Hello, friends, we
want to formally welcome you
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again to another edition
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of the General
Conference Global Camp Meeting,
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and we were thankful
that you are joining us.
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During this particular
session, myself, Ryan Day,
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and my good friend, Tim Parton,
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both of us
representing 3ABN Ministry.
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We're going to be talking
about roles in corporate worship
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whether you're leading,
whether you're following,
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whether you're singing
along, participating in general,
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we're going to be talking about
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how you can make
your corporate worship
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a better, more
organized experience
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when it comes to the
musical aspect of things.
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But before we go any further
and get into our content,
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we're going to have a prayer.
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So I'm going to
ask my friend Tim
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to pray for us.
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Father God, what an
honor it is to serve You.
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What an honor it
is to worship You.
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And it is the cry of my heart
to honor and lift up Your name.
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And so I pray that as we worship
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and as we explain
what we've learned
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and how to worship You,
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that will be
more pleasing to You,
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that we might be able
to express our worship
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in a more tangible way.
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I pray that You will
be honored and glorified
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and that we will all draw closer
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and be drawn
closer through knowing
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how to love you more.
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This is our prayer
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you, Tim.
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Worship, worship
is vitally important.
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The Bible says
that we must worship Him
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in spirit and in truth.
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It's essential to
our experience with God.
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And it's kind of the
epicenter of our relationship
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in our experience with our Lord.
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And so we're going
to be talking about
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the corporate role aspect
of leading out and worship,
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participating and singing,
and bringing praise to God
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through the form of music.
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And Tim and I, as
he said in his prayer,
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and as we're going
to continue communicate
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throughout this time together,
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you know, we have a
little bit of experience
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not that we're
professionals in this.
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It's not we have
it all figured out,
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certainly but
little bit of experience
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and some tips and tricks
and things over the years
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that I believe is
vitally important in including
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and considering when
you are either leading out
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in a worship experience
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or just simply
participating in any capacity.
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I'm going to get right into this
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because as I was
thinking about Lord...
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You know, when we're approaching
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you in worship,
when we're about to come
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together as the Bible says
an assemble ourselves together
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to give praise, to give worship
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and homage to our God
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in an organized
collective fashion.
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Lord, how we do we...
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Can you just jump into
that, you just, you know,
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kind of dive
headfirst into that experience,
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maybe some people do,
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but the Lord had up
on my heart, years ago,
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and I've done
this for, you know,
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for many years now
as I prepare whether
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I'm leading out or
whether I'm participating.
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I'd like to prepare the soil,
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I guess, prepare
the heart to be ready
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for that worship experience.
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You know, seeking
the Lord in prayer
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is absolutely vitally important.
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So I encourage that
when you are preparing,
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again, to lead
out or just simply
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participating in a
worship experience,
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prepare the soil,
prepare the soil of your heart
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for that worship experience.
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So prayer would be, number one,
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make sure that you are going
to Lord in prayer and saying,
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"Lord, I'm coming
into Your presence.
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I'm preparing myself to
bow before You to give you
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the praise and the
worship that You deserve."
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And I believe the Lord
in that prayerful experience
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will help prepare your mind
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and your heart
for that experience,
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of course, always
meditating on His Word, right?
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The Word of the Lord is
just full of beautiful gems,
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dealing with worship and
how to prepare for worship,
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how to get into that
worshipful mentality.
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And today, we're
going to be talking about
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the musical aspect,
we're going to be talking about
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how music is vitally important,
and some of the things
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that we can do to
have a more organized
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and a more reverential and more,
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a just an overall
better experience in worship.
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But I think, obviously,
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one of the most important things
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is that we
understand that worship,
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in general, is just simply,
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it's not an event necessarily,
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it's not something
necessarily that we do,
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but it's basically the
attitude of the heart, right?
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Whether we're studying the word,
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whether we're in prayer,
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whether we're
driving down the road
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and we're worshiping the Lord.
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It's the attitude of the heart.
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And so what we're
going to be talking about
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is some of those
liturgical methods
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in worshiping the
Lord in music and in song.
