1 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,720 Good morning, my dear friends. Right, as you know, we came up 2 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,360 with a thing that we wanted to see how we can bring worship as 3 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,840 a whole into all of our values. Today. 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,360 The value I'm looking at is biblical truth. 5 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,280 And when I'm talking about worship, I'm going to be meaning 6 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,160 song worship, singing worship and what it is that we do. 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,240 So as I say, it's what I do most weeks. 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,200 You see me up there most weeks strumming the guitar and singing 9 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,720 my little lungs out because I just feel that it is important 10 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:53,040 that songs are are what we sing like we saw this morning. 11 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:59,000 They're songs of truth. So when we we sing worship, when 12 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,040 we come together to sing worship, the first thing it 13 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,200 does, it brings us into the presence of God. 14 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,200 You can't help when you're actually declaring truth to 15 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,400 actually start raising up inside you. 16 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,640 Your spirit raises up inside you and before you know it, it takes 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,400 your hands up and you say, Jesus, like we said, the last 18 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:23,840 song, only you. When we sing in worship, we are 19 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:30,360 imparting truth to ourselves and to one another because as we are 20 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,440 in this room here, whether you know the song or not, it doesn't 21 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,080 really matter. People are singing and you can 22 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,000 listen, you can look at the words up on the on the board. 23 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,480 So it's really exciting to think that we are not just singing to 24 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,880 our to our own souls, our own spirit, but we are actually 25 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,680 singing to one another. And this is what we're called to 26 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,280 do. On a typical Sunday, if you've 27 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,960 been with us for a few times, it involves a time of worship and a 28 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,520 time of listening to God's word. Well, we've done the worship 29 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,880 bit. Now we're doing God's word bit. 30 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,600 But all this worship, worship goes starts here. 31 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,120 When you set your heart on coming to church in the morning, 32 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,840 that's when worship starts. It starts with the chairs that 33 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:14,880 are being put up, the first chair being put down. 34 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,880 It's it's going on in our kids work next door worship. 35 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,840 They are serving God because that's what worship is. 36 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,160 It's about us giving our bodies and giving it to God in worship 37 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,560 in every area of our lives. So although we're talking about 38 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,600 song worship today, worship has already been taking place, 39 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,240 right? So both worship and word have a 40 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,080 similar amount of time when we meet on a Sunday morning. 41 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,600 So it is important that what we do during worship, the singing, 42 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:49,880 the lyrics, the spiritual songs that we sing, prayers, scripture 43 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:55,440 reading are all based and it comes from the truth of God's 44 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,400 Word. Now we are all different and, 45 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,320 and I know some of you love the worship and some love the 46 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,040 teaching. It's just one of those things. 47 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:10,160 We are born differently. But what I will say is as I go 48 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:15,520 into the day that nothing replaces God's holy word. 49 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,240 Nothing, because it is from God's holy word that we worship. 50 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,280 It's from God's holy word that we serve. 51 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,240 It's from God's holy word that we get inspired to do whatever 52 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,480 the giftings He's given us. So nothing comes. 53 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,080 If we were just the church that's came here and worshipped 54 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,880 every Sunday morning, we would be lacking in so many areas of 55 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,000 our gifts. So we come here, the word is 56 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,880 Parliament about the and hearing biblical truth. 57 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,680 And it's from that that this is where new songs are comes from 58 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,040 guys over the generation from generation. 59 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,920 They sit down, they read a bit of scripture and then God comes 60 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,280 upon them and they think, I'm going to write a lyric about 61 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,720 this, I'm going to write a new song. 62 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,600 So every generation there's a new creation and new songs as 63 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,840 they come through. God is the creator. 64 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,000 We are in his image. So we also love to create. 65 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,520 And musicians will continue to create. 66 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,160 So it's not a case of staying back and doing songs, which we 67 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,360 did 20 years ago all the time. We move forward, move forward. 