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 Just, oh, this is just a great conversation to you all, and it is a joy to be together.

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! It is a joy to be together.

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 As I have attended various conferences and gatherings at different churches,

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! I have noticed that sometimes a church can be saying the right things, doing the right things, studying the right things.

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 But it's all the stuff in between those things that's not so thought through.

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 The transitions, the pieces that tie things together.

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 So I remember one time having a conference where this powerful message was preached on God's holiness,

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 and someone came up right after work and said, okay, lunch is going to be over there, and we're going to sit down there.

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 You could have heard a pain drop at the end of that message.

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 And there just seemed to be no awareness of what we had just done.

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 Sometimes on a Sunday morning, you know, it's all at the end of ten seconds of just awkward silence,

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 as no one's part of what's going on, and everybody's just kind of like,

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 maybe it's the charplay, they just kind of get their cake rolling.

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 Or it could be a reflective prayer, so follow me.

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 We do all the steps to the end of the name of Jesus.

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 One, two, three, five, six, five!

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 You could probably follow up on that just a little more carefully.

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 Or sometimes, you know, it's the leader just trying to feel that awkwardness and just kind of gushing a prayer filled with a lot of fish and cliches and not really thinking about it.

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 Just kind of saying things that don't really serve anybody except to fill that space.

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 And there's sometimes transitions take so long and you're thinking this isn't a transition, this is a sermon.

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 Maybe we move the sermon up to, you know, we didn't.

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 No, it is a transition.

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 It's just a 10-minute transition.

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 So they're hard.

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 Transitions are hard.

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 And, you know, I know we serve in different roles in the churches.

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 So if you're a pastor or aspiring pastor, this would definitely be something you should be thinking about.

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 If you are a musician or a member of the congregation, this will be a topic that will award you the fact that things should be making sense.

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 When we gather, things should be making sense.

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 And the way they make sense is by giving attention to transitions.

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 Or what I've entitled this message is Minding the Gap.

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 Which is from the UK.

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 You know, that's what we're hearing.

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 We're supposed to talk about the two.

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 That's not here anymore.

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 Minding the Gap.

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 Minding the Gap.

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 And of course I'm hearing that.

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 Gap, okay.

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 This is the gap between the two of the platform.

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 Just like, be careful.

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 Watch.

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 Watch out what you're doing right there.

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 So this is Minding the Gap.

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 Making the most of transitions.

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 So we're going to get to very practical things.

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 But I hope at the end it will serve you as you think about how our meetings are put together.

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 If you Google transitions in worship services, by far the primary focus is on musical transitions.

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 In fact, I gave a message to this talk about 18 years ago.

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 And did Google exist?

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 I think it did.

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 I think it did.

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 But there wasn't anything in terms of spoken transitions.

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 It was all musical.

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 How to keep the emotional momentum of the being gone.

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 How to keep from doing anything in charge of worship atmosphere.

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 Which I always think is funny.

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 Worship atmosphere.

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 What are we looking for?

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 How to create a cohesive musical experience in our church.

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 Last night, if you weren't here, we looked at an overview of things that God values in our gatherings.

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 And in this session, we want to develop our thoughts on how to connect those different desires.

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 How to connect those different parts of our being.

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 Here's the question we're going to take the answer.

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 How can we connect the elements of our gatherings in ways that serve God's people and edify the church?

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 How can we connect the elements of our gatherings in ways that serve God's people, purpose, sorry, and edify the church?

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 How can we connect the church?

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 How can we connect the transitions important?

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 We'll give you three reasons.

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 First, God prioritizes understanding and edification in our gatherings.

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 Understanding and edification.

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 So in 1 Corinthians 14, Paul says,

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 So with yourselves, since you are eating for manifestations of the spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

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 And he says that, remember, after he uses the illustration of a trumpet making a sound that's not clear.

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 And no one getting ready for battle because they don't understand it.

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 So we want people to understand what's taking place in our meetings.

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 We're not responsible simply to see that things happen.

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 That's one part of it.

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 You want to pay attention to that part.

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 But we're also responsible to make sure that those things build up the church.

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 And for that to take place, they need to be understood.

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 And sometimes we assume people know more than we do.

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 We assume they're taking in more than they know they say they're getting why we do what we do.

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 And this especially applies to unbelief to guests, but they can apply to members of your church.

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 They just come week after week and they just do it.

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 Why?

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 Well, because you're leading it that way.

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 You just do it.

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 But they're not really understanding why you're doing it.

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 And worse than that, sometimes you don't understand why you're doing it.

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 You know, you've inherited this church and you've moved a church.

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 And again, we've just always done it that way.

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 That's just a horrible way to do things.

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 But that's the only reason.

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 We've just done it.

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 We've been doing that work for like, God, two years now.

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 Two years.

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 Like, the church is like 2,000 years old.

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 And so it's okay.

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 Like, we've been doing it.

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 We've been doing it.

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 Sometimes we put things together.

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 But we just don't give a lot of thought to it.

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 And God wants people to understand it.

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 We have fun.

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 Another reason transitions are important is intentional transitions increase people's participation and engagement.

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 You could just say they increase people's engagement.

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 We don't gather the church to watch a show or to watch a concert.

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 We're God's people gathering in God's presence to receive God's word, to revel in the gospel of Christ, and to respond in the power of the Spirit.

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 That's something we're all doing together.

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 Everyone's involved.

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 At least everyone's supposed to be involved.

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 And Paul is often making references to that.

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 You know, he writes to the leaders as well as the churches.

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 He's aware that everybody has a part to play.

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 So when he's talking about the church in Ephesians 4, verse 15, he says,

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 And then three, our services aren't actually random events, but a retelling of the story of God and what he's done for us in Christ Jesus.

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 There is a story that we gather to hear.

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 And for centuries, liturgies have helped God's people understand the story of God's glory, the fall, the redemption in Christ that we've received,

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 how to live in response to that, and our future hope.

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 Now, whatever liturgy you choose to do, how to be formal or informal, strict, loose, historically good in the modern,

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 we're responsible to help people understand how the different parts fit together.

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 It's kind of the difference between focusing on the containers in our meeting and the content of those containers.

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 So our pantry has new plastic containers sitting next to each other on the shelves.

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 And we arrange them not so much by order of what they contain as size and do they fit together.

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 And, you know, that's, that's, so we can move them around and make things fit.

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 But if I am making something and following a recipe, it would be really important what's in those containers.

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 And it would be really important what order I use them in.

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 Well, in a similar way, when we gather as God's people, you don't just stick a bunch of containers next to each other.

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 Here's a prayer.

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 Here's a song.

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 Now, sometimes we use templates for reading them.

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 Here's a prayer.

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 Here's a call to worship.

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 Who's due in the call to worship?

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 And we use that prayer to help.

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 Who's due in that call to worship?

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 Do you know what a call to worship is?

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 Like, do we, do we help people occasionally understand?

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 Like, this isn't just, well, this is what we've been doing.

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 This is what this church does to start a program.

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 It's, it's the eternal God calling these people gathered in these presence to glory in Christ,

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 to be here from them, to be experienced the gifts of the Spirit in all the beauty and diversity,

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 to be strengthened, edified, built into each other, built into Christ.

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 That's what we're calling people to.

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 You don't just do the call to worship.

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 You call people to gather worship.

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 That's what you're doing.

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 That's a different way of looking at it.

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 Well, that's throwing attention to the content and not just putting a continuum out there.

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 So our liturgies aren't so much a performance for God and each other as a witness to God's Word

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 and the grace they've shown us in Christ.

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 And when we think about what we do and say between parts of the meeting,

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 it can help people grasp the meaning of the story.

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 It can help them understand.

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 This stuff really fits together.

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 It's not just a prayer.

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 What's a prayer?

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 We did the prayer.

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 Who did the prayer?

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 Who did the singing?

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 Well, that helps a little bit, but it really doesn't communicate what we're actually doing.

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 And these transitions, wisely met, they're an opportunity to shepherd people theologically

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 through the elements of our government.