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It's going to help bring
up out an overall organized
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and better experience
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when you are leading or
participating in worship.
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Tim, read for us
Hebrews 10 there.
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This is kind of
a great scripture
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that really sets the
tone for preparing yourself
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for a worship experience.
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So Hebrews 10:22, 23.
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"Let us draw
near with a true heart
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in full assurance of faith,
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having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience
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and our bodies
washed with pure water.
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Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope
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without wavering for He
is who promised is faithful."
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You know what
stands out immediately
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is of the heart, the true heart,
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having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience.
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That's right.
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This first step is a step
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that you would take
in preparing a message.
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It is a step a teacher
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would take in
preparing a Bible class,
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anything, it's
about prayer and the Word.
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Those are the connections
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that we want them
to God in His Word.
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What do you have to
say God about prayer,
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and what does
Your Word have to say?
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And I'll tell
you one of the things
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I've grieved myself,
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when I have not
prepared and instead,
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I've gone into church,
grab the hymnal and just,
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you know, almost by
lottery picked out numbers,
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you know, oh, today is the 11th,
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and I'll go page 11, you know,
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just random without
any forethought and,
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you know,
sometimes that will work
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if you've been doing...
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You know, we all have scriptures
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that we can go to that we can,
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you know, expound on,
but I do know that one time
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I grabbed the wrong hymnal,
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I was in a room
that had a hymnal,
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I had just assumed
that was the hymnal
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that was out in the sanctuary.
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And so when I got to the piano,
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I was calling out
numbers that were different
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from what the congregation
had back when we used the book,
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you know, solely when
we didn't have any words
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on the wall or
that kind of thing.
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So it pays to prepare
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and this is a
beautiful way to compare.
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Absolutely, absolutely.
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And I know you've had many...
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No, absolutely.
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That was a
beautiful, beautiful point
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to be made in
connection with that scripture
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that we just read
in Hebrews 10:22, 23.
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"Let us hold fast our
confession and our hope
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without wavering for He
who promised is faithful."
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We are serving a faithful God,
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we're worshiping a faithful God,
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and just making the point
here that before you just jump
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into that worship atmosphere,
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that worship
experience preparing the heart
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for that worship experience
is absolutely essential.
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Which now sets us up
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for kind of the preparation
of it, you've prayed,
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you've meditated on
the Word of the Lord,
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now you're in that
mentality that zone,
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that thinking method of,
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"Okay, now, Lord, what
would You have me to sing?
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What would You have us to sing
today for You to glorify You
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and to bring glory to Your name?
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And this is where the
choice of song comes in
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and that's always a preparation
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that needs to be
thoughtfully considered.
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And so right here
my point number two,
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I'm just simply,
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we're communicating the
fact that selecting a balanced
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variety of songs is crucial,
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especially in the times
that we're living because,
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you know, you can look
out at a congregation today.
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And while there
may be a vast majority
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or so just a simple majority
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of a certain age group,
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most congregations
have different age groups
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and different
generations that are represented
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throughout the congregation.
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And you want to make
sure that each and every song
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that you have included
in that worship service
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is going to reach the heart
of every listener out there.
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That there's
something for everyone,
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and oftentimes Tim,
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some people get
into this mentality
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that only hymns, right,
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and we're certainly not
bashing the hymns, I love hymns.
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Tim and I sing lots of hymns.
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And I love the hymns
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but there're some
people out there that,
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well, they enjoy the
hymns, you know, an extra,
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maybe it might be contemporary,
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a newer modern spiritual song
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of some kind is helpful
to consider in that lineup,
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when you're trying
to create a balanced,
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more variety of
choice in your song choice.
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So do you have
anything you want to add to that
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before we read this text here?
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Well, I'll just
say that, you know,
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it's like going to
a potluck or whatever,
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you know, you've got
a variety of food there
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because if you had one
thing, it's going to...
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"Huh! Oh, this again."
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The kind of like
the manner, you know,
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but honestly in this situation
variety is a wonderful thing.
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And I believe God loves variety.
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He made all the different
variety of flowers and trees
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and animals and so.
