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>> All right.
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Good morning, church family.
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Good morning, church family.
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To make sure
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everybody's still here.
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Glad that everybody has made
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it here on the Sabbath morning.
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We're going to continue
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through our worship service.
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But I had a little analogy that
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I was thinking this week, as we
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prepare to enter our worship.
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Our church is like
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a soccer team, right?
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Now, I love soccer, I played
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soccer since I was four years
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old, was on the university team
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last year, played all through --
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or all through high school
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and now some through college.
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And the church
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is like a soccer team.
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We have our forwards who are
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kind of like our missionaries.
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They're the ones
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that are out there trying
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to score points, as it were.
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We have our midfielders
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that are supporting them.
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Maybe they're the ones that are
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praying, sending letters,
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making them good food.
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We have our defenders who are
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holding down the fort back
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at home here in our church.
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Our church
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is like a big soccer team.
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And then we have our coach,
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which is our pastor,
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Shane Anderson, he's our coach.
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He gives us the right formations
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and how we want to, you know,
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strategically do everything.
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But we are like a soccer team
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and we come together each
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and every week to do what?
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To worship together,
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to practice together.
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Think of it that way.
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We come together to practice
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and to, you know,
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think of different strategies,
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learn new strategies,
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learn how to, you know,
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maybe preach to new people
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or how to talk to new people
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or who, you know,
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there's all these different ways
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of thinking of it.
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But I like to think church
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is kind of as our practice.
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It's a time
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where we get to come together
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and we get to work together
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as a community and as a church,
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so that, when we go throughout
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the week, we can go out there
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and, you know, successfully
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implement our strategies.
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Does that kind of make sense?
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I don't know, that was
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the analogy that I was thinking,
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but I invite you guys now,
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as we enter our worship service,
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the rest of our worship service,
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as we sing now
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and as we listen to our pastor
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speak in just a few minutes,
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I invite you guys to open up
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your hearts and your minds
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so that we can take something
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out of this room.
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And it's not just, you know,
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a system.
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It's that we take things
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from out of this room
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and we go out into the world.
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So stand with us as we sing
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these next two songs.
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Sing loud, sing proud.
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I think
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you guys might know these songs.
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Our first song we're going
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to sing is "Mighty to Save."
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[ "Mighty to Serve" begins ]
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Sing with us.
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>> Our Scripture reading
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for today is found in
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Psalm 133:1-3.
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"How good and pleasant
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it is when God's people
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live together in unity.
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It is like precious oil
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poured on the head,
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running down on the beard,
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running down on Aaron's beard,
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down on the collar of his robe.
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It is as if the dew of Hermon
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were falling on Mount Zion.
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For there the Lord bestows his
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blessing, even life
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forevermore."
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>> Let's sing together.
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>> There's nothing worth more.
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>> Everybody got a place to sit?
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Good morning, everybody.
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I have a question.
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I'm going to start with you,
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but I might want to stay there.
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Anybody here have a pet at home?
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Aha! Aha!
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The calendar for the university
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this year is interesting.
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Has lots of pictures of faculty
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and staff with pets at home,
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including two skunks.
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But they had them fixed
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so they can't make you smell.
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But anyway, anybody here
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have a dog at home?
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Yeah. My dog --
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>> I have two!
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>> You've got two of them?
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>> Yes.
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>> One of my neighbors has four.
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That's a lot of dogs.
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My dog is a golden retriever
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that's all white.
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And you know what his name is?
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Rascal.
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And, boy, he can act
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like a rascal sometimes.
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Well, dogs
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are a very favorite pet.
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There's a lady
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out in New Jersey.
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Her name was Debbie Parkhurst.
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And she had a little dog
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named Toby.
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Actually,
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it was a pretty good size.
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One morning -- Now, can a --
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How smart are dogs?
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Did you know they can learn
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300 different words?
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That's a lot. Well, anyhow...
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Debbie bit into a big red,
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crisp, hard, juicy apple.
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And [Gasping]
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The piece she bit out
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of the apple went over
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into her throat
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and blocked her windpipe
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so she couldn't breathe.
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Now what happens
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if you can't breathe?
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>> Die.
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>> You die.
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You got that right.
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She tried what is called
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the Heimlich maneuver
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on herself...
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[ Gasping ]
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...but it didn't work.
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Toby picked up on that.
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You know what he did?
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Talk about being a smart dog.
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He got up on his hind legs
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and put his front paws on her
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shoulders and knocked her down.
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And then, you know
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what he did next?
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He started jumping on her --
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boom, boom, boom --
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and all of a sudden -- pop! --
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out came the piece of apple.
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Then, you know what he did next?
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He didn't want her to pass out.
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He started licking her face,
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and she came through okay.
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He saved her life.
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Now, you're not a dog.
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Do you think you could save
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somebody's life?
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You think you can?
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Well, I mentioned something.
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It's called
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the Heimlich maneuver.
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And I have a good friend,
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Dr. Ken Kelln, who's going
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to help me demons--
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Well, he's going to do
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the demonstrating
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of how to do this on me.
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Okay, Dr. Ken.
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>> What a better person.
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Yes. Now, how do you know
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if somebody is choking?
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Yes. They put their hands
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up to their throat like this.
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That's a very good sign
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that somebody is choking
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on something that's stuck down
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there next to the windpipe.
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And how do you get that out?
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Well,
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the American Heart Association
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and other places who have lots
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of experience at this say
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the first thing you should do
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is tell the person to cough.
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>> [ Coughs ]
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>> But that didn't get --
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that didn't work.
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So what you do
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is you bend them over
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and give them five slaps
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on the back -- one,
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two, three, four, five.
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And if that doesn't work,
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then you grab them
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around the middle
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here, put your fist just above
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the belly button, and put
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the other hand right on here
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and do five quick jerk squeezes.
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One, two, three, four, five.
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[ Children murmuring ]
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And that usually will knock
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that thing out of the throat
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and the person can breathe.
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And when they start breathing,
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then, if it's still
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in there partway,
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encourage them to cough
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and get that thing out,
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because then they can breathe
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well and that saves their lives.
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Thank you, boys and girls.
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>> Thank you, Dr. Ken.
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Now, boys and girls...
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[ Applause ]
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Believe it or not, you are going
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to remember what you just saw
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because someday you may need
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to call your memory out
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to save somebody's life.
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Who would like to offer a prayer
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that we all can save
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someone's life?
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[ Chuckles ] Whoopsie.
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There we go.
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Tell us your name.
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>> Imie.
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>> Imie? You may pray.
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And we thank you for this.
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>> [ Speaking foreign language ]
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Amen.
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>> Amen.