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 Even if it was.

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 It's the difference between saying, let's sing this next song together.

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 Or let's sing hymn number 123.

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 Okay, that's a transition.

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 Not a great transition.

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 But it is a transition.

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 Versus something like this.

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 You know, as we prepare to sing this song, let's rejoice in reality.

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 At the end of the day, no political party, no amount of money, no educational degree,

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 no technological marvel can sustain our hope like Jesus Christ can.

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 Because only he has died for our sins, risen from the dead,

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 and is one day returning for those redeemed to live with them.

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 What is our hope in life and death?

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 I should have asked, do you know what song I'm introducing?

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 Christ alone.

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 Like, when, and not for every song, but when I introduce a song,

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 when we introduce a song, we want to get people ready to sing that song.

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 We want to give them a springboard from which they can launch in that song

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 and not expect the song to do all the work.

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 I mean, we can, and that's fine, and the most great thing is that.

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 But are we missing out on something?

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 Is there something we could do better?

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 I think there is.

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 And I see the effect of this as I visit churches,

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 as we've grown in this in our own church.

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 Wow.

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 When there's a helpful transition,

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 it really makes what we're about to do so much more meaningful,

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 so much more helpful.

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 Now, transitions won't make or break your meetings for going in

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 and won't keep the Holy Spirit from moving.

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 I mean, the Holy Spirit's been working in your church already,

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 hopefully, for years.

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 God doesn't need our explanations.

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 He doesn't need our musical transitions

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 to get his work done.

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 But they can provide another means

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 by which the Holy Spirit can open our hearts

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 to the story and the meaning of the gospel.

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 In other words, minding the gaps

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 can lead to a greater awareness

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 of who God is and how he's at work

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 and the lives of those people.

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 So that's where it is important.

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 So who's responsible?

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 Well, anyone who stands in front of a church

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 and says something, they're responsible.

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 They're doing a transition.

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 They could do a transition.

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 The pastor, the individual leading the music,

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 someone who stands up to say something,

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 some churches have an emissary or a host

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 who runs like a thing,

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 some churches are little,

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 but we have eight elder pastors,

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 and different ones of us will handle those traditions.

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 I'll plan the liturgy with some other guys,

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 and we will try to use, you know,

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 at least three or four of those pastors in every meeting.

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 And we've talked about being aware

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 of what comes before us and what comes after us.

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 So here's the thing.

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 Here's one of the drawbacks of not getting attention to this.

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 When you're not aware that you're a transition

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 and not like the main thing,

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 you'd be tempted to think,

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 well, I've got to say anything.

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 I'm going to include the hot, you know,

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 the entire story of creation for all the things you can do.

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 And, you know, I've got to apply,

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 I've got to do applications,

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 do applications for it.

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 And if there's an announcement that I might need to make in that,

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 I need to do that too.

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 It just becomes out of proportion to what it should be.

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 So it's just giving thought to, you know,

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 what is it just to be doing?

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 And what are we about to do?

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 So we're going to talk about this in two sections.

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 The first is spoken transitions.

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 And then for, how many musicians do we have?

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 Okay, good.

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 Then we're going to talk about musical transitions.

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 When people talk about the flow of the meeting,

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 again, not disrupting the flow, the seamless flow.

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 In most cases, people are talking about the meeting.

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 They're saying, you know,

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 we've just got to make sure that everything's okay.

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 We've got to be used and clean.

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 We've got to pass.

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 We've got to sing.

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 You know, whatever it is.

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 It's time to get it.

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 We'll get to some of that.

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 Right now, I want to make the case

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 that the flow of our words,

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 is more important than the flow of our music.

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 It is more important.

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 The flow of our words is more important

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 than the flow of our music.

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 Rather than creating a sense of the flow,

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 words actually bring clarity.

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 They actually bring definition and cohesiveness

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 to what we're doing and hearing.

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 They connect the containers

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 in a way that we're to see the country.

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 So I want to give just a few guidelines

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 that have been helpful to me over the years

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 that I've learned from others,

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 seeing others,

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 and just experienced through my own failures.

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 So the first is that God spoke first,

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 and his words outlast us.

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 So if we're going to do a transition,

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 just remember,

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 God spoke first,

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 his words outlast us.

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 Hebrews 4.12,

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 for the word of God is living in the back

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 of the shelf,

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 as it is through a sword,

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 piercing to the division of soul

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 and of spirit,

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 of joints and of marrow,

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 and discerning the thoughts

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 and intentions of the heart.

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 God's word gets its word done.

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 So start your planning with God's word

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 rather than just elements.

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 Whether that be the message

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 that's going to be preached,

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 or as we do,

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 we start with the call to worship

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 built on the message from previous one.

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 That's how we begin our meeting.

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 Just think,

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 what was spoken last week

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 that we want to respond to

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 in some way

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 with this call to worship?

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 I, for years,

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 planned the meeting

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 just by planning five songs.

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 Just pick the songs.

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 I think I shared this last night.

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 Just five songs.

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 It wasn't until 13 years ago

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 when we started having

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 the call to worship

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 where I thought,

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 you know what,

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 we're going to get the word of God first,

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 then we're going to get the song.

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 Because we don't even know

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 what we want to sing

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 until we hear that call to worship.

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 God's calling us to worship

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 for a specific reason.

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 Well, let's sing about that reason.

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 And I'm conscious now

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 of including the word of God

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 as we sing.

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 That it's not just,

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 you know,

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 something to find,

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 well,

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 we can sing these songs.

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 Can we find a scripture

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 to go in there somewhere?

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 These things,

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 they mean something.

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 They're meant to feed off each other.

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 It's scripture

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 that anchors our affections,

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 that provides doctrinal fuel

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 for our emotional fire.

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 It's not just singing

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 a bunch of songs in a row.

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 It's asking,

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 why are we singing this again?

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 Oh yeah,

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 because God has said this.

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 One of the things

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 that I've sought to,

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 one of the ways

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 to start to communicate

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 the authority of God's word

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 and the importance

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 of God's word

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 is just whenever

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 I'm leading,

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 I want to have a Bible

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 on my piano.

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 So whether I actually

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 use it or not,

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 I just want people

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 to know,

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 this is not like,

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 we're not making this up.

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 We're sitting under

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 the authority

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 of God's word.

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 And if you have opportunity

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 to read a scripture,

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 read it from a Bible.

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 I'm looking for you

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 to read it from a Bible,

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 not from a phone.

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 Not a sin.

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 It's not immoral.

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 It's just,

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 I didn't know,

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 a pastor one time

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 in the church

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 where the senior pastor

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 had fallen,

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 he descended,

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 he became a pastor

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 and he said,

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 he started reading

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 the Bible

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 from a real Bible

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 because he thought

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 it provided a sense

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 of security

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 and confidence

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 and trust in people.

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 Because for years,

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 the pastor and he

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 had read the Bible

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 from the phone.

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 And I said to him,

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 why, like,

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 why do you have to wait

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 for a crisis

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 to do that?

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 Like, don't we want

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 always to build

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 people's confidence

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 in the word of God?

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 In the truth of God?

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 In, you know,

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 this, this does

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 a lot of things.

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 This does one thing.

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 You know,

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 it's,

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 God speaks to us.

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 All kinds of things

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 speak to us here.

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 So it's just

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 a little thing,

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 but over time

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 it can have

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 a big impact.

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 Don't read

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 a scripture

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 casually

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 or quickly.

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 It's okay.

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 We have time.

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 We can read

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 slowly,

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 purposefully.

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 If you're going

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 to make a point

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 in what you're saying,

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 make God's word

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 the point

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 and not what you're saying.

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 Sometimes people

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 read a scripture

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 and they'll say something

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 that's like totally

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 underlayed

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 and do what they just read.

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 Or they won't refer

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 to what they just read.

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 Repeat some of

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 what you just read

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 because I guarantee you,

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 first time you read

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 the scripture,

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 half the people

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 weren't ready.

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 So just remind them.

