture to reflect his glory and his beauty.

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 And we're the connectors between that. That's huge. Thank you.

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 Let's go. Let's fly over here.

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 Well, Paul, you've got your mask on. You have led us in worship and you've led us faithfully in worship these last few, many years.

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 What's worship to you?

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 Our whole lives.

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 Our whole lives. It's about every aspect of our lives. That's something that we neglect because often when we think about worship, we think, oh, I should get there in time for worship.

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 What are we talking about? We're talking about the first few songs that they're going to sing.

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 Oh, I should leave just before the worship because that's when my lunch booking is up.

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 So we think we reduce it to karaoke. We reduce it to singing songs.

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 But it's so much more than that. I want to go for someone right at the very back over there.

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 I can't see you because you're deliberately hiding.

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 Flo is giving me the evils. So I'm just going to go with Flo.

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 What's worship to you, Flo?

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 Glorifying God.

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 What a knowledgeable, selfless, worshipful congregation we have.

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 All these answers.

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 I was hoping for you just to say, listening to me, he's in.

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 But here we go.

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 So we are talking about worship today.

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 And actually, we have, I would say, if we've lost the art of being disciplined disciples, I think we've lost the art of what really worship is when it comes to church.

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 Have you heard someone say, oh, I go to that church because I love the worship?

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 Have you heard that?

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 Have you heard it when you go, oh, I like that church, but I'm not feeling the worship.

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 The worship is kind of like a solid five and a half out of ten.

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 And it's really, it's just, oh, I went to that place and the worship was so good.

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 That singer was just, that keys player.

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 But what does the word worship actually mean?

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 Many years ago, actually, this was maybe my first foray into ministry and serving.

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 Worship was the thing.

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 I mean, growing up in a Chinese church that Ken and I and Christina and Joe and I, we grew up in.

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 Worship was not the priority.

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 It was, I mean, the drummer that we had, bless him, bless his white cotton socks.

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 He could only play the drums in 5-4.

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 And every song would be wrong.

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 It just felt wrong.

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 And, of course, we had to sing in the trilingual service as well.

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 So, you know, God was not there.

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 But, of course, you're Chinese growing up overseas.

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 So what do you do?

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 You learn piano.

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 And then when you learn piano, what do you do when you go to church?

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 You play piano.

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 And so you end up playing the songs and shine Jesus, shine, and shout to the Lord, we're my era.

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 And you just ended up being part of worship.

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 That was just kind of what we did.

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 And so that was kind of where I first kind of cut my teeth, if you will, into serving.

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 And then I looked back into worship and I go, actually, where was the first mention of the word worship in the Bible?

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 Josh here referred to Genesis, and that's where it was from.

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 The first worship, the first mention of the word worship was a guy being called by the Lord to go worship him and how he would worship.

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 Actually, who knows even which story I'm going to be telling?

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 Any ideas where the first mention of worship was from?

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 Some of you have heard me say this.

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 Anyway, I'll keep telling the story first then.

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 So the guy is being called by the Lord, and he says, hey, come up to the mountain to worship me.

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 And the guy takes his son.

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 And Abraham and Isaac, thank you, Joel.

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 And so the guy takes his son and then takes Isaac and goes, hey, let's go.

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 And he takes some helpers and servants with them.

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 And then once they get to the point where they see the mountain, Abraham says the words.

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 He says, you guys wait here.

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 Isaac and I are going up to the mountain to worship.

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 Just let that sink in for a second.

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 He doesn't have his guitar.

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 Isaac doesn't have a kahan.

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 They're not going to go up and get their worship on.

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 What's Abraham thinking when he's saying, I'm going to go up to the mountain to worship?

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 He's thinking he's going to be sacrificing the one thing he's asked for the whole of his life.

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 The thing he loves the most.

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 The thing he's ascribed the most worth to.

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 He's saying, I'm going to go to that mountain.

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 I'm going to offer him up to God.

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 Because God is worth even more than my son.

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 That's the first mention of the word worship.

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 We now reduce it to a few songs that we sing just before the preacher comes up to share.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 Isn't that devastating?

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 That we've reduced what worship truly is.

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 The old English word for worship was worth-ship.

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 Worth.

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 It's what you ascribe worth to.

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 The Greek is proskuneo, which means you're ascribing worth to something to the point where you are in reverence of it.

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 You kneel down before it and you're saying, you, this is the most important thing.

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 Something else that's interesting about worship, worth-ship or worth-shape, the word really is what you worship shapes you.

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 What you worship ends up shaping you.

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 What you value the most is the thing that shapes you the most.

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 So then I ask again, what do you worship or what do you think about worship?

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 We had Josh and Danny around for dinner the other night and we were talking about something that we ascribe a lot of worth and value to, which is the Harry Potter series.

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 We finally met two people who love Harry Potter more than us.

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 And in the first film, the Philosopher's Stone, or as the Americans called it, the Sorcerer's Stone, there's a mirror.

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 Does anyone remember the mirror in the first film?

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 Yes, we have some fans.

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 The mirror of Eriset, where Harry stumbles across this mirror.

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 And when he sees this mirror, he is just completely engrossed in this mirror because when he looks into the mirror, what does he see?

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 What does he see?

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 His parents, James and Lily Potter, alive and well surrounding him.

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 Why?

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 Because the mirror of Eriset would grant him the desires of his heart, would let him see the thing that he values and yearns for the most.

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 The word Eriset is what the mirror's name is, is basically the word desire spelled backwards.

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 And so that mirror showed him what his heart's desire was.

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 Tim Keller says the true God of your heart is the one that your mind effortlessly wanders to when you have nothing else to think about.

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 When you just sit on the couch and you just, huh, what is my life?

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 And then the first thought that comes to mind, that is your life.

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 That is what you worship the most.

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 That is what you value the most.

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 That is what shapes you.

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 The Bible tells us, hey, you should worship God and God alone.

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 And you say, I think I do.

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 Well, some people might just go, actually, you know, I don't even know what worship truly is.

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 Like, I don't think I worship anything.

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 Maybe I'm not there with God yet, but I don't really worship anything.

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 And that's another quote that's come in that I wanted to read for us.

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 And I've read before by someone who's actually a non-believer.

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 Sadly, actually, he ended up taking his own life.

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 David Foster Wallace said this about worship.

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 It's a little bit of a long quote, but I really want to read it to you.

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 So just, I pray that the Lord will give you the gift to hang on every word.

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 There is actually no such thing as atheism.

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 There is no such thing as not worshiping.

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 Everybody worships.

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 The only choice we get is what we worship.

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 And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual type thing to worship

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 is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.

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 If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life,

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 then you will never have enough.

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 Never feel you have enough.

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 It's the truth.

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 Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure, and you will always feel ugly.

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 And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you.

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 On one level, we all know this stuff already.

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 The trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness.

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 Worship power.

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 You will feel weak and afraid, and you will never, you always need more power over others.

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 Worship your intellect.

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 Being seen as smart, you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.

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 Look, the insidious thing about these forms of worship is not that they're evil or sinful.

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 Sinful is that they are unconscious.

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 They are default settings.

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 We naturally just worship things.

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 They are our default settings.

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 And we all worship something.

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 The question really is, what is it that we're worshiping?

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 What do we put most value in?

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 And as disciplined disciples, what we're saying is that the only thing we should worship is God.

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 The truth is, what does that look like?

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 And how do we even do it?

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 And so we're going to go through scripture today, and we're going to go through Psalm 95,

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 which actually is probably the most famous psalm when it comes to worship.

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 In many, many years, this psalm has been used basically as an inspiration for liturgy, for how to worship.

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 It is a call to worship.

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 And in it, I think there are some really powerful truths that I'd love to draw out today.

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 So Psalm 95 is what we're going to read.

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 And we're going to hold this book with reverence and in awe.

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 And I'm going to invite you to stand for the word of the Lord,

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 and then have Mel come up and read Psalm 95 for us.

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 Psalm 95.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

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 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving.

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 Let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise.

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 For the Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods.

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 In his hands are the depths of the earth.

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 The heights of the mountains are his also.

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 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

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 O come, let us worship and bow down.

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 Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker.

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 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

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 Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,

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 as on the day at Massa in the wilderness,

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 when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof,

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 though they have seen my work.

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 For 40 years I loathed that generation and said,

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 They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.

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 Therefore, I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my test.

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 This is the word of the Lord. Thank you, Mel.

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 Take a seat. Thank you.

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 We're going to break this down.

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 Here's my proposal.

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 Actually, Alex led us so well, and me and the whole team in worship.

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 You notice we only sang two songs today.

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 The goal is actually afterwards we'll have a little bit more space,

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 a little bit more time to take what we've learned

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 and be able to respond to God through worship,

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 through maybe more specifically song worship.

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 So that's what we're going to be doing so you can be prepared for that.

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 I pray that as you listen to me open up this word,

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 that actually what you'll be compelled to do,

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 what I'm exhorting you to do,

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 is that you would worship him with your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 It would be a whole body, whole existence experience that we're going for.

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 So if you have the word, then you follow along with me.

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 Verse 1,

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 So we are talking here about song.

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 We're talking here about song worship.

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 He says, O come.

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 What this means is that default setting that David Foster Wallace was just talking about,

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 we have to deliberately turn from that and go, O come.

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 Because if we were already there, we wouldn't have to be called to say, O come.

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 Psalm 100 is another worship psalm.

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 And it says, let's enter his gates with thanksgiving in our hearts.

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 Let's enter his courts with praise.

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 There's an entering that's required.

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 There's us pulling ourselves out of our daily grind,

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 out of the things that we've just been engrossed with,

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 that if we're honest, that we've been worshiping and saying and responding to the,

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 O come.

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 Whatever your mind wanders to when you have a moment of relaxation,

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 that's the thing that you're worshiping.

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 And what the psalm writer here is saying, O come, come round.

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 Worship is a deliberate, intentional decision to choose to worship.

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 There is no doubt about it.

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 You cannot naturally, accidentally worship.

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 There are moments, don't get me wrong,

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 there are moments when you are hiking and you just see this beautiful view of dragon's back.