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So we consider
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that He is a God of
variety and opinions.
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Everybody's got one.
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Right.
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But, you know,
and it's impossible
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to please everyone.
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But this isn't
about pleasing everyone,
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this is about pleasing God.
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So even if our
preferences are one certain way,
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if our words are worshiping God,
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we have to say, "Hmm!
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Well, I may consider this,
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and I'll make it
through to the end."
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It's not going to last forever.
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I love it. I love that.
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No, I love what you just said.
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Absolutely, just to reiterate
the fact that we're not here
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to please necessarily each other
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while everybody has a
preference or an opinion.
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We are here to uplift
God, this is for Him, right?
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And I love what Colossians 3:16,
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kind of along the same line
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of what we're talking about
as far as a variety of songs.
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Colossians 3:16 says,
"Let the word of Christ dwell
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in you richly in all wisdom,
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teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms
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and hymns and spiritual songs,
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singing with grace in
your hearts to the Lord."
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And I just, I like that because,
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again, I go back to
what I said earlier,
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I love the hymns,
grew up on the hymns,
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sing them all the time.
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I find myself singing
them all throughout the week
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when I'm by myself
but there are some people
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that have that mentality that,
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"Only the hymns are sacred,
only the hymns can be sung or,
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you know, used in
church or in worship service."
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But, you know, the
Bible makes it very clear
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whether it's a hymn
or maybe you're singing
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a psalm or maybe you're singing
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just a spiritual song
that may not necessarily
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be categorized as a hymn,
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maybe a
contemporary worship song.
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God accepts it all if
it's coming from the heart
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in the sense
that if it's for Him,
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and it's genuinely for Him
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that we want to make sure
that we're creating a variety,
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where everyone can
connect with the Lord
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on a spiritual level in
our worshipful experience.
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So balance is key, make
sure you get that balance
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and you want to add
anything else to that section?
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Pretty much balanced.
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Okay.
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So far we're talking
about preparing our hearts.
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So make sure you
meditate on the Word,
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make sure you
get plenty of prayer,
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prepare the soil of the heart
for that worship experience.
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And now once you
have prepared your heart.
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Now it comes time to
make those tough choices,
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not really, but make
the choices of selecting
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a variety of
balanced numbers of songs
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that can reach
everyone at all ages,
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but most importantly,
always brings glory to Him,
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reverence, and honor
and glory to our Lord.
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Our third point here,
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study to understand the
message of what you're singing.
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How many times,
Tim, have you, you know,
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maybe you've worked with someone
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or maybe you yourself,
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I had even done this before
where I just kind of, again,
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flump thumb
through I've pick a song.
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"Oh, yeah, I like this song."
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And then it wasn't...
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But probably years
later that I actually read
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the lyrics of that
song and comprehended
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what they were actually saying
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because sometimes
we get so caught up
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in the musical aspect
that we might like that melody,
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we might like that
particular rhythmic, you know...
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Riff.
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Whatever it is in the song,
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"Oh, I like this,
this is a nice song."
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But we don't really consider
what it is we're singing about.
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Understand, comprehend
the message of the song
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that you were singing.
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You are leading out in worship.
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This is a form
of a communication
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of gospel, right?
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You're communicating,
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basically a mini-sermon
through music, right?
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And I love that
because the Bible says,
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you know, in 2 Timothy 2:15,
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read that there, it's
is a beautiful scripture.
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"Be diligent to present
yourself approved to God,
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a worker who does
not need to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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Amen.
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So sometimes we have
to stop and pause and say,
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"Okay, I'm
going to sing the song
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but what am I singing about?"
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So that when you're up
there and you comprehend
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what it is you're
seeing about, it makes sense.
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It's what you would do if
you were preaching a text,
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you would, you know,
study the commentaries,
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study the Greek and the Hebrew
whatever would be appropriate.
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Amen. Yeah.
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So that's...
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I was thinking
like, there's an old song,
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old Adventist
hymn, I don't even know
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if it's an Adventist hymn.
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I just know it's an old
hymn that Adventists sing
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for many, many years.
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And it's the
song never part again.