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 We just read this.

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 We're just so dull.

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 Do you realize

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 how dull we are?

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 When I'm sitting

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 on that side,

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 I realize how dull I am.

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 Like a scripture

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 we read

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 and then it's over.

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 Oh my gosh.

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 It's done.

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 So I really appreciate

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 what someone said.

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 As we just read.

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 Yes, okay.

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 Yes, what was it again?

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 That's right.

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 Amen.

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 I'm with you.

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 Just trying to help people.

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.160
 Okay.

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 Remember Aristotle's

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 rules.

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 Point number two.

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 Remember Aristotle's

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 rules of record.

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 You probably didn't

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 expect to hear that.

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 Years ago,

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 I learned that

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 when Aristotle

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 was communicating,

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 how can we be

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 an effective speaker?

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 Many of you

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 would know that.

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 Three things are needed.

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 Logos, ethos,

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 and pathos.

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 That's what we're talking about.

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 Logos, ethos,

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 what happened.

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 Logos is the truth

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 of what you're saying.

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 You're saying,

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 what I'm saying is true.

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 That's the first part.

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 Make sure

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 what you're saying

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 is true.

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 It's based

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 in God's word.

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 It's not your opinion.

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 It's not your feelings.

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 It's not your perspective

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.920
 and your longings

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 or irritations,

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 your concerns.

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 It's God's

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 eternal,

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 inerrant,

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 sufficient word.

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 It's the truth.

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.539
 John 8,

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 31 and 32,

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 Jesus said,

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 if you abide

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 in my word,

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 you are truly

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 my death.

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 And you will

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.539
 know the truth

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 and the truth

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 will set you free.

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 We're called

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 to be stewards

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 of God's word.

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 We're not innovators,

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 we're not comedians,

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 we're not philosophers,

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 we're not influencers,

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 we're stewards.

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 As Paul says

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 in the first

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 Corinthians 4,

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 this is how

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 one should be regarded

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 not as amazing

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 influencers,

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 as servants of Christ

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 and stewards

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 of the mysteries

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 of God,

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 which is the gospel.

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 So that's log off.

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 What I'm saying

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 is true.

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 Second,

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 ethos,

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 the character

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 of the speaker,

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 and this is saying

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 you should believe me.

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 What I'm saying

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 is true.

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 You should believe me.

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 Look at what Paul says

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 in 1 Thessalonians 2,

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 starting to verse 5,

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 he says,

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 we never came

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.060
 with words of flattery,

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 as you know,

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 or with a pretext

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 to greed.

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 God is wicked,

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 nor did we seek

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 glory from people.

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 Oh, man,

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.380
 does that speak

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.960
 to our age?

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 We didn't seek

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 glory from people,

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 whether from you

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 or from others,

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 though we could have

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.759
 made demands

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 as apostles of Christ,

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 but we were

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 gentle in the morning,

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 like a nursing mother

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 taking care of our

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 women's children.

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 What a beautiful picture.

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 He just calls it in.

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 You should believe this.

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 We're trustworthy.

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 The qualities that

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 can communicate

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.540
 that believability

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 are naturalness,

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 sincerity,

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 a history,

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 a relationship

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 with who you're

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 speaking with,

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 transparency,

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 and see,

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 just looking out

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.000
 at people,

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 all that communicates

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 that is,

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 yeah,

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 you should believe me.

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 Looking at people

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 versus your notes.

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 So if I'm giving you

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 this message like this,

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 for we never came

00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:59.360
 with words of flattery,

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.840
 qualities that can

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.620
 affect ethos

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.480
 are sincerity,

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.740
 naturalness,

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:05.000
 history of relationship,

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.120
 transparency,

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.920
 engagement,

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:08.300
 looking at people

00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:09.240
 versus your notes,

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.580
 varying at people

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:12.420
 versus fine to me,

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.880
 relaxed versus stiff.

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.340
 It's just not

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.900
 unbelievable.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:16.940
 You know,

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:18.160
 it's all the same words,

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:20.320
 but I want you

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:21.040
 to believe me.

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.840
 So that's ethos.

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.580
 And then,

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.740
 that's just a

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.600
 thing about my ethos.

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.740
 Sometimes we get

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.360
 a lot of thinking

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.060
 to reading us

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.480
 because we want

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.120
 to say it's true.

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.140
 Right?

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.340
 So you write out

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:31.720
 in advance,

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:32.860
 I'm sure this is true.

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.220
 But then you read it

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.780
 in a way that

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.700
 it's hard to believe

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.840
 that it's true.

00:25:37.260 --> 00:25:37.960
 Because you just

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.300
 don't sound

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:39.220
 very sincere about it.

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.440
 So,

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.660
 what I'm saying

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.040
 is true,

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.140
 you should believe me,

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.740
 and then that's

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.520
 pathos,

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.280
 the effect

00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:45.860
 on the listener.

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.820
 What I'm saying

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:49.100
 matters.

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.140
 That's pathos.

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.320
 Acts 17,

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.240
 verses 2 and 3.

00:25:56.020 --> 00:25:56.620
 Paul didn't

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.600
 decide the truth.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.480
 He didn't just

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.780
 say it

00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:00.920
 the way

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.540
 it was believable.

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.340
 He sought

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.200
 to impress

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.280
 the relevance

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:06.560
 on his listeners.

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.620
 Acts 17,

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:07.940
 2.

00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:09.440
 And Paul went in,

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.180
 it was his custom,

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.720
 and on three

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.340
 Saturdays.

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.100
 He reasoned

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.400
 with them

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.039
 from the scripture,

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.519
 explaining and

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:16.100
 proving that it

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.860
 was necessary

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.620
 for the Christ

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.220
 to suffer and

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.799
 rise from the

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.080
 dead.

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.840
 And saying,

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.799
 this Jesus,

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.680
 whom I proclaim

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.000
 to you,

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.299
 is the Christ.

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.080
 He's not just

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.700
 reading from

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.180
 the document.

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.920
 He wanted

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.720
 them to believe

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.019
 it.

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.680
 When you

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.060
 stand up

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:33.360
 in front of

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.700
 people,

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.480
 in the gathering

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.279
 of the church,

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.000
 you want them

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.940
 to believe it,

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.980
 and believe

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.860
 that it matters.

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.460
 D.A. Carson

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.740
 said,

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.180
 it's not

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.839
 arrogant

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.960
 to represent

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.059
 as forcefully

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.860
 as we can

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.960
 God's gospel.

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:50.019
 It is simply

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.180
 faithful stewardship.

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.740
 To present

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.880
 as forcefully

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.420
 as we can.

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.579
 Now,

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.059
 obviously,

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.360
 some of these

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.799
 are going to

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.860
 require more

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:59.680
 attention to this

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.360
 than others.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.180
 If you're just

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.120
 making the announcement

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.980
 about the chili

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.240
 cook-off next Sunday,

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.360
 it may not be

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.319
 the time to kick in.

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.079
 It doesn't matter!

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.519
 You must be

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.519
 at the chili

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.400
 cook-off!

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.620
 Okay,

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.279
 hold it back

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.640
 a while.

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.599
 If it's

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.360
 something more

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.120
 important,

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.019
 you want to

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.819
 say it in a

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.240
 way,

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.860
 the Greek

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.339
 is to be

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.539
 better.

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.620
 This really

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.099
 does matter

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.420
 for your

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.720
 life.

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.740
 It really

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:26.960
 does.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:27.960
 All right,

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.380
 number three.

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.700
 Behold the

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.160
 beauty of

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.480
 brevity.

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:33.940
 Number four.

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:33.940


00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:33.940


00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:33.940


00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:33.940


00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:33.940


00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:33.940


00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.940
 Number four.

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:35.940


00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:35.940


00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.940
 Number four.

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:41.240
 Paul,

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:41.880
 that was

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.080
 David

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.380
 Powell

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.900
 in his book

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.080
 called

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.320
 Good and

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.640
 Anger.

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.539
 I didn't

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.960
 read that.

