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DARLENE ZSCHECH: BECAUSE
GOD SAID TO ME,
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YOU NEVER NEED TO
PERFORM FOR ME.
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YOU'VE BEEN BOUGHT
WITH A PRICE.
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YOU'RE NOT FOR SALE.
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YOU JUST COME AND BE.
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YOU JUST COME AND
BRING YOU BEFORE ME.
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THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
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HE'S NOT AFTER
ANY PERFORMANCE,
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BUT HE'S LIKE,
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JUST BRING YOUR BEST NOW.
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BUT PREPARATION,
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YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE
WHAT YOU VALUE
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT
HOW MUCH TIME YOU TAKE
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TO PREPARE FOR IT.
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AND THERE'S NO ONE WORTH
PREPARING MORE FOR THAN HIM.
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DARLENE: YOU GOT IT.
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REBECCA WEISS: HEY, GUYS,
WELCOME TO THE PODCAST
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ON OUR NEW SET.
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AND THE FIRST GUEST TO
HAVE ON OUR NEW SET
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IS NONE OTHER THAN THE
AMAZING DARLENE ZSCHECH.
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HELLO, BEAUTIFUL.
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THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME.
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THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
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IT LOOKS STUNNING,
BY THE WAY.
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THANK YOU.
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AMAZING.
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SO, ALL THE WAY
FROM AUSTRALIA.
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YEAH.
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SO PEOPLE KNOW YOU,
THEY LOVE YOU.
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YOU'VE BEEN A WORSHIP
LEADER FOR SO MANY YEARS.
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YOU NOW ARE SENIOR PASTOR,
YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND,
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HAVE YOUR OWN CHURCH.
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YEAH.
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BUT LET'S GO BACK
TO GROWING UP.
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YEAH.
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WHAT WAS LIFE
LIKE GROWING UP,
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AND HOW DID YOU COME TO
KNOW THE LORD PERSONALLY?
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YEAH.
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WELL, I GREW UP
ON TELEVISION, ACTUALLY.
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LIKE WHEN I WAS
TEN YEARS OLD,
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I WAS PAID FULL TIME
TO SING
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ON A KID'S TELEVISION
SHOW IN AUSTRALIA.
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REALLY?
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YEAH. YEAH.
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SO I USED TO RECORD
EIGHT SONGS A WEEK,
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EVERY WEEK IN THE STUDIO
'TIL I WAS 15.
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SO I KNOW A LOT
OF RANDOM SONGS.
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SOMETIMES I'M LIKE,
HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
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BUT IT'S FROM WHEN
I WAS LITTLE.
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AND THEN WHEN MY PARENTS WERE
IN A REALLY TOUGH STAGE,
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THEY END UP
GETTING DIVORCED.
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IT WAS A ROUGH
TIME IN OUR FAMILY.
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I ENDED UP MOVING
OUT OF HOME.
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I WAS 15.
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I WAS RENTING A LITTLE
ROOM IN THE BACK
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OF A SINGLE MUM'S PLACE.
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WAIT. YOU MOVED OUT
ON YOUR OWN?
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YEAH. YEAH.
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AT 15?
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AT 15, YEAH.
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LONG STORY, BUT THERE I WAS.
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THEN MY FATHER REDEDICATED
HIS LIFE TO JESUS
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IN THAT TIME,
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CAME AND PICKED ME UP FROM
WHERE I WAS LIVING,
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AND TOOK ME TO YOUTH GROUP
AT A LOCAL CHURCH
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AROUND THE CORNER,
AND I GOT RADICALLY SAVED.
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I JUST GOT RADICALLY
SAVED AND I GUESS -
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HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
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LIKE, DID YOU HAVE AN
ENCOUNTER WITH GOD OR WAS -
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WELL, THEY DID AN
ALTAR CALL AND I'M LIKE,
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WELL, EVERYTHING'S MESSY.
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HOW BAD, I MEAN, I DIDN'T
REALLY KNOW.
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I KNOW MY GRANDPARENTS,
CHRISTIANS, PRAYING,
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PRAYED FOR US BY NAME
EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES.
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SO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS -
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IT WAS ONLY
A MATTER OF TIME
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BEFORE I REALLY, YOU KNOW,
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COMMITTED MY LIFE
TO JESUS.
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BUT IN THAT MOMENT,
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WHAT HAPPENED WAS I
REALLY GOT OVERWHELMED
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BY THE LOVE OF GOD.
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AND I WILL TELL YOU HONESTLY,
FROM THAT DAY TO THIS,
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IT STILL OVERWHELMS ME,
THE LOVE OF GOD.
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AND I CALL IT IN MY LIFE
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THE KEEPING POWER OF GOD.
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LIKE, KNOWING THAT
YOU'RE LOVED
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AND YOU'RE BORN
FOR A PURPOSE.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THE YOUTH LEADER
WAS SAYING THAT NIGHT.
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AND ME AND ANOTHER GUY,
JUST THAT NIGHT,
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I REMEMBER I WAS JUST
GOING FORWARD
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AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT I WAS SAYING YES TO,
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BUT GOD ENCOUNTERED ME
THAT NIGHT
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RATHER THAN ME
ENCOUNTERING HIM.
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HE ENCOUNTERED ME,
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AND I'VE BEEN
DIFFERENT EVER SINCE.
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I MEAN, I'VE HAD LOTS OF
UPS AND DOWNS ALONG THE WAY,
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BUT WHAT WAS AMAZING
FROM THEN -
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AND I THINK THIS IS WHY
I'M SUCH A LOCAL CHURCH GIRL -
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I'LL ALWAYS
DEFEND THE CHURCH.
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I LOVE THE CHURCH.
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BECAUSE THEN TWO WOMEN,
THE MUSIC MINISTER
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AND A WOMAN WHO USED TO
LOOK AFTER CHOIR,
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THEY JUST DISCIPLED ME.
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THEY DIDN'T
ASK ME TO SING.
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THEY DIDN'T ASK
ME TO PERFORM.
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THEY JUST
LOVED ME TO CHRIST.
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HAD ME AT THEIR TABLE,
IN THEIR HOMES.
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I WAS AT EVERY REHEARSAL,
EVEN IF, YOU KNOW,
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I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.