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And you know,
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Jesus will save your life
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if you want him to.
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>> Amen.
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>> Thank you.
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And you all may go back
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to your seats.
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>> Our Scripture reading
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was ably read
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just a few moments ago.
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Psalm 133.
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It is a rather famous text
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and it has this very interesting
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picture, does it not?
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"How good and pleasant it is
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when God's people work
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together in unity."
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And then it says, "It is like
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oil being poured on the head,
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flowing down over the face,
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through the beard,
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onto one's collar."
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Not a single "amen"
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when I said that, but...
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That does not necessarily
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sound like a -- that sounds
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like an accident, doesn't it?
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Right? Somebody spilled
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some oil somewhere
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and you got in the wrong place.
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But make no mistake,
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to the ancients,
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to our patriarchs
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and matriarchs,
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when that oil was poured,
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it was not only a symbol
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of abundance, even kind of
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wretched, holy excess,
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the blessings of God flowing
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over, it was considered
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to be a sign of the anointing
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of the Spirit of God.
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Isn't it interesting
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how the Bible puts the unity
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of God's people
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and the Spirit of God
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so closely together?
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In fact,
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so common is this theme,
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there's a number of sister texts
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in the Bible to Psalm 133,
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and I would like you
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to look at just one of them.
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John chapter 4, please,
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verse 23.
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If you have a Bible or a phone
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or whatever it is that you use
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to look up the Word of God,
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John chapter 4,
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beginning with verse 23.
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In fact, only verse 23.
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We do not have time to go
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through the entirety of this
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story this morning, so let me
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just briefly summarize.
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Jesus here is traveling to
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Galilee.
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He goes through Samaria
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not because
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it was customary to do so,
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but because it says he had to.
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He knew there was
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someone he needed to meet.
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This story is often referred
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to as Jesus
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and the woman at the well.
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They meet there at Jacob's Well
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in Samaria.
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This woman is there, they have
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this very interesting dialog.
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Last night at Vespers,
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I was speaking about this
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to our university students.
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It's a fascinating story.
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Towards the culmination of the
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dialog between the woman and
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Jesus, Jesus makes this
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statement.
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Verse 23.
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He says, "Yet a time is coming
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and has now come
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when the true worshipers" --
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What kind of worshipers?
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True.
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"When the true worshipers
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will worship the Father in" --
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what's the next word? --
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"spirit and truth.
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In spirit and truth,
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for they are the kind of
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worshipers the Father seeks.
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The time is coming and is now
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come when the true worshipers
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will worship the Father
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in spirit and truth,
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for they are the kind of
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worshipers the Father seeks."
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In spirit and in truth,
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in spirit and in truth.
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I wonder what that could mean.
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And it is often at this point
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that the preacher will seek
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to tell you what that means.
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But today I thought
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we would do something different
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and let you preach this part
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of the sermon.
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Now, what I'm going to say next,
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I actually mean.
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I actually do want you to do
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what I'm about to ask you to do.
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And the reason I say that
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is because some of you
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are going to say to yourself,
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"Surely the pastor can't mean
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that I would do
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what he just said."
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No, I actually do, I really
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would like you to do this.
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Are you ready?
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Sopranos in this section
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right here.
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I need altos over here
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in this quadrant.
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Tenors, I need you right back
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there.
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Basses, I need you back there.
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Why are you sitting still?
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If you have small children
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that just went to sleep,
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you're welcome to stay.
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If you have any mobility issues,
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you're welcome
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to stay exactly where you are.
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Everybody else,
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I need you to stand up and move.
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We got things to do. Let's go.
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If you're in the balcony,
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feel free to come down
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and join us in any of these
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sections or form them up
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in those four quadrants,
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right up there in the balcony.
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I'm going to need all of you.
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Let's do it. Move quickly.
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Sopranos right here.
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Altos, my right, your left.
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Tenors, back right quadrant
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there.
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Basses, other quadrant in the
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back.
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Don't be shy, balcony.
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We can still see you.
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Come and join us.
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If you are not musical and you
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do not know what you are,
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look at someone who looks like
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they know what they're doing
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and follow them to their spot.
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One more time, sopranos
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right here, altos right here,
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tenors back on that side,
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basses on this side.
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I will give you a moment
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to make your way to your spots.
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When you get there,
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go ahead and have a seat.
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[ Organ playing ]
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And once you have found a seat,
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would you grab a hymnal
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and open it to page 27?
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Page 27.
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If you don't have a hymnal,
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see if you can share it with the
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person that's there next to you.
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Hymn number 27.
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And go ahead and be seated
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when you've found a spot.
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Hymn number 27.
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This is the hymn
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"Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart."
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I think this is one of
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the finest hymns in our hymnal,
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not the least of which
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because it was in my wedding.
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So all kinds of good memories
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associated with this hymn.
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It says, "Rejoice, ye pure
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in heart, rejoice, give thanks
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and sing.
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Your festal banner
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wave on high, the cross
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of Christ your King.
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Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice,
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give thanks and sing."
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And that is exactly what we are
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going to do at this point.
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Now, as you remember
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from your high school
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choir class, when I'm working
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with the sopranos,
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what are the rest of you doing?
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Some of you don't remember
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what your choir teacher
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told you back in those days.
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Yes. That's right.
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All right, let's focus here.
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Sopranos, are you ready?
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We're just going to run through.
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Dr. Logan is just going to play
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the melody line here.
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Our pitch is...
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[ Organ plays note ]
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Ladies, are you ready?
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One, two, three.
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>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
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¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:25:28.22\00:25:30.43
and sing ¤
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¤ Your festal banner wave
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on high ¤
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¤ The cross of Christ
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your King ¤
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¤ Rejoice, rejoice
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¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
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and sing ¤
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>> What do you think? Huh?
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Not bad, not bad.
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Okay, sopranos,
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you can do twice as good.
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Are you ready?
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Okay, sit up straight.
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Come on, let's sing --
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sing through your head.
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We don't want nasally stuff.
00:26:02.32\00:26:03.76
Okay, we want a nice full round
00:26:03.86\00:26:04.99
tones, okay?
00:26:05.09\00:26:05.96
And I think you can even
00:26:06.06\00:26:06.93
do more volume.
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Don't forget.
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Watch me on the end,
00:26:09.00\00:26:10.20
particularly at the end of the
00:26:10.30\00:26:11.40
song so we can do our, you know,
00:26:11.50\00:26:12.37
"Rejoice, give thanks, and
00:26:12.47\00:26:13.44
sing," and we can cut off
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at the same time.
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Are you ready? Our pitch again?
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[ Organ plays note ]
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One, two, three.
