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Greetings everybody. 
This is John Ewart, senior 

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pastor at Inglewood Baptist 
Church in Rocky Mount, NC and I 

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just want to welcome you to 
another episode of Walking in 

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Prayer. 
I hope that you've enjoyed 

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listening to some of the other 
episodes. 

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These are designed for you to 
use either while you're walking 

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around the neighborhood, maybe 
you're walking the dog, walking 

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with your spouse or friends. 
You could be walking around the 

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track, the mall, the gym, or you
could just be using these in 

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your personal quiet time while 
you're sitting in your home. 

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And so we've been sharing 
different topics concerning 

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prayer and how we can pray. 
And I'm joined in this episode 

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by Pastor Skyler Ortega, who's 
our worship leader and worship 

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pastor here at Inglewood. 
We're so thankful that he can 

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join us. 
And before we get started, we 

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just wanted to talk a little bit
about worship. 

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How can we walk in worship as we
pray? 

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And so we're going to talk 
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what's a good definition of 
worship? 

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Pastor Skyler, won't you help us
out for a minute? 

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Absolutely. 
Thank you, Pastor John. 

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Well, for me, my definition of 
worship over the years has 

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gotten bigger to shorter to 
bigger to shorter, but I think I

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finally come to a really nice 
condensed definition and that is

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worship is all that we are 
responding to, all that God is 

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and all that God says. 
So worship in essence is a 

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lifestyle. 
It's everything that we say, 

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that we think that we do. 
And you can find this in the 

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Scriptures in Romans 12/1. 
It says present your bodies a 

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living sacrifice, holy and 
acceptable to God, which is your

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spiritual worship. 
And again in 1st Corinthians 

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1031, whether you eat or you 
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all to the glory of God. 
So everything that we do worship

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is all that we are responding 
to, all that God is and all that

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he says. 
So as you begin walking, think 

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about how your entire life, your
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intertwines with this concept of
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How I can honor God with my 
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off of myself and place it upon 
him, the one who sits on the 

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throne, and I can really honor 
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So as you begin walking right 
now or as you begin praying in 

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your home, just take a few 
moments and reflect upon the 

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fact. 
Am I actually offering myself, 

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my whole self as a living 
sacrifice in a way that's 

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honorable and pleasing to Him? 
Is my whole life everything I 

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think, everything I say, 
everything I do an act of 

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worship that brings Him great 
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So spend just a few moments 
praying about that as you walk 

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or as you sit in your quiet 
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And now as we continue that 
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more about the relationship of 
prayer to worship and how the 

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two again are connected. 
And so Skyler, talk to us a 

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little bit. 
How do we how do we put together

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the idea of worship and prayer? 
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So there are many different 
forms of worship. 

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Many often or very often in 
times that people hear worship, 

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they think music and music 
alone, but music is just a 

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vehicle for worship. 
Prayer is another vehicle of 

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worship. 
It's one of the ways that we get

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to worship the Lord both 
personally and corporately, as 

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we see in Acts 242. 
And they devoted themselves to 

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the teaching and the fellowship,
into the breaking of bread and 

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the prayers. 
So in your personal time, and 

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both corporately, prayer 
acknowledges God's worth, 

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expresses our dependence on him,
and reflects a desire to 

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understand and submit to God's 
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So prayer is an act of worship 
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corporately as we gather as a 
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And so now as you continue your 
journey, as you're walking or 

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praying at this point, I want 
you to take a moment and if 

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you're outside walking, look 
around for a moment and think 

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about, think about the majesty 
that God has created and how you

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can thank him for that. 
In fact, I'm reminded of Psalm 

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95 as you walk or as you pray 
now says, Oh, come, let us sing 

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to the Lord. 
Let us make a joyful noise to 

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the rock of our salvation. 
Let us come into his presence 

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with Thanksgiving. 
Let us make a joyful noise to 

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Him with songs of praise, for 
the Lord is a great God and a 

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great King above all gods. 
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the earth, the heights of the 
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Also the sea is His, for He made
it, and His hands formed the dry

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land. 
O Come, let us worship and bow 

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down. 
Let us kneel before the Lord our

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Maker, for He is our God, and we
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and the sheep of His hand. 
Today if you hear His voice, do 

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not harden your hearts. 
So think about that as you're 

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praying and the fact that as you
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not only are you going to 
express things to him and praise

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and adoration and acts of 
worship that that might be very 

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clear to you. 
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about the fact you need to be 
listening and listen to his word

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and listen to his Spirit as you 
pray as well. 

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And so praying is this is almost
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And as you worship, I hope that 
you're also recognizing that 

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connection that we've talked 
about South. 

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Take a few moments as you pray 
to think about how you can 

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praise God for who He is, thank 
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life, and also just submit to 
Him and be open in your heart 

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and mind to listen and to hear 
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And now as we continue, let's 
talk about some some good ideas.