68 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,080 I try to as my responsibility as your worship leader in one sense 69 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,000 is to try to make sure it's paced right so we don't hear too 70 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,280 many new songs and suddenly we we're all learning at the same 71 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:34,920 time. So there's a balance between 72 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,560 bringing some of the good old ones with the, you know, the new 73 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,960 ones that we do. So I want you to be today. 74 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,080 It's more like an encouraging word. 75 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,880 And and that's what I want to look at, you know, encouraging 76 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:53,000 you that to say that in worship, you can really, really get some 77 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,200 true benefits. You know, there there's healing 78 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,960 in worship. There's battles to be fought. 79 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,200 You do it in worship and it it, it just helps. 80 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:10,840 This is what Paul says. He instructs us to follow as a 81 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,240 fellowship when we meet together. 82 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:17,560 He says let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as a 83 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,960 member of one body you were called to peace. 84 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,400 So I hope as you came in here, you may have had a, you know, 85 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:25,680 you may have got up in the morning and it's a bit hectic. 86 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,440 But as you started to come towards church, I prayed that 87 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,080 the peace of God was in your hearts. 88 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:33,200 And as you sat down and you sung the first song, I wanted you to 89 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,600 say, Yep, I'm ready for you, Lord, I'm ready, ready to be 90 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,560 part of what you want me to be. Lord, we come in being thankful. 91 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,440 We let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you 92 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,600 teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, 93 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,240 hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with 94 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,240 gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in 95 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,520 Word or deed, do it all in the name of Lord Jesus, giving 96 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,240 thanks to God the Father through him. 97 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,840 We are gathered as children of God. 98 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,400 We are gathered as one body, one family. 99 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,960 There is no me focus when you come in here. 100 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,680 It has to be Christ centred, God focused. 101 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,840 Our focus is like Paul said, there is Lord Jesus and giving 102 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:27,360 thanks to God the Father through him. 103 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,200 Now Paul wrote this letter also telling us that singing worship 104 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,680 can be a way in which we teach and admonish one another. 105 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,160 And quite often I do that 'cause when I get another song, I look 106 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,560 up on the board when I'm out there or when I'm looking 107 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,160 through these songs as I'm singing it, I, I, another truth 108 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,040 is revealed to me. I thought, wow, what a way of 109 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,120 putting it that that person in their time when they sat down 110 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,960 with God is actually giving seen something I didn't see. 111 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,240 He's not going off the truth, but he's putting it in a way 112 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,840 which I can understand. So I teach myself and also 113 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,160 sometimes we sing songs up there and we say like a like a song, 114 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,520 we say, I, I surrender all. It's a most hard song for us to 115 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,920 sing truthfully, I surrender all. 116 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,040 So it challenges us. Do we surrender? 117 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,960 Maybe we sit there and we think, OK, I need to, I, I need to sort 118 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,960 this out with God. I need to give this bit in my 119 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,400 life to God. So it, it does. 120 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,680 I, I believe Paul's very truth, what true, very right when he 121 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,360 says it is. It is for teaching and to 122 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,320 admonish us. And then there's the songs from 123 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,640 the Spirit. I know I've seen it. 124 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,640 I've been in churches for a long time and I know sometimes when 125 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:49,680 we start singing in the Spirit, you can feel uncomfortable, but 126 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:55,720 it's biblical. There are two types of singing 127 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,800 that we do from in the Spirit of God. 128 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,360 One is we use our own tongues. Nobody. 129 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,080 It's a gift of God. If you want it, you can just ask 130 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:05,880 God for it. It's where you spring. 131 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,920 And it may sound like gibberish, gibberish to you, but it's like, 132 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:15,400 you know, I can go into it now. That's my song. 133 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:20,240 I don't know what I said, but I was saying to God, OK, in when 134 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,000 we meet together, part of worship is somebody God may come 135 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,080 upon somebody and give them a tongue to bring and they speak 136 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,919 it out for the edification of the church for the to, to for us 137 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,559 all to say Amen to that. And so somebody will speak a 138 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,320 tongue. They don't know what they're 139 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,159 saying. They're looking for somebody in 140 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:44,880 here to interpret. This is part of worship. 