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.24
>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:26:20.34\00:26:24.85
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.15
and sing ¤
00:26:27.25\00:26:29.85
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:26:29.95\00:26:33.29
on high ¤
00:26:33.39\00:26:34.69
¤ The cross of Christ
00:26:34.79\00:26:37.03
your King ¤
00:26:37.13\00:26:39.79
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:26:39.89\00:26:44.80
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:26:44.90\00:26:47.07
and sing ¤
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>> Ooh, that is not --
00:26:50.41\00:26:51.34
I have the best seat in the
00:26:51.44\00:26:52.31
house, that was great.
00:26:52.41\00:26:53.21
Well done, sopranos.
00:26:53.31\00:26:54.21
Okay, let's come over here to
00:26:54.31\00:26:55.04
the altos.
00:26:55.14\00:26:55.74
Altos, are you ready?
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.21
All right. Your part
00:26:57.31\00:26:58.65
is somewhat monotonous,
00:26:58.75\00:27:01.22
but it's really important, okay?
00:27:01.32\00:27:03.05
And you got to watch, watch for
00:27:03.15\00:27:04.32
the occasional flat here.
00:27:04.42\00:27:05.39
What's our pitch, please.
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[ Organ plays note ]
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[ Hums ] One, two, three.
00:27:07.62\00:27:10.29
>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:27:10.39\00:27:14.86
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:27:14.96\00:27:17.17
and sing ¤
00:27:17.27\00:27:19.87
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:27:19.97\00:27:23.30
on high ¤
00:27:23.41\00:27:24.71
¤ The cross of Christ
00:27:24.81\00:27:27.04
your King ¤
00:27:27.14\00:27:29.81
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:27:29.91\00:27:34.68
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:27:34.78\00:27:37.05
and sing ¤
00:27:37.15\00:27:40.82
>> Scale of 1 to 10, what would
00:27:40.92\00:27:42.12
you give yourselves, altos?
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[ Laughter ]
00:27:43.86\00:27:46.23
Okay, I know you can do this.
00:27:46.33\00:27:47.30
All right, you got it.
00:27:47.40\00:27:48.43
We're off to a very good start.
00:27:48.53\00:27:49.73
I need you to sit up straight.
00:27:49.83\00:27:50.63
All right? Sit up straight.
00:27:50.73\00:27:51.63
We can do this. Everybody ready?
00:27:51.73\00:27:52.93
Okay. Pitch again, please.
00:27:53.03\00:27:54.07
[ Organ plays note ]
00:27:54.17\00:27:55.47
Here we go. One, two, three.
00:27:55.57\00:27:58.31
>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:27:58.41\00:28:02.98
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:28:03.08\00:28:05.28
and sing ¤
00:28:05.38\00:28:07.98
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:28:08.08\00:28:11.42
on high ¤
00:28:11.52\00:28:12.82
¤ The cross of Christ
00:28:12.92\00:28:15.16
your King ¤
00:28:15.26\00:28:17.93
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:28:18.03\00:28:22.76
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:28:22.86\00:28:25.13
and sing ¤
00:28:25.23\00:28:29.44
>> Good enough.
00:28:29.54\00:28:31.01
Yes. All right, good job.
00:28:31.11\00:28:32.17
Good job. Sopranos,
00:28:32.27\00:28:33.17
are you ready to join with them?
00:28:33.27\00:28:34.51
All right. Pitches, please,
00:28:34.61\00:28:35.28
for both sopranos and altos.
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[ Organ plays two notes ]
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One. Two, three.
00:28:38.71\00:28:40.68
>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:28:40.78\00:28:45.29
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:28:45.39\00:28:47.59
and sing ¤
00:28:47.69\00:28:50.29
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:28:50.39\00:28:53.73
on high ¤
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.10
¤ The cross of Christ
00:28:55.20\00:28:57.43
your King ¤
00:28:57.53\00:29:00.27
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:29:00.37\00:29:05.14
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:29:05.24\00:29:08.04
and sing ¤
00:29:08.14\00:29:12.41
>> That sounds pretty good
00:29:12.51\00:29:13.68
to me, pretty good to me.
00:29:13.78\00:29:14.68
Some of you, altos, you're
00:29:14.78\00:29:15.68
looking kind of depressed.
00:29:15.78\00:29:16.65
You did all right.
00:29:16.75\00:29:17.55
You did all right, okay?
00:29:17.65\00:29:18.02
Don't worry.
00:29:18.12\00:29:19.42
You're doing just fine there.
00:29:19.52\00:29:20.32
Tenors, are you ready?
00:29:20.42\00:29:21.86
Do we really have that
00:29:21.96\00:29:22.72
many tenors?
00:29:22.82\00:29:24.46
That is aston-- Some of you
00:29:24.56\00:29:25.49
have infiltrated.
00:29:25.59\00:29:26.36
You're a bass and you're in
00:29:26.46\00:29:27.20
the wrong section, aren't you?
00:29:27.30\00:29:28.06
That's an astonishing amount.
00:29:28.16\00:29:30.03
Excellent. All right, tenors,
00:29:30.13\00:29:30.90
do we have a pitch, please?
00:29:31.00\00:29:32.00
[ Organ plays note ]
00:29:32.10\00:29:33.80
Your part has
00:29:33.90\00:29:34.97
the most gymnastics of anyone,
00:29:35.07\00:29:36.37
so get ready, all right?
00:29:36.47\00:29:37.31
Let's sing it nice and loud,
00:29:37.41\00:29:38.34
bold and strong. Are we ready?
00:29:38.44\00:29:40.04
One, two, three.
00:29:40.14\00:29:41.98
>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:29:42.08\00:29:46.58
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.88
and sing ¤
00:29:48.98\00:29:50.42
Hold it, hold it,
00:29:50.52\00:29:51.42
hold it, hold it.
00:29:51.52\00:29:53.46
[ Laughter ]
00:29:53.56\00:29:54.92
Tenors, we're going to sing now.
00:30:02.06\00:30:05.07
Okay? This is --
00:30:05.17\00:30:06.63
This is a song.
00:30:06.74\00:30:08.17
We open our mouths,
00:30:08.27\00:30:09.00
we sing.
00:30:09.10\00:30:10.64
Tenors, I need you to stand,
00:30:10.74\00:30:11.64
please.
00:30:11.74\00:30:12.51
Would you please stand?
00:30:12.61\00:30:14.08
Come on, come on, let's do it.
00:30:14.18\00:30:15.08
Come on.
00:30:15.18\00:30:17.38
There is such potential here.
00:30:17.48\00:30:18.61
There is gold in these pews.
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Okay? All right? Let's see.
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Pitch again, please, Dr. Logan.