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.180
 Good and

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.340
 Anger.

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.140
 Oh,

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.640
 it's so

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.900
 great.

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.720
 Chapter

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.120
 two.

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.180
 Do you

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.500
 have a

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.779
 serious

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.140
 problem

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.340
 with

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.600
 anger?

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.360
 Yes.

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.299
 Chapter

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.700
 three.

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.880
 It's

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.840
 one page

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.240
 and it

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.460
 comes

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.720
 in front

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:58.860
 of the

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.180
 back.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.000
 I thought

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.220
 that

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.400
 it's

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.779
 brevity.

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.500
 I'm not

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.000
 good at that.

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.059
 Behold the

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.559
 beauty of

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.820
 brevity.

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.240
 It's a good

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.519
 name.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.039
 I couldn't

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.619
 recommend that

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.059
 book highly

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.339
 long.

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.019
 It's

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.299
 everything

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.720
 is weird.

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.220
 All right,

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.000
 say what you

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.660
 need to say.

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.420
 And here's what's

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.220
 helped me over

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.519
 the years and

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.259
 seen it in

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.680
 others.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.519
 One thought,

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.559
 one contrast,

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.420
 one scripture,

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.599
 one application.

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:22.119
 One thought,

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.319
 one contrast,

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.220
 one scripture,

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.460
 one application.

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:50.660
 this is the

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.420
 way the writer of

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.019
 Hebrews makes

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.559
 his case.

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.279
 Hebrews 4,

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.460
 14 through

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.899
 16.

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.819
 It's just,

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.799
 it's so

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.359
 instructive.

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.679
 Since then,

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:05.240
 we have a

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.720
 great high

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.200
 priest who

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.599
 has passed

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:06.839
 from the

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.039
 heavens.

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.679
 Now he's

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.319
 saying since

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.720
 then,

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.099
 because at

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.519
 the end of

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.220
 chapter two,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.159
 he was talking

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.740
 about Jesus

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.599
 being a high

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.079
 priest.

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.460
 And then in

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.419
 chapter three,

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.200
 and the beginning

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.079
 of chapter four,

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.799
 he goes with a

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.399
 little bit of

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:21.039
 an explanation

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.619
 of that.

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.119
 Can we get

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.539
 it over there?

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.819
 Yep.

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.799
 Excellent.

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.980
 So he talks

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:29.139
 about the

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.079
 oath that God

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.399
 has made,

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.779
 the final

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.319
 salvation,

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.159
 Jesus being

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.079
 greater than

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.579
 Moses,

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.259
 how God's

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.679
 people have

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.500
 a rest,

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.460
 have a rest

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.019
 in Christ,

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.139
 and then he's

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.720
 continuing the

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.000
 thought.

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.279
 Since then,

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.759
 we have a

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.179
 great high

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.639
 priest who's

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.019
 passed through

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.379
 the heavens,

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.000
 Jesus the

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.619
 son of God,

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.539
 so that's the

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.779
 thought.

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:47.980
 That's the

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.059
 thought.

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.559
 We know,

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.059
 we have a

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.440
 great high

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.779
 priest.

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.220
 We just

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.700
 talked about

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.000
 it.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.419
 He's just

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.980
 saying that's

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.259
 the fault.

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.940
 He's sealing

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.500
 the line

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.900
 to what he

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.299
 has said.

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.660
 Now then he

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.819
 says,

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.400
 let us hold

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.099
 fast our

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.660
 confession,

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.640
 which he's

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.079
 making an

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.980
 application right

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.180
 here,

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.480
 but we're

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.660
 going to

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.079
 skip over

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.400
 that for

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.620
 now.

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:02.940
 What he

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.299
 does next

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:06.019
 is the

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.299
 highlight,

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.980
 the contrast,

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.920
 for we do

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:08.920


00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.840
 great high

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:11.100
 priest who

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.840
 is unable

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:12.700
 to sympathize

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.039
 with our

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.240
 God.

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.279
 Now

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.680
 isn't that

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.000
 helpful?

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.740
 So if

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.100
 he just

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.680
 left it

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.019
 at,

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.740
 we have a

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.180
 great high

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.140
 priest who

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.680
 has passed

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.019
 through the

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.400
 heavens,

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.900
 so let us

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.560
 draw near to

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:25.900
 the throne

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.500
 of grace.

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.580
 He could have

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:27.940
 said that,

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.259
 but he

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.620
 did it.

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.420
 He inserted

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.500
 what we

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.980
 might be

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.539
 tempted to

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.519
 think about

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.200
 our great

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.740
 high priest.

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.600
 How could

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.400
 this great

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.160
 high priest,

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.680
 one who's

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.220
 unstate,

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.799
 innocent,

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.539
 undefined,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.380
 how could

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.900
 he know

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.200
 that?

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.039
 This is

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.220
 under

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.819
 reminding me.

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.640
 We do

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.200
 not have a

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.740
 high priest

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.299
 who's unable

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.000
 to sympathize

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.340
 with our

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.720
 weaknesses,

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.580
 but one

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:53.960
 who in

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:55.000
 every respect

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.720
 has been

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.920
 tempted as

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.620
 we are,

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.700
 yet without

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.519
 sin.

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.180
 That's the

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:05.039
 scripture part,

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.940
 and it is

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.299
 scripture,

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.320
 so he

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.820
 can't refer

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.140
 to scripture,

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.580
 he's writing

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.000
 scripture,

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.240
 so that's

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.700
 where scripture

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.279
 comes in.

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.039
 Then the

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.519
 application.

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.380
 Let us

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.100
 then,

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:18.059
 with confidence,

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.720
 draw near to

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.160
 the throne of

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.400
 grace,

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.820
 and we will

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.720
 receive mercy

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.559
 and find grace

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.680
 to help in

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.519
 time of need.

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.279
 Oh,

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.660
 we can't

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:27.840
 come.

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.539
 So we have

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.519
 this truth,

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.840
 you repeat

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.160
 it,

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.360
 you hide

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.660
 it in

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.539
 contrast with

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.640
 it,

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.080
 then you

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:35.000
 tell the

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.559
 scripture,

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.019
 it confirms

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.580
 what's really

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:38.059
 true,

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:38.980
 and then

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.380
 you say,

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.259
 this is what

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.600
 we should

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.000
 do in

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.460
 response.

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:42.980
 So,

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.940
 in our

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.799
 context,

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.420
 it could be

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.180
 after singing

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.100
 a song like,

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.759
 all

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.019
 who's

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.500
 our God

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.640
 and

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.940
 King,

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.740
 let all

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.180
 things that

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.640
 create

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.660
 are blessed,

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.740
 and worship

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.460
 him in

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.700
 humbleness.

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.019
 We're

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.700
 finishing the

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.080
 song,

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.100
 and you

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.700
 want to make

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.019
 transition to

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.539
 the next

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.080
 song,

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.500
 which is,

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:05.980
 he who

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.480
 is mighty,

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.100
 oh,

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.759
 the mercy

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.620
 of God

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.480
 is strong,

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:09.900
 or could

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.120
 be his

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.559
 mercy is

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.840
 more,

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.319
 his mercy

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.039
 is more,

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.100
 let's do that.

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.019
 So you go,

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.779
 we just say,

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.559
 love the things

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.160
 that create a

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.600
 blessed,

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.240
 and worship

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.720
 in a

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.660
 humbleness.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.620
 You know,

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.160
 so often,

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.600
 we worship

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.200
 that not in

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.700
 humbleness,

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.059
 but in

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.480
 time,

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.620
 thinking we're

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.240
 somehow earning

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.039
 points for our

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.480
 devotion,

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.519
 or our

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.920
 passion,

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.279
 or even

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.480
 our

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.819
 attendance,

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.120
 hey,

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.620
 we showed

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.039
 up.

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.480
 You know,

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.920
 but because

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.579
 we sinned

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.079
 against the

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.860
 holy God

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.220
 and need

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.759
 mercy,

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.839
 the only way

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.120
 that we

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.740
 really approach

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.680
 God is

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.400
 humbling.