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I WAS JUST HUNGRY TO BELONG
TO THE FAMILY OF GOD.
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I MEAN,
I'M SO THANKFUL.
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BETH AND DESLIE
WERE THEIR NAMES
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AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL
TO BOTH OF THEM
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FOR LOVING ME TO
LIFE IN CHRIST
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RATHER THAN JUST THE DOING.
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THEY HELPED ME
UNDERSTAND THE BEING.
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YOU KNOW, I LIVE AND MOVE
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AND HAVE MY BEING
IN CHRIST.
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AND THEY TAUGHT ME THAT
AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
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SO, WHAT A JOURNEY.
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SO THAT DISCIPLESHIP
WAS FOUNDATIONAL
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ABSOLUTELY.
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IN YOUR FAITH?
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YEAH.
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AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY
SING IN CHURCH MUCH.
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I JOINED A BAND THAT
WE JUST MINISTERED
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IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND
YOUTH GROUPS.
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LIKE, I JUST WANTED TO DO
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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AND A GUY AUDITIONED
TO BE THE DRUMMER,
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WHO HAPPENS TO BE
MARK ZSCHECH, WHO -
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OH!
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YEAH.
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IT'S VERY TYPICAL, THE LEAD
SINGER AND THE DRUMMER
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GET TOGETHER. BOOM.
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WE GOT MARRIED WHEN
WE WERE 19.
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AND HE WAS LIVING
OUT OF HOME AS WELL,
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REALLY YOUNG, SO WE
WERE QUITE INDEPENDENT.
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I MEAN, WE WERE FINANCIALLY
INDEPENDENT ALREADY.
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AND WE
GOT MARRIED
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AND WE JUST CELEBRATED
40 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
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40 YEARS.
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YEAH, 40 YEARS.
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WE HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS,
THREE SON-IN-LOVES,
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SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
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FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS,
TWO GRANDSONS.
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AND, YEAH, IT'S LIKE WILD.
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SO MY GOAL, REBECCA,
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WAS NEVER TO LIKE
BE A WORSHIP LEADER.
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MY GOAL WAS, AND
IS, TO SERVE JESUS
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JUST WITH WHATEVER
IS NEEDED.
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AND THAT ADVENTURE
HAS HAD US ON
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THE MOST AMAZING,
SOMETIMES TOUGH,
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BUT AMAZING ADVENTURE.
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AND, YOU KNOW,
MY HUSBAND SAYS,
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YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE, LIKE,
A WELL-PLANNED JOURNEY.
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YOU WANT TO GO ON
THE GOD ADVENTURE,
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WHICH REQUIRES FAITH.
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AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE STILL DOING
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ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
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AND NOW WE PASTOR HOPE UC,
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AND IT'S A REALLY
BEAUTIFUL SEASON.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS
BEEN PASTORING FOR NOW?
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14 YEARS.
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MAN.
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I KNOW, RIGHT.
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IT'S GONE SO FAST.
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WOW, THAT'S SO - THERE'S
SO MANY THINGS
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I WANT TO GET INTO.
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SO, LET ME START OFF WITH,
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BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF FAITH,
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AND THE THING IS THAT
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NOT MANY PEOPLE FULLY
SAY YES TO GOD
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AND FULLY SURRENDER.
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YEAH.
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AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU
CAN GO ON A JOURNEY
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THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
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I LOVE THAT VERSE
IN THE BIBLE,
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IT SAYS THAT
ABRAHAM WENT OUT
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NOT KNOWING WHERE
HE WAS GOING,
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BUT GOD TOLD HIM TO GO.
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YEAH.
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AND HE UNFOLDED IT
ALONG THE WAY.
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AND A LOT OF TIMES
THOSE OF US WHO SAY YES,
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WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
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BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE
GOING TO GIVE GOD OUR YES.
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YEAH.
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AND THAT'S THAT WORD,
HANANI, IN GENESIS,
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WHEN ABRAHAM ANSWERS GOD
WHEN GOD CALLS HIM,
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AND HE SAYS, YES, LORD.
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BUT ACTUALLY IT MEANS HANANI,
WHICH MEANS BEFORE I KNOW
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WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO ASK, GOD,
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MY ANSWER IS YES.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST
A WHIMSICAL
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SURE THING, LET'S GO.
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IT'S LIKE, IT'S WORSHIP
BECAUSE STRAIGHT AFTER,
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THE NEXT SENTENCE SAYS,
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AND GOD SAYS NOW
TAKE YOUR SON,
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YOUR ONLY SON,
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AND WE GO ON A
JOURNEY TO WORSHIP.
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AND WE KNOW
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC.
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WE KNOW HOW THAT
ALL FOLDS OUT,
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BUT IT'S LIKE,
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OKAY, OUR YES AND YIELDING,
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WE'VE GOTTA KNOW THAT WE'RE
TRUSTING IN A GOOD GOD
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THAT LOVES US AND KNOWS
WHAT'S BEST FOR US.
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EVEN WHEN IT DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE.
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IT NEVER MAKES SENSE.
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I DON'T THINK IT
EVER MAKES SENSE.
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I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS.
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I MEAN, AND THOSE TIMES,
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IT GIVES OUR FAITH
A JOB, RIGHT?
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OTHERWISE, IT'S
ALL A LITTLE BIT...
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PRACTICAL.
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YEAH, IT'S NOT
REALLY FAITH.
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NO, IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE.
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BUT FAITH GIVES US
THE ABILITY
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TO LEAP
INTO THE UNKNOWN,
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KNOWING THAT THE SAFE HANDS
OF GOD ARE THERE.
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ALWAYS.
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ALWAYS, EVEN IF WE JUMP
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
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HE'S A GOOD DAD.
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HE'S GOING TO BE THERE.
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HE'S GOOD AT GETTING US
BACK ON TRACK.
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OH, YOU KNOW IT.
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I USED TO BE SO
AFRAID OF LIKE
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MAKING THE WRONG DECISION.
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ME, TOO.
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REALLY?
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ME, TOO.
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I REMEMBER SOMEONE
GAVE ME COUNSEL
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AND THEY'RE LIKE,
IT'S LIKE A GPS.
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IF YOU GO OFF, GOD
CAN GET YOU BACK ON.
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YEAH.