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[ Organ plays note ]
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[ Hums ] One, two, three.
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>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
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¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:30:31.63\00:30:33.83
and sing ¤
00:30:33.93\00:30:36.50
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:30:36.60\00:30:40.24
on high ¤
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[ Off-key] ¤ The cross of Christ
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your King ¤
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>> Hold it, hold it, hold it.
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Hold it, hold it, hold it.
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That was entirely my fault.
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I confess it.
00:30:54.32\00:30:55.65
Confession is good for the soul,
00:30:55.75\00:30:57.95
but bad for the reputation.
00:30:58.05\00:30:59.95
All right, we're going
00:31:00.12\00:31:00.89
to try this from the top.
00:31:00.99\00:31:01.72
One more time, tenors, okay?
00:31:01.82\00:31:02.69
And this time, we're going
00:31:02.79\00:31:03.63
to get it all the way through,
00:31:03.73\00:31:04.36
and we're going to join up
00:31:04.46\00:31:05.13
with the sopranos and altos.
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Are you ready? All right.
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From the beginning. [ Hums ]
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One, two, three.
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>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:31:10.67\00:31:15.17
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:31:15.27\00:31:17.47
and sing ¤
00:31:17.57\00:31:20.18
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:31:20.28\00:31:23.95
on high ¤
00:31:24.05\00:31:25.51
¤ The cross of Christ
00:31:25.61\00:31:28.32
your King ¤
00:31:28.42\00:31:30.92
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:31:31.02\00:31:36.56
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.96
and sing ¤
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>> Good job, good job.
00:31:42.03\00:31:43.43
All right, sopranos, altos,
00:31:43.53\00:31:44.27
are you ready?
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Do you think the tenors
00:31:45.50\00:31:46.87
are ready?
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.97
Now, come on, sopranos, altos,
00:31:49.07\00:31:51.34
my goodness.
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Okay. All right.
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We're going to do this together.
00:31:53.11\00:31:53.91
Tenors, you can be seated
00:31:54.01\00:31:54.84
if you're good, okay?
00:31:54.94\00:31:58.35
Roll our three parts, please.
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[ Organ plays three notes ]
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One, two, three.
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>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:32:06.12\00:32:10.96
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:32:11.06\00:32:13.56
and sing ¤
00:32:13.66\00:32:16.33
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:32:16.43\00:32:20.14
on high ¤
00:32:20.24\00:32:21.67
¤ The cross of Christ
00:32:21.77\00:32:24.21
your King ¤
00:32:24.31\00:32:26.81
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:32:26.91\00:32:32.48
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:32:32.58\00:32:35.12
and sing ¤
00:32:35.22\00:32:39.19
>> Not bad, not bad.
00:32:39.29\00:32:41.72
I think there are agents in the
00:32:41.82\00:32:43.19
building looking for recording
00:32:43.29\00:32:44.03
contracts.
00:32:44.13\00:32:44.93
So, basses, don't let us down.
00:32:45.03\00:32:46.29
Are you ready?
00:32:46.39\00:32:47.13
All right. Basses,
00:32:47.23\00:32:48.80
are you feeling confident?
00:32:48.90\00:32:49.93
Have you seen your part there?
00:32:50.03\00:32:51.03
[ Laughter ]
00:32:53.97\00:32:56.94
All right. Basses, I'm just
00:32:57.04\00:32:58.14
going to cut to the chase.
00:32:58.24\00:32:59.01
Stand to your feet, please.
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Stand up straight.
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Look me straight in the eye.
00:33:01.58\00:33:02.61
All right? We can do this.
00:33:02.71\00:33:03.98
Yes, even you in the back.
00:33:04.08\00:33:05.08
Basses, we need you, every last
00:33:05.18\00:33:05.98
bass.
00:33:06.08\00:33:07.08
Don't be shy. Our note is...
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[ Organ plays note ]
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[ Hums ]
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One, two, three.
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>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:33:15.16\00:33:20.00
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:33:20.10\00:33:22.56
and sing ¤
00:33:22.66\00:33:25.37
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:33:25.47\00:33:29.17
on high ¤
00:33:29.27\00:33:30.71
¤ The cross of Christ
00:33:30.81\00:33:33.24
your King ¤
00:33:33.34\00:33:35.71
¤ Rejoice
00:33:35.81\00:33:38.68
>> Rest.
00:33:38.78\00:33:39.48
>> Rejoice ¤
00:33:39.58\00:33:41.35
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:33:41.45\00:33:43.55
and sing ¤
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>> That was not bad.
00:33:46.65\00:33:48.62
That was not bad at all.
00:33:48.72\00:33:50.16
All right. Good job, basses.
00:33:50.26\00:33:51.46
Yeah. They give you a bad rap.
00:33:51.56\00:33:52.99
It's just the sopranos though.
00:33:53.09\00:33:54.00
Don't worry about it. Okay.
00:33:54.10\00:33:56.43
Okay. I think we're ready.
00:33:56.53\00:33:58.30
Let's try this, all four parts.
00:33:58.40\00:34:00.30
Are you ready?
00:34:03.71\00:34:04.71
Roll chord, please.
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[ Organ plays four notes ]
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One two, three.
00:34:09.91\00:34:12.31
>> ¤ Rejoice, ye pure in heart
00:34:12.41\00:34:17.25
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:34:17.35\00:34:19.85
and sing ¤
00:34:19.95\00:34:22.66
¤ Your festal banner wave
00:34:22.76\00:34:26.46
on high ¤
00:34:26.56\00:34:27.96
¤ The cross of Christ
00:34:28.06\00:34:30.50
your King ¤
00:34:30.60\00:34:33.10
¤ Rejoice, rejoice
00:34:33.20\00:34:38.77
¤ Rejoice, give thanks,
00:34:38.87\00:34:41.41
and sing ¤
00:34:41.51\00:34:44.95
>> All right.
00:34:45.05\00:34:46.08
Everybody stand up.
00:34:46.18\00:34:48.88
Hold your hymnbooks up high
00:34:48.98\00:34:50.22
so you can see me.
00:34:50.32\00:34:51.25
All right? Look straight ahead.
00:34:51.35\00:34:53.39
Stand up tall. We're going
00:34:53.49\00:34:54.96
to sing golden tones here.
00:34:55.06\00:34:57.99
And let's do the first
00:34:58.09\00:35:00.73
and the last verse
00:35:00.83\00:35:02.16
with full accompaniment.
00:35:02.26\00:35:03.40
Would you roll our chord,
00:35:03.50\00:35:04.20
please? Yes.
00:35:04.30\00:35:06.30
One, two, three.
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>> Last verse.