141 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,600 This is song worship. What comes out of that is but 142 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,720 this that that tongue is not about our woes and our rights. 143 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,720 So it's not like, oh Lord, I feel in a dreadful way. 144 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,880 I know you can help me, but you know, I'm just giving it to you 145 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,720 now. That's not what would be about 146 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,120 what we would hear or the interpretation would be upward 147 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,720 to God. God, you're so magnificent. 148 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,360 Lord, I I can't understand why you would love a Wretch like me. 149 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,160 I can't understand. You provide everything I need. 150 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,000 You are the God of all creation. You are the God of salvation. 151 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,360 It's those type of prayers. They go up. 152 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,840 So it said edit. You know, we we're and then the 153 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,480 whole church can say, yeah, I agree with that. 154 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,440 That's magnificent. God's in this place today. 155 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:38,040 It's just absolutely fantastic. So now where was I? 156 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:44,560 Yes, OK, singing is good though. Look at this. 157 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,400 Sorry I don't know if you can read that, but Psalm 96 says 158 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,800 sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord or the earth. 159 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,480 Psalm 95.1 says come let us. Sing for joy to the Lord. 160 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:01,160 Let us let's shout to the rock of our salvation. 161 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,840 Psalm 100 and 433. I will sing to the Lord all my 162 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,080 life. I will sing to my God as long as 163 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,440 I live. We are called to be singers. 164 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:17,240 We are called to open our mouths and fill our lungs and declare 165 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,040 the praises of God. This is what we're. 166 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,240 This is what we're born to do. It's called worship. 167 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,160 Here you go, this. I love this song. 168 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,920 Love this song. Shout to the Lord. 169 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,720 All the earth burst into jubilant song with music. 170 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,760 Make music to the Lord with the heart, with the heart, and with 171 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:41,280 the sound of singing we trumpet and the blast of the ram's horn. 172 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,080 Shout for joy before the Lord the King. 173 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,560 Let the sea now even creation is coming on this. 174 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:51,080 They're singing along with us. Heaven singing, we're singing, 175 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,520 creation singing. Let the sea resound and 176 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,360 everything in it, the world and all who live in it. 177 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:01,640 Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together 178 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,720 for joy. Let them sing before the Lord, 179 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,840 for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in 180 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,520 righteousness and the people with equity, which he means 181 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:19,320 fairness. Now we have, we have some lovely 182 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,800 Nigerian brothers and sisters with us and I know that they 183 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,000 know how to worship in a loud noise, don't you guys? 184 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,720 You know how to hit the drum and you go, don't you? 185 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,960 Yeah, well, I think it's great. We ought to catch you up 186 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,960 sometimes. We ought to catch you up, I 187 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,600 reckon. Actually, I thought, I reckon it 188 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,560 was the Nigerians that actually would walk round Jericho. 189 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,840 And I reckon it will come down in three days, not, not 7. 190 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:56,760 But there you go anyway. Research tells us that there are 191 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,880 benefits to singing. There are. 192 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,600 It reduces stress. So I hope if you're stressed 193 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,480 before you came in here this morning, your stress levels have 194 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,360 gone down because you've been singing. 195 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,520 It improves mood. Now I know there's a few that 196 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:18,440 could have their moods improved. No one could come in in here 197 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,200 Moody. How can you be Moody when you 198 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,240 start singing those songs? I'll tell you all, how can you? 199 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,480 You know we come before God. I'm going off script already. 200 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,520 You come before God and you sing songs. 201 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,280 Now if you get before the Lord with prayer, sometimes you can 202 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,200 do your shopping lists. I wonder. 203 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,000 Sometimes you can come before the God and read His Word again. 204 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,080 You get interrupted and you start to wonder. 205 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,440 You will not wonder if you're singing worship songs. 206 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:51,320 You you try it. How great is our God? 207 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,560 I've got to pick the kids up the 5:00 sing with me. 208 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:58,320 How great is our God? I've got to get the eggs from 209 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,080 the shop or we'll see how you don't work, does it? 210 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,640 You got it. Worship keeps you in the place. 