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AND THAT BROUGHT ME
SUCH A SENSE OF RELIEF
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO
SEE GOD AS A GOOD FATHER,
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THAT'S, FOR ME, WHEN FAITH
REALLY ACTUALLY CLICKED.
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WOW.
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IS WHEN I
BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
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GOD IS A GOOD FATHER,
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MY HEART COULD
BELIEVE.
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YEAH.
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AND TRUST.
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AND TRUST.
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BECAUSE FAITH AND TRUST,
THEY GO HAND IN HAND.
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HAND IN HAND.
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I THINK THAT'S MY BIGGEST
THING GETTING OLDER.
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I'M LIKE, OH, THIS
FAITH JOURNEY
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IS A TRUST JOURNEY.
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TRUSTING IN THE
CHARACTER OF GOD,
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NOT IN MYSELF, BUT THE
CHARACTER OF GOD.
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YEP, NOT IN YOURSELF.
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YEAH.
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THAT'S WHEN IT'S REALLY -
WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE
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WHERE THERE'S
NOTHING YOU CAN DO
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EXCEPT TRUST HIM.
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YEAH.
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BUT EVERY TIME I'VE
BEEN IN THAT SCENARIO,
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HE'S ALWAYS
SHOWN UP FOR ME.
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YEAH.
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SO I'VE LEARNED IT
HELPS ME GET THAT MUSCLE
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MORE DEVELOPED LIKE,
OKAY, I CAN TRUST YOU.
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THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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YEAH. I WANT TO GET INTO
00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:47.832
THE TOPIC OF WORSHIP
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN
00:08:47.932 --> 00:08:49.333
A WORSHIP LEADER
FOR SO MANY YEARS,
00:08:49.433 --> 00:08:51.533
BUT YOU TOUCHED ON
SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC,
00:08:51.633 --> 00:08:54.133
WHICH IS WORSHIP IS
MORE THAN JUST MUSIC.
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CAN YOU TALK ABOUT,
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WHAT IS WORSHIP TO YOU?
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YEAH.
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WELL, I MEAN, I
THINK TO HUMANITY
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IT'S LIKE, FIRST
AND FOREMOST,
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IT'S OUR RESPONSE TO
AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
00:09:07.433 --> 00:09:10.399
IT'S LIKE MY
RIGHTFUL WORSHIP,
00:09:10.499 --> 00:09:12.299
MY RIGHTFUL THING
TO DO HERE,
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IS LIKE TO BRING ALL
OF MY LIFE BEFORE YOU
00:09:15.199 --> 00:09:18.833
AS A THANK YOU,
AS A CONTINUED, LIKE,
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HALLELUJAH BEFORE GOD.
00:09:21.099 --> 00:09:23.899
AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT WORSHIP
00:09:23.999 --> 00:09:25.466
WHEN I GOT SAVED.
NOTHING.
00:09:25.566 --> 00:09:26.499
IT'S LIKE,
WHAT IS WORSHIP?
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I REMEMBER BEING IN
CHURCH AND HEARING
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THE CHURCH SING,
BUT I'M LIKE, OKAY,
00:09:35.466 --> 00:09:38.000
EVERY AGE IS HERE AND
THEY'RE ALL SINGING
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THIS SAME SONG,
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BUT MY RESPONSE TO BEING
SAVED WAS SERVICE.
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YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE WHAT
CAN I DO TO HELP?
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WHAT CAN I DO?
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AND AS I GOT OLDER,
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I UNDERSTOOD THIS
WORD, AVODAH,
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WHICH IS TO WORSHIP,
WORK AND SERVE.
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WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
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LET MY PEOPLE GO THAT
THEY MAY AVODAH ME:
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WORSHIP, WORK AND SERVE.
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YOU KNOW, ROMANS 12,
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BRING YOUR LIFE AS A
SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP.
00:10:02.333 --> 00:10:03.400
BUT THEN GOD GIVES US
00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:06.499
THIS LITTLE TASTE
OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
00:10:06.599 --> 00:10:10.199
THROUGH MUSIC AND
SONG, WHICH I THINK
00:10:10.299 --> 00:10:14.833
YOU KNOW, MUSIC HELPS
RELEASE THE SONG
00:10:14.933 --> 00:10:18.499
OR THE CRY, THE PRAYERS.
00:10:18.599 --> 00:10:20.800
IT'S ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE
WHAT HAPPENS
00:10:20.900 --> 00:10:21.666
IN OUR HEARTS,
00:10:21.766 --> 00:10:23.433
AND YET GOD
GIVES US THIS SONG,
00:10:23.533 --> 00:10:26.533
THIS WAY TO BRING HIM GLORY
00:10:26.633 --> 00:10:29.300
WHILE WE'RE
HERE ON THE EARTH.
00:10:29.400 --> 00:10:31.733
AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE
INVOLVED WITH THAT AT ALL
00:10:31.833 --> 00:10:34.399
IS SUCH -
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT
EVEN TO SAY.
00:10:37.066 --> 00:10:39.032
I FEEL SO HUMBLED BY IT.
00:10:39.132 --> 00:10:42.800
I FEEL A SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY.
00:10:42.900 --> 00:10:46.600
AND IT IS MY GREATEST JOY,
AND WEAPON, REALLY,
00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:49.266
TO COME BEFORE GOD
WITH THIS SONG,
00:10:49.366 --> 00:10:52.966
WHETHER LIFE IS GOOD OR
LIFE IS REALLY TOUGH.
00:10:53.066 --> 00:10:55.933
AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, WITH THE
HIGH PRAISES OF GOD
00:10:56.033 --> 00:10:57.599
IN OUR MOUTHS, RIGHT,
00:10:57.699 --> 00:10:59.199
A TWO-EDGED SWORD
IN OUR HAND
00:10:59.299 --> 00:11:02.233
IS LIKE, GOD, THANK YOU
FOR THIS GIFT OF WORSHIP.
00:11:02.333 --> 00:11:03.666
I'M VERY AWARE THAT, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S ONLY
00:11:03.766 --> 00:11:05.866
TWO THINGS, REALLY,
IN HEAVEN
00:11:05.966 --> 00:11:06.899
THAT HAPPEN HERE ON EARTH.
00:11:06.999 --> 00:11:10.332
ONE IS PEOPLE, AND THE
OTHER IS WORSHIP.