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.819
 That's the

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.299
 only way we

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.819
 can come to

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.079
 heaven.

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.940
 Listen to

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.259
 how Paul

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.180
 reminds Titus

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:48.099
 and us

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:49.240
 of that fact

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.000
 in Titus 3,

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.660
 verse 4.

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.680
 When the

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.160
 goodness and

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.819
 loving kindness

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.440
 of God our

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.079
 Savior appeared,

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.000
 he saved us,

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.299
 not because of

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.059
 works done by

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.400
 us in

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.880
 righteousness,

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.460
 but according

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.279
 to his

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.880
 own

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:02.019
 mercy.

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.579
 Isn't that

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.000
 amazing?

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.460
 Isn't that

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.160
 really easy?

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.779
 Doesn't that

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.279
 lift the

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.720
 burden of

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.180
 all of us?

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.620
 Let's rejoice

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.220
 in the abundance

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.380
 of mercy that

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.180
 God has provided

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.839
 for us in

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.640
 Christ as we

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.000
 sing it

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.500
 in that song.

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.940
 Praise the

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.620
 Lord,

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.640
 his mercy

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.299
 is more.

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.400
 So I'm just

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.039
 tying those

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.759
 things together

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.480
 so it's not

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.900
 just like,

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.759
 here's a song,

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.099
 hey,

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.440
 here's something

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.839
 I'm talking

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.160
 about,

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:26.539
 hey,

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.940
 here's another

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.279
 song.

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.579
 I just

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:28.920
 want to

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:30.579
 bring those

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.879
 together,

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.440
 but I want

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.759
 to do it

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.079
 briefly.

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.639
 So behold

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.019
 the beauty

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.359
 of liberty.

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.299
 If I don't

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.940
 think about

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.279
 that in

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.759
 advance,

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.259
 I'm going to

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.940
 take five

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.519
 sentences for

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.859
 the first

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.200
 part,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.599
 ten sentences

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.019
 for the last

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.519
 part,

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.039
 look for the

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.879
 scripture somewhere,

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.180
 and then ten

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.700
 sentences for the

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.940
 advocate.

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.519
 It's just going

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.319
 to get really

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.740
 wrong,

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.779
 but that just

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.200
 helps me

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.539
 just say,

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:50.879
 ah,

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.240
 here's what

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.460
 went.

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.519
 Get it.

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:54.099
 number four,

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.799
 don't

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.279
 underestimate

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.660
 the value

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.779
 of

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.180
 preparation.

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:57.940
 Yeah,

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.200
 kind of

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.500
 just what

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.799
 else we're

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.039
 thinking.

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:00.059
 It can

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.440
 take,

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.920
 for two

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.339
 minutes of

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.639
 speaking,

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:02.980
 it can

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.339
 take an

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.759
 hour of

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.200
 preparations.

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.099
 I forget

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.319
 what the

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.680
 question it

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.920
 was,

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.139
 but they

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.360
 said,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.699
 how long

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:11.039
 do you need

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.579
 to prepare

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.480
 to speak

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.800
 on this

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.179
 topic?

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.699
 And he

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:14.860
 said,

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.159
 well,

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.300
 if you

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.780
 want me

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.679
 to give

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:20.179
 a ten

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.780
 minute song

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.000
 read,

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.280
 it'll tell

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.579
 you about

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.000
 a week.

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.259
 If you

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.199
 want me

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.400
 to,

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.719
 I think

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:24.880
 it was

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.059
 two

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.420
 minutes,

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.239
 ten minutes

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.480
 somewhere

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.779
 you got

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:26.960
 in a

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.159
 couple

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.400
 day.

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.299
 If you

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:29.259
 want to

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.799
 give me

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.119
 an hour,

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.420
 I can

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.799
 start

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.019
 talking

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.480
 right now.

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.360
 And that's

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.699
 how he

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.199
 can do it.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:37.199
 Just let

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.599
 me go.

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.139
 I'll just

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.659
 say everything

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:38.960
 I know

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.299
 about this

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:39.500
 topic.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.779
 It's

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:42.440
 hard to

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.239
 say something

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.099
 that is

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.779
 true,

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.639
 that is

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.159
 believable,

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.000
 and that

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.759
 matters in

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.239
 a brief

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.779
 amount of

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:51.019
 time without

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.420
 thinking

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.039
 having to

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.440
 say it.

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.480
 You should

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.319
 appreciate the

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:55.880
 fact that I've

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.519
 reviewed these

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.860
 notes.

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.699
 And we're not

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.239
 just talking

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.699
 off the

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:01.960
 cup.

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.779
 I do go

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.199
 off the

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.579
 cup at

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.980
 times,

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.639
 but I prepare

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.699
 the message in

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.360
 such a way

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.880
 that it's

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.559
 not like a

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.259
 whole message

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:12.799
 plus the

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:13.559
 extra stuff

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.079
 that I put

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.460
 in there.

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.420
 It can be

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.940
 helpful right

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.360
 now when you

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.719
 play this

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:17.960
 thing.

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:19.119
 say, for

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:21.159
 years, I've

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.400
 worked with

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.639
 C.J.

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.460
 Mahaney, and

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:24.220
 he's taught

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:26.159
 me more than

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.019
 anyone about

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.740
 what I do,

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.740
 about how to

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.199
 do what I

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.179
 do, and

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.500
 that is a

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.760
 way that

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.340
 pleases the

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.920
 Lord and

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.920
 encourages God's

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.139
 people.

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.500
 But he said

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.980
 to me years

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.559
 ago, and

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.980
 then he said

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.840
 to me just a

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.480
 few years ago,

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.500
 I can tell the

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.199
 difference between

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.079
 when you plan to

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.619
 say something

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.119
 and when you

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.420
 don't.

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:45.059
 I didn't

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.659
 ask him for

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.180
 clarification.

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.480
 I knew it.

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.440
 Because I knew

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.659
 it.

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.619
 I knew it.

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.480
 When I thought,

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.079
 oh, I'm going

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.400
 to make that

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.119
 transition here.

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.639
 Don't do this

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.840
 anymore.

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.240
 I'm going to

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.500
 make that

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.840
 transition.

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.700
 I knew it.

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.720
 And you get

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.460
 there, and you

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.900
 just start

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.340
 talking.

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.860
 And either

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.639
 it's confusing,

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:03.019
 or it's wrong,

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.559
 or it's boring,

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.180
 or it doesn't

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:06.180
 make sense, or

00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:07.300
 you say the

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.700
 same thing

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.420
 four times.

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.480
 There's all

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.980
 kinds of ways

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.280
 you could go

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.559
 wrong.

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:14.700
 So what I

00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:14.539
 found helpful is

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.000
 to do this on

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.559
 a page, you

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.619
 know, 24-point

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.519
 aerial, how to

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.559
 fit on that

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.780
 page.

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.519
 Now I use

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.180
 word count,

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.780
 because I use

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.099
 everything.

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:25.019
 And it's

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.059
 generally about

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:27.119
 100 words a

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.360
 minute.

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.880
 That's what I

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.000
 do.

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.519
 But I know

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.019
 that it's

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.180
 up.

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.400
 So testimony,

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.000
 100-word

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.440
 testimony, it's

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.659
 going to take

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.119
 five minutes.

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:37.180
 So we, yeah,

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:38.200
 we're trying to

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:39.000
 end up according

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.260
 to that.

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.579
 So yeah, just

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.539
 know how long

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:41.960
 it takes your

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.360
 six-step, and

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:45.280
 what you're

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.820
 trying to go

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.079
 for.

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.639
 Because we

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.139
 can so often

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.679
 give ourselves

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.000
 slack on this,

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.639
 and then the

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.159
 meetings just

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.380
 expand to this

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.539
 unwieldy amount

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:55.079
 of time, because

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.659
 we just haven't

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.980
 given the

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.400
 thought to a

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.840
 good dance.

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.139
 But don't

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.480
 read it.