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 You're like, I'm just filled with awe and worship.

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 There is that.

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 But if we're honest on the day to day,

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 it requires us to deliberately say, no, I will worship.

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 I will ascribe the worth back to the king of heaven.

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 It is a deliberate choice that we have to make to turn around.

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 O come, O come.

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 And it says, let us make a joyful noise.

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 Why are we joyful about this?

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 It's because it's the good news.

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 It's because we were blind, we were captive, we were deaf,

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 and yet now we are set free.

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 Now we see, now we hear.

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 This is the good news.

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 It's been a 180.

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 We were going to die.

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 We were going to die in a puddle,

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 and yet God has rescued us.

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 We were going to drown, and yet he has saved us.

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 So it is good news.

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 So when you worship, the goal maybe,

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 and this is where actually I'll talk a little bit more about it,

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 the goal is to end up in a place where, God,

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 I'm just so thankful for what you have done for me.

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 There is joy in my heart.

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 Sometimes it's deep, deep, deep, deep, deep down in my heart,

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 but there is joy.

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 And it requires an intentional, deliberate act.

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 To rejoice is a choice.

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 We have to choose to do it.

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 So he says, let us, let us, and it is joyful music.

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 It is joyful music.

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 Sometimes I think maybe in the last few decades,

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 at least the ones that I've grown up in,

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 since the late 1900s,

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 it's been a very emotional kind of music worship.

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 It's very emo kind of worship.

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 Maybe Oceans was the song that really just sent us

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 into this contemplative, emotive, synth pad era.

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 And so we just reflect and we just sit

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 and we just get our worship vibe on

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 and just, oh, it's just the feels.

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 But there is joy to it.

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 A couple of years ago, for my work with Young Life,

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 I got the privilege of going to Africa.

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 Whew, the Africans,

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 they know how to worship with joy.

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 There we go.

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 There we go.

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 Oh my goodness.

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 I mean, I can't really keep to beat,

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 but it doesn't really matter.

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 So you have to dance anyway.

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 And somehow, somehow,

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 every worship session that we had

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 ended up in the Congo line.

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 I was like, what's going on?

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 It's like, by the fourth night,

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 I was like, guys, come on.

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 No more Congo line.

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 It's just too tiring.

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 Whereas, of course,

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 if you worship with white people,

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 they're already much more expressive

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 than the Chinese people.

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 Don't get me started on the Chinese people,

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 unless it's karaoke.

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 Something unlocks with Asian people

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 when karaoke happens.

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 But anyway.

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 But then the most of our worship

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 for the rest of the world

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 is just this kind of stance.

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 I mean, sometimes we sing a song,

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 it's about lifting our hands,

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 and we bow down,

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 and we're just kind of like arms crossed.

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 And I was like, oh, that's interesting.

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 And of course, there's different wings of worship

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 when it comes to the church.

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 The church is beautiful, by the way,

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 in its diversity.

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 The kingdom of God,

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 the mansion of heaven

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 is one that has many rooms.

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 And there are those who are very loud

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 and with the drums

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 and just dancing nonstop.

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 And there are ones

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 that are just contemplative,

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 or maybe some are more heady.

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 And I've heard it said

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 that actually worship songs

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 are like take-home theology.

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 You won't remember much of what I've said,

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 apart from how I've made you feel

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 in this time.

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 That's why I'm exhorting you

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 in your heart.

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 But you might not remember

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 that much I'd share with you

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 about scripture,

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 about theology,

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 but worship songs,

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 when you're in a pickle at work,

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 you'll remember that worship song.

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 You'll remember what the lyrics are

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 from that worship song.

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 So that's why worship songs

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 are actually very important.

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 It's very important

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 to really think through

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 what we're actually singing

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 and whether they are biblically sound

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 because they're the ones

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 that are most catchy.

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 They're the ones that we take home

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 and go, oh, I believe it

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 in my head, in my heart.

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 So we need to be careful

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 that actually what we're singing

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 is actually right.

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 And so there are so many different wings,

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 but the Africans,

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 I tell you,

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 they are strong,

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 they are powerful,

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 they are joyful.

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 Can we have some of that

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 in ourselves?

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 And I'll say a little bit

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 about why we struggle

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 with that a little bit later.

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 It says, let us,

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 so I'm just literally going for it

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 and just rinsing this first line

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 just out to dry.

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 Oh, come.

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 It's a deliberate act.

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 You have to go,

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 leave yourself

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 and you have to go

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 into this place

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 where you're deliberately,

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 intentionally worshiping God.

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 And it says, oh, come,

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 let us.

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 We do it together.

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 There is community in this.

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 It is let us.

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 It's not just let you.

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 Honestly,

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 that's why you're here,

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 I hope.

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 That is because you've realized

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 over COVID

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 that sitting at home

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 with YouTube

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 watching Tim Keller

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 or John Piper speak

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 isn't enough.

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 Listening to a Hillsong song

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 at home

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 whilst you're in bed

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 and half asleep

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 isn't enough.

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 It requires a deliberate action

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 to get out of bed,

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 to join brothers and sisters

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 and to worship together.

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 who's the one who actually,

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 Tim Keller would say,

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 he mentored him a lot

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 and through a lot of his teachings

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 would say,

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 why would you want

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 to have the word of God

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 open to you by yourself?

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 Be with people.

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 That's how the word of God

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 comes alive.

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 That's how you practice

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 the commands of God,

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 which is to love one another.

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 But if you don't have

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 anyone around you,

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 how are you supposed

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 to follow that command?

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 Let us come to worship together.

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 Martin Luther says this,

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 at home,

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 in my own house,

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 there is no warmth

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 or vigor in me,

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 but in the church,

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 when the multitude

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 is gathered together,

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 a fire is kindled in my heart

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 and it breaks its way through.

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 We need people.

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 More importantly,

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 I think we need

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 different kinds of people.

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 Now,

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 I think there's something

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 to be said

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 for homogenous life groups

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 where you do life together

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 and you relate to each other

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 and you understand each other

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 and you're facing

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 some of the same challenges together.

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 That is good.

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 But that can't be

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 the only part of community

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 that we have.

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 We need to be surrounded

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 by people who are not like us at all,

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 who push us out

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 of our comfort zones.

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 Because if you look around

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 and go,

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 actually,

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 the people that I'm surrounded by

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 are just like me,

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 sound just like me,

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 have the same challenges,

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 and they're in finance

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 just like me,

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 and they wear the same t-shirt

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 just like me,

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 and the Patagonia vest jacket

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 just like me,

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 then actually you wonder,

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 oh,

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 I don't have anyone

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 showing me a different side

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 to the kingdom of God.

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 I have no one

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 to show me

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 a different aspect of God.

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 C.S. Lewis talks about this

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 when it comes to friendships.

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 He says there's some friends

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 that just bring out

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 a side of you

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 that someone else cannot.

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 And so when you meet

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 that friend

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 with that other friend,

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 you get to see

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 a different side of him

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 that's like,

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 oh,

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 I haven't seen

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 that side of you before.

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 In some ways,

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 that's the same as God.

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 When we are surrounded

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 by brothers and sisters,

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 we'll see different sides

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 of God

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 that we would have

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 never been able to see

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 if we were just

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 with the same people

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 that we were hanging out with.

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 So this says,

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 oh,

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 come,

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 let us come

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 into worship together.

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 And let's be willing

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 to sing different kinds

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 of songs

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 and let's be willing

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 to sing different styles

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 and do different things.

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 Remember,

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 the forms of worship

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 are not the worship.

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 The forms of worship

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 are simply designed

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 to bring us in

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 to worship.

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 How we do it,

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 let's all decide together.

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 And if God's put you here

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 in this community,

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 in this city,

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 at this time,

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 let's discuss it together.

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 Let's see what you can bring

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 from your background

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 and your preference

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 that will help.

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 I've always wondered,

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 actually,

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 if you look at just

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.560
 contemporary Christian worship

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 around the world,

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 most of the songs

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 are written

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 by either surfers

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 in Sydney

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 or just people

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.799
 in Bethel Redding

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 right in just

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 the outbacks,

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 just rednecks people.

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 And you're like,

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 that's interesting.

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 It's only basically

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 those two groups

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 that have been responsible

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 for the majority of songs.

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 If you look at,

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 there's a worship songs chart,

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 by the way,

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 in the world.

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 I mean,

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 it's a little bit

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 Christian geeky here now.

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 But basically,

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 they track the songs

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 that are sang around the world.

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 Every church is supposed

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 to submit and say,

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 hey,

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 these are the songs

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 that we're singing.

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 If you look at the top 10 songs

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 sang around the world,

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 they're written by those

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:05.860
 two groups of people.

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 And I think that's interesting

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:10.259
 because the kingdom of God

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 is so diverse.

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 There are so many,

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.540
 so many different kinds

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 of cultures and people.

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 Yet somehow,

00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:17.200
 why have we reduced ourselves,

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.680
 our worship,

00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:19.280
 to just songs written

00:22:19.280 --> 00:22:20.080
 by those basically.

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.759
 10 people.

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 How do we,

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.860
 as we're sat here,

00:22:25.300 --> 00:22:26.560
 what's our form of worship?

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:28.120
 What does that look like?

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 And I invite you,

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:30.540
 I invite you to be involved

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 in that.

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 And ask,

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:31.940
 hey,

00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:33.200
 how,

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:34.460
 what thought are we putting

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.120
 into the songs

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:36.100
 that we're singing?

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.740
 How are we choosing

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.220
 these songs?

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.460
 How are we playing

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.920
 these songs?

00:22:40.800 --> 00:22:41.460
 How many times

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.880
 are we going to sing

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.259
 the chorus?

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 Are we like the charismatics

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.400
 who will sing the choruses

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.380
 maybe 200 times?

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 Or are we like this group

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.820
 that just sing it once

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.660
 and are done with it?

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.580
 Hands in pockets

00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:52.340
 and then we sit down.

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 No form is wrong.

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.460
 The form isn't the worship,

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 but it should lead us

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 into the worship.