00:11:10.432 --> 00:11:13.833
SO WE GET THIS LITTLE
PIECE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
00:11:13.933 --> 00:11:15.566
WHEN WE GET TO ENTER
HIS PRESENCE,
00:11:15.666 --> 00:11:18.833
ENTER THE DEEP
COURTS OF GOD
00:11:18.933 --> 00:11:23.466
AND HONOR HIM
FOR WHO HE IS.
00:11:23.566 --> 00:11:26.766
AND THAT IS MY
COMPLETE JOY.
00:11:26.866 --> 00:11:29.299
AND...YEAH.
00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:31.666
I'M ALWAYS WITHOUT WORDS
AROUND IT BECAUSE -
00:11:31.766 --> 00:11:32.633
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE.
00:11:32.733 --> 00:11:34.366
IT IS. IT IS.
00:11:34.466 --> 00:11:37.166
I LOVE THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED
IT AS A TASTE OF HEAVEN.
00:11:37.266 --> 00:11:38.333
AND WHEN WE WORSHIP HIM,
00:11:40.366 --> 00:11:41.932
SO HIS PRESENCE COMES
00:11:42.032 --> 00:11:44.366
SO WE GET TO
ENCOUNTER HIM THERE.
00:11:44.466 --> 00:11:46.233
AND I LOVE -
I LOVE WORSHIP MUSIC.
00:11:46.333 --> 00:11:48.266
I THINK IT'S BEEN ONE OF
THOSE THINGS THAT,
00:11:48.366 --> 00:11:50.932
THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE,
THROUGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD,
00:11:51.032 --> 00:11:54.000
IT'S A GROUNDING THING
THAT HELPS US CONNECT TO GOD.
00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:56.532
I'VE USED WORSHIP ALWAYS,
I THINK ALMOST ALWAYS,
00:11:56.632 --> 00:11:57.666
IN MY QUIET TIMES.
00:11:57.766 --> 00:11:58.566
YEAH.
00:11:58.666 --> 00:11:59.832
THERE IS JUST
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
00:11:59.932 --> 00:12:01.166
AND I LOVE MUSIC.
00:12:01.266 --> 00:12:04.333
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE FORGET THAT WE'RE MADE
00:12:04.433 --> 00:12:07.232
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND
GOD IS A CREATOR.
00:12:07.332 --> 00:12:10.833
SO WHEN WE CREATE ART,
MUSIC, THINGS OURSELVES,
00:12:10.933 --> 00:12:14.199
THAT IS ACTUALLY US
OPERATING IN THAT IMAGO DEI.
00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:15.466
THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
00:12:15.566 --> 00:12:19.732
SO IT'S SUCH A GREAT WAY TO
EXPRESS THE IMAGE OF GOD
00:12:19.832 --> 00:12:20.766
THAT IS WITHIN US.
00:12:20.866 --> 00:12:21.832
YEAH.
00:12:21.932 --> 00:12:24.899
SO I THINK WORSHIP
IS SUCH A POWERFUL THING.
00:12:24.999 --> 00:12:26.266
ABSOLUTELY.
00:12:26.366 --> 00:12:29.000
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
SETS US APART AS HUMANS,
00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:31.032
YOU KNOW, FROM THE REST
OF CREATION,
00:12:31.132 --> 00:12:33.033
THAT HE GAVE US THE
ABILITY TO CREATE.
00:12:33.133 --> 00:12:34.166
YES.
00:12:34.266 --> 00:12:36.699
BUT I LOVE WORSHIP MUSIC.
00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:38.733
AND I WANT TO GET
INTO YOUR STORY
00:12:38.833 --> 00:12:40.566
OF HOW YOU BECAME
A WORSHIP LEADER.
00:12:40.666 --> 00:12:42.166
SO YOU HAD THIS
MUSIC BACKGROUND.
00:12:42.266 --> 00:12:43.633
I HAD A MUSIC BACKGROUND, YEAH.
00:12:43.733 --> 00:12:46.299
HOW DID YOU GET INTO
THE CHURCH WITH SINGING?
00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.266
TO BE HONEST,
I DIDN'T WANT TO.
00:12:49.366 --> 00:12:50.233
REALLY, WHY?
00:12:50.333 --> 00:12:52.766
BECAUSE I REMEMBER
MY HUSBAND AND I,
00:12:52.866 --> 00:12:54.632
ONCE WE GOT MARRIED
WE WENT TO SERVE
00:12:54.732 --> 00:12:58.099
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL,
LITTLE LOCAL CHURCH.
00:12:58.199 --> 00:13:01.166
AND I TOOK MY ELECTRIC
KEYBOARD IN, RIGHT.
00:13:01.266 --> 00:13:03.799
I'M LIKE, WOO-HOO
I'M ON THE WORSHIP TEAM.
00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:06.433
AND IN THOSE DAYS,
THE ELDERS -
00:13:06.533 --> 00:13:07.699
ONE OF THE ELDERS SAID,
00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:10.266
IF YOU PLAY THAT
DEVIL'S INSTRUMENT
00:13:10.366 --> 00:13:12.466
IN THIS CHURCH, RIGHT,
00:13:12.566 --> 00:13:13.666
NOT THE ELECTRIC KEYBOARD!
00:13:13.766 --> 00:13:15.833
THE ELECTRIC KEYBOARD,
YOU KNOW.
00:13:15.933 --> 00:13:17.032
SORRY.
00:13:17.132 --> 00:13:19.499
HEAVEN, HELP US, IF WE
BROUGHT THE GUITAR, YOU KNOW.
00:13:19.599 --> 00:13:21.699
ANYWAY, YEAH, IT SEEMS
RIDICULOUS NOW,
00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:23.466
BUT I REMEMBER AT
THE TIME GOING,
00:13:23.566 --> 00:13:25.299
I SO NEVER WANT TO BE
INVOLVED IN
00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:28.533
CHURCH WORSHIP OR MUSIC.
00:13:28.633 --> 00:13:29.966
LET'S JUST DO YOUTH
00:13:30.066 --> 00:13:31.933
BECAUSE IT'S MORE FUN
AND YOU CAN HAVE
00:13:32.033 --> 00:13:34.300
YOU KNOW, MORE FREEDOM.