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What are some good ideas for 
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How, how can I? 
Because sometimes we don't think

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of it. 
It's kind of like you said a 

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minute ago, that sometimes we 
often think of worship as that 

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Sunday morning corporate worship
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We call it that and it is, but 
there's so much more to this. 

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And so on the personal level, 
how how are how are some good 

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ways, what are some best 
practices for us in our personal

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worship? 
Yeah, so I'll, I'll just speak 

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from my perspective on this. 
At my last church, I was in 

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charge of youth and they had a 
really hard time coming to grips

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with how to worship personally. 
So I made it super simple for 

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them. 
And I've used it in my own 

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personal life as well, where if 
I'm driving in the car and I'm 

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listening to music, is the music
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pleasing to the Lord and am I 
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It's a very easy, simple way 
where I don't have to set aside 

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time, especially unique time, 
quiet time for most people. 

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I can just listen to a song and 
worship the Lord by singing it 

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out loud to Him. 
And that's one of the simplest 

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ways that I do it. 
Personal time, praying, you 

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know, getting a loan for me. 
I have a prayer room at my house

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and I will get into my prayer 
closet if you will, and I will 

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set aside time to read the Word 
and pray and seek the Lord and 

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seek His will for my life. 
So those are two ways that I 

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personally am worshipping the 
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I also often think, when I think
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of Isaiah chapter 6, where 
Isaiah is actually in a, in a, 

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in a spirit of mourning. 
The king has died. 

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I think there's a sense of 
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It may be that Isaiah was even a
relative of the king and he goes

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to the temple. 
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going to lead us now, you know, 
how are the people going to be 

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led? 
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we, we have needs, we have 
questions, we even suffer, we 

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have grief, we have things we're
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And the Bible says that when he 
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lifted up. 
And his response was, was pretty

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simple. 
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He, he recognized that he was a 
sinful person who, who, who had 

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unclean lips. 
The Bible says he had unclean 

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thoughts in mind. 
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restores him and calls him out. 
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in that act of humbling himself 
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actually gives him comfort. 
The Lord also gives him 

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direction. 
The Lord gives him calling. 

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So in worship, not only are we 
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receiving back from him a sense 
of who we are supposed to be in 

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him. 
I've often told my students that

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seminary that I want you to 
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I want you to understand who God
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I want you to understand who you
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And I want you to understand the
difference between the two so 

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that you can understand how we 
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So I want you to think about it 
in, in your personal worship 

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time right now. 
Just reflect as you're walking 

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or as you're sitting there and 
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How, how am I worshipping God 
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When, when I'm not necessarily 
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small group, I'm I'm not with 
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How do I, how do I humble 
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How do I submit myself? 
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Just reflect and pray about 
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Ask God to show you clear and 
practical ways to bring Him that

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glory. 
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on this journey, I hope that I 
hope that you're enjoying the 

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presence of the Lord as you're 
thinking about him and and 

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submitting yourself to him. 
I'm reminded again, a very well 

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known Psalm, Psalm 100, make a 
joyful noise to the Lord, all 

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the earth. 
Serve the Lord with gladness. 

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Come into his presence with 
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Know that the Lord, he is God. 
It is he who made us and we are 

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his. 
We are his people in the sheep 

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of his pasture. 
Enter his gates with 

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Thanksgiving and his courts with
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Give thanks to him. 
Bless his name, for the Lord is 

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good. 
His steadfast love endures 

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forever and his faithfulness to 
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And I'm just reminded of our 
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who he is and thank him for all 
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do, but also just to recognize 
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He is good and he is love and 
he's faithful and he'll never 

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fail us. 
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responsibility to submit 
ourselves to him, our entire 

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being, as Romans 12 indicates to
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an act of worship. 
Our, our entire existence is an 

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act of worship because of his 
creation, the opportunity to, to

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say back to him and to speak in 
to our hearts to him about how 

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good he is to us. 
So take a moment, take a moment 

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just to pray about the Lord's 
goodness, about his love, his 

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steadfast love that endures 
forever for you, his 

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faithfulness to you. 
He'll never fail you. 

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Just thank Him for that, praise 
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The. 
Let's talk for a few minutes. 

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We've talked about some personal
worship ideas. 

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What about some ways to best 
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It's something we need to 
actually learn. 

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We need to come prepared for our
public worship time. 

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Pastor Schuyler, help us. 
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So in the public gathering, some
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worship the Lord together are 
simple things like singing and 

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reading the Bible together, 
praying together, learning under

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expository preaching of the 
Bible together, observing the 

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ordinances like baptism in the 
Lord's Supper and cheerful 

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giving. 
These are all ways that we can 

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come together corporately to 
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And I think one of the key ones 
is singing. 

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And from the stage, while that 
is the simplest one, it's it's 

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something I actually see a lot 
less of where people are not 

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opening their mouths in worship.
And it is one of the simplest 

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forms that we have to worship 
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But it needs to be authentic. 
It needs to be genuine and he 

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wants to hear from his people. 
So singing is one of my personal

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favorite ways to worship the 
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But I really would want to 
encourage everyone when you come

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and gather on Sundays that 
worship is so vital. 