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 So let us be diverse.

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 And all of it

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.240
 is really,

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.280
 is what Josh really

00:23:03.280 --> 00:23:03.760
 just talked about,

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 is how do we bring,

00:23:04.760 --> 00:23:05.720
 how do we bring connection

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:07.300
 between God

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:08.500
 and man?

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 How do we feel

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.720
 his presence?

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 And so that carries on

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.220
 into verse two.

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 Don't worry,

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 I will speed up

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 much more later on.

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 Let us come into

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 his presence

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 with thanksgiving.

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 So many of us

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.900
 who worship

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.900
 do feel God's presence.

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 Put your hand up

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 if you've felt

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 the presence of the Lord

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 while singing songs before.

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 I'm not going to pick on you.

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 There's just something

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 about music

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 that does it to you.

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 There's something

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 about music.

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 I've had it described

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 to me as music

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 is the lowest

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.680
 hanging fruit

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 when it comes

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.860
 to intimacy.

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 I have a couple

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.259
 of playlists

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 that none of you

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.920
 will ever see

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 on Spotify

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 because some of them

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.480
 include Backstreet Boys

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.500
 songs and

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:53.799
 Dance with My Father,

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.640
 Luther Vandross.

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 That's in there.

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.579
 I go to that playlist

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.480
 when I'm stressed.

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 There's another playlist

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.559
 I go to

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.620
 which is a Chinese

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.720
 playlist that has

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 I love the songs

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:07.980
 like

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 Just those random

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.579
 heartbreak-y

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.079
 kind of songs.

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 I don't even know

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 why they're there.

00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:14.119
 My wife asked me

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.500
 the other day

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.220
 she saw the history

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.819
 that this was played

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.139
 recently.

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 She was like

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:16.699
 why are you

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.220
 listening to those songs?

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.539
 I'm like

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:19.119
 baby I've just been

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.699
 so stressed.

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.939
 J-Tow just does

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.679
 something to me.

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.299
 Just how he sings

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 is such a high note.

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.519
 It just

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:28.699
 makes me feel

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:29.259
 more of a man.

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 Music has this power

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 over us

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.460
 that just brings us

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 into a space

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.879
 and that's not wrong.

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.480
 I want to say that again.

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.279
 That's not wrong.

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 That helps us get

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.860
 into the presence

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.579
 of God but I will

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.299
 also say that that

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.000
 is the lowest

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:46.019
 hanging fruit.

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 I mentioned the church

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.799
 that Ken and I

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.120
 and Joe and I

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.720
 we grew up in

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.579
 and worship honestly

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.539
 not strong,

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.039
 not strong.

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.599
 But then at university

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.799
 we went to another church

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.559
 it was like an Aussie

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.500
 style kind of church

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:59.039
 that suddenly decided

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.660
 to sing and play

00:24:59.660 --> 00:24:59.980
 in key.

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 And I was like

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.180
 whoa

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.380
 this is cool

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.279
 I like how this feels

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 and they dim the lights.

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.099
 This is fun.

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.759
 And then I'm like

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:08.319
 oh this feels so good.

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.599
 And of course

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.240
 the Hillsong era

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.759
 was when it was

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.219
 kind of really

00:25:11.219 --> 00:25:11.839
 building up then

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.099
 I was like

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.579
 oh these songs

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:14.299
 they just sang so well

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:16.299
 music done beautifully.

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.459
 Psalm 33 says

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:18.319
 play skillfully.

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 There is something

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.899
 to playing skillfully

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.259
 by the way.

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.679
 Let's not practice

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.599
 and rehearse.

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 And if you don't

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.259
 have the gift

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.919
 you don't need to sing.

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.579
 It's okay.

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.599
 I'm talking about

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.959
 on the mic.

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.379
 You can sing here

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.519
 just don't disturb

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.339
 and distract other people.

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:37.859
 But music is designed

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.279
 to bring us

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.159
 into the presence of God.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.079
 Psalm 22 talks about

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.039
 God inhabiting

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.959
 in the praises

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.559
 of his people.

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.859
 He dwells among

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.159
 why?

00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:46.399
 Because these are the people

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.899
 that want him.

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.740
 These are the people

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.799
 that are enthroning him.

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:50.179
 Saying we worship you

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.539
 we want you to be here

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.779
 and God is here.

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.939
 His tabernacle is here

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:56.439
 he dwells among us.

00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:58.019
 So there is an experiential

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.879
 element to this

00:25:58.879 --> 00:26:00.619
 which we shouldn't overplay

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.719
 but we also shouldn't

00:26:01.719 --> 00:26:02.139
 underplay.

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.439
 Because otherwise

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:04.279
 we are literally

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.259
 just singing karaoke.

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.599
 Or we're singing

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.639
 in a memorial service

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.819
 to someone who we think

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.159
 is dead.

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.119
 That is not true.

00:26:10.239 --> 00:26:10.979
 Jesus is here.

00:26:11.719 --> 00:26:12.259
 God is here

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.479
 and we're singing to him

00:26:13.479 --> 00:26:14.579
 and we're being lifted

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.500
 by him and our spirits

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.299
 are being connected

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.419
 to his and there's

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.539
 something so beautiful

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.379
 in that.

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.419
 When Jesus was talking

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:20.919
 to the woman

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:22.399
 at the well in John 4

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.439
 he's saying the Father

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.199
 is looking for those

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:25.039
 who worship in what?

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.159
 The spirit

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:27.519
 and in truth.

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.939
 That there is an element

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:30.359
 of just us connecting

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.199
 to the supernatural

00:26:31.199 --> 00:26:32.259
 that our spirits

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.839
 are just lifted

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.579
 by being connected

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.719
 to the Holy Spirit

00:26:34.719 --> 00:26:35.719
 and that is something

00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.879
 that really just edifies

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.279
 the church

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.619
 brings us to this place

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.359
 where we can feel

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.959
 God's presence

00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:41.059
 and be embraced

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.199
 by his love.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.219
 There is something

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:44.159
 beautiful about that.

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.619
 But it's a spirit

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.279
 and in truth.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.139
 1 Corinthians 14

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.919
 Paul talks about

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.119
 actually I pray

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.779
 with my mind

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.979
 but I also pray

00:26:52.979 --> 00:26:53.500
 with my spirit.

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:55.039
 I sing with my spirit

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.740
 but I also sing

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.319
 with my mind.

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:58.240
 There's two parts

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.179
 to this.

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.220
 So we should keep

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.799
 it balanced.

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.879
 Now if I'm honest

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.539
 I think if we look

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.179
 at the church worldwide

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.819
 I think sometimes

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.579
 we struggle with that.

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.639
 It's just part of the

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:07.039
 whole polarizing trends

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.439
 that we're in.

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.740
 Some of us sway

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.819
 way more to just truth

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.919
 and some of us sway

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:12.359
 way more to just spirit.

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.759
 But I look at this

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.119
 and I'm going

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:15.019
 Jesus is calling

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.579
 and he's looking

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.359
 for people who are

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.799
 willing to

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.799
 and not afraid of both.

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.859
 Who are yearning

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.299
 for his word

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.000
 who want to know

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.500
 who he is

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.419
 but are also

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.519
 just enamored

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.220
 by his presence

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.759
 and just warmed

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.759
 by the embrace

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.740
 of his love.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.339
 Spirit and in truth.

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.859
 And that moves us

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.639
 on to verse 3

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.960
 to 5.

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.099
 Because we can't

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.519
 just worship

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.299
 using our emotions.

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.259
 It can't just be

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.139
 about how we feel.

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.339
 That's got to be

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.900
 part of it

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.920
 but it isn't

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.339
 the whole thing

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.779
 and this is where

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.339
 the psalmist really

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.940
 moves into

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.279
 why they're worshipping.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.480
 So verse 1 and 2

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.359
 is come let us

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.879
 sing to the Lord

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.519
 let us come

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.099
 into his presence.

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.480
 Why?

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.240
 Verse 3

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.740
 For the Lord

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.500
 is a great God

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.259
 and a great king

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.980
 above all kings.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.839
 In his hand

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.339
 are the depths

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.779
 of the earth

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.400
 the heights

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.920
 of the mountains

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.620
 are his also.

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.599
 The sea is his

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.299
 for he made it

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.140
 and his hands

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.799
 formed the dry land.

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.720
 O come let us

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.519
 worship and bow down

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.059
 let us kneel

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.720
 before the Lord

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.240
 our maker

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.440
 for he is our God

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.279
 and we are the people

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.860
 of his pasture

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.720
 and the sheep

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:09.380
 of his hand.

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.900
 This moves in

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.440
 from spirit

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.319
 to being in his presence

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.220
 to talking about truth.

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.720
 Why do we worship?

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.940
 Why is he calling us

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.259
 to worship?

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.519
 Why?

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:19.019
 For God is a great God.

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.079
 For God is a great God

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:24.099
 and the great king

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.720
 above all gods

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.199
 in his hand

00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.659
 are the depths

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.079
 of the earth

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.460
 and the heights

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.859
 of the mountains

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.439
 are his also.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.039
 He's basically

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.359
 just thrown down

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.279
 truth after truth

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.339
 of who God is.

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.839
 So when we worship

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.480
 in spirit

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.259
 in his presence

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.119
 we also worship

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.779
 in truth

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.419
 by knowing

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.279
 what we're worshipping

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.359
 and who we're worshipping.

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.439
 If we're just worshipping

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:40.539
 a God of our own doing

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.740
 based on our own emotions

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.899
 that's not true worship.

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.759
 But when we worship

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.199
 in spirit

00:28:44.199 --> 00:28:44.699
 and in truth

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.419
 and we know

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.439
 who God actually is

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.319
 and we're declaring

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.500
 who he is

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.579
 that's when we're able

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.079
 to worship

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.799
 in spirit

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.460
 and in truth.

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.680
 This is where actually

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.180
 Richard Foster

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.880
 talks about a lot

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:55.200
 when we talk about worship

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.559
 we're not initiators

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.180
 of worship.

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.859
 We are only the ones

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.759
 who are responding

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.640
 to something.