00:13:34.400 --> 00:13:37.000
AND THEN WHEN
WE MOVED TO SYDNEY,
00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:39.700
WE ASKED IF WE COULD BE
INVOLVED IN YOUTH MUSIC,
00:13:39.800 --> 00:13:41.233
YOUTH WORSHIP.
00:13:41.333 --> 00:13:42.466
AND OUR PASTOR SAID,
00:13:42.566 --> 00:13:46.600
I REALLY NEED
SOMEONE ELSE IN MUSIC.
00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:48.066
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE IN YOUTH.
00:13:48.166 --> 00:13:48.966
WE DON'T NEED THAT.
00:13:49.066 --> 00:13:49.899
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
00:13:49.999 --> 00:13:51.733
AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF
OUR LIFE, RIGHT,
00:13:51.833 --> 00:13:53.566
IS JUST, WELL,
WHATEVER IS NEEDED.
00:13:53.666 --> 00:13:55.366
NOT MY AGENDA.
00:13:55.466 --> 00:13:56.766
YOUR WILL, GOD, NOT MINE.
00:13:56.866 --> 00:13:58.033
SO ALL RIGHT.
00:13:58.133 --> 00:14:00.566
SO MARK AND I JUST WENT
AND SERVED IN THE -
00:14:00.666 --> 00:14:02.100
IT WAS CALLED THE
MUSIC DEPARTMENT THEN,
00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:03.432
NOT THE
WORSHIP DEPARTMENT,
00:14:03.532 --> 00:14:05.299
BUT ANYWAY.
00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:08.533
AND SO I WOULD DO CHOIRS,
AND I LOVE THE BACKGROUND.
00:14:08.633 --> 00:14:09.499
I LOVE ARRANGEMENTS.
00:14:09.599 --> 00:14:10.433
I LOVE PRODUCING.
00:14:10.533 --> 00:14:11.433
SO YOU'RE DOING
LIKE EVERYTHING?
00:14:11.533 --> 00:14:13.266
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE LOVE.
00:14:13.366 --> 00:14:14.033
THAT'S SO COOL,
THE CREATIVE.
00:14:14.133 --> 00:14:16.866
YEAH, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
00:14:16.966 --> 00:14:19.466
AND OUR PASTOR HAD ASKED ME
TO LEAD WORSHIP MANY TIMES
00:14:19.566 --> 00:14:20.999
AND I'D SAID NO WAY.
00:14:21.099 --> 00:14:23.433
I JUST FELT LIKE THE
SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY
00:14:23.533 --> 00:14:24.466
WAS TOO MUCH.
00:14:24.566 --> 00:14:26.333
I'M LIKE, I DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING.
00:14:26.433 --> 00:14:27.766
I NEED TO KNOW MORE.
00:14:27.866 --> 00:14:30.399
I NEED TO KNOW WHY I'M
DOING WHAT I'M DOING.
00:14:30.499 --> 00:14:31.699
BUT I LOVE THAT YOU
TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.
00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.833
OH, YEAH.
00:14:32.933 --> 00:14:34.133
WELL, IT IS, YOU KNOW.
00:14:34.233 --> 00:14:36.133
IT'S NOT A GENRE
OF MUSIC, RIGHT.
00:14:36.233 --> 00:14:38.899
IT'S NOT - YOU CAN'T
MINIMIZE WORSHIP
00:14:38.999 --> 00:14:41.466
TO THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK
WORLDLY STANDARDS
00:14:41.566 --> 00:14:43.499
TRY AND PUT OVER THE
TOP OF WORSHIP.
00:14:43.599 --> 00:14:45.266
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.
00:14:45.366 --> 00:14:47.333
BUT THERE WAS ONE DAY
00:14:47.433 --> 00:14:49.066
WHEN ALL THE OTHER
WORSHIP LEADERS
00:14:49.166 --> 00:14:51.300
WERE OUT OF TOWN AND I
REMEMBER OUR PASTOR
00:14:51.400 --> 00:14:52.666
WAS LEADING WORSHIP,
00:14:52.766 --> 00:14:54.333
AND REMEMBER, THEY USED
TO LEAD WORSHIP -
00:14:54.433 --> 00:14:55.533
YES.
00:14:55.633 --> 00:14:57.200
LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE BRINGING
A PLANE IN, YOU KNOW.
00:14:57.300 --> 00:14:59.566
IT'S LIKE THIS WAY,
THAT WAY.
00:14:59.666 --> 00:15:01.133
AND HE JUST WALKED OFF
AND HE LIKE
00:15:01.233 --> 00:15:03.866
LOOKED AT ME AND
HE WENT...
00:15:03.966 --> 00:15:06.533
SO I WENT OUT AND LED.
00:15:06.633 --> 00:15:08.600
AND I'M REALLY
THANKFUL FOR THAT
00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:09.866
BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE
00:15:09.966 --> 00:15:13.666
STEPPED IN THAT SPOT MYSELF.
00:15:13.766 --> 00:15:15.932
BUT THEN I'VE ALWAYS
HAD THE SAFETY OF LIKE,
00:15:16.032 --> 00:15:17.333
I'M A TEAM PERSON.
00:15:17.433 --> 00:15:19.766
SO I NEVER THINK
THE WORSHIP LEADER.
00:15:19.866 --> 00:15:24.133
I'M ALWAYS LIKE, WE,
TOGETHER, ARE LEADING,
00:15:24.233 --> 00:15:27.366
AND, YES, SOMEONE IS
TAKING THE LEAD,
00:15:27.466 --> 00:15:30.166
AND OFTEN IT'S THE
WORSHIP LEADER,
00:15:30.266 --> 00:15:32.999
BUT WE DO THIS TOGETHER.
00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:35.366
YOU KNOW, WITH A TEAM OF
00:15:35.466 --> 00:15:37.033
OTHER MUSICIANS,
SINGERS, WHATEVER.
00:15:37.133 --> 00:15:39.699
AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED.
00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:42.866
AND, YOU KNOW, I USED
TO SIT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND
00:15:42.966 --> 00:15:44.633
WITH A PIECE OF PAPER,
00:15:44.733 --> 00:15:46.366
AND SHE WAS A PREACHER
AND I'M LIKE,
00:15:46.466 --> 00:15:48.799
HOW DOES THIS SOUND,
I'D SAY TO HER.