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>> Now don't sit down yet.
00:36:18.01\00:36:19.11
We're going to do the first
00:36:19.21\00:36:20.68
verse a cappella.
00:36:20.78\00:36:24.15
And I want you to imagine.
00:36:24.25\00:36:27.42
That the father is sitting
00:36:27.52\00:36:28.22
on his throne,
00:36:28.32\00:36:30.79
waiting in anxious anticipation
00:36:30.89\00:36:33.99
for the love of his children
00:36:34.09\00:36:34.99
to be reciprocated.
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Pitches, please.
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[ Organ plays four notes ]
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One, two, three.
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>> Amen. Amen.
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>> Amen, amen, amen.
00:37:25.27\00:37:28.38
Please be seated right
00:37:28.48\00:37:29.48
where you're at.
00:37:29.58\00:37:30.28
Just go ahead and have a seat
00:37:30.38\00:37:30.95
right there.
00:37:31.05\00:37:32.58
The real estate, that pew that
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.35
you paid for will still be
00:37:34.45\00:37:35.65
sitting there after we're done
00:37:35.75\00:37:36.58
with this little exercise,
00:37:36.69\00:37:37.45
so don't go back to your seats
00:37:37.55\00:37:37.99
quite yet.
00:37:38.09\00:37:40.16
Jesus said,
00:37:40.26\00:37:42.22
"The Father is looking
00:37:42.32\00:37:44.79
for worshipers who will worship
00:37:44.89\00:37:46.26
Him in spirit and in truth."
00:37:46.36\00:37:50.43
You just taught us something
00:37:50.53\00:37:52.10
in this little exercise
00:37:52.20\00:37:54.30
that I think gives us
00:37:54.40\00:37:55.94
at least three insights
00:37:56.04\00:37:58.67
into what that means.
00:37:58.77\00:38:02.14
Insight number one.
00:38:02.24\00:38:05.21
Hearts that are united
00:38:05.31\00:38:07.78
can make great music together.
00:38:07.88\00:38:12.72
Oh, say amen. Amen and amen.
00:38:12.82\00:38:15.09
Hearts that are united.
00:38:15.19\00:38:15.96
Hearts that are singing off
00:38:16.06\00:38:16.86
of the same page.
00:38:16.96\00:38:17.89
You know, when we first
00:38:17.99\00:38:18.66
started there, there was
00:38:18.76\00:38:19.43
a few stumbles in there.
00:38:19.53\00:38:20.13
But by the end,
00:38:20.23\00:38:20.96
it was heavenly music
00:38:21.06\00:38:22.26
that was filling this place.
00:38:22.36\00:38:23.83
Hearts that are united.
00:38:23.93\00:38:25.10
When we are doing things
00:38:25.20\00:38:26.47
together as the people of
00:38:26.57\00:38:27.94
Christ, great things can happen.
00:38:28.04\00:38:29.97
We can make beautiful music.
00:38:30.07\00:38:32.87
You know, Jesus said, "The Lord
00:38:32.97\00:38:34.94
is looking for -- The Father is
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.01
looking for worshipers that will
00:38:37.11\00:38:37.98
worship in spirit and in truth."
00:38:38.08\00:38:39.45
In some of your translations,
00:38:39.55\00:38:40.82
the word "spirit" is lowercase,
00:38:40.92\00:38:42.15
lowercase S.
00:38:42.25\00:38:43.52
In other translations,
00:38:43.62\00:38:44.49
it's an uppercase S,
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.22
and interestingly enough,
00:38:46.32\00:38:47.76
both are correct because,
00:38:47.86\00:38:50.43
you see, on the one hand,
00:38:50.53\00:38:52.33
the Father is looking for people
00:38:52.43\00:38:53.46
that will worship Him with
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.36
with spirit,
00:38:54.46\00:38:55.90
with their heart, with passion,
00:38:56.00\00:38:57.47
no reserve, no retreat,
00:38:57.57\00:38:59.33
everything put towards that.
00:38:59.43\00:39:00.64
And we talk about horses
00:39:00.74\00:39:02.57
being spirited, you know,
00:39:02.67\00:39:03.74
a spirited horse, you know,
00:39:03.84\00:39:04.81
they they're they're ready
00:39:04.91\00:39:05.74
to get out of the gate.
00:39:05.84\00:39:06.91
When the barn doors open,
00:39:07.01\00:39:07.74
off they go.
00:39:07.84\00:39:08.94
If they're in a race with
00:39:09.04\00:39:09.91
another horse, there's nothing
00:39:10.01\00:39:10.88
that's held back.
00:39:10.98\00:39:11.98
This is spirit.
00:39:12.08\00:39:13.58
God is looking for worshipers
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.18
that will worship Him
00:39:15.28\00:39:15.95
in that way.
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.45
This is why, you know,
00:39:17.55\00:39:18.45
I have you sit up as you sing.
00:39:18.55\00:39:19.79
We can do this more.
00:39:19.89\00:39:20.79
We can do this together.
00:39:20.89\00:39:22.42
We often underestimate our best.
00:39:22.52\00:39:26.73
But the Lord is saying,
00:39:26.83\00:39:27.56
"Hey, come get --
00:39:27.66\00:39:28.76
I've given you spirit.
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.10
Put it to work for me. Passion.
00:39:30.20\00:39:31.67
All of you. Nothing held back."
00:39:31.77\00:39:34.97
And as it turns out,
00:39:35.07\00:39:36.04
that kind of spirit,
00:39:36.14\00:39:37.41
that kind of heart and passion
00:39:37.51\00:39:39.24
ultimately has only one source.
00:39:39.34\00:39:44.25
Lesson number two.
00:39:44.35\00:39:45.65
This is the uppercase S,
00:39:56.96\00:39:57.99
right, capital S, Spirit.
00:39:58.09\00:40:00.46
You know, I wish I had more time
00:40:00.56\00:40:01.53
to talk about this today.
00:40:01.63\00:40:02.36
We're going to talk
00:40:02.46\00:40:03.00
about the Holy Spirit
00:40:03.10\00:40:03.93
in the not too distant future.
00:40:04.03\00:40:04.77
This is a super,
00:40:04.87\00:40:05.80
super important topic.
00:40:05.90\00:40:07.84
Suffice it for now to say this.
00:40:07.94\00:40:09.44
The Holy Spirit is
00:40:09.54\00:40:10.84
the presence of God on Earth.
00:40:10.94\00:40:12.44
It is the very presence
00:40:12.54\00:40:13.94
of Jesus Christ.