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.319
 We're worship

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.460
 in response to something

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.140
 and let me read you

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.839
 his quote.

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.259
 Richard Foster says this,

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.980
 Worship is the human response

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.279
 to the divine initiative.

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.619
 Worship is our response

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.539
 to the overtures

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.000
 of love

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.859
 from the heart

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.299
 of the Father.

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.259
 Its centrality,

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.099
 its central reality

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.299
 is found in spirit

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:18.859
 and in truth.

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.599
 The psalmist here

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.180
 is saying actually

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.900
 we worship God.

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.140
 Why?

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.379
 Because of who he is

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.099
 and what he's done.

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.980
 We're worshipping God

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.359
 because of who he is

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:29.240
 and what he's done.

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.319
 He is a great God.

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.420
 He is a great king

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.420
 above all other kings

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:34.299
 and he made this world

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.339
 and that's why

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.759
 we worship him.

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.339
 He is above all other gods.

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:38.859
 If you think about

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.099
 the culture that they were in

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.960
 in the ancient times

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:42.919
 there were so many other gods.

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.859
 There were so many other gods

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.379
 that they were worshipping

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.940
 and what they're saying

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.019
 is here Yahweh,

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.319
 God himself.

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.619
 He is the only God.

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.480
 He is the great God.

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.180
 He is the great God

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.319
 above all the other gods.

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.500
 So when we worship

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:56.180
 it's responding to who he is

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.240
 which is he is far above

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.059
 everything else.

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.720
 We think about the gods

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.899
 that they had during those times

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.720
 and we think about

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.259
 some of the gods

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.559
 that we have now.

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.139
 Whether it is

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:06.220
 the religions that we have

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.339
 surrounding us

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.839
 who are declaring

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.480
 the different gods

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.240
 or whether it's just

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.119
 maybe the most powerful

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.119
 violent gods

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.960
 that we have in society

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.379
 right now

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.879
 which are money,

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.619
 sex and power.

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.220
 And you think about

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.659
 those gods.

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.059
 You think about

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:18.419
 what we ascribe worth to.

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.279
 You think about

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.639
 the things that shape us.

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.019
 Those are the things.

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.700
 If you think about

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.319
 all the decisions

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.180
 that you and I make

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.579
 every day

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.519
 so many of them

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.240
 are down to

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.759
 money, sex and power.

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.279
 How do we get more money?

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.639
 How do we get more

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.480
 sex and connection?

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.880
 How do we get more power

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.039
 so we can lord it over people

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.259
 and rise up

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.279
 in the ranks of society?

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:39.079
 Those are the gods

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.819
 of the day.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.259
 Those are the gods

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.319
 that we have to repent of

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.400
 every time we come

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.440
 into God's presence.

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.339
 God, those are all

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.980
 little G's.

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:49.180
 You are the OG.

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.240
 You are the only one.

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:52.559
 You are the only God.

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:54.299
 Isaac Newton said this,

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.120
 the more time

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:56.220
 and devotion one spends

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.720
 in the worship

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.400
 of false gods

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.339
 the less he is able

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.140
 to spend in that

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.940
 of the true one.

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:03.400
 What's your God?

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.400
 As you walked in here

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.940
 this morning,

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.059
 what are the gods

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.140
 that you had

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.340
 that you still have?

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.720
 What worship does,

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.960
 what worship should do

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.380
 as we respond to him

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.580
 is that it should cause us

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.380
 to be in a place

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.039
 where we remember

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.680
 who he is

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.799
 and what he's done

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.360
 and we realize

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.340
 that is far above

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:23.140
 anything else

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.039
 that we're struggling with

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.100
 and wrestling with

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:26.400
 and worshiping down here.

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.460
 That is the goal

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.220
 of why we come

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.660
 and worship together

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.519
 and how do we do that?

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.320
 It's really just

00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:33.920
 allows us to be

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.700
 in a place of gratitude

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.460
 as you look back

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.019
 and go, man,

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.800
 I would be down

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.200
 in the ditch

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.940
 if it wasn't for God.

00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:40.620
 In my pursuit for money

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:42.540
 I fell into so many holes

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:43.900
 and yet I'm only sat here now

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.660
 by the grace of God

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.840
 and for that I worship him.

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.140
 That he is gracious

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.180
 and compassionate.

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.500
 He is slow to anger.

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.420
 He is abounding

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.180
 in steadfast love.

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.460
 That's the God

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.860
 that I'm worshiping.

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.060
 And everything

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.960
 he's done for me.

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.740
 I've told you about my time

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.860
 when I was wrestling with God

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:03.140
 about coming over to Hong Kong

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.019
 and wrestling

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.100
 in the holiest of places

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.540
 in a pub in England

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:08.380
 and crying there

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.180
 on a Tuesday morning

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:11.280
 and that was the reminder.

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.740
 It was God reminding me

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.560
 through a song.

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.740
 It was,

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.880
 haven't I come through

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.860
 for you at every turn?

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:18.740
 When have I let you down?

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:20.380
 It was God kind of

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.600
 turning his back to me

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:21.800
 and going,

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.460
 where's this mistrust

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.019
 coming from?

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.160
 You're sat where you are

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.800
 because of everything

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.419
 that I've done.

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.440
 The lack of gratitude

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.539
 you have, my son.

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.460
 That was the thing

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.019
 that broke me

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.720
 and that led me

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.180
 into worship

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.279
 and song did that.

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.579
 So we praise God

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.559
 for song.

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.659
 You see, sober,

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:40.500
 it's a sobering thing

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.200
 that really goes,

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.740
 we go through

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.259
 when we worship

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.079
 is because we kind of

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.500
 sober,

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.299
 not in a bad sense,

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.019
 but in a sense of just

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.579
 we are now in more,

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.619
 in tune with reality

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.079
 that I am this small,

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.259
 that I,

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.559
 without God,

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.059
 I'm here,

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.200
 but with God

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.079
 I'm here

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.460
 and everything

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.579
 that he's done for me.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.460
 That song we sang

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.960
 at the beginning,

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.579
 our God is a great,

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:00.259
 big God.

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:01.879
 See,

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.579
 when you worship

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.960
 with the proper heart,

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.579
 when you worship

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.019
 in spirit

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.639
 and in truth,

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.639
 you'll realize

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:08.059
 how big truly God is

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.819
 and what the Psalms

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.279
 are filled with.

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:10.019
 Psalm 8 is just

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.119
 how excellent is your name,

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.759
 how majestic

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.779
 are you

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.700
 in all the earth.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.279
 And what happens

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.179
 is something beautiful.

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.179
 When you worship

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.000
 and focus on him

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.679
 and what he's done,

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.680
 your problems

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.240
 just shrink

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.680
 and shrink

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.120
 and shrink

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.539
 and shrink

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.980
 and you realize

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.420
 I've been looking

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.000
 at the wrong thing

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.620
 this whole time.

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.080
 I should

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:26.220
 cast my eyes

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.660
 onto God

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:28.240
 and I'll

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:30.640
 have my perspective

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.420
 calibrated.

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.920
 What's the truth

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.460
 in your life

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.900
 that you need

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.560
 to give thanks for?

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.720
 What has God done

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.320
 in your life?

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.519
 What are the altars

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.160
 that you kind of have

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.220
 to build

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.480
 to remind yourself

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:43.060
 of who God is

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:44.120
 and how good he is?

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.779
 Because if we're honest,

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.820
 we all worry

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.720
 about something.

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.119
 When you're young,

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:49.500
 you're worrying

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.319
 about your exams

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.220
 so you can get

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.059
 into the right school.

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.279
 Once you get

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.200
 into the right school,

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.839
 then you're worrying

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.319
 about the right

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.819
 friendship groups

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.259
 that you have

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.339
 and then after that,

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.700
 you get into

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.200
 the right university

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:59.159
 and then you're worrying

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.960
 about the next job.

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:00.919
 And once you get

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.379
 the next job,

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.659
 you're like,

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:02.519
 oh, I've got my dream job

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.319
 and I'm finally happy,

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:04.139
 God, I can worship you

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.740
 until you wonder,

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.399
 oh no, actually,

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.159
 one year later,

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:06.539
 I kind of want

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.139
 to change my job.

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.739
 And so then you've got

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:10.199
 to think about that

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.619
 and you've got to pray,

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.779
 God, I just want

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.420
 to worship you

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.219
 with the right job,

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.919
 the one that I've been

00:34:13.919 --> 00:34:14.779
 gifted and called to.

00:34:14.919 --> 00:34:15.719
 Please, can you give me

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.119
 this one?

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.679
 I think this one

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.139
 will be the one

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.639
 that helps me

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.459
 worship you well.

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.159
 And then God,

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:20.980
 please, would you give me

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.319
 that job?

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:21.819
 And then, of course,

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:22.579
 he gives you that job

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.419
 and then two months later,

00:34:23.459 --> 00:34:23.819
 he's like, oh,

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.559
 I can't do life group

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.959
 anymore because I'm

00:34:24.959 --> 00:34:25.919
 too busy with my job.

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.859
 And my job now

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.579
 makes me too tired

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.579
 so I can't worship you

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.779
 anymore in the same way.

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.159
 We always keep worrying

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.619
 about these things,

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.500
 but the moment we stop

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.279
 and pause and just look

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.639
 back at the whole trail

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.219
 of goodness and faithfulness

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:38.000
 that has followed us,

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.279
 you're like, man,

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:41.159
 I am so entitled,

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.919
 I am so spoiled,

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.139
 I am so forgetful

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.700
 for who God is

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.440
 and what he's done.

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.619
 And the thing that

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.599
 you're worrying about now,

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:51.019
 in one year's time,

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.900
 in two weeks' time,

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.760
 you're not worried

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.260
 about anymore.

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.139
 Can you see how fickle

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.460
 we are,

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.680
 how forgetful we are?

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.940
 That's why we worship

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.559
 and that's why we

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.159
 worship together.

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.840
 Verse six,

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.780
 let us worship

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:04.420
 and bow down.