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.940
 If you write

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.300
 it, don't

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.760
 read it.

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.820
 I found it

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.320
 helpful just

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.619
 to use

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.320
 sentences,

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.679
 separate it,

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.220
 rather than

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:05.720
 paragraphs.

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.380
 If you use a

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.000
 paragraph to

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.440
 read something,

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.500
 a paragraph,

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.940
 you're trying to

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.900
 find where you

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.500
 are going to be

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.720
 better.

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.160
 Sentences you

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:13.700
 can just go

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.440
 from one to

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.760
 the other.

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.360
 It makes

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:15.880
 your nose

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.920
 longer, but

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.519
 it's, I'm

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.380
 not, I'm

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.639
 not a lot

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.860
 of that.

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.820
 It doesn't, I'm

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.139
 not killing

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.639
 any trees.

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.300
 It helps me

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.119
 look up and

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.680
 look down,

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.639
 because I'm

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:27.960
 not going to

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.619
 find myself,

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.519
 find my

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.260
 perfect page.

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:33.360
 don't assume

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.680
 the value of

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.180
 preparation.

00:37:36.580 --> 00:37:37.040
 Number five,

00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:37.840
 don't assume

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.480
 every space

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.880
 must be

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.140
 built.

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.840
 While there's

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.620
 no rule that

00:37:43.620 --> 00:37:44.260
 says you can't

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.800
 say something

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.520
 between everything,

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.320
 it's really not

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.920
 a good idea.

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.840
 You only need

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.480
 a road sign

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.120
 on your turn.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.780
 You only need

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.720
 signs saying

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.240
 it's not like

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.900
 Bucky's sign.

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.160
 Do you have

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.800
 Bucky's up here?

00:37:54.020 --> 00:37:54.500
 Is Bucky's

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.060
 really up here?

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.480
 No.

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.520
 Some sort.

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:59.280
 When you get

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.039
 south,

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:03.320
 they put signs

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.559
 every few miles.

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.759
 Hey, Bucky's

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.559
 90 miles away,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:08.179
 80 miles away,

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:09.699
 7 miles away.

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.159
 It's just

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.900
 unbelievable

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.460
 the money

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.039
 they put into

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.300
 that.

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.860
 It's just

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.539
 a glorified

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:16.000
 gas station

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.280
 stop.

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.840
 But it is,

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.579
 it's huge.

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.039
 It is an

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.579
 experience in

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:18.820
 itself.

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.079
 That's one of

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.619
 those awful

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.920
 walls.

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.559
 I should have

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:21.880
 included.

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:28.660
 You only need

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:29.400
 a road sign

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.340
 when you

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.619
 turn.

00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:32.000
 Don't assume

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.640
 everything needs

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.200
 an introduction

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:34.280
 or transition,

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.460
 especially if

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.000
 someone else

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.460
 has spoken.

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:38.460
 So, for instance,

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.340
 after a message,

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.860
 generally what

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.559
 I'll say is,

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.420
 let's stand

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.720
 together.

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.400
 And then we'll

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.820
 see this one.

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.400
 Occasionally

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.760
 they'll have a

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.260
 reason to say

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.599
 something,

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:52.199
 but if

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.759
 he's just

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.799
 talking for

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.639
 four or five

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:54.960
 minutes,

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.659
 we should

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.380
 have an idea

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.839
 of why we're

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.199
 going to sing

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.579
 a song.

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.860
 So, if it's

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.460
 the right song,

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.799
 we're just

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.199
 singing the

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.460
 song.

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.159
 Plans, you

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.480
 don't have to

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.059
 sing too

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.500
 much.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.599
 You can

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.279
 think about

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.799
 the ending

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.319
 and beginning

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:10.059
 of songs

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.980
 and prayers

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.659
 and scriptures.

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.639
 It's not

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.639
 always definitively

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.139
 helpful.

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.400
 So, if

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.779
 you're saying,

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.679
 how long

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.079
 time is my

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.480
 savior's love

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.679
 for me,

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:24.460
 here is love

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.380
 that dies

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.980
 the head.

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.440
 The end of

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.300
 one song

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.099
 just goes

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.800
 beautifully

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.840
 in the beginning

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.420
 of the next

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:31.659
 song.

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.079
 Okay,

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.900
 number six,

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.539
 don't assume

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.860
 you have to

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.179
 play your

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.740
 instrument while

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.199
 you're speaking.

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.579
 you have to

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.460
 read the

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.059
 one instrument

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:42.059
 don't assume

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.500
 you just

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.299
 have to

00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:43.719
 noodle

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.519
 aimlessly

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.719
 behind,

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.419
 you know,

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.599
 as you're

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.079
 talking to

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.419
 people

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:49.500
 and just

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:49.799
 kind of

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.279
 keep playing

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:50.679
 stuff

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.539
 because

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.819
 I don't

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.039
 know,

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:53.559
 actually,

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.179
 because it's

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.399
 just,

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:57.159
 you have to

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.719
 play stuff

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.159
 under your

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.559
 speaking.

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.900
 but it's

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.320
 just kind

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.799
 of annoying

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.420
 actually.

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:03.920
 When you're

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.340
 just kind

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:04.440
 of

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.719
 noodle

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.320
 and it's

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.519
 just,

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.980
 I see

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.519
 people do it

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.059
 again and

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.440
 again and

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.619
 again,

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:08.980
 so that's

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.199
 why I'm

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.699
 saying that.

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.440
 Don't feel

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.679
 like you

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:10.960
 have to

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.279
 play the

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.480
 minute.

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.099
 Number seven,

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.799
 consider the

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.400
 beginning and

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.719
 end to

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.179
 believe in

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.259
 these

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:15.779
 transitions.

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.279
 From daily

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.719
 life,

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.259
 from encounter

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.820
 God together,

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.299
 that's the

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:20.599
 call of

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:20.840
 worship.

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:21.940
 You do

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.559
 this life

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.460
 out there,

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.320
 and now

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.679
 you're

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.059
 worshiping

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.360
 God,

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.039
 scatter,

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.860
 now we're

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.220
 worshiping

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:29.079
 God together.

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.280
 So let's

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.720
 take that

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:31.380
 into account

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.800
 at the

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.019
 beginning,

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.960
 and then

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.400
 as a

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.840
 benediction

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.180
 at the

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.420
 end,

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:34.960
 we're

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.200
 going

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.400
 from

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.539
 the

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.740
 gathering

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.019
 worship

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.320
 of the

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.539
 church

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:36.940
 to the

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.220
 scattered

00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:37.460
 worship

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.720
 of the

00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:37.960
 church.

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.660
 Let's

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.039
 talk about

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.440
 what we're

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.880
 sending

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.539
 people out.

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.599
 So I

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:41.780
 just want

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.059
 to take a

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.579
 few minutes

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 here to,

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 let's

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 go for

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 transitions,

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 music

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 transitions,

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 talk about

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 what should

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 we say,

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 what should

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 we play,

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 you don't

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 want to spend

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 a lot of

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 time on

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 this.

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 Let me

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 just say

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 that they

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 can be

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 helpful,

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 they're not

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 crucial.

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 Here's some

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 of the

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 benefits.

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 They can

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 minimize

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:06.000
 distractions

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 between

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 elements,

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 they can

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 set the

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:08.899
 emotional tone

00:41:08.899 --> 00:41:09.119
 of what

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 you've just

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 done,

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 what was

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 just said,

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 at the end

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 of our

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 meeting,

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 I'll

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 definitely

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 play

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 whatever

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 song

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.659
 we

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:15.960
 just

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 finish

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 with,

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 just

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 kind

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 of

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 like

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 it's

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 a

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 buffer

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 before

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 you

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 put

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 music

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 over

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 the

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 speakers.

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 It just

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 keeps people

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 remembering

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 what we

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 just did.

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 It can

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 kind of

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 reflect

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 like a

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 sail-off.

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 It can

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 complement

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 the emotional

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 tone of

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 what's

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 being

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 spoken.