00:40:14.04\00:40:15.74
To be filled with
00:40:15.84\00:40:16.75
the Holy Spirit is our great
00:40:16.85\00:40:18.45
need, for all of
00:40:18.55\00:40:19.71
God's spiritual blessings
00:40:19.81\00:40:21.05
follow the infilling
00:40:21.15\00:40:22.48
of the Holy Spirit.
00:40:22.58\00:40:25.15
This is an astonishing fact.
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.65
Jesus himself said,
00:40:26.76\00:40:28.26
"It is better for you" --
00:40:28.36\00:40:29.96
to his disciples --
00:40:30.06\00:40:31.36
"it is better for you
00:40:31.46\00:40:32.16
that I leave
00:40:32.26\00:40:34.66
so that the Holy Spirit
00:40:34.76\00:40:35.70
can come in my place."
00:40:35.80\00:40:37.57
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
00:40:37.67\00:40:38.87
if Jesus Christ in person
00:40:38.97\00:40:40.47
were preaching somewhere else
00:40:40.57\00:40:41.47
on this campus,
00:40:41.57\00:40:42.54
you would not be sitting here
00:40:42.64\00:40:43.41
right now.
00:40:43.51\00:40:45.54
I wouldn't be sitting here
00:40:45.64\00:40:46.41
right now myself.
00:40:46.51\00:40:47.34
I'd be over there
00:40:47.44\00:40:48.04
because Jesus was here, right?
00:40:48.14\00:40:49.38
And yet Jesus says,
00:40:49.48\00:40:50.78
"It is better for me
00:40:50.88\00:40:52.05
that I'm not here
00:40:52.15\00:40:54.45
so that the Holy Spirit
00:40:54.55\00:40:56.25
can be sent."
00:40:56.35\00:40:57.52
Because Jesus became one
00:40:57.62\00:40:58.95
with the human race,
00:40:59.05\00:41:01.36
He cannot physically be present
00:41:01.46\00:41:02.76
in every place at once before.
00:41:02.86\00:41:03.89
But by the Holy Spirit
00:41:03.99\00:41:06.06
He can now live inside of us,
00:41:06.16\00:41:07.03
closer than the air
00:41:07.13\00:41:07.76
that we breathe.
00:41:07.86\00:41:10.20
This school year,
00:41:10.30\00:41:11.27
God has called us to work
00:41:11.37\00:41:12.53
together as a campus family.
00:41:12.63\00:41:13.94
All of us -- students,
00:41:14.04\00:41:14.94
those that are not students,
00:41:15.04\00:41:16.10
older folk, younger folk,
00:41:16.20\00:41:17.14
everybody in between, all of us.
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.54
And we must remember that choirs
00:41:19.64\00:41:21.01
are the strongest
00:41:21.11\00:41:22.01
when everyone sings.
00:41:22.11\00:41:23.78
I hope you noticed that.
00:41:23.88\00:41:24.71
That was pretty obvious,
00:41:24.81\00:41:25.38
wasn't it?
00:41:25.48\00:41:26.35
When it was just sopranos or
00:41:26.45\00:41:27.78
altos or tenors, you know,
00:41:27.88\00:41:29.02
that sounds good,
00:41:29.12\00:41:30.19
but when everybody is singing,
00:41:30.29\00:41:31.79
wow, I mean, the rafters
00:41:31.89\00:41:32.89
just shake with gladness.
00:41:32.99\00:41:35.42
That's what it's like when we're
00:41:35.52\00:41:36.36
firing on all cylinders.
00:41:36.46\00:41:37.79
There are no unimportant
00:41:37.89\00:41:40.10
God-given gifts.
00:41:40.20\00:41:42.93
And if you sit here this morning
00:41:43.03\00:41:44.87
and you're a follower of God,
00:41:44.97\00:41:45.80
you have at least one.
00:41:45.90\00:41:46.77
And I've never met anybody that
00:41:46.87\00:41:47.70
only has one God-given gift.
00:41:47.80\00:41:49.77
God is calling you to put those
00:41:49.87\00:41:51.47
to use here on this campus
00:41:51.57\00:41:52.97
and to do it with heart,
00:41:53.07\00:41:54.74
with your spirit fully engaged.
00:41:54.84\00:41:56.44
And to do that requires, again,
00:41:56.54\00:41:58.08
the filling of the Holy Spirit.
00:41:58.18\00:42:01.12
So I plead with you,
00:42:01.22\00:42:03.05
if you are not currently
00:42:03.15\00:42:04.09
in the habit of doing it,
00:42:04.19\00:42:06.32
would you begin this day
00:42:06.42\00:42:08.29
to simply ask for
00:42:08.39\00:42:10.83
the filling of the Holy Spirit?
00:42:10.93\00:42:13.16
You know,
00:42:13.26\00:42:14.30
it actually is that simple.
00:42:14.40\00:42:15.36
And not because I say it is.
00:42:15.46\00:42:16.30
Because Jesus did.
00:42:16.40\00:42:17.37
Luke 11:13, if we were to read
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that, we would find there
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Jesus says --
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He's talking to a crowd,
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a somewhat mixed multitude,
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and He says, "If you then,
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though you are evil,
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know how to give good gifts
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to your children,
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how much more will the Father
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in Heaven give the Holy Spirit
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to those who"...
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>> Ask.
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>> Ask, exactly. To ask.
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This is the beginning
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of the freedom, the salvation,
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the power-filled,
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transformative life
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that Jesus longs for us to live.
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And it begins
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with the Holy Spirit of God.
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So ask for it, make it
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your first work each day.
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Lord, fill me with
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Your Holy Spirit, lead me by
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your Spirit throughout this day.
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Which leads us
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to the third lesson
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that you taught us this morning,
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and that is that...
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Hmm.
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And I'm going to suggest
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that that truth is best revealed
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in this book.
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The Bible.
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It's not the only place
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that the truth is revealed.
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We can have inspiration of truth
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from nature.
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Sometimes the Holy Spirit
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just speaks to our hearts.
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But this is
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the most reliable source.
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This is the filter through which
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all other revelations must pass.
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This is the foundation here.
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The verbal foundation to God's
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Kingdom is found right here.
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Now, can you imagine how we
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would have sounded on
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"Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart,"
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if instead of the the tenors
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singing off of page 27,
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they chose page 28.
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How would that have sounded?
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Pretty bad. Pretty bad.
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But when we are singing off
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of the same page of God's truth,
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when we hold up and elevate
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His Word and said, "This is the
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standard by which we will live,"
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that will help us
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to be drawn together.
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You know, to be pure in heart,
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just to come right down
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to the texture of the song
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that we just sang,
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to be pure in heart
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is to be fully committed,
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fully focused, of fully
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focused follower of God.