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.840
 So we worship in spirit,

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.000
 we worship in truth,

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.320
 we worship in community

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.559
 and now we worship

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.360
 in humility.

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:12.320
 Let us worship

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.820
 and let us bow down,

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.260
 kneel.

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.680
 It's our whole being.

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:20.260
 It's every part of us

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.079
 is how we worship

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.640
 and this is where

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.660
 it gets a little bit

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.180
 tricky for me

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:24.519
 and at least you'll notice

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.840
 for me,

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.400
 I have a journey

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.760
 which is,

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.200
 I grew up in a very

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:28.059
 conservative place

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.620
 so we worship

00:35:28.620 --> 00:35:29.059
 with our hands

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.579
 in our pockets

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:32.079
 and then after a while

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.980
 you cross your arms

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.320
 and then you feel

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.880
 some emotions

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.559
 so you cross your arms

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.960
 even more

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.280
 because you're trying

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.960
 to suppress them

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.500
 because you're Chinese

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.780
 and you're like,

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:40.079
 I'm not going to let

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.780
 this vulnerability out

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:45.380
 and then I went

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.659
 to worship

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.320
 with other people

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.860
 and they're just

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:48.099
 free and expressive

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.380
 and I'm like,

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.500
 oh,

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.619
 there's something to that.

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:49.840
 Whoa,

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.679
 that guy's kneeling,

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.699
 bowing down.

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.639
 So I have a thing

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:54.039
 and you can notice this

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.460
 if you want to

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.440
 but I'm trying

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.639
 only to focus on God.

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.500
 Whenever we are singing

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.179
 a song that says

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.739
 I bow down,

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.840
 I'm like,

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.840
 I kind of need to bow down

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.559
 because that's what

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.159
 the song is saying

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.460
 in my head.

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:04.960
 Now,

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.579
 I don't judge you

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.079
 for not doing it

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.460
 but in my own conviction

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.139
 and I had someone

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.579
 tell me this,

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:08.940
 hey,

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.619
 if you're just wrestling

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.860
 in it,

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.559
 just do it.

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.639
 Why worry?

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.559
 What are people

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.079
 going to say

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.639
 or think

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.199
 other than the fact

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.559
 that they think

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.179
 you're a little bit weird?

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.639
 That's okay.

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.699
 So I try and follow

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.779
 the songs that we're singing

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:22.059
 with integrity

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.440
 and say,

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.119
 if that song tells me

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.400
 to do this

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.159
 then I'm going to do this

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:25.179
 because that's what

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.519
 I'm doing.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.299
 There's a few of us

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:28.340
 that last Sunday

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:30.420
 we went to Macau

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:32.519
 to watch a sports game

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:34.400
 and I was just

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.199
 reminded of

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.860
 the passion

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.759
 of sports fans.

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.619
 There's a picture

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.960
 that we have

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:41.199
 of Cuban and my son

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:43.280
 and I think Josh

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.639
 you might have been

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.199
 in that picture too

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.719
 and it's just

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.860
 something great happened

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.460
 and we all just

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.239
 lifted our arms

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:48.599
 and we're just like,

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.340
 yes!

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.820
 And I was like,

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.099
 ah,

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.519
 but we don't do that

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.079
 in church

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.340
 often.

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.840
 But football fans,

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.360
 they're just,

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:01.840
 their whole body

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:03.099
 is involved

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:04.099
 in worship.

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.800
 And now this is where

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.559
 our culture,

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.200
 I think,

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.000
 we are,

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.440
 of course,

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.480
 on the more conservative

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.900
 side

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:12.079
 until karaoke is involved

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.640
 and then we just

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.240
 start swaying

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:14.400
 and then we bring

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.960
 our phones out

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.559
 and the flashlight

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:17.360
 and that's as expressive

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.000
 as we get

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.840
 as a culture.

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.780
 But I think

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.180
 there's something

00:37:22.180 --> 00:37:23.660
 about worshipping

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.180
 with your body

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.900
 that is important.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.140
 There's something

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:27.220
 that the way

00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:28.380
 you conduct yourself

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.800
 and the way

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.620
 you hold yourself

00:37:29.620 --> 00:37:30.099
 is important

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.699
 and I'm not here

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.199
 saying that there

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.659
 is a standard.

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.339
 There is no rule.

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.400
 There is whatever

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.880
 you are comfortable

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.179
 with and doing

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:37.099
 one step beyond

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:38.199
 that out of your

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.679
 worship for God.

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.139
 That's it.

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.559
 So if you are used

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.139
 to and comfortable

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.940
 worshipping your hands

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.880
 then I encourage you,

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.119
 maybe take your hands

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.539
 out of your pockets.

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.639
 Maybe just as an act

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.579
 of worship to you,

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.360
 all you need to do

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.940
 is just take your hands

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.420
 out of your pockets.

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.880
 Maybe you're okay

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.599
 with doing the,

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.059
 kind of like,

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.799
 the holding the TV.

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:59.600
 And if you're good

00:37:59.600 --> 00:38:00.039
 and comfortable

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.920
 with holding the TV

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:02.820
 as you challenge yourself

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:05.100
 and as you worship,

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.640
 then maybe lift

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.260
 the TV higher.

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.580
 And if you're comfortable

00:38:11.580 --> 00:38:13.080
 with raising your arms

00:38:13.080 --> 00:38:14.180
 like you're in a football game,

00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:14.980
 which is what

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.820
 every other fan

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.660
 of every other worshipper,

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.580
 every other thing does,

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.060
 if you go to,

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:19.039
 next month there'll be

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.100
 Coldplay and I can bet you

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:20.880
 everyone's worshipping

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:23.200
 as though with their arms

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:24.900
 out wide open, right?

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.599
 And Chris Martin

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.800
 somehow is able to do it

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.460
 whilst playing piano.

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:33.160
 But if that's yours,

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.059
 then what's the next step?

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.619
 The whole point

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:36.180
 isn't what you're actually doing,

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.059
 is where's your heart?

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.820
 Are you staying

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.619
 within the confines

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.240
 of your fear

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:41.160
 or are you actually

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.940
 willing to step out

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.119
 and go,

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.079
 God, you deserve

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.559
 every part.

00:38:44.660 --> 00:38:45.059
 And just know

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.660
 that in scripture

00:38:45.660 --> 00:38:46.460
 there is precedence

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:48.059
 for the whole spectrum.

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.039
 I mean,

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:50.160
 most people in the Bible

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.639
 would worship

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.379
 either standing up

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:51.719
 like this,

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.339
 holding their hands

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:52.460
 in the Bible

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.199
 or literally lying

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:54.000
 prostrate on the floor.

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.559
 Those are the two postures

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.379
 that are the most common.

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.099
 Those are the top two.

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.759
 If you look around

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.199
 the world now,

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.859
 I think the top two

00:38:59.859 --> 00:39:00.519
 are arms crossed

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.460
 and hands in pockets.

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.119
 But just know

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.879
 that there is precedence

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.179
 to go,

00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:05.500
 I mean,

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:07.599
 King David,

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.659
 he would dance

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:09.940
 in a way

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:11.079
 that was most undignified

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.319
 than this.

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.079
 Why?

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.819
 Not because he was

00:39:13.819 --> 00:39:14.659
 trying to get attention

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.199
 for himself

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.960
 but because he was

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.779
 worshipping the one

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.579
 and only true God

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.679
 that he had in his eyes.

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.500
 He was ascribing

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.039
 worth to him

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.460
 and he didn't really

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.900
 care about what

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:22.460
 anyone else was thinking.

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.260
 So I encourage you,

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.079
 whatever you're comfortable

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.420
 with,

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.159
 just take one step further.

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.960
 Worship God

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.840
 with your whole heart,

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.079
 soul,

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.659
 mind and strength

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.219
 and all of this

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.780
 is in a sense

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.360
 of humility.

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:35.699
 God,

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.579
 I am nothing without you.

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.380
 I am this small.

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:39.199
 So I bow down.

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:39.840
 I kneel.

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.719
 I bow.

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.139
 Verse seven,

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.960
 and here's where we finish

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.460
 and then we'll have

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.239
 some time of worship.

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.440
 Someone might want

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.800
 to prep Alex

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.659
 for getting ready now.

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.260
 Verse seven,

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:51.460
 he says,

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.519
 for he is our God

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.200
 and we are the people

00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:53.700
 of his pasture

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.280
 and the sheep

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.860
 of his hand.

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.000
 Ancient kings

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.400
 those days

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.980
 would be referred

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.720
 to as shepherds.

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.159
 Why?

00:39:59.260 --> 00:39:59.720
 Because they would

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.679
 wander lands together.

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.920
 The people would

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:03.500
 wander into lands together

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.300
 and they would be shepherds.

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.780
 They would be provided for,

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.639
 they would be protected

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.320
 by the king,

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.179
 the shepherd.

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.860
 And here we have God

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.960
 as our shepherd.

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.179
 And then it goes this,

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:14.119
 and this is a really

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.799
 interesting passage.

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.239
 Today,

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.599
 if you hear his voice,

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.659
 do not harden your hearts

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.420
 as at Meribah

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.460
 and as on the day

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.559
 at Massa in the wilderness

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.480
 when your fathers

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.279
 put me to the test

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:23.179
 and put me to the proof

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:24.920
 that they had seen my work.

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.839
 For 40 years,

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.799
 I loathed that generation

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.139
 and said,

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.759
 they are a people

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.400
 who go astray

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.920
 in their heart

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.599
 and they have not

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.279
 known my ways.

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.779
 What's he talking

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.799
 about here?

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.779
 He's talking about

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:36.719
 the issue of trust.

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:38.239
 When you worship,

00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:38.960
 what you're saying

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.839
 is the God I ascribe

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.420
 worth to you

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:42.500
 and I trust you

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.519
 completely.

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.980
 And he says,

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.400
 today,

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:46.099
 if you hear his voice,

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.980
 don't harden your heart.

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.159
 Don't be like those people

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:49.199
 in Meribah and Massa.

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.440
 Who are those people

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.860
 who are in Meribah and Massa?