211 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,200 Singing keeps you in the place of worship. 212 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,360 So that's why it's good. I think it's good. 213 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:15,840 It also is great for mental alertness, memory and 214 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,720 concentration, enhances lung function, boost immunity, just 215 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,720 to name a few. You're right now I was brought 216 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:29,600 up on secular music and some of their songs were good. 217 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,760 You know, I love Fleetwood Mac, I love Courtney Rebel, I love 218 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,120 Elton John. This could go on, but Dire 219 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,800 Straits is my favourite. I love the I love the guitar in 220 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:44,880 Dire Straits. But if I was listening to a lot 221 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,280 of well, most secular songs are about love, whether it's a good 222 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,640 relationship or a bad relationship, but it sort of 223 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,560 twists a little bit onto lust as well. 224 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,800 It's they're the most popular songs, but there's songs on sex, 225 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,240 there's songs on drugs, there's songs on political views. 226 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,480 And most of them don't make any sense because I've checked out 227 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,560 the lyrics I looked through when I was students. 228 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,520 I looked what were the best over the last 10 years? 229 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,920 What's the top singles that are being sung? 230 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,400 I got, I can't tell you, but I was looking at them and now I've 231 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,040 looked at the lyrics and I thought I am a clue what you're 232 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,560 singing about. I have not got a clue. 233 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,840 I know. Thank you, my darling. 234 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,280 But good worship, good. And I do say good worship 235 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,080 because not all worship is good. And this is what we're saying. 236 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,600 Biblical truth songs that sing biblical truth. 237 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,600 People talk about bring back the good old hymns. 238 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,200 We're not going to tell you there's some pretty bad old 239 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,880 hymns, and there's some pretty bad modern songs as well. 240 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,040 So good worship songs are very different. 241 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:57,640 Within these songs we find truth, we find purpose, we find 242 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:02,240 the person of Jesus, real love and restoration from the good 243 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,560 Father and true hope and identity in God the Holy Spirit. 244 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,120 And I, I did my research on singing and I came to a part 245 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,600 where I said, do you anybody know what The Who wrote the 246 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:18,120 first song that was actually recorded in the Bible? 247 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:24,280 It's Moses. Moses, Moses, remember Moses, he 248 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,360 met God in the burning Bush. Moses was sent, sent by God to 249 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,800 go to the Hebrews who were in K in captive in Egypt. 250 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,520 And he was going to lead the matinee. 251 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,400 And he leads the mountain. He gets them across the Red Sea. 252 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,320 And then just as they thought, Oh no, we thought we'd escaped 253 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,680 the, the Egyptian Chariots and armies come across the Red Sea. 254 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,000 But God says, no, no, you're not coming any further. 255 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,240 The oceans fall over them and he destroyed the armies. 256 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:59,640 Moses knew he experienced. He saw what God did and the in 257 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:03,400 in Exodus 15, you get the whole song, but I've just taken like a 258 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,640 a little bit of a snip bite of this and it said it starts by 259 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:11,000 saying I will sing to the Lord for he is highly exhorted. 260 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,760 The Lord is my strength. He says the Lord is my defence. 261 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,880 He is my salvation. He's my warrior. 262 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,760 Who among the gods are like you, Lord? 263 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,720 He was lifting them back. Remember, the Egyptians had a 264 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,600 load of gods. The whole world had loads of 265 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,120 gods. But he knew the one God who is 266 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:37,320 like you, Lord. Then He goes, You are who is 267 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,760 like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working 268 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,880 wonders in your unfailing love. You will lead the people you 269 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,960 have redeemed. He is leading us today by His 270 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,560 Spirit. We have been redeemed. 271 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,120 We are walking His way. He lives within us by His 272 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,120 Spirit. In your strength you will guide 273 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,440 them to your holy dwelling. The Lord reigns forever and 274 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,079 ever. Moses knew where his salvation 275 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,800 comes from. And if you know Jesus today, you 276 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:15,160 know where your salvation comes. That song or that that song 277 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,000 speaks exactly today. God is our strength. 