00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:51.099
GOOD MORNING, CHURCH.
00:15:51.199 --> 00:15:52.333
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
00:15:52.433 --> 00:15:53.433
LET'S WORSHIP JESUS.
00:15:53.533 --> 00:15:55.166
AND SHE'D
BE LIKE, SERIOUSLY,
00:15:55.266 --> 00:15:56.833
YOU NEED TO WRITE THAT OUT?
00:15:56.933 --> 00:15:58.832
AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, I DO.
00:15:58.932 --> 00:16:02.233
BECAUSE I WAS JUST
SO NOT CONFIDENT
00:16:02.333 --> 00:16:06.766
TO LEAD PEOPLE TO CHRIST.
00:16:06.866 --> 00:16:07.699
BECAUSE IN THE END,
00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:09.800
THAT'S WHAT WORSHIP IS
DOING, RIGHT,
00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:11.266
WE'RE HELPING REMOVE
THE BARRIERS.
00:16:11.366 --> 00:16:13.300
WE'RE HELPING GIVE PEOPLE
A SONG IN THEIR HEART.
00:16:13.400 --> 00:16:15.966
WE'RE HELPING THEM
SEE CHRIST
00:16:16.066 --> 00:16:17.499
AND WE'RE GATHERING
AROUND THE PRESENCE
00:16:17.599 --> 00:16:19.733
AND THE PERSON OF JESUS.
00:16:19.833 --> 00:16:22.266
I WAS JUST SO, LIKE, I DON'T
WANT TO MESS IT UP,
00:16:22.366 --> 00:16:23.300
I DON'T WANT TO
GET IN THE WAY.
00:16:23.400 --> 00:16:24.499
YEAH, I
UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:16:24.599 --> 00:16:25.699
SO, YEAH.
00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:29.999
SO, YOU KNOW, I SPENT YEARS
AND YEARS LIKE PRACTICING
00:16:30.099 --> 00:16:33.533
HOW I WOULD SAY ANYTHING
OF VALUE TO OUR CHURCH FAMILY
00:16:33.633 --> 00:16:36.933
IN BETWEEN
SONGS OR, YEAH.
00:16:37.033 --> 00:16:39.066
SO GOD TOOK ME AND IS
STILL TAKING ME
00:16:39.166 --> 00:16:42.533
ON AN AMAZING JOURNEY
OF LEARNING, UNLEARNING.
00:16:42.633 --> 00:16:46.599
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAD
A BACKGROUND IN MUSIC,
00:16:46.699 --> 00:16:49.999
I WAS SCARED THAT THE
PERFORMER IN ME
00:16:50.099 --> 00:16:53.099
WOULD KIND OF FLIP INTO GEAR.
00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:54.199
BECAUSE GOD HAD
SAID TO ME,
00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:56.632
YOU NEVER NEED TO
PERFORM FOR ME.
00:16:56.732 --> 00:16:57.800
YOU'VE BEEN BOUGHT
WITH A PRICE.
00:16:57.900 --> 00:16:59.266
YOU'RE NOT FOR SALE.
00:16:59.366 --> 00:17:00.799
YOU JUST COME AND BE.
00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:03.699
YOU JUST COME AND
BRING YOU BEFORE ME.
00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:05.366
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
00:17:05.466 --> 00:17:08.266
AND IT TOOK ALL
THAT SENSE OF
00:17:08.366 --> 00:17:10.633
STRIVING TO GET
EVERYTHING RIGHT,
00:17:10.733 --> 00:17:11.566
AND ALL OF THAT,
00:17:11.666 --> 00:17:16.032
HE JUST CONTINUED TO
HELP ME UNLEARN
00:17:16.132 --> 00:17:18.466
SO THAT I COULD LEARN
THE WAYS OF GOD.
00:17:18.566 --> 00:17:19.332
I LOVE THAT.
00:17:19.432 --> 00:17:20.199
YEAH.
00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.766
YEAH, BECAUSE
YOU CAN'T STRIVE.
00:17:21.866 --> 00:17:22.799
NO.
00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.566
BUT THAT'S REALLY HARD -
00:17:23.666 --> 00:17:24.432
AND YOU DO.
00:17:24.532 --> 00:17:25.666
[ LAUGHTER ]
00:17:25.766 --> 00:17:27.533
IT'S SO EASY TO SAY IT,
BUT IT'S HARDER
00:17:27.633 --> 00:17:28.932
TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT.
00:17:29.032 --> 00:17:29.800
YEAH.
00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:31.366
AND I THINK PART OF
STRIVING IS -
00:17:31.466 --> 00:17:33.566
PART OF NOT STRIVING
IS, ONCE AGAIN,
00:17:33.666 --> 00:17:34.666
GOING BACK TO TRUSTING.
00:17:34.766 --> 00:17:36.100
TO TRUST.
IT IS.
00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.966
SO THERE'S - THERE'S
LIKE THIS BALANCE, RIGHT,
00:17:39.066 --> 00:17:40.366
YOU PREPARE
00:17:40.466 --> 00:17:41.732
AND YOU DO THINGS
WITH EXCELLENCE.
00:17:41.832 --> 00:17:42.733
YEAH.
00:17:42.833 --> 00:17:44.700
BUT YOU'RE NOT DOING
IT IN YOUR STRENGTH.
00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:45.532
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:17:45.632 --> 00:17:47.032
AND YOU KNOW THAT
IT'S NOT YOU.
00:17:47.132 --> 00:17:47.899
YEAH.
00:17:47.999 --> 00:17:48.933
IT'S HIM THROUGH YOU.
00:17:49.033 --> 00:17:49.866
THROUGH YOU.
00:17:49.966 --> 00:17:51.566
AND SO YOU CAN
RELAX IN HIM,
00:17:51.666 --> 00:17:53.633
BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THAT HE'S THERE.
00:17:53.733 --> 00:17:56.066
YOU CAN RELY ON
HIM TO DO HIS PART.
00:17:56.166 --> 00:17:57.766
AND TO LEAD YOU.
00:17:57.866 --> 00:17:59.133
YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:17:59.233 --> 00:18:00.799
TO REALLY LEAD YOU.
00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:02.466
I DO THINK, YOU KNOW,
00:18:02.566 --> 00:18:03.400
THERE'S SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL
00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:05.566
ABOUT PREPARATION, RIGHT.