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I can't imagine singing
that song just to be singing it
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because when you read
the lyrics of the song.
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It's powerful, just to consider.
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Let's do the verse three there.
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Could we but
stand where Moses stood
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And view the landscape o'er
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Not all this world's
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Pretended good
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Could ever charm us more
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And I love that song there just
because the music's beautiful,
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it just grips your heart, right?
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And it's easy for somebody
to get caught up in that
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but if you stop and think
about what you're singing about.
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"Could we stand
where Moses stood
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and view the landscape o'er."
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It's talking
about that promised land
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that we're going to
inherit one day, right?
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And it goes on to talk
about in the course, you know,
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we're traveling
to Emanuel's land,
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we soon shall
hear the trumpet sound,
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talking about the
Second Coming of Jesus.
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And soon we
shall with Jesus reign
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And never, never part again
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And so songs like this
and any song that you sing
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that you include in
your worship experience,
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you should know the
message of that song.
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Because when you know
the message of the song
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and the message of the
song has gripped your heart
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when you get up
there and perform it,
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when you get up
there and sing it
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whether you're on the piano
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or whether you're
behind the mic and singing
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or whether you're
out in the audience,
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in the crowd,
in the congregation
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and you're just
singing to the Lord,
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it grips your heart,
it means so much more.
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Yeah, two things.
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There are great
stories behind songs
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that will help you understand
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where the writer is coming from,
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and that is brilliant to know.
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And it's not
something necessarily...
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I know a lot of worship
leaders who might get up
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and tell the story,
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that might be a little
bit cumbersome in a service,
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sometimes it is
appropriate but more importantly
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is if you know as a leader,
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you know where the
writer was coming from,
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it's extremely,
that's vital, you know,
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it's just like again knowing
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the writer of a
book in the Bible,
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you kind of know
where they're coming from,
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it means a lot more.
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And also the...
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I love the Adventist,
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what is the thing that
goes along with the hymnal,
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there's a book that tells
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in fact some of the
stories behind the songs.
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And so that's just hugely vital,
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again, not every service
has time to go into stories,
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and I've heard worship
leaders get up and expound
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a little too
much, and it's like,
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"Okay, we're losing the flow."
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And so that's
important not to talk too much
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like I get guilty of sometimes.
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That's like my life, man.
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Well, but so anyway...
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No this is a...
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It's very
important to know that.
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No, that's a great
point that you just made.
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The story. Back to the song.
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Absolutely.
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And you know what,
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what we're
speaking of right now,
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it can be
accomplished very good,
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especially with
the leadership team,
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the ones that are up.
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Have practice sessions.
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You know, be prepared
before you get up there.
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I know that Tim and I
have worked together in,
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you know, leading out worship
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before here at
Thompsonville Church.
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And so we have
those practice sessions
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when we come before him,
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we familiarize
ourselves with the song,
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and we'll take
time to read the lyrics
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to understand the lyrics,
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so that when
we're going out there
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and we're going to lead
out and represent the Lord
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in this worship experience.
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You know, it's
gripped our hearts beforehand,
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and we hope that
that trends transpires,
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connects, translates out there
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to those who are listening
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and
participating in the worship.
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Through to the point
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that we've even
skipped over versus
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if we didn't feel
like that was appropriate,
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you know, for that
particular occasion
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or if it's something
that we didn't feel like
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we were confident in expressing.
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We will skip over that.
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Absolutely, absolutely.
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I'd rather, I'd
rather skip it then.
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You know, did you
want to give us...
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You had kind of a
something prepared
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or maybe?
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Well, you know, I
just have like a...
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It's really more of a
just a little worship set,
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sometimes this is kind of
a little bit of a diversion,
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but along the same path
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that we're choosing songs,
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again it's an amazing process,
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but I was just, you
know, after spending time
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praying and doing just
some reading a few psalms.
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My heart was stirred
to start with praise Him,
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praise Him right off the hymnal
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and this is
important also in this hymnal,
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the Adventist
hymnal it's in the key F G.
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So...
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Praise Him, praise Him...
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Ever in joyful song.