278 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:25,520 He's guiding us through this life to the eternal heaven, new 279 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,880 heaven and earth, which we we will be part of. 280 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,400 So the holy place, his holy dwelling. 281 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,320 So as he did with the people back then, it was a foreshadow 282 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,800 of what he's doing to his people or through generations, leading 283 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:45,960 them, walking amongst them. Then I saw are you there's no 284 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,240 one if you're going through battles, This is where a song 285 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,840 can really help you. The songs it it could be an 286 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,200 illness, it could be cancer, it could be a marriage break. 287 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,280 They something that you see the mountain and you start looking 288 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,160 through the eyes of your own human eyes. 289 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,320 And when you look at a mountain from our perspective, you're 290 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:10,080 looking up and it looks big. If we can get ourselves into the 291 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,000 presence of God and see it through his eyes, we see a 292 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,560 speck. It's not as big as what we ever 293 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,480 think it is. So there's a, there's a, there's 294 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:24,200 a lovely story again in the Old Testament, two Chronicles 20, we 295 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:28,840 read that there's an army of Moabites, Ammonites, and some 296 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,640 Mennonites. They're all Knights and bites 297 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,240 and they wage war against King Jehoshaphat. 298 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,120 He's the Jew, the king at the time. 299 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:44,280 And the first thing, so here's here's here's here's the first 300 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,560 lesson. When you're facing a battle, 301 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,640 when you're really struggling and you see no way out, the 302 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:55,080 first thing they do is they say he inquired of the Lord. 303 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,560 Then all of Judah came together to fast and seek the Lord. 304 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:05,720 They cried out to God saying we have no power to face this fast 305 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:10,840 army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but 306 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,560 our eyes are on you. You facing a battle now, 307 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:20,640 whatever it is in your life, get before the Lord, get before the 308 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:25,280 presence, get him, get it there and seek him, but trust him, 309 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,560 trust Him. You, you seek him in faith. 310 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,440 And I don't know what to do, but my eyes, no matter where. 311 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,200 No, that's getting a bit close. No, I don't. 312 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,720 I'm not looking at that. Oh, that's getting that, that 313 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,960 that deadline's arriving. No, I'm not looking at that. 314 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,240 I'm going to keep my eyes on you. 315 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,240 Martin Smith even makes a song. I don't know what to do, but my 316 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,200 eyes are on you. It's a lovely song, really. 317 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:55,920 So God answers them, do not be afraid, do not be discouraged. 318 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,280 How many times has God got to tell his children, do not be 319 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:06,520 afraid, do not be discouraged. We need to hear it more often. 320 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:12,040 So often we, we, we, we, we get ourselves into a situation and 321 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,440 then we call God into it. We need to give the other way 322 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,040 round. We need to have God with us. 323 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,600 So when we walk in the situation, we know that God is 324 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:20,880 there with us. So. 325 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,880 He says do not be afraid, do not be discouraged because of this 326 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:30,480 vast army, for the battle is not yours, but God's. 327 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,440 We sing the song on that one, don't we, Phil Wickham? 328 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,920 Don't he? You know the battle belongs to 329 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,520 you. When I fight, I'll fight on my 330 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:47,280 knees with my hands lifted high. Oh God, the battle belongs to 331 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,720 you. And every fear I lay at your 332 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:58,280 feet I sing through the night. Oh God, the battle belongs to 333 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,080 you. They would not even have to 334 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:05,960 fight, but we're told to take up position and stand firm and see 335 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,000 the deliverance of Yahweh. When you're in a battle, you do 336 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,160 not sit down and think, oh, I'm a cup of tea and have a coffee. 337 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,240 I'll sit and watch TV, Netflix or something like that. 338 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:16,720 I'll just let God get on with it. 339 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:21,360 No, we are still called to position ourselves to stand firm 340 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,360 if you want to. I think it's in Peter. 341 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,640 I think it says those who stand firm in their faith, that's when 342 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:32,240 the devil will flee. So this is what happens. 343 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,520 Jehoshaphat sent appointed singers to go before the army 344 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:41,960 singing of God's splendour and holiness, saying give thanks to 345 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,040 the Lord, his love and yours forever. 346 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,520 If you want to be join me up here in this worship group. 