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It is so important. 
You will get so much from 

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singing and praising and reading
together just to open your mouth

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and to sing along with the 
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Even if you don't know the 
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I really want to encourage you 
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time in the service for us to 
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unite our voices and fellowship 
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the one who is worthy of it all.
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96. 
O sing to the Lord a new song. 

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Sing to the Lord all the earth. 
Sing to the Lord, bless his 

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name, tell of his salvation from
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among the nations as marvelous 
works among all the peoples. 

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For great is the Lord, and 
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He is to be feared above all 
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people are worthless idols. 
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Splendor and majesty are before 
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Strength and beauty are in his 
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So when we do come together, you
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Sing. 
I don't know how to sing. 

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I don't sing very well. 
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heart in a, in an act of praise 
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you ought to be praying about 
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heart, why does my mind not want
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What is it about me? 
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issues of worship is this idea 
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all gods. 
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it's all, it's a reverence. 
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recognition of his awesomeness 
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almost being overwhelmed by 
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Isaiah went through. 
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very presence in a sense that 
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I need to, I need to share what 
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overflowing. 
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is through that praise, through 
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read his word and hear his word.
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diligently that when you come on
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somebody, I said, did you, did 
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But did you really worship on 
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watch a show? 
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performance by other people and 
perhaps even critique them 

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instead? 
Did you actually worship and 

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honor God in that time together 
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is something that is spoken 
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So take a few moments and pray. 
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Am I really prepared for 
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Am I really ready? 
Does my heart cry out with the 

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glory in the splendor, the 
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Take a few moments and pray 
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Thank you all so much. 
Pastor Skyler, you got any final

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thoughts about worship that you 
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Absolutely. 
Just a reminder to our 

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listeners, you know, this is my 
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as I see in the Scriptures and 
as I've studied, but just some 

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quick reminders of what true 
worship is, some things that 

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we've already gone over. 
True worship is a lifestyle. 

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Present your bodies as a living 
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to God, which is your spiritual 
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Another is that true worship 
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in our life. 
Worship should not be me 

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centered, it should be God 
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So we need to remember that in 
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and rightly, we need to know Him
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We need to know His scriptures, 
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do, what He tells us to do in 
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Another is a true worshipper of 
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genuine and is done out of a 
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of requirement. 
Reminder that He wants our 

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worship, He desires to hear from
His people, and we ought to come

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ready to do that each and every 
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A true worshiper is constantly 
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and anticipates the opportunity 
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actions of praise. 
Again, just a reminder for 

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Sunday mornings, prepare 
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willing to lay burdens down at 
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Lord through the struggle that 
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Whatever you bring in, remember 
that He is willing to take it up

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if you will offer it and 
surrender it to Him as an act of

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worship. 
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already said, is a vehicle for 
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itself. 
It is a means of expressing the 

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worship already present in our 
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we've received in Christ Jesus. 
And that's a, that's a comment 

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from Bob Coughlin, which I 
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So I'll end it with air, Yeah. 
Those are really important 

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points, and I just encourage 
that, listeners, those are also 

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every one of those points are 
things that you should be 

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praying about. 
So even now, as you continue in 

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a spirit of prayer or as you 
continue walking, think about 

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each one of these things and 
pray about not only are these 

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true in my life, but how could I
grow and a better understanding 

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of each of these things. 
Those are really good. 

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Thank you so much for that. 
The. 

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The. 
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I just want to thank you for 
joining us. 

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Pastor Skyler, thanks so much 
for joining us today. 

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Really enjoyed. 
It listen. 

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Thank you for leading us every 
week in worship here. 

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And I just want to encourage 
those who are listening right 

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now, you, you might be a very 
active member of Englewood 

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Baptist and we're so thankful 
for you. 

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Look forward to seeing you on 
Sunday or at our midweek time 

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together. 
If you're not a member of a 

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church anywhere and you're 
looking for a Bible teaching 

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church, we would love to have 
you join us this Sunday for 

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worship. 
You could meet Pastor Skyler and

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his worship team and join us as 
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So I do hope that you'll come 
and join us and introduce 

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yourself to us. 
I thank you for joining us for 

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this episode. 
I pray that you'll go back and 

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listen to the other episodes. 
And I also look forward to the 

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future ones that we're going to 
do together. 

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We simply want to help you as 
you're walking in prayer, 

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walking with the Lord, abiding 
in him, whether you're doing 

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that out in your neighborhood, 
walking the dog, or whether 

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you're doing that in your living
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I hope that these things are 
helpful, giving you things to 

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think about and giving you items
to pray about because we just 

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want to lift up the Lord and 
honor Him with all that we do. 

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So thank you so much for joining
us. 

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We look forward to joining us 
next time.