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Really be cautious of
what key you're singing,
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and you know these
days we listen to the radio
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and lot of our
songs are artist-driven
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that make it really
difficult for a congregation
00:17:42.26\00:17:44.63
to sing along with.
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So even if it is
a song that you love
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and you hear on the radio,
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consider well this might
be better sing along able
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as we would say in a key
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that for the whole
audience can sing with.
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But that one is easy
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because it's
already in the key of G,
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which is in the hymnal.
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And then out of that I
went into 10,000 reasons
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which is a popular modern hymn.
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I support for hymn
to a modern temporary...
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Ever in joyful song
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I'm going to the key F D.
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The sun comes up
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It's a new day dawning
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So two things there,
there's a little segue
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going out of ever
in joyful song, song.
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And then, instead of just doing
like a cold turkey, kind of,
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okay, stop...
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Yeah, everybody
has to rearrange.
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You keep the flow going,
and keep the music going.
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And this takes... It does take.
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This is a like a
whole other seminar
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for the church musicians,
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but it's still, the
idea is to keep things
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the flow of it.
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And so...
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul
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Oh my soul
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I worship your Holy name
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And then we go to just
raise up a half a step,
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we're building up,
it's again, it's a chorus,
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but it's an older chorus.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul
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And all that is within me
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Bless His Holy Name
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You can continue on
with that a little bit
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and then...
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I serve a risen Saviour
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He's in the world today
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He lives, you ask
me how I know He lives
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He lives within my heart
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So, you've come back to a hymn?
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Yeah, so it's hymn.
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You know, and
you can change it up,
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you know,
there's times we've done,
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and it's been like
hymn, contemporary,
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hymn, contemporary.
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Right, right.
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We may be encouraged
a day to do three hymns
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and then a contemporary
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or, you know,
three contemporaries
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and a hymn but most of the time
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you want to create a
balanced approach to it.
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And I love what you
did there with the hymn
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and then the two contemporaries
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and you came back
around with that power hymn.
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And musically if you know
the musicality part of it,
00:19:54.66\00:19:58.69
you're again, you're building,
00:19:58.73\00:20:00.36
and you're also singing songs
00:20:00.40\00:20:02.13
that are not only vertical
where you're worshiping,
00:20:02.16\00:20:06.10
but you're singing
songs that are testimonies
00:20:06.13\00:20:07.87
horizontal to each other,
00:20:07.90\00:20:09.70
you're telling each other,
00:20:09.74\00:20:11.07
He lives, and
you're praising Him.
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So there's a lot
of things that are...
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You have to consider,
you have taken consideration.
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And what's your saying
all that you're saying makes
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absolutely perfect sense.
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And as you were
doing that I can imagine
00:20:23.42\00:20:25.75
someone at home is
watching and going,
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.46
"Oh, man, you know,
but, Tim, can do that
00:20:27.49\00:20:29.42
I'm not
necessarily can do that."
00:20:29.46\00:20:31.19
You know, it may
take some practice
00:20:31.23\00:20:32.63
that's where practice comes in,
00:20:32.66\00:20:34.16
invest yourself into practicing
to become more skilled
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and more
comfortable with the talent
00:20:37.00\00:20:38.93
and the gift that God
has already given you, right?
00:20:38.97\00:20:41.07
And so not everyone
has to be in Tim Parton
00:20:41.10\00:20:43.14
but you know what
there's someone out there
00:20:43.17\00:20:44.97
they can God has still blessed
with the talent and the skill
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to play for Him
00:20:47.51\00:20:48.84
and to represent
Him in this musical way.
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That also leads
me to my next point,
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lead with confidence, right?
00:20:52.85\00:20:55.18
Sing with confidence
whether you're again on,
00:20:55.22\00:20:57.92
you know, up there
leading out or you're setting
00:20:57.95\00:21:00.39
I've even seen people
setting in the congregation,
00:21:00.42\00:21:02.49
they're so terrified
for others around them
00:21:02.52\00:21:03.93
to hear them singing,
00:21:03.96\00:21:05.29
and while you know none of us
00:21:05.33\00:21:06.66
really like
someone who sings off tune
00:21:06.70\00:21:08.03
to God's ears it
sounds beautiful, right?