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 so if

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 we're,

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 you know,

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.440
 if we're,

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 if it's

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 something

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 reverent,

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 you're

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.460
 praying,

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:44.839
 you play

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 something

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 that's

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:45.879
 reverent,

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 not

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 listening.

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 It can

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 amplify

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 or complement

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 the tone

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 of what's

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 being

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 done.

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 It can

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 be

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 changing

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 speakers

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 without

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 being

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 left

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 awkward.

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 So when

00:42:00.899 --> 00:42:01.319
 someone's

00:42:01.319 --> 00:42:01.960
 walking up

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 to the

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 platform,

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 I,

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.699
 no,

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.019
 I just

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 want to

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:06.039
 finish the

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.379
 song.

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 I,

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 rather than

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 just

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 echo

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 space,

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 someone's

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:21.599
 coming up

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 to pray.

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 I'm not

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 creating a

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.139
 song,

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 I'm not

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.940
 making a

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.259
 melody,

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 I mean,

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.480
 I'm not

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.059
 creating

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 ongoing

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 things,

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.480
 it's just,

00:42:30.899 --> 00:42:31.299
 we're just

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:31.579
 here,

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:31.980
 we're just

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.379
 waiting,

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:33.119
 going to

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:37.519
 do it.

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.460
 So that's

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.059
 how musical

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.720
 transitions

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:40.119
 can be

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 helpful.

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:41.980
 They can

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.220
 be done

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.480
 with a

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.220
 synth pad,

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:45.079
 most commonly

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.500
 done.

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.700
 You can

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.180
 play the

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.500
 intro,

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:48.740
 the

00:42:48.740 --> 00:42:49.039
 outro,

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.860
 a song

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.500
 you've just

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:50.900
 done.

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.780
 You can

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.900
 play just

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.480
 a harmonic

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.980
 progression

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.640
 that's

00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:56.380
 unrelated

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:57.780
 to what

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.019
 you've

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.340
 done,

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 so

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.400
 just

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 a

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.800
 one

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 or

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 four,

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 just a

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 D,

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 and a

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 D sub,

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 just a

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 D,

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 and a

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 D sub,

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 and you're

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 not,

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 you're not

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 going on

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 a,

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00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:32.800
 It could be dross.

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:34.260
 That will sometimes start.

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:36.500
 Sometimes will start a song with dross.

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:42.179
 Yeah, key or temporal saying, you don't need transition.

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:44.179
 Back in the 70s, we do all these songs.

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:49.859
 What am I to God we serve?

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:52.859
 What am I to God we serve?

00:43:54.339 --> 00:43:57.359
 Our Lord God, God was made by heaven.

00:43:57.480 --> 00:44:00.199
 And He provided by great power.

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:02.559
 No hope and joy of God.

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:03.839
 I am higher.

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:06.299
 Grace is a picture for me.

00:44:06.399 --> 00:44:06.899
 I am.

00:44:06.899 --> 00:44:07.519
 I am.

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:08.299
 It's really.

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.899
 I'm not heard of that.

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.919
 It's a very good.

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.920
 It's really good.

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:19.099
 It wasn't like we were really getting ready to sing songs.

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:21.119
 It was just, hey, we can do all these songs together.

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:24.639
 So we'll just say, that could be really overrated.

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.820
 Hey, it's the same tempestate, you're keen.

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:30.300
 Sometimes we'll say, well, are the songs the same key?

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:34.380
 It could be great if they're in the same key, but they don't have to be the same key.

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:35.139
 You know what?

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:39.380
 You can just finish a song and then start another song.

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:49.180
 Just start the song and then finish.

00:44:49.180 --> 00:44:53.099
 It's really hard.

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:57.480
 Draw back a musical tribute.

00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:08.599
 So, yeah, just don't give so much time to do rehearsal where you're practicing these transitions and thinking, oh, we've got to make this, you know, beautiful transition.

00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:12.179
 That people are more conscious of the transition.

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:16.380
 And everybody in the congregation, you know, they're in this cool transition.

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.500
 No, I'm saying not Jesus.

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.779
 No, I'm saying not what we're saying about.

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:19.639
 It's just this transition.

00:45:19.779 --> 00:45:20.500
 It's so cool.

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:29.139
 You know, just stop the song, you know, and then the drawbacks of music transitions.

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:32.480
 They convince people to think that music is the same thing as the Holy Spirit.

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:34.579
 We're involved with years ago, folks.

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:34.940
 Why?

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:37.000
 A synthesizer isn't the Holy Spirit.

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:42.059
 It was the most read ballpost I ever heard.

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:45.779
 Not because everyone's just jumping on the bandwagon and encouraging.

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:46.400
 Yeah.

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:49.059
 Because there's a lot of pushback on that.

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:50.000
 That was true from my point.

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:55.840
 It can lead people to think that God needs music to act or to speak or to show up.

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:58.880
 I know this quote from the whole best, music to the other day.

00:45:59.279 --> 00:46:01.539
 Christian musicians must be particularly cautious.

00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:06.199
 They can create impressions of God as more precious than you can be made and when it is not.

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:08.779
 It works as more possible with the music for the God.

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:11.019
 Let God not possibly depend on the standards.

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:15.019
 We need to be cautious about that.

00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:19.300
 It can create distractions.

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:24.179
 You know, when someone's playing a song behind the speaker, you think about the song when you're listening to the speaker.

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:26.800
 Okay, sometimes it's too loud or too busy.

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.400
 Those good things.

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:28.980
 So guidelines.

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:35.360
 If you're in charge of a musical transition, be willing to evaluate what you do.

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:40.239
 Encourage your musicians to pay attention to what's being said.

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:47.940
 We, every Sunday morning, we'll take our musicians after we've gathered and we'll talk through the whole meeting.

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.679
 We do that here.

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:49.940
 Talk through the whole meeting.

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.159
 This is what we're saying.

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:53.059
 This is this scripture we're saying we're going through.

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:54.719
 This is why we're doing what we're doing.

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:59.419
 That's so that we're more mindful of the content that we're using.

00:46:59.419 --> 00:47:01.159
 Think creatively.

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:05.919
 Rather than creating the simple, rather than creating the complex for transitions.

00:47:06.919 --> 00:47:08.319
 Vary transitions.

00:47:09.919 --> 00:47:12.919
 You know, like I said, you don't have to have the musical transition.

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:19.139
 And then some other transitions that we can consider congregational.

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:26.039
 We've done this here where the transition from one song to another is he does.

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:28.420
 It's just people singing.

00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:30.619
 Isn't that a glorious thing?

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:34.000
 Again, not just because of the sound, but because of who sings.

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:41.879
 We, the Holy Spirit, is producing these sounds from our hearts that are magnifying hearts and encouraging each other.

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:45.579
 That could be a way of getting one place to another.

00:47:46.720 --> 00:47:47.160
 Clapping.

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:49.660
 Although you guys saw the gross stuff in that and you are.

00:47:51.240 --> 00:47:52.480
 We're not clapping.

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:57.119
 We don't clap in a meeting because, man, everything's just been so great up here.

00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:59.519
 Clapping is a biblical form of expression.

00:48:00.200 --> 00:48:01.420
 It's a form of celebration.

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.860
 It's a form of joy.

00:48:03.640 --> 00:48:05.140
 It's also a form of trying.

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.840
 Or just being an enemy.

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:14.700
 So all those reasons, that time, when you sung, you know, here in the power of Christ I stand.

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:19.120
 You know, no power of hell, no scheme of man can never pluck me from his hand.

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:21.700
 Till he returns and calls me home.

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:23.000
 Here in the power of Christ I stand.

00:48:23.140 --> 00:48:24.059
 Yes, I do.

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:26.079
 Yes, we do stand in the power of Christ.

00:48:26.160 --> 00:48:28.100
 Yes, we are happy about that.

00:48:28.280 --> 00:48:29.640
 We are so glad.

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 And we give up clapping to things that are so worthless.

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 So time-borne, so irrelevant and unimportant.