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And the only way we know
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for certain how to follow God
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in this way is through
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the study of His Word.
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So, again, I plead with you,
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if you are not currently
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in the habit of studying
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the Word on a regular basis,
00:44:31.93\00:44:33.77
please begin to do so.
00:44:33.87\00:44:36.07
I would love to see Jesus
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come back with my own two eyes
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before death, wouldn't you?
00:44:39.14\00:44:40.88
That would be an awesome thing.
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And yet, so often when we look
00:44:44.01\00:44:45.38
throughout the land, we look --
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When we look across the world
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of Christianity,
00:44:48.75\00:44:50.02
it seems that the only time
00:44:50.12\00:44:51.62
we spend time in the Bible
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is during a sermon.
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I plead with you,
00:44:55.89\00:44:56.79
don't let it happen to you.
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Become a student of the Word.
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You know, Jesus, every morning,
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is available for a personal
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Bible study just with you.
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And if you will take just that
00:45:06.13\00:45:07.10
time and open His words,
00:45:07.20\00:45:09.37
if you haven't done this before,
00:45:09.47\00:45:10.71
start with the Gospels --
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John --
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and just read a few verses there
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and say, "What is God
00:45:13.88\00:45:15.48
trying to speak to me?
00:45:15.58\00:45:18.15
What lessons are here for me
00:45:18.25\00:45:19.28
that I can learn from God
00:45:19.38\00:45:20.32
and from His Word?"
00:45:20.42\00:45:23.39
You see, when we are filled
00:45:23.49\00:45:26.22
with the Spirit of God,
00:45:26.32\00:45:28.42
when we are regularly studying
00:45:28.52\00:45:29.89
the Word of God, we cannot help
00:45:29.99\00:45:32.03
but be drawn together.
00:45:32.13\00:45:33.60
That is the inevitable result.
00:45:33.70\00:45:34.93
We cannot help but become,
00:45:35.03\00:45:35.96
ultimately, worshipers
00:45:36.06\00:45:37.63
that worship God in spirit
00:45:37.73\00:45:39.03
and in truth.
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And please hear this well.
00:45:40.34\00:45:42.24
There is no limit
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to what God can do with
00:45:45.04\00:45:46.61
the individual or the class
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or the campus or the church
00:45:48.48\00:45:50.21
who is guided by the Word of God
00:45:50.31\00:45:51.85
and filled with His Holy Spirit.
00:45:51.95\00:45:54.12
There's no limit to that.
00:45:54.22\00:45:55.72
There is no challenge that we
00:45:55.82\00:45:56.82
face, there's no problem that
00:45:56.92\00:45:57.75
you have personally,
00:45:57.85\00:45:58.69
there's no challenge that we
00:45:58.79\00:45:59.75
have corporately that cannot be
00:45:59.85\00:46:02.12
overcome with that recipe.
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.59
People who worship God in spirit
00:46:04.69\00:46:06.19
and in truth.
00:46:06.29\00:46:08.56
We are dealing with spiritual
00:46:08.66\00:46:09.80
dynamite here.
00:46:09.90\00:46:11.20
Great gold stuff.
00:46:11.30\00:46:14.27
These are the very kind of
00:46:14.37\00:46:15.97
worshipers that Jesus said the
00:46:16.07\00:46:16.91
Father craves.
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.04
And as we end our time here
00:46:19.14\00:46:20.11
this morning, I want to give you
00:46:20.21\00:46:20.98
an opportunity to say,
00:46:21.08\00:46:22.88
"Yes, Lord,
00:46:22.98\00:46:24.45
I want to be one of those kinds
00:46:24.55\00:46:25.88
of worshipers,
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.42
one who worships you in spirit
00:46:27.52\00:46:29.15
and in truth."
00:46:29.25\00:46:31.65
You know, it's tradition here
00:46:31.75\00:46:32.65
at Pioneer that
00:46:32.75\00:46:34.69
a spiritual theme is selected
00:46:34.79\00:46:36.16
for that particular school year,
00:46:36.26\00:46:37.23
that ministry year.
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And as you by now, I hope, know,
00:46:38.99\00:46:41.06
the theme for this year is
00:46:41.16\00:46:42.46
Together in Spirit and in Truth.
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You know, in American business
00:46:45.60\00:46:47.40
and probably in most of the rest
00:46:47.50\00:46:48.60
of the world, for that matter,
00:46:48.70\00:46:49.67
a deal is not a deal
00:46:49.77\00:46:51.87
until both parties
00:46:51.97\00:46:53.61
have signed the contract. Right?
00:46:53.71\00:46:56.58
Well in the contract
00:46:56.68\00:46:57.95
of the Kingdom, Jesus has
00:46:58.05\00:47:00.68
already signed his name in
00:47:00.78\00:47:01.68
blood.
00:47:01.78\00:47:04.15
Because on the cross, He said,
00:47:04.25\00:47:05.65
"Yes, I do.
00:47:05.75\00:47:07.52
I will seek to save
00:47:07.62\00:47:09.89
as many people as possible."
00:47:09.99\00:47:12.53
And he signed His name,
00:47:12.63\00:47:13.40
as it were, in blood.
00:47:13.50\00:47:15.73
Jesus now waits
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.03
for our signatures.
00:47:17.13\00:47:19.17
And on this banner, we used
00:47:19.27\00:47:20.80
to have everybody come and sign
00:47:20.90\00:47:21.90
on the same banner.
00:47:22.00\00:47:22.94
And it used to be --
00:47:23.04\00:47:24.54
my understanding --
00:47:24.64\00:47:25.44
is just freshmen and faculty
00:47:25.54\00:47:26.78
would sign it, which
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it's a wonderful thing.
00:47:27.74\00:47:28.78
We are expanding that now
00:47:28.88\00:47:29.81
to everyone
00:47:29.91\00:47:31.31
to be able to sign this.
00:47:31.41\00:47:32.41
And, so, the banner is bigger
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.95
and we have a new way
00:47:35.05\00:47:36.02
that we would like you to sign.
00:47:36.12\00:47:37.65
I have some volunteers
00:47:37.75\00:47:39.19
that are here with me.
00:47:39.29\00:47:40.06
If you can go ahead and stand
00:47:40.16\00:47:41.09
where you're at and find
00:47:41.19\00:47:42.22
a position around the sanctuary
00:47:42.32\00:47:43.12
here.
00:47:43.22\00:47:44.33
We have taken the cloth, the
00:47:44.43\00:47:46.80
canvas that we are eventually
00:47:46.90\00:47:48.20
going to put onto this banner,
00:47:48.30\00:47:50.43
and placed it on these smaller
00:47:50.53\00:47:51.70
signing cards.