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.539
 If you go back

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.420
 to Exodus 17,

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.400
 it's the Israelites.

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.679
 Remember,

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:55.699
 they've left Israel

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.559
 and they're wandering

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.539
 to the promised land

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.780
 and they get to a point

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.719
 where they're dehydrated.

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.639
 There's no water.

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.519
 They're thirsty.

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.480
 They're hungry.

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.239
 And so they go to this place

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:05.019
 and they're complaining.

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:06.199
 Meribah means arguing.

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.860
 Massa means testing.

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:10.960
 And so what he's saying here

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.699
 is that don't argue

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.639
 and don't test.

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.179
 Don't be sour.

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.840
 Don't be skeptical.

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.639
 What they were doing,

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.220
 what the Israelites

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:17.099
 were doing at that time,

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.240
 admittedly,

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:20.079
 I think quite understandable

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:22.760
 because when I'm hungry

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.460
 or when you're hungry

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.159
 or when you're thirsty,

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.639
 you start going

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.240
 a little bit crazy.

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.039
 At the very least,

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.619
 you get grouchy.

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.940
 So these people

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.639
 were arguing

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.420
 and testing God

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.800
 and basically

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.420
 what they were saying

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:32.199
 is that we're not convinced

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:33.000
 that God will deliver us

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.280
 from this.

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.079
 It is better for us

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.480
 to go back

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:35.360
 to be slaves in Egypt.

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.880
 You should never

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.460
 brought us out

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.280
 into freedom.

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:39.720
 We want to be back there.

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.039
 And so, of course,

00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:41.860
 Moses gets angry

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.340
 at all of this.

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.559
 Have you forgotten

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.700
 what the plight was

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.539
 all those years?

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.660
 And so he named

00:41:47.660 --> 00:41:48.380
 that place Meribah

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.940
 and Massa saying

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.500
 this is the place

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.180
 where you argued

00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:51.220
 and tested God

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:52.160
 and you kept testing

00:41:52.160 --> 00:41:52.960
 and testing him.

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.360
 And of course,

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:55.079
 he ultimately provides

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:56.519
 water through the rock.

00:41:56.660 --> 00:41:57.440
 But what the writer

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:58.120
 here is saying

00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:59.059
 is don't be like

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.660
 those people.

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:01.160
 Don't be hard-hearted.

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.820
 Be convinced

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.579
 that God will come

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.179
 through for you

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.099
 because he has

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:07.239
 come through for you

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.380
 every single time

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.119
 up until now.

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.639
 What makes you think

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.860
 he won't from this point on?

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.239
 Don't test.

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.119
 Don't argue.

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:15.319
 Don't be skeptical.

00:42:16.799 --> 00:42:17.159
 And of course,

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.480
 from that,

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.799
 we have the Prince of Egypt

00:42:18.799 --> 00:42:19.119
 song,

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.799
 When You Believe,

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:21.239
 which really is just,

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:23.219
 that's the heart of it.

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:24.860
 Our worship is

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.679
 when we go to God

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:25.900
 and go,

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:27.619
 God, I believe you.

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.719
 Not just for what

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.579
 you will do for me,

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.799
 but I believe

00:42:31.799 --> 00:42:32.500
 that you are

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.360
 who you say you are

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:34.099
 and that you will do

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.699
 what you say

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.259
 you will do

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:36.039
 and therefore,

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.659
 I worship.

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.619
 Therefore,

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.940
 I ascribe worship

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.599
 to you,

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.579
 worth to you

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.940
 and only you

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:44.059
 and I don't test you.

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.880
 What they have

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.719
 going on here

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.159
 in the Israelites

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:46.900
 is that there is

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.659
 a self-sufficiency

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:48.159
 happening.

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.139
 They're like,

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:50.019
 you know what?

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:51.619
 I think if we

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.679
 retrace our steps

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:54.039
 and head back

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.519
 to Egypt

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.880
 and we bow down

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.339
 to Pharaoh,

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.500
 maybe he'll let us

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.019
 back in

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:59.319
 and maybe we can

00:42:59.319 --> 00:43:00.219
 be in control

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.959
 of our lives

00:43:00.959 --> 00:43:01.939
 again.

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.339
 Yes,

00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:03.299
 we had so many

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:04.039
 things oppressing us.

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.599
 I remember wanting

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.779
 to die during that time,

00:43:05.779 --> 00:43:07.459
 but at least I'll be

00:43:07.459 --> 00:43:08.199
 in control of it.

00:43:08.259 --> 00:43:08.939
 Now I'm just

00:43:08.939 --> 00:43:11.079
 subject to the weather,

00:43:11.939 --> 00:43:13.039
 subject to this God

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:14.019
 who isn't giving us

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:15.459
 the basic requirements.

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.619
 It's testing here,

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.399
 the idol here,

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.480
 the mini God here

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.879
 is self-sufficiency.

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:22.379
 Worship banquishes that.

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.799
 When you worship

00:43:23.799 --> 00:43:24.159
 and you say,

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:25.000
 God, you are this

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.099
 and you've done this

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.839
 and I am this,

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:28.660
 self-sufficiency

00:43:28.660 --> 00:43:29.700
 goes out the door

00:43:29.700 --> 00:43:32.380
 because it's God

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:33.460
 that we're worshipping.

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.920
 And he's saying

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.660
 verse 8 to 9,

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.860
 do not harden your hearts

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.380
 when your father's

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:38.120
 put me to the test.

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:39.380
 Imagine a husband

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:40.940
 constantly testing his wife.

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.440
 Do you love me?

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.980
 Can you show me

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.360
 your love again?

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:45.039
 That's what the Israelites

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:46.000
 were doing every time

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.460
 now again.

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.460
 Sometimes I think

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.260
 that's understandable

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.800
 when you're really

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.320
 hot and hungry

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:50.180
 and thirsty.

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.720
 But our hearts,

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.579
 that's where

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.740
 the hardness comes.

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:57.119
 that's when it's like,

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.359
 actually,

00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.259
 I'm not believing anymore.

00:44:00.399 --> 00:44:01.959
 I'm not trusting anymore.

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:03.279
 Worship gets us back

00:44:03.279 --> 00:44:03.979
 to that place.

00:44:04.899 --> 00:44:05.559
 And it's funny

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.479
 because that passage there,

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.079
 and this is where

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.519
 I'll finish,

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:10.099
 is actually referred to

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:10.559
 in Hebrews,

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.339
 which is what I've been

00:44:11.339 --> 00:44:12.000
 personally reading.

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.500
 If you turn to me,

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.579
 I promise I won't make you

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:16.219
 turn back to Psalm

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:16.659
 after this.

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:20.079
 The Hebrews writer

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:21.299
 quotes this Psalm

00:44:21.299 --> 00:44:22.839
 and he says it

00:44:22.839 --> 00:44:23.599
 in chapter 3.

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:25.739
 basically,

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.619
 verse 7 onwards,

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.900
 therefore as the Holy Spirit

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.079
 says,

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.699
 chapter 3,

00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:29.239
 verse 7,

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.460
 the book of Hebrews.

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:32.219
 Today if you hear his voice,

00:44:32.299 --> 00:44:33.179
 do not harden your hearts

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:33.719
 as in rebellion

00:44:33.719 --> 00:44:34.699
 on the day of testing

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.400
 in the wilderness.

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.460
 And he's talking about,

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:39.400
 really,

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:40.139
 he's really

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:41.519
 talking about,

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:41.699
 hey,

00:44:42.319 --> 00:44:43.400
 the Moses that you follow,

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.460
 the law that you follow,

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.960
 Jesus is even greater.

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:48.159
 And so he quotes this Psalm

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:48.960
 from Psalm 95.

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:52.340
 And he says,

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.820
 don't be like that.

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.360
 Today,

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.840
 God is trying to lead you

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:58.099
 into a place of rest.

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.840
 And that's what Hebrews 4

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.199
 is about.

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:00.659
 It's about,

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.599
 how do we get into

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:02.360
 this place of rest?

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:03.780
 We all want that place

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:04.400
 of rest.

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.599
 Well,

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.760
 we can just lie down

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:07.659
 from the day-to-day grind

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.079
 that we have

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:09.280
 and just be in a place

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:09.840
 of rest.

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.199
 If you ask me,

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:12.980
 how do we get to that

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.639
 place of rest?

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:15.119
 Today I will tell you

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:15.579
 it's worship.

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:17.840
 When you worship

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.059
 and when you remember

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:19.920
 who God is,

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.659
 when you take the time

00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:21.299
 to reflect

00:45:21.299 --> 00:45:22.440
 and to remember

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:23.739
 and to remind each other,

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:25.759
 you will enter

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:27.239
 this place of rest.

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.500
 This place of rest

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.940
 where you know

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:30.000
 that God is with you,

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.940
 that he will provide

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:32.279
 everything that you need

00:45:32.279 --> 00:45:33.819
 and that he has provided

00:45:33.819 --> 00:45:34.819
 everything that you need

00:45:34.819 --> 00:45:35.840
 up until now

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:36.639
 and he's not going

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.420
 to stop now.

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:39.759
 That's what worship is,

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.719
 that it leads us

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:42.139
 to a place of rest

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:43.920
 and it's when that comes

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.759
 when we respond

00:45:44.759 --> 00:45:45.460
 to God's goodness.

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.440
 I love who he is.

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.940
 That's it.

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:50.099
 William Sperry says

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:50.559
 this worship

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:51.360
 is a deliberate

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:53.360
 and disciplined adventure

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:55.059
 in reality.

00:45:56.319 --> 00:45:57.679
 It is us committing

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.099
 to this,

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:58.799
 go on this journey

00:45:58.799 --> 00:45:59.940
 of remembering,

00:46:00.819 --> 00:46:01.299
 responding

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:03.159
 in worship

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.980
 and ending up

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.500
 in rest.

00:46:05.279 --> 00:46:06.299
 Do you want that rest?