347 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,440 Be wary because you might, we might be the ones out in the 348 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:55,480 front of the battle and we won't have any swords or any 349 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,680 instruments. All we have is our voices 350 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,920 declaring the praises of God, and that's more powerful than 351 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,280 anything else. It's a great, great, great sort 352 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:10,600 of weapon to use. The invading armies at the end 353 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,760 of the story says the invading armies turned against one 354 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,960 another and Judah. All they had to do was carry off 355 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:22,440 the plunder of these armies. See, worship is a great weapon 356 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,720 to help us look to God and allow him to be our strength in every 357 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,440 way. Maybe another story I've got 358 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,080 here from again, the Old Testament is about do you 359 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,040 struggle with anxiety, fear and peace. 360 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:42,960 In one Samuel 1623, we read that Saul, now Saul was the first 361 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:48,520 king of Israel, the first king, but sadly he was disobedient to 362 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,880 God. He did a few things that God 363 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,400 that was against God, what God commanded him and God took his 364 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,680 anointing off him. And also then God also allowed 365 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:02,040 an evil spirit to torment him and this tormenting. 366 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,720 So he he he sort of really sort of like struggled. 367 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,760 So he searched the land for somebody who could soothe him 368 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,320 and they found young David who would become King David 369 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:19,480 eventually, who slew Goliath. He was a guy that could play the 370 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,320 the leer, the harp. And in the middle of our Bibles, 371 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,920 you'll find a load of Psalms. A lot of them Psalms are David. 372 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,840 He was a songster. Is that right song? 373 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,480 I write songs. He I don't know. 374 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:42,120 And every time David played, the evil spirit left him. 375 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,520 Every time without fail, the evil spirit would leave him. 376 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,520 Please don't mishear me here. I'm not saying if you struggle 377 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:57,080 with anxiety or you struggle with fear, peace or or or or 378 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,400 depression, do not say, Oh, I got an evil spirit. 379 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,600 I'm not saying that at all. What I am saying though, is in 380 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,360 those times you feel it rising up. 381 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,880 How about trying to play some worship music and you know, and 382 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,040 try to find relief like because it, it's in those times, people 383 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,680 say, why don't you pray when sometimes you don't even feel 384 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,120 like praying. Sometimes you don't. 385 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,400 You don't want to open God's Word, but what's wrong with 386 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,880 having a worship set alongside you? 387 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,520 All you have to do is press a button. 388 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,760 Prepare for those days, you know, just press the button. 389 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,320 You don't, you're not even going to think, oh, I don't know what 390 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,080 song. Get a get a set list together, 391 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,440 press the button and just sit. If you can open your mouth and 392 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,760 sing, you can. If not, don't. 393 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,800 This is the most beautiful way I think Psalm there is. 394 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,240 I'm just going to leave it up there. 395 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,560 You can read it. It's Psalm 23. 396 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:03,360 I think it just, if you read it and just let it go into you, 397 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:08,000 your spirit, I just think it just, it brings so much peace to 398 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,560 me every time I read this particular Psalm. 399 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,120 But while that's up there, I'm going to go on to another little 400 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,120 story. Now we're coming to the New 401 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,320 Testament. Acts 16, we read after being 402 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:25,000 flogged and imprisoned, Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns. 403 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,080 What time was it? Midnight. 404 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:35,200 You know what happened, He said. All the ones in the gaol, they 405 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,840 were, they listened to them. So through songs of worship to 406 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,600 God and truth, the other prisoners around them heard 407 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:50,160 truth. OK, now what happened? 408 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,560 Then a big earthquake came. Their chains were broken. 409 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:58,480 The prison gates were opened. And the prison, the gaoler 410 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,000 thought that all the prisons escaped. 411 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,760 He was going to kill himself. But poor shouts out to him, No, 412 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,960 don't, don't do that. Don't do I'm we're all here. 413 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,200 We stayed in and he's in all his responses. 414 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,760 What do I need to do to be saved? 