00:21:08.06\00:21:09.86
You know, it may not
sound very good our human ears,
00:21:09.90\00:21:11.97
but we're not
singing it for them, anyway,
00:21:12.00\00:21:13.34
we're singing it
for the Lord, right?
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And so lead with confidence,
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pray beforehand to
ask the Lord to diminish
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and to get rid of all of those
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to completely eliminate
all the nerves and the fears
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because we serve a
God who was promised us,
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Isaiah 41:10, I love this.
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God says, "Fear
not, for I am with you.
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Be not dismayed,
for I am your God.
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I will strengthen you.
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Yes, I will help you,
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I will uphold
you with a right hand
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of my righteousness."
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And also with that confidence,
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don't be afraid to
use your body language
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to express your worship.
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I'm not talking about,
you know, running around
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and skipping and flopping
and dancing and all that stuff,
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but you know what, sometimes
when I'm worshiping the Lord,
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you know, I'm
worshiping the Lord
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and I may end up worshiping Him
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with uplifted hands
and that's biblical.
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That's because dozens
of texts where God says,
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you know, "The
people praised him
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with extended
hands or uplifted hands."
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Maybe I'll be singing a
song and I use my body language
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I use my facial expressions
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to communicate a sense
of worship, you're not...
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Again, don't do
it in an artificial
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and fake ways if
you're overly expressive,
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we don't want this
to turn into variety,
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you know, variety hour
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but you're worshiping the Lord,
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don't be afraid
to express yourself
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in a heartfelt loving way,
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when you're worshiping the Lord.
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I know, oftentimes,
sometimes we think that,
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you know, concept of be
still and know that I am God.
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And so we
literally are just like
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in our worship experience.
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You can totally be reverent
in your demonstrativeness,
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you know, as a
pastor we watch pastors
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and we enjoyed
the highs and the lows
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of how they demonstrate
whenever they preach.
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It's, you know,
they can be strong
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and they can be soft.
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So, yeah, it's just a
great, being a great presenter
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in what you do.
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And yeah, you're
presenting the song and it's...
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That's why you're the leader.
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And also, whenever
you are demonstrative
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and are free to
worship your audience,
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your congregation
will follow at your lead.
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Amen, amen.
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And with that confidence,
I believe, is very important.
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This brings us to
our point number five,
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and that is, create a
joyful worship experience.
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Oh, Lord, help me.
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You know, this is
something I believe
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that even I
myself have had to learn,
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you know, as I've grown
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in my Adventist
worship experience.
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Again, we want to
stick to that worshiping Him
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in Spirit and in Truth.
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We don't want to
be like the world.
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We don't want to,
you know, exemplify
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or bring the world
into our worship experience
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but we want to be
genuine in our approach.
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And I believe if you
truly have a relationship
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with your Creator.
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It's going to be
clear in your presence
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and in what you're projecting,
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you're going to be
joyful and happy about it,
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you know, again, not
trying to be disrespectful
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or anything like that,
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but I have been to worship
services where it's, you know,
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we were singing.
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He lives, you know...
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I serve a risen Saviour,
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He's in the world today
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So there's nothing
wrong with that necessarily
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'cause there maybe
someone back there goes,
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"Oh, this was
beautiful, this is wonderful,"
00:24:17.15\00:24:18.75
but certainly create,
you know, express it in a way
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and create in a way
where it's a joyful experience.
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There's nothing
wrong with picking,
00:24:24.46\00:24:26.56
you know, picking your face up,
00:24:26.59\00:24:27.93
being happy and singing
about your risen Savior, right?
00:24:27.96\00:24:31.17
You know, I had
somebody tell me...
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A minister one time said to
me, "Are you happy for Jesus."
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And I said,
"Well, of course, I am."
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He said, "Well, then
tell your face about it."
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You know, right? Right. Right.
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Yeah, and you know what,
00:24:40.04\00:24:41.38
it doesn't even have to
be a fast song to be joyful.