00:48:38.160 --> 00:48:47.019
 So I'm a big proponent of, at the appropriate time, a congregation being so amazed by the things we're singing.

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:52.599
 Sometimes, after the scripture reading, I'm just like, I love it.

00:48:53.720 --> 00:48:55.700
 You don't want to be like, hey, what are you doing?

00:48:55.699 --> 00:49:02.879
 No, no affection, no, just show reverence, okay?

00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:06.299
 You know, what's the verse that you hear?

00:49:06.699 --> 00:49:07.819
 I thought I was consuming fine.

00:49:07.899 --> 00:49:08.960
 I want to consume you.

00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:11.559
 Can you hold the reverence?

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:14.079
 It is, there can be a reverence.

00:49:14.739 --> 00:49:15.699
 Rejoice for a friend.

00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:17.759
 So that's the time to that point.

00:49:18.839 --> 00:49:19.480
 All right.

00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:21.000
 Spontaneous.

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:23.079
 You can do spontaneous transitions.

00:49:23.919 --> 00:49:24.939
 We've done some of those here.

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:31.860
 C.J. said to the event, the Holy Spirit helps us plan, but our plans are not the Holy Spirit.

00:49:33.400 --> 00:49:34.740
 Just good to remember that.

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:40.720
 When we think the Holy Spirit helps us plan, but doesn't actually help us during the meeting,

00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:46.820
 we're disregarding scriptural testimony found in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14.

00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:59.660
 We're not only that we're missing pastoral opportunities and potentially developing a liturgical part, which is, we are so proud that we're doing everything right.

00:49:59.659 --> 00:50:00.159
 We're not.

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:03.699
 We don't want to turn into a liturgical part.

00:50:03.699 --> 00:50:06.159
 None of the dishes are racist.

00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:08.960
 We don't want to do these racist.

00:50:09.619 --> 00:50:09.619


00:50:09.619 --> 00:50:09.619


00:50:09.619 --> 00:50:11.119
 It's good to have a good energy.

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:12.500
 It's good to have a good energy.

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.960
 It's good to have a strong energy.

00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:16.659
 But we don't want that to ever get in the way.

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:18.239
 You know, we might change things here

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:20.000
 because it seems that something's different.

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:24.739
 Silence can be a transition.

00:50:26.139 --> 00:50:27.980
 Just letting things,

00:50:28.859 --> 00:50:31.380
 I read when your teacher said that

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:33.039
 complete silence can be jarring

00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:35.079
 to the atmosphere of worship.

00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:38.039
 I said, what's on the back of 220?

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:40.199
 The Lord is in his holy temple

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:42.199
 that all the earth keeps silence before him.

00:50:43.059 --> 00:50:44.619
 I'm just going to draw a worship atmosphere.

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:46.380
 Well, maybe.

00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:47.900
 But I'm going to think so.

00:50:48.599 --> 00:50:50.259
 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal,

00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:52.300
 there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:55.400
 It's just a time of reflection.

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:59.699
 And then prayer can serve as a transition.

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.219
 Let me just say this.

00:51:02.300 --> 00:51:04.259
 Don't let prayer become a filler.

00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:11.620
 And use longer prayers can use an introduction.

00:51:12.420 --> 00:51:13.960
 Can benefit from an introduction.

00:51:15.740 --> 00:51:16.640
 Something like this.

00:51:17.640 --> 00:51:19.600
 You know, so we've just sung the song with the line

00:51:19.600 --> 00:51:21.700
 about all the enemies were fighting

00:51:21.700 --> 00:51:23.380
 those without it and those within them.

00:51:24.240 --> 00:51:25.940
 It's a word that you feel the world's broken.

00:51:26.640 --> 00:51:27.680
 So we just say this song.

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:28.800
 You feel the world's broken.

00:51:29.380 --> 00:51:30.740
 You know, it is broken.

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:31.840
 We know what's coming.

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:33.200
 But it's broken.

00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:36.500
 So in the meantime, God has invited us to pray

00:51:36.500 --> 00:51:38.279
 to bring a request to this song.

00:51:38.399 --> 00:51:39.139
 So we're going to do that.

00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:42.739
 So just tie it together in a similar way.

00:51:43.379 --> 00:51:45.019
 Root your prayers in God's promises,

00:51:45.219 --> 00:51:46.419
 not simply our responses.

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:49.239
 So that's about it.

00:51:49.259 --> 00:51:50.879
 Each Sunday we have these opportunities

00:51:50.879 --> 00:51:53.659
 to help people understand

00:51:53.659 --> 00:51:56.159
 how all this is fitting together.

00:51:56.679 --> 00:51:59.099
 So it's one thing to determine what we're going to do,

00:51:59.099 --> 00:52:01.519
 but we can't really create that

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:03.480
 until we understand why it's fitting together.

00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:05.420
 So if you're the one who's planning,

00:52:05.679 --> 00:52:07.000
 let's get attention to that.

00:52:07.739 --> 00:52:09.380
 And if you're the one who's following,

00:52:09.980 --> 00:52:11.420
 let's, the following is a message,

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:14.480
 let's try and figure out how all these things fit together.

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:17.920
 It will so encourage other people.

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:20.800
 It will so edify them.

00:52:21.480 --> 00:52:23.059
 And it will bring glory to God.

00:52:24.219 --> 00:52:26.840
 Father, we're going to go to lunch from here.

00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:29.940
 And we'll see what we want.

00:52:30.900 --> 00:52:32.360
 Is this to make any sense?

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:33.460
 Yeah.

00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:35.300
 This is an area,

00:52:35.480 --> 00:52:37.440
 there's just not a lot out there on,

00:52:38.099 --> 00:52:39.119
 but it's so,

00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.800
 it can be so hot.

00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:42.960
 So Father, we pray,

00:52:43.060 --> 00:52:46.039
 we ask that you would help us,

00:52:46.800 --> 00:52:47.860
 as planners,

00:52:48.120 --> 00:52:50.180
 give thought to how we put things together

00:52:50.180 --> 00:52:51.840
 and why we put things together

00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:56.000
 and how we explain that they're together,

00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:57.340
 the word that they are.

00:52:57.980 --> 00:53:00.300
 And we pray that you'd help us to do that

00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:00.940
 with humility,

00:53:01.960 --> 00:53:02.840
 with diligence,

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:03.680
 with skill,

00:53:04.560 --> 00:53:08.060
 in a way that truly encourages the churches who serve.

00:53:08.060 --> 00:53:09.940
 Lord Mayor, churches see a difference.

00:53:10.780 --> 00:53:12.079
 They start to realize,

00:53:12.260 --> 00:53:13.559
 not that we're just saying a lot more,

00:53:13.639 --> 00:53:15.139
 but that things make a lot more sense.

00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:17.599
 That's our prayer,

00:53:17.900 --> 00:53:20.200
 that Jesus might be glorified,

00:53:20.380 --> 00:53:22.940
 that we might be drawn to know Him better,

00:53:23.980 --> 00:53:24.880
 love Him more,

00:53:25.220 --> 00:53:25.740
 and pray Him,

00:53:26.360 --> 00:53:27.240
 and follow us.

00:53:28.360 --> 00:53:29.420
 And we thank you,

00:53:29.460 --> 00:53:30.960
 we thank you for this food

00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:32.440
 that we're about to receive.

00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:34.500
 It is a gift from you,

00:53:34.679 --> 00:53:35.599
 as is everything,

00:53:35.700 --> 00:53:36.820
 every good and perfect gift.

00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:38.760
 So we thank you for it,

00:53:38.820 --> 00:53:40.580
 and we enjoy it for your glory.

00:53:41.300 --> 00:53:42.559
 And we've got our fine patients,

00:53:42.780 --> 00:53:43.600
 in Jesus' name,

00:53:44.200 --> 00:53:44.480
 Amen.

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:44.980
 Amen.

00:53:44.980 --> 00:53:45.240
 Amen.

00:53:45.239 --> 00:53:45.339
 Amen.