00:18:05.666 --> 00:18:07.899
WE READ ALL THROUGH
THE SCRIPTURE
00:18:07.999 --> 00:18:09.699
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF PREPARATION,
00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:11.366
OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW.
00:18:11.466 --> 00:18:15.166
I MEAN, I LOVE OLD
TESTAMENT, AND WE READ ABOUT
00:18:15.266 --> 00:18:18.499
THE LEVITES AND THE
PREPARATION
00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:23.066
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
IS SO STUNNING.
00:18:23.166 --> 00:18:26.933
SO I DO THINK, YOU KNOW,
WE CAN BE A BIT LAX NOW.
00:18:27.033 --> 00:18:29.733
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO
TOTALLY THE OTHER WAY.
00:18:29.833 --> 00:18:30.666
YEAH.
00:18:30.766 --> 00:18:33.366
AND I WOULD CALL
IT CARELESS WORSHIP.
00:18:33.466 --> 00:18:36.566
IT'S LIKE YOU SAY,
OH, WHATEVER.
00:18:36.666 --> 00:18:38.099
SO NO, NO.
00:18:38.199 --> 00:18:41.300
NO, WE DON'T COME
BEFORE GOD WITH WHATEVER.
00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.400
WE COME BEFORE GOD,
YOU KNOW,
00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:47.333
WITH HUMBLE HEARTS,
GRATEFUL HEARTS,
00:18:47.433 --> 00:18:50.966
AND WITH OUR FINEST
THAT WE HAVE IN THE DAY,
00:18:51.066 --> 00:18:53.133
EVEN IF IT'S
A WEAK MOMENT.
00:18:53.233 --> 00:18:55.366
YOU KNOW, IN MY WEAKNESS
HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT.
00:18:55.466 --> 00:18:58.733
SO IT'S LIKE HE'S
NOT AFTER ANY PERFORMANCE,
00:18:58.833 --> 00:19:01.866
BUT HE'S LIKE, JUST
BRING YOUR BEST NOW,
00:19:01.966 --> 00:19:05.333
BUT PREPARATION, YOU'LL
ALWAYS SEE WHAT YOU VALUE
00:19:05.433 --> 00:19:09.766
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH TIME
YOU TAKE TO PREPARE FOR IT.
00:19:09.866 --> 00:19:11.966
AND THERE'S NO ONE WORTH
PREPARING MORE FOR THAN HIM.
00:19:12.066 --> 00:19:13.533
YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT.
00:19:13.633 --> 00:19:15.666
BUT THAT'S THAT KEY,
IS THAT YOU DON'T DO IT
00:19:15.766 --> 00:19:17.333
IN YOUR STRENGTH,
YOU DO IT IN HIS STRENGTH.
00:19:17.433 --> 00:19:19.466
YEAH. AND YOU DON'T
DO IT FOR YOUR GLORY,
00:19:19.566 --> 00:19:21.533
YOU DO IT FOR HIS GLORY.
00:19:21.633 --> 00:19:23.066
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF
THOSE THINGS
00:19:23.166 --> 00:19:25.066
THAT IS EASY TO FALL INTO.
00:19:25.166 --> 00:19:26.066
YEAH.
00:19:26.166 --> 00:19:27.032
UNINTENTIONALLY -
00:19:27.132 --> 00:19:28.333
A HUNDRED PERCENT.
00:19:28.433 --> 00:19:29.966
THAT YOU START
LEADING WORSHIP,
00:19:30.066 --> 00:19:31.366
YOU START MINISTERING.
00:19:31.466 --> 00:19:33.499
AND I THINK IT'S EASY TO TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GLORY
00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.766
AND POCKET
IT FOR YOURSELF.
00:19:34.866 --> 00:19:35.700
YEAH, YEAH.
00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:37.066
AND YOU HAVE TO BE
SO CAREFUL
00:19:37.166 --> 00:19:39.299
NOT TO DO THAT, AND EVEN
WITH BUILDING THE KINGDOM.
00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:40.066
YEAH.
00:19:40.166 --> 00:19:41.400
ARE YOU BUILDING
HIS KINGDOM,
00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.766
OR ARE YOU BUILDING
YOUR KINGDOM?
00:19:42.866 --> 00:19:43.600
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.699
HOW WOULD YOU -
00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:47.166
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
SOMEONE IN THAT SCENARIO?
00:19:47.266 --> 00:19:48.666
LOOK, I THINK ONE
OF THE REASONS
00:19:48.766 --> 00:19:52.066
GOD SETS US IN FAMILY,
IN COMMUNITY,
00:19:52.166 --> 00:19:55.299
IS THAT WE KEEP EACH
OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.399
YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU -
00:19:56.499 --> 00:19:58.633
I MEAN, SOMETHING
THAT SUCCESS DOES
00:19:58.733 --> 00:20:00.866
THAT PEOPLE DON'T
TALK ABOUT
00:20:00.966 --> 00:20:03.299
IN WHATEVER WAY YOU
SEE SUCCESS,
00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:05.933
BUT LET'S SAY IT'S
PEOPLE PUTTING YOU
00:20:06.033 --> 00:20:08.366
ON SOME SORT OF PEDESTAL,
00:20:08.466 --> 00:20:12.166
WHETHER THAT'S FOR RIGHT
REASONS OR WRONG REASONS,
00:20:12.266 --> 00:20:15.166
BUT SUCCESS SEPARATES YOU.
00:20:15.266 --> 00:20:18.566
PEOPLE JUST THINK,
OH, THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL,
00:20:18.666 --> 00:20:21.133
SO I'LL JUST
LEAVE THEM ALONE.
00:20:21.233 --> 00:20:23.633
SO WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR
NOT, YOU FIND YOURSELF
00:20:23.733 --> 00:20:25.966
A LITTLE MORE ISOLATED.
00:20:26.066 --> 00:20:30.466
AND ISOLATION FEEDS
ALL THE WRONG THINGS IN US,
00:20:30.566 --> 00:20:34.166
LIKE THE INSECURITY
AND THE PRIDE.
00:20:34.266 --> 00:20:36.000
IT FEEDS ALL OF IT.