415 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:21,600 And that night, him, the gaoler and his whole household became 416 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,000 saved. And that's all through these 417 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,680 guys starting in declaring even the dark place of a cell, they 418 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,560 just sang out. Now it's interesting when we 419 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,480 sing our songs on Sunday morning here, or like we did at 420 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,560 Christmas or like we did at Easter we did on the streets, 421 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,960 visitors or passers bys hears the truth of the songs we're 422 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,280 singing. Now we do not know what they're 423 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,640 going to do with that truth, but who knows that a little seed may 424 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,600 not have been woken, a little phrase that they heard might 425 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,880 linger in their heads and who knows where salvation is? 426 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,680 Jesus is on their case. The last little illustration, 427 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,720 but it's just a very quick passing is basically before the 428 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:14,400 darkest night of Jesus life. And after he had the supper with 429 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,360 his disciples, his friends, they got up. 430 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,360 Jesus knew what was going to he was going to they got up, but 431 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:27,120 they still sang him to the Lord. They still sang a song to the 432 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:30,560 Lord to lead you on a Sunday morning in worship. 433 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,800 I tell you what, it is a great honour. 434 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,200 It is a great privilege. I've ever since I've been here 435 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:42,040 and I believe in this one thing. I know you guys absolutely are 436 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,680 with me. I hear your voices like we did 437 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,200 this morning. I'm sure Ben would have heard it 438 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,080 from there. It's different when you're that 439 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:53,600 side you don't always hear. You suddenly hear the voices 440 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,200 shouting out praises to the Lord. 441 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,120 That's worship and it's a privilege to lead you in that. 442 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:03,400 I realise not all the songs I pick probably are everybody's 443 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:08,000 taste, but I do have three questions that I ask of myself 444 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,200 when I pick a song and I ask of those who I share these songs 445 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,480 with. But by the way also I love it 446 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,800 and keep doing this. Please keep doing this. 447 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,880 In this church, we have a WhatsApp page and it's where the 448 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,640 church just share information. It might be a prayer request, 449 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,320 but sometimes you put a song on or you do put a verse on. 450 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,600 It is good to encourage one another. 451 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,240 I listen to them songs, Some I put in the back of my ankle can 452 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,400 I use on a Sunday morning sometimes some I think what a 453 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,280 lovely, you know, song to have to sit and just sort of listen 454 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,360 to. I see where this person moves, 455 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,960 So what moves you? Please share it, keep doing it. 456 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,040 That's what I want to do, encourage you to keep doing 457 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,840 that. But the three things that I, I 458 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:59,600 look at is, is it God focused? Is it Christ centred? 459 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,760 Songs have to have to be Christ said. 460 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:07,200 I'll tell you why. Because if a non believer comes 461 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:11,640 in here and joins us, I want them to know who it is we're 462 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,280 worshipping, though I don't want any doubts about that. 463 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,920 And my prayer is for them to encounter the truth that will 464 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,240 set them free. And they they may get it another 465 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,920 way through the word. But I just through worship, it's 466 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,840 still my thing. Two things most people go out 467 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,480 with on a Sunday morning. It's the word of God in their 468 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:35,040 heart or maybe a song, but both that I want it to be the truth. 469 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,720 So when we leave here, we want to be rejoicing in truth. 470 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,080 The second thing I I will look for is biblical correctness. 471 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,720 So I want every song. So if there's any doubt in that 472 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,160 song that I think that is confusing, maybe people won't 473 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:55,080 quite understand that phrasing or that terminology, then it may 474 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,240 be a great song. But I'm, I cannot, I, I think, 475 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,200 no, I'm not going to put that we're talking about corporate 476 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,800 worship here. There's many songs that I do not 477 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,080 do that you can listen to at home and you worship on your 478 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,680 own. Go for it. 479 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,440 And the last thing is it's congregational. 480 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:11,560 And that's what I'm talking about. 481 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,280 Is it congregational? There's a lot of very much 482 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,960 personal songs. Even the songwriters probably 483 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,960 would think I've not wrote this for congregation. 