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Exactly. No.
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Slow can be joyful,
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it's the way you sing
it with the confidence,
00:24:45.91\00:24:48.52
the love, yeah.
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You know, "Great
is thy faithfulness,"
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that's not a very fast song
00:24:51.49\00:24:52.82
but it was just
pouring your heart.
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Great is thy faithfulness
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Great is thy faithfulness
00:24:57.66\00:25:00.33
You know when I sing that song
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I'm thinking great is
His faithfulness, right?
00:25:01.73\00:25:03.06
Right.
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I love the
Scripture in Psalm 100:1, 2,
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"Shout for joy to
the Lord, all the earth,
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worship the Lord with gladness,
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.27
Come before Him
with joyful songs."
00:25:10.31\00:25:12.34
But let me tell you that
00:25:12.37\00:25:14.01
as someone who has led worship,
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.18
someone who has
stepped on the platform
00:25:16.21\00:25:17.91
after receiving a
terrible phone call,
00:25:17.95\00:25:20.28
after someone has
in the congregation
00:25:20.32\00:25:22.18
has said, "You know,
I don't like the song
00:25:22.22\00:25:24.09
that you choosed, really, chose.
00:25:24.12\00:25:27.82
So there are a lot of things...
00:25:27.86\00:25:30.83
And this goes for a pastor
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or anyone that who has
dealt with the congregation.
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You have to really be careful
what you let into your spirit.
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That's right.
00:25:41.40\00:25:42.74
You know, again,
everybody has opinions
00:25:42.77\00:25:44.47
but don't let
the negative comment
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or something that
you've after all the time
00:25:47.81\00:25:49.78
you've spent in the word
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.15
after all the time
you've spent preparing
00:25:51.18\00:25:52.51
and praying,
00:25:52.55\00:25:53.88
someone can come
along and put a needle
00:25:53.92\00:25:56.02
in your balloon
faster than all of that.
00:25:56.05\00:25:59.15
That's right, that's right.
00:25:59.19\00:26:00.52
So don't let that discourage you
00:26:00.56\00:26:02.32
because God is still
worthy of our praise,
00:26:02.36\00:26:04.39
no matter what's
going on our circumstances,
00:26:04.43\00:26:06.46
they can get us down
but our prayers go on.
00:26:06.49\00:26:08.23
A joyful experience
that's what we're shooting for.
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That's the goal.
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You know, another one is,
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you know, don't be afraid
00:26:13.17\00:26:14.50
to include multiple instruments.
00:26:14.54\00:26:15.87
The Bible encourages us
00:26:15.90\00:26:17.24
that there's all kinds of
different beautiful instruments
00:26:17.27\00:26:18.87
that we can use for His glory.
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Psalm 150:3-5.
And read that, Tim.
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"Praise Him with the
sound of the trumpet,
00:26:23.35\00:26:25.08
praise Him with
the lute and harp!
00:26:25.11\00:26:26.72
Praise Him with
the timbrel and dance,
00:26:26.75\00:26:28.55
praise Him with
stringed instruments
00:26:28.58\00:26:29.92
and flutes.
00:26:29.95\00:26:31.29
Praise the Lord with cymbals,
00:26:31.32\00:26:32.95
praise Him with
clashing cymbals."
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You know, could you
imagine coming into church
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and, Praise the Lord!
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You know, some people might be,
00:26:38.33\00:26:40.10
"Oh, you know,
that's not reverend."
00:26:40.13\00:26:42.06
But nonetheless, you
know, there are a list here
00:26:42.10\00:26:44.57
that are biblical,
00:26:44.60\00:26:45.93
you know, the
most important thing
00:26:45.97\00:26:47.30
is the principle of this text
00:26:47.34\00:26:48.67
is don't be afraid
to break out the guitar,
00:26:48.70\00:26:50.17
you know, and
bring that together
00:26:50.21\00:26:51.54
with the piano
00:26:51.57\00:26:52.91
and bring it together
with the flute and the violin
00:26:52.94\00:26:54.71
and, you know,
to worship the God
00:26:54.74\00:26:56.41
in an organized
melodic, harmonic manner
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.55
to just bring
an abundance of joy
00:26:59.58\00:27:02.32
and worshipful
expression to Him in song.