00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:40.866
SO THE BEAUTY OF CHURCH
FAMILY, COMMUNITY,
00:20:40.966 --> 00:20:46.166
BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER, THE
SACREDNESS OF THE TABLE,
00:20:46.266 --> 00:20:48.899
WHERE I SEE YOU,
YOU SEE ME,
00:20:48.999 --> 00:20:52.166
I CAN CHECK IN HOW
YOU'RE REALLY DOING.
00:20:52.266 --> 00:20:53.799
ALL OF THAT IS -
00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:55.466
GOD SET THAT IN PLACE
00:20:55.566 --> 00:20:59.199
SO THAT WE WOULD -
WE NEED ONE ANOTHER
00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:02.599
TO KEEP EACH
OTHER FLOWING WELL
00:21:02.699 --> 00:21:05.066
IN CHRIST THE WAY
HE INTENDED.
00:21:05.166 --> 00:21:08.299
BEING SUCCESSFUL, INFLUENTIAL,
ALL THOSE THINGS,
00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:10.033
I THINK ARE IMPORTANT
00:21:10.133 --> 00:21:11.266
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A WORLD
00:21:11.366 --> 00:21:14.999
THAT'S CRYING OUT FOR
A HEALTHY MODEL
00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:17.433
OF WHAT FOLLOWING
JESUS LOOKS LIKE.
00:21:17.533 --> 00:21:22.799
AND WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE
HIGHEST LEVELS OF LIFE,
00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:25.966
BUT WE STILL NEED COMMUNITY.
00:21:26.066 --> 00:21:28.633
SO WE DON'T GET BIG
HEADS AND TAKE IT
00:21:28.733 --> 00:21:30.966
ALL ON OURSELVES, AND
AREN'T WE WONDERFUL.
00:21:31.066 --> 00:21:33.566
BECAUSE THAT'S -
I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT
00:21:33.666 --> 00:21:38.033
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU
START TO INGEST GLORY,
00:21:38.133 --> 00:21:39.766
THAT IT'S NOT A
MATTER OF IF,
00:21:39.866 --> 00:21:41.766
IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF WHEN
00:21:41.866 --> 00:21:44.433
YOU WILL BLOW UP.
00:21:44.533 --> 00:21:47.533
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY
CHRISTIAN, NON-CHRISTIAN,
00:21:48.999 --> 00:21:50.033
THAT'S HUMANITY.
00:21:50.133 --> 00:21:51.466
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:21:51.566 --> 00:21:55.932
WE REALLY - AND AS THE
WORLD GETS MORE CHAOTIC,
00:21:56.032 --> 00:21:59.266
WHICH IT WILL,
ISAIAH TELLS US
00:21:59.366 --> 00:22:02.632
THAT WE'RE TO SHINE
IN THE DARK.
00:22:02.732 --> 00:22:04.700
IT WILL GET EVEN DARKER,
BUT THE GLORY OF THE LORD
00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:06.099
HAS RISEN UPON YOU.
00:22:06.199 --> 00:22:09.533
AS THESE DAYS GET
MORE TENSE,
00:22:09.633 --> 00:22:12.266
WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:22:12.366 --> 00:22:14.433
THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF
CHRIST, IN WHICH
00:22:14.533 --> 00:22:16.499
HE LIVES AND MOVES AND
FILLS EVERYTHING
00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:18.499
WITH HIS PRESENCE.
00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:20.633
AND THAT IS ALSO
WHERE WE FIND THAT
00:22:20.733 --> 00:22:23.066
KEEPING POWER OF GOD
00:22:23.166 --> 00:22:27.066
AS HIS LOVE IS SHARED
WITH EACH OF US
00:22:27.166 --> 00:22:29.899
AND THROUGH EACH OF
US WITH EACH OTHER.
00:22:29.999 --> 00:22:32.500
WE KEEP EACH OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE TO
00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:34.333
THE PROMISES OF GOD,
THE WORD OF GOD,
00:22:34.433 --> 00:22:36.533
AND HIS CALL ON OUR LIVES.
00:22:36.633 --> 00:22:38.133
WE DO NEED THAT COMMUNITY,
00:22:38.233 --> 00:22:40.500
AND I THINK THAT'S
WHY YOU SEE
00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:42.666
HOW THE ENEMY OPERATES
IN THE BODY,
00:22:42.766 --> 00:22:43.866
IS BY CAUSING DIVISION.
00:22:43.966 --> 00:22:44.699
YEAH.
00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.933
HE WANTS THERE
TO BE DIVISION.
00:22:46.033 --> 00:22:48.000
HE WANTS US TO
FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.766
AND I THINK -
00:22:48.866 --> 00:22:50.299
FIGHT THE
WRONG FIGHTS.
00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.366
FIGHT THE WRONG FIGHTS.
00:22:51.466 --> 00:22:52.166
COME ON, PEOPLE.
00:22:52.266 --> 00:22:53.600
THERE IS A REAL
FIGHT HERE.
00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.499
THERE IS A REAL FIGHT.
00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:56.200
LET'S GET ABOUT THE
REAL THINGS
00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:58.533
AND LET'S GET OVER
OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT.
00:22:58.633 --> 00:22:59.666
THAT'S SO GOOD.
00:22:59.766 --> 00:23:01.700
BECAUSE I CAN LOVE SOMEONE
AND NOT AGREE WITH THEM.
00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.633
IT'S TRUE.
00:23:02.733 --> 00:23:04.732
THAT'S THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:23:04.832 --> 00:23:06.532
THAT'S PART OF THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
00:23:06.632 --> 00:23:07.833
I CAN LOVE YOU AND NOT
AGREE WITH YOU,
00:23:07.933 --> 00:23:09.366
BUT I'M GOING TO
WALK WITH YOU
00:23:09.466 --> 00:23:11.066
BECAUSE YOU'RE MY BROTHER
OR YOU'RE MY SISTER,
00:23:11.166 --> 00:23:13.533
AND WE'RE GOING
TO DO THIS TOGETHER.
00:23:13.633 --> 00:23:16.499
I WANT MORE -
I WANT MORE OF THAT.
00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.299
YEAH.
00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.233
AND I THINK, TOO,
YOU CAN'T HAVE
00:23:18.333 --> 00:23:19.533
A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE,
00:23:19.633 --> 00:23:21.366
YOU CAN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF
YES PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