484 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,560 I was sat down and I just felt the love of God come on me. 485 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,200 And I was overwhelmed by his love. 486 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:31,320 And I think, you know, great song for being at home sitting 487 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,480 down and thinking I can just relax in this like a glass of 488 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:36,880 wine. I can just sit here and watch 489 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,600 this. But maybe not quite right 490 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,840 because what we're singing will not actually, it's too much for 491 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,120 some of you to understand. It's too much for you to say 492 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,160 Amen to. So we have to be very, it has to 493 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,880 be congregational as well. So in conclusion, in all areas 494 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,120 of our life, biblical truths needs to be the foundation on 495 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,720 which we build anything, whether marriages, parenting, career, 496 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:06,720 finances, and even, you know, it's the main way that we serve 497 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,560 you or serve one another is through biblical truth. 498 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,400 And that is here. What we do here is, is through 499 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,560 the preaching and the teaching of the full council of God, 500 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:23,240 God's Word with worship being a true reflection and in line with 501 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,280 the same truth. Let me encourage you. 502 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,200 It's starting this week. It was great that Pete came out 503 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:36,040 this morning. And will you come preparing 504 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:40,520 yourself, preparing yourself with a verse, with a prayer? 505 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,960 Do not discount whether you heard it on Monday, this 506 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:51,760 afternoon, anytime in the week. Hold onto it and bring it to us 507 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,960 so that we all benefit from something that you read now. 508 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,640 If you don't prepare and be intentional about it, it's never 509 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,840 going to happen. So try to be more prepared. 510 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,280 I said thanks, Pete, for saying thank you for sharing this 511 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:06,400 morning. That's great. 512 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,040 So that's another thing I want to sort of just, that's the sort 513 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,520 of the, the homework because your contributions enrich and 514 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:20,240 enhances the worship. And we got time to finish on our 515 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,840 song. Can I have the worship group 516 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,320 back a minute 'cause we're gonna just wait to finish. 517 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,280 See. Cause true worship is body 518 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:30,920 ministry. So if you struggle, just ask God 519 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:36,520 the Holy Spirit, I help you. And you know he, he never fails 520 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,200 us. Try, as I said about the 521 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,320 battles, try putting worship in front of your problems. 522 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,160 Head them off with worship. Get the singing into your lungs. 523 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,600 Blast it out. Let worship help you in times 524 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,960 when you when fear, anxiety, depression knocks at the door. 525 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,520 Again, I said be prepared. Get a song list together. 526 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,880 So all you've got to do is hit that button and you've got music 527 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,400 going round your head. Singing is good for you. 528 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:16,280 Fill those lungs, move that body, raise those hands and 529 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,080 declare the truth about our most awesome God. 530 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:24,720 Let us rejoice in our God of all creation, His power, His might, 531 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,400 His grace, His mercy, His provision, His forgiveness, 532 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,280 salvation, protection, faithfulness, hope and truth, 533 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,080 and the list goes on and on and on. 534 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,400 We can sing so much about a great God. 535 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,680 Let us never be silent when we're praising God, Praise his 536 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,600 name. Ben's going to the crew's going 537 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,880 to lead us in the last song. Amen. 538 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,680 All right, let's stand. We're going to sing. 539 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:53,120 We're going to sing to our gods. It says up from the ashes your 540 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,640 love has brought us What wantable truth. 541 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,480 Out of the darkness you put us into the light, Lifting our 542 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:04,440 sorrows, bearing our burdens, healing our hearts, and then to 543 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,680 our gods. We lift up our voice, we sing 544 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,440 loud, we sing clear in one voice. 545 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,480 That means we're all singing to the same gods, the same Jesus 546 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,520 Christ. We sing our song. 547 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,199 We lift up our Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Praise the Lords. 548 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:23,880 Second verse as Tolu walked us through earlier. 549 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,159 Chains have been broken again. Wonderful truth. 550 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,040 The addiction bondage can be broken in Jesus Christ. 551 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,280 Is it Jesus? He breathes on us. 552 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,679 We were once dead, but now we're not just alive, but we're a 553 00:34:36,679 --> 00:34:41,239 living army of of bones that have been dressed with flesh. 554 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,600 We have been. We are victorious. 555 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,080 Death is defeated. Let's sing Hallelujah.