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:07.960
 Do you want that place

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:09.219
 where you can just strive

00:46:09.219 --> 00:46:10.579
 and enter into that rest

00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:11.840
 that Jesus provided for us

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.860
 because he did the work

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.679
 on the cross

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.400
 for us already

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:15.700
 and that we simply

00:46:15.700 --> 00:46:16.639
 just have to respond

00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:17.940
 to what he did

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:19.539
 to worship him?

00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:21.380
 What's worship

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:21.920
 got to do

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.900
 with being disciplined

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.360
 disciples?

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:24.539
 Well, you have to choose.

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:26.139
 You have to choose

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.780
 to come,

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:29.099
 to turn from your ways

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.639
 to worshiping

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.220
 the things that you're

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:30.639
 worshiping

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:31.139
 and saying,

00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:31.539
 come.

00:46:32.720 --> 00:46:33.079
 Worshiping

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:35.000
 is a discipline thing

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.940
 because it requires you

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.880
 to come with people

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:38.200
 and people are annoying.

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:40.019
 We are often,

00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:40.639
 always,

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:41.780
 Rebecca's just laughing,

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:43.680
 we are often,

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:44.240
 always,

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:45.320
 surrounded by idiots

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:48.700
 and yet there is

00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:49.519
 something beauty,

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:50.960
 beautiful,

00:46:51.180 --> 00:46:51.900
 when it comes to

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:52.820
 being with people

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.980
 who are different to us,

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:56.019
 who like different songs

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.560
 to us,

00:46:57.060 --> 00:46:57.720
 who sing

00:46:57.720 --> 00:46:58.860
 at different volumes

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.560
 to us

00:46:59.560 --> 00:47:02.560
 because only then,

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:04.120
 and you look around

00:47:04.120 --> 00:47:04.820
 the room now

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:05.420
 and just try not

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:05.860
 to be awkward

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.620
 and just look at someone

00:47:06.620 --> 00:47:07.100
 who you know

00:47:07.100 --> 00:47:07.940
 is just so different to you

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:08.860
 and maybe just one glance

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:09.720
 so they don't know

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:11.099
 that you've just clocked in

00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:11.480
 that it's them.

00:47:13.319 --> 00:47:14.399
 You look at that person

00:47:14.399 --> 00:47:15.579
 who's so different from you,

00:47:17.219 --> 00:47:18.059
 I mean,

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.739
 I'll just look at Uday,

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.419
 just like,

00:47:20.419 --> 00:47:20.899
 with just that,

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:23.899
 with that full head of hair

00:47:23.899 --> 00:47:24.679
 and that facial hair

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:25.379
 and just the whole thing

00:47:25.379 --> 00:47:26.379
 is we're just so different

00:47:26.379 --> 00:47:29.939
 and then I look at him

00:47:29.939 --> 00:47:30.519
 and then I say,

00:47:31.259 --> 00:47:32.939
 there's a side of God

00:47:32.939 --> 00:47:34.779
 that I'll be able

00:47:34.779 --> 00:47:35.359
 to comprehend

00:47:35.359 --> 00:47:36.739
 when I spend more time

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:37.079
 with Uday,

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:38.739
 when I worship

00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:39.500
 with Uday.

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:41.699
 That's

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:44.039
 something that I want

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:45.699
 because I don't just want

00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:46.139
 a God

00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:47.459
 of my own preference

00:47:47.459 --> 00:47:48.199
 and of my own desire.

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:50.339
 I want the God

00:47:50.339 --> 00:47:51.039
 of the universe,

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:52.139
 the great God

00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:52.939
 who is the high king

00:47:52.939 --> 00:47:53.739
 of all kings.

00:47:54.779 --> 00:47:55.899
 It requires discipline

00:47:55.899 --> 00:47:56.819
 to be able to do that.

00:47:56.879 --> 00:47:57.619
 It requires discipline

00:47:57.619 --> 00:47:58.919
 to enter into his presence

00:47:58.919 --> 00:48:00.079
 and honestly,

00:48:00.179 --> 00:48:01.099
 we're all at different stages

00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:01.919
 of the journey to this.

00:48:02.359 --> 00:48:03.500
 There are some people here

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.439
 who you can worship

00:48:04.439 --> 00:48:05.319
 even without music.

00:48:06.419 --> 00:48:07.819
 You can just sit inside

00:48:07.819 --> 00:48:08.939
 and you just feel

00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:09.519
 the goodness of God

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.380
 and you're just in worship

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:10.760
 to him.

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:13.079
 Or you're like 18-year-old James

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:14.240
 who really loves Hillsong

00:48:14.240 --> 00:48:15.760
 and so you just needed

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:16.880
 to have some songs

00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:18.079
 to help you get there,

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.280
 to help you articulate

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:20.420
 the words that you aren't able

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:21.360
 to articulate yourself

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:22.179
 and so someone's written

00:48:22.179 --> 00:48:22.840
 them for you.

00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:24.559
 Someone on a beach

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:25.300
 in Australia

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:26.460
 has written these words

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:26.920
 for you

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:28.139
 so that you can now feel

00:48:28.139 --> 00:48:29.360
 some kind of connection.

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:31.300
 That might be a place

00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:31.720
 that you're in

00:48:31.720 --> 00:48:32.740
 and maybe we're all

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:33.380
 fluctuating

00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:34.240
 and we're in different seasons

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:36.900
 but it requires discipline

00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:37.700
 to take ourselves

00:48:37.700 --> 00:48:38.820
 into that place.

00:48:39.720 --> 00:48:40.860
 God, I want to worship you.

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:42.980
 Thank you for giving us tools,

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:44.400
 low-hanging fruit

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:45.940
 like music that works

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:47.920
 but the truth is

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:49.380
 if I don't worship you,

00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:50.820
 if we don't worship you,

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:52.120
 even the rocks would cry out

00:48:52.120 --> 00:48:54.039
 because he is worthy

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:55.079
 of all the praise.

00:48:55.800 --> 00:48:56.380
 He is God

00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:57.200
 and him alone.

00:48:57.279 --> 00:48:58.039
 So it requires discipline

00:48:58.039 --> 00:48:58.699
 to do that.

00:48:58.879 --> 00:48:59.719
 It requires discipline

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:00.779
 to recount your steps

00:49:00.779 --> 00:49:01.019
 and go,

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:01.779
 God, man,

00:49:01.839 --> 00:49:02.619
 you've been so good to be.

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:05.239
 As a family,

00:49:05.419 --> 00:49:07.500
 we do gratitude books

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:07.879
 every night

00:49:07.879 --> 00:49:09.679
 and sometimes it's hard

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:10.339
 because we want to get

00:49:10.339 --> 00:49:10.899
 everyone to sleep

00:49:10.899 --> 00:49:12.239
 but there's a discipline

00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:12.639
 to saying,

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:13.519
 we're going to be thankful

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:15.339
 and sometimes we don't have

00:49:15.339 --> 00:49:16.259
 anything to be thankful for

00:49:16.259 --> 00:49:17.219
 and then when we think that,

00:49:17.299 --> 00:49:17.539
 we think,

00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:18.839
 no, there is always something

00:49:18.839 --> 00:49:20.199
 to be thankful for.

00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:21.319
 It requires discipline

00:49:21.319 --> 00:49:23.259
 and it requires discipline

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:24.099
 to humble yourself.

00:49:24.939 --> 00:49:25.699
 It requires discipline

00:49:25.699 --> 00:49:27.179
 to just kind of bow down

00:49:27.179 --> 00:49:27.940
 and kneel

00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:28.259
 and go,

00:49:28.339 --> 00:49:28.579
 submit.

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:30.299
 God, I submit to you.

00:49:30.399 --> 00:49:31.259
 I surrender to you.

00:49:31.819 --> 00:49:32.539
 I trust you.

00:49:32.839 --> 00:49:33.599
 I worship you.

00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:35.659
 I ascribe ultimate worth

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:36.319
 to you.

00:49:36.779 --> 00:49:37.139
 Why?

00:49:37.339 --> 00:49:38.379
 Not because of me

00:49:38.379 --> 00:49:39.339
 initiating this

00:49:39.339 --> 00:49:40.940
 but because in response

00:49:40.940 --> 00:49:42.879
 to you applying worth

00:49:42.879 --> 00:49:43.519
 onto us

00:49:43.519 --> 00:49:44.679
 to the point where

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:45.699
 you died on the cross

00:49:45.699 --> 00:49:46.399
 for me

00:49:46.399 --> 00:49:48.079
 and so my worship,

00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:49.699
 my few songs

00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:50.399
 that I'm going to sing

00:49:50.399 --> 00:49:52.879
 are just a weak,

00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:54.980
 flawed attempt

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:55.719
 at a response

00:49:55.719 --> 00:49:56.259
 to you, God.

00:49:56.260 --> 00:49:58.240
 this is all I have.

00:49:58.820 --> 00:49:59.540
 I worship you.

00:49:59.700 --> 00:50:00.640
 I'll finish with a quote

00:50:00.640 --> 00:50:01.600
 and then I'll ask Alex

00:50:01.600 --> 00:50:01.960
 and the team

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:02.580
 to come back up.

00:50:03.700 --> 00:50:04.860
 William Temple says this,

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:05.440
 to worship

00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:07.240
 is to quicken the conscience

00:50:07.240 --> 00:50:08.540
 by the holiness of God,

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:10.860
 to feed the mind

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:11.960
 with the truth of God,

00:50:12.340 --> 00:50:14.040
 to purge the imagination

00:50:14.040 --> 00:50:15.120
 by the beauty of God,

00:50:15.700 --> 00:50:16.940
 to open the heart

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.900
 to the love of God,

00:50:18.560 --> 00:50:20.000
 to devote the will

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:21.280
 to the purpose of God.

00:50:21.280 --> 00:50:23.840
 Let me read it

00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:24.420
 one more time.

00:50:25.260 --> 00:50:26.000
 To worship

00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:27.000
 is to quicken

00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.580
 the conscience

00:50:27.580 --> 00:50:28.720
 by the holiness of God,

00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:30.660
 to feed the mind

00:50:30.660 --> 00:50:32.019
 with the truth of God,

00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:34.180
 to purge the imagination

00:50:34.180 --> 00:50:35.540
 by the beauty of God,

00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:37.560
 to open the heart

00:50:37.560 --> 00:50:38.660
 to the love of God,

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:40.380
 to devote the will

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:42.340
 to the purpose of God.