00:47:51.80\00:47:53.54
My helpers here, they're going
00:47:53.64\00:47:54.57
to have Sharpie pens.
00:47:54.67\00:47:56.54
You can choose your color and
00:47:56.64\00:47:58.01
you can come and you can sign.
00:47:58.11\00:47:59.61
We had students sign
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last night at Vespers.
00:48:01.31\00:48:02.24
We had first
00:48:02.34\00:48:03.14
service participants sign
00:48:03.24\00:48:04.18
at first service.
00:48:04.28\00:48:05.31
And I would love it
00:48:05.41\00:48:06.98
if we would fill up every spot
00:48:07.08\00:48:09.05
on these signing tiles.
00:48:09.15\00:48:10.19
There'll be two of them in the
00:48:10.29\00:48:11.19
balcony, there'll be some here
00:48:11.29\00:48:11.95
in the middle.
00:48:12.05\00:48:12.75
We also have some at the very
00:48:12.85\00:48:13.62
back of the sanctuary.
00:48:13.72\00:48:15.02
In addition to the ones
00:48:15.12\00:48:15.76
here up front.
00:48:15.86\00:48:17.69
If you would like to say to God,
00:48:17.79\00:48:21.43
"I'm in. I want to be that one
00:48:21.53\00:48:25.10
who worships You, together
00:48:25.20\00:48:26.17
with others,
00:48:26.27\00:48:27.07
in spirit and in truth,"
00:48:27.17\00:48:29.14
if you want to sign your name
00:48:29.24\00:48:30.17
on that contract,
00:48:30.27\00:48:32.04
would you please make your way
00:48:32.14\00:48:32.97
now, as we sing some hymns
00:48:33.07\00:48:34.28
together.
00:48:34.38\00:48:34.94
Find a spot.
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Go ahead, come and find a place
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.81
and sign your name.
00:48:38.91\00:48:40.68
And let's let the Lord know
00:48:40.78\00:48:41.42
what we think.
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>> And all God's people said...
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen and amen.
00:52:15.93\00:52:18.07
My prayer for us
00:52:18.17\00:52:19.80
and for our campus
00:52:19.90\00:52:21.10
and for the schools
00:52:21.20\00:52:22.40
that we have the privilege
00:52:22.50\00:52:23.14
of ministering with,
00:52:23.24\00:52:25.64
and indeed this would be a year
00:52:25.74\00:52:27.24
that is marked strongly
00:52:27.34\00:52:32.08
with the inspiration
00:52:32.18\00:52:32.91
of the Holy Spirit,
00:52:33.01\00:52:35.52
with unity, with God's power
00:52:35.62\00:52:39.22
flowing through His word,
00:52:39.32\00:52:41.56
that it might be a blessing
00:52:41.66\00:52:42.52
to those not just here,
00:52:42.62\00:52:45.16
but through all the places
00:52:45.26\00:52:45.93
around the world
00:52:46.03\00:52:46.73
that this campus touches.
00:52:46.83\00:52:50.07
It is our tradition here
00:52:50.17\00:52:51.70
at Pioneer to close out
00:52:51.80\00:52:54.07
the first full Sabbath
00:52:54.17\00:52:55.17
of the year,
00:52:55.27\00:52:55.94
when everyone is back in
00:52:56.04\00:52:58.11
session, with our singing
00:52:58.21\00:53:00.34
of the Lord's Prayer.
00:53:00.44\00:53:01.74
And indeed, we are going to do
00:53:01.84\00:53:02.64
that here.
00:53:02.74\00:53:04.08
Brenton will come
00:53:04.18\00:53:05.98
and lead us in that song.
00:53:06.08\00:53:08.25
This will be our benediction.
00:53:08.35\00:53:09.92
There will be nothing further
00:53:10.02\00:53:11.35
in the program after that.
00:53:11.45\00:53:12.75
This is our saying to the Lord,
00:53:12.85\00:53:14.89
we are Yours, we are committed,
00:53:14.99\00:53:16.73
and we are ready
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.33
to do Your bidding.
00:53:18.43\00:53:20.23
I would invite you, please,
00:53:20.33\00:53:21.20
to stand to your feet now
00:53:21.30\00:53:22.83
as Brenton comes to lead us.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Before you go, let me take
00:56:40.50\00:56:42.00
just a moment to share with you
00:56:42.10\00:56:43.16
an opportunity to get into the
00:56:43.26\00:56:44.50
Bible in a fresh, new way.
00:56:44.60\00:56:46.60
All across the world,
00:56:46.70\00:56:48.24
more and more people are hearing
00:56:48.34\00:56:49.24
the call to examine
00:56:49.34\00:56:50.61
the Scriptures for themselves.
00:56:50.71\00:56:52.27
If you felt drawn to learn more
00:56:52.37\00:56:54.24
about God's word but you don't
00:56:54.34\00:56:55.68
know where to start or you're
00:56:55.78\00:56:56.78
just looking for a more in-depth
00:56:56.88\00:56:58.38
examination of Bible truths,
00:56:58.48\00:57:00.72
then I have something right here
00:57:00.82\00:57:02.22
that I believe you're
00:57:02.32\00:57:03.12
going to enjoy.
00:57:03.22\00:57:04.55
I would like to send you
00:57:04.65\00:57:05.85
a series of Bible study guides.
00:57:05.95\00:57:07.76
Each of these study guides
00:57:07.86\00:57:09.19
asks and answers
00:57:09.29\00:57:10.59
very important questions, such
00:57:10.69\00:57:12.16
as these examples right here --
00:57:12.26\00:57:13.86
"Why Does God Allow Suffering?"
00:57:13.96\00:57:15.76
"Can God be trusted?"
00:57:15.86\00:57:18.43
Each of the initial five guides
00:57:18.53\00:57:20.20
begins with a story
00:57:20.30\00:57:21.67
to introduce the subject.
00:57:21.77\00:57:23.17
Then, through a series of
00:57:23.27\00:57:24.41
focused questions, you'll soon
00:57:24.51\00:57:26.14
be learning portions of the
00:57:26.24\00:57:27.18
Bible you may never
00:57:27.28\00:57:28.51
have known before.
00:57:28.61\00:57:30.11
And when you're through,
00:57:30.21\00:57:31.25
you'll be able to share
00:57:31.35\00:57:32.41
with others these inspiring
00:57:32.51\00:57:33.85
truths from God's words.
00:57:33.95\00:57:36.02
Just call our toll-free number.
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It's on your screen now.
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877, the two words "HIS WILL,"
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Friendly operators
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Call that number.
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And don't forget to join me
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next week right here
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at the same time.
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