00:27:02.35\00:27:03.99
Enforce the more
musicians you have,
00:27:04.02\00:27:05.65
more instruments you
involve you must practice.
00:27:05.69\00:27:07.16
Practice, practice.
00:27:07.19\00:27:08.52
So please
practice, for goodness' sake
00:27:08.56\00:27:09.89
and for the Lord's sake.
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I love that. I love that.
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Man, we've just like a
minute and a half here.
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I think the last thing
I think that we could do
00:27:14.03\00:27:15.50
is just encourage
your congregation,
00:27:15.53\00:27:17.97
and this goes
for even the people
00:27:18.00\00:27:19.40
out in the congregation,
00:27:19.43\00:27:20.84
encourage the next
person the person next to you.
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.30
If they see you
singing with joy,
00:27:23.34\00:27:25.04
they see you're
enjoying the worship experience.
00:27:25.07\00:27:27.24
It's kind of, you
know, it's infectious.
00:27:27.28\00:27:29.71
Contagious, absolutely.
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.08
It's contagious, right? Yes.
00:27:31.11\00:27:32.45
And so we need to
learn to encourage others
00:27:32.48\00:27:34.02
to sing with us while we're...
00:27:34.05\00:27:35.95
When we have
visitors coming to the church,
00:27:35.98\00:27:38.52
they go through this,
00:27:38.55\00:27:39.89
this is a really important
part to for them to really...
00:27:39.92\00:27:43.76
What are you worshiping,
why are you worshiping?
00:27:43.79\00:27:45.76
So why are you so
sad when you worship
00:27:45.79\00:27:48.03
if that's the way you worship.
00:27:48.06\00:27:49.56
Yeah, so it's important
00:27:49.60\00:27:51.20
to show others
how excited you are.
00:27:51.23\00:27:53.74
Right. Right. Absolutely.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.20
You know what, it
may lead to the leader,
00:27:55.24\00:27:58.51
the person leading out to
have to prompt people to sing,
00:27:58.54\00:28:01.14
you know, we're
writing over the song,
00:28:01.18\00:28:02.71
and I say, "Sing
this out for Jesus."
00:28:02.74\00:28:04.91
And it prompts
them to let them know
00:28:04.95\00:28:06.31
it's okay to sing out right,
00:28:06.35\00:28:07.92
encourage them to participate.
00:28:07.95\00:28:09.88
I love Psalm 150:6,
00:28:09.92\00:28:11.32
God takes thing and
tie everything together,
00:28:11.35\00:28:12.75
read that for us, Tim.
00:28:12.79\00:28:14.12
"Let everything, everything,
everything that has breath
00:28:14.16\00:28:17.19
praise the Lord.
00:28:17.23\00:28:18.56
Praise the Lord!"
Amen. I love that.
00:28:18.59\00:28:19.93
Praise the Lord.
00:28:19.96\00:28:21.30
There's a song I
used to sing, you know.
00:28:21.33\00:28:22.66
Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord
00:28:22.70\00:28:26.10
That's what it's about.
00:28:26.13\00:28:27.47
It's about giving homage to Him,
00:28:27.50\00:28:28.84
it's about giving
praise to Him and glory to Him,
00:28:28.87\00:28:30.77
and we hope that
your worship experience,
00:28:30.81\00:28:32.94
we hope you can
take some of the things
00:28:32.97\00:28:34.31
that we've talked about,
00:28:34.34\00:28:35.68
incorporate them in
your worship experience.
00:28:35.71\00:28:37.21
The most
important thing, remember,
00:28:37.25\00:28:38.91
to God be the glory,
great things He has done,
00:28:38.95\00:28:42.22
it's not about
us, it's about Him.
00:28:42.25\00:28:44.35
He must
increase, we must decrease.
00:28:44.39\00:28:47.92
And we just thank
you for joining us.
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We hope you learned
something. God bless you.
00:28:49.69\00:28:51.73
Until next time have a good day.
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