00:50:42.340 --> 00:50:44.500
 So Jesus,

00:50:44.660 --> 00:50:44.860
 we

00:50:44.860 --> 00:50:47.579
 worship you

00:50:47.579 --> 00:50:50.240
 and you alone.

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:53.360
 You are not number one,

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:54.340
 you are the only one.

00:50:55.660 --> 00:50:56.800
 And may our love for you

00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:57.440
 permeate

00:50:57.440 --> 00:50:58.480
 and be involved

00:50:58.480 --> 00:50:59.559
 in all our other loves.

00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:01.920
 But you truly are

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:02.600
 the only love.

00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:07.119
 And for those of us

00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:09.000
 who rarely feel like that,

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:09.480
 we pray

00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:11.159
 that your spirit

00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:11.639
 would be

00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:13.480
 the one that guides us.

00:51:19.019 --> 00:51:20.039
 We are but a vapor

00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:20.500
 in the wind.

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:23.719
 We are so small.

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:27.039
 We are so sinful.

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.579
 We are so fickle.

00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:29.839
 We are so forgetful.

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.779
 We go about our days

00:51:34.779 --> 00:51:36.019
 forgetting to worship you.

00:51:39.099 --> 00:51:39.980
 But the truth is

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:40.779
 you are being worshipped

00:51:40.779 --> 00:51:41.639
 because even the rocks

00:51:41.639 --> 00:51:42.119
 cry out.

00:51:43.759 --> 00:51:44.719
 Creation itself

00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:46.299
 is singing your praise

00:51:46.299 --> 00:51:47.099
 and there is one day,

00:51:47.179 --> 00:51:47.940
 there will come a day

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:50.619
 where all the saints

00:51:50.619 --> 00:51:51.179
 and angels,

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:55.239
 all the created beings

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:56.420
 will bow down before you

00:51:56.420 --> 00:51:56.659
 saying,

00:51:56.819 --> 00:51:57.759
 worthy of worthy

00:51:57.759 --> 00:51:58.960
 are you,

00:51:59.079 --> 00:51:59.239
 O Lord.

00:51:59.339 --> 00:52:00.480
 Holy are you.

00:52:02.599 --> 00:52:05.279
 So we seek

00:52:05.279 --> 00:52:06.119
 to join that now.

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:07.679
 We seek to join

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:08.500
 in the angel song

00:52:08.500 --> 00:52:10.440
 and creation song

00:52:10.440 --> 00:52:11.839
 to sing your praise

00:52:11.839 --> 00:52:13.239
 so that all glory,

00:52:13.860 --> 00:52:14.599
 all your glory

00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:15.360
 will be reflected

00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:16.319
 in this world.

00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:22.579
 We worship you.

00:52:22.579 --> 00:52:26.340
 we're going to have

00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:27.819
 a slightly extended time

00:52:27.819 --> 00:52:28.460
 of worship

00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:29.279
 and as the team

00:52:29.279 --> 00:52:30.019
 sing over us

00:52:30.019 --> 00:52:30.819
 and as we join in,

00:52:31.259 --> 00:52:32.199
 I pray that you would

00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:34.599
 enter into that space

00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:35.880
 to worship in spirit

00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:37.000
 and truth.

00:52:37.219 --> 00:52:38.380
 Enter into that space

00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:38.880
 where you come

00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:39.799
 into the presence of God

00:52:39.799 --> 00:52:40.480
 knowing the truth

00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:41.400
 of God.

00:52:43.340 --> 00:52:44.059
 But if you're,

00:52:44.900 --> 00:52:45.920
 if it's all

00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:46.639
 very overwhelming

00:52:46.639 --> 00:52:47.099
 for you,

00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:48.420
 then I have one tip.

00:52:49.860 --> 00:52:50.860
 Come in humility.

00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:50.960
 humility.

00:52:52.160 --> 00:52:54.039
 Come in humility.

00:52:56.840 --> 00:52:57.760
 And let us worship.

00:53:08.820 --> 00:53:10.300
 God, how great you are.

00:53:11.960 --> 00:53:12.940
 You are the king

00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:13.720
 above all kings.

00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:14.380
 You are the lord

00:53:14.380 --> 00:53:15.200
 above all lords.

00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:19.279
 And so we come

00:53:19.279 --> 00:53:19.919
 into your presence

00:53:19.919 --> 00:53:20.679
 with thanksgiving

00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:21.419
 in our hearts

00:53:21.419 --> 00:53:24.480
 for who you are,

00:53:25.519 --> 00:53:26.559
 for what you've done,

00:53:27.059 --> 00:53:27.960
 for what you are doing

00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:28.819
 and what you will do.

00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:31.379
 Lord, our problem

00:53:31.379 --> 00:53:32.419
 seems so small

00:53:32.419 --> 00:53:37.019
 when compared to you.

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.439
 Your greatness,

00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:40.259
 your majesty,

00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:41.199
 your excellence,

00:53:41.500 --> 00:53:43.119
 your goodness,

00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:44.199
 your faith in us.

00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:46.239
 that follows us

00:53:46.239 --> 00:53:47.119
 all the days

00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:47.719
 of our lives.

00:53:48.219 --> 00:53:48.559
 Lord, we,

00:53:48.639 --> 00:53:49.299
 how we yearn

00:53:49.299 --> 00:53:49.879
 to just be

00:53:49.879 --> 00:53:50.619
 in your presence

00:53:50.619 --> 00:53:52.239
 all day,

00:53:52.359 --> 00:53:53.079
 every minute

00:53:53.079 --> 00:53:53.879
 of every day.

00:54:05.559 --> 00:54:06.199
 So Lord,

00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:06.980
 we worship you

00:54:06.980 --> 00:54:08.480
 with everything

00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:09.039
 that we have,

00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:09.679
 with our heart,

00:54:09.819 --> 00:54:10.299
 soul, mind,

00:54:10.299 --> 00:54:10.779
 and strength.

00:54:10.780 --> 00:54:12.720
 it is you

00:54:12.720 --> 00:54:13.320
 and only you

00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:14.080
 that we yearn for.

00:54:32.080 --> 00:54:32.960
 Lord, if we could,

00:54:33.160 --> 00:54:35.200
 we would stay here

00:54:35.199 --> 00:54:39.579
 to gather here

00:54:39.579 --> 00:54:40.659
 amongst the saints,

00:54:41.059 --> 00:54:42.099
 amongst our brothers

00:54:42.099 --> 00:54:42.639
 and sisters.

00:54:44.539 --> 00:54:45.500
 There is no place

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:46.219
 we'd rather be,

00:54:46.359 --> 00:54:47.159
 as the song goes,

00:54:47.619 --> 00:54:48.579
 to be here

00:54:48.579 --> 00:54:49.079
 in your love.

00:54:53.419 --> 00:54:53.779
 But Lord,

00:54:53.819 --> 00:54:54.480
 we also ask you

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.219
 to set a fire

00:54:55.219 --> 00:54:55.799
 in our hearts,

00:54:57.119 --> 00:54:58.159
 a fire that compels us

00:54:58.159 --> 00:54:58.879
 not just to gather

00:54:58.879 --> 00:54:59.480
 but to scatter,

00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:01.780
 not to stay

00:55:01.780 --> 00:55:02.240
 in this room

00:55:02.240 --> 00:55:02.800
 but to leave

00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:03.159
 this room

00:55:03.159 --> 00:55:03.679
 and to go

00:55:03.679 --> 00:55:04.380
 where your spirit

00:55:04.380 --> 00:55:04.920
 leads us.

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:11.940
 Spirit,

00:55:12.019 --> 00:55:12.740
 would you lead us

00:55:12.740 --> 00:55:13.699
 through into that place

00:55:13.699 --> 00:55:15.240
 where we can follow you

00:55:15.240 --> 00:55:19.300
 where our faith

00:55:19.300 --> 00:55:20.039
 is without borders,

00:55:20.900 --> 00:55:23.579
 that we would bring

00:55:23.579 --> 00:55:24.199
 the good news

00:55:24.199 --> 00:55:25.019
 of Jesus Christ

00:55:25.019 --> 00:55:26.119
 to any who

00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:26.900
 care to hear it,

00:55:26.900 --> 00:55:29.280
 that God is great,

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:32.780
 that there is

00:55:32.780 --> 00:55:33.660
 darkness in this world

00:55:33.660 --> 00:55:34.519
 but there is a light

00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:35.139
 that is shining,

00:55:35.320 --> 00:55:36.200
 that is already here,

00:55:38.200 --> 00:55:39.400
 the light of the world

00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:40.180
 that gives life.

00:55:43.820 --> 00:55:44.380
 So Lord,

00:55:44.420 --> 00:55:45.400
 we seek to be that light

00:55:45.400 --> 00:55:46.059
 as we go.

00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:52.980
 So we conclude

00:55:52.980 --> 00:55:54.019
 this time reluctantly.

00:55:56.900 --> 00:55:58.180
 But we're also grateful

00:55:58.180 --> 00:55:59.840
 that our worship

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:00.180
 of you

00:56:00.180 --> 00:56:01.519
 does not stop here.

00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:07.960
 But we do finish now

00:56:07.960 --> 00:56:08.420
 with just

00:56:08.420 --> 00:56:10.340
 our eyes focus on you.

00:56:17.960 --> 00:56:18.820
 Maybe I'll ask

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 the worship team

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 to continue

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 as we put a formal

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 end to this time

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 but those who need

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 to leave

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 can quietly head away

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 and see you next week.

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 But for those

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 who want to just stay

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 a little bit more,

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 let's respect

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 what the Lord

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 might be doing here

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 amongst people.

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 If you see someone

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 compelled to pray

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 for them,

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 would you do that?

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 Let us come in here

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 and leave

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 with our eyes

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 on the Lord.

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 We thank you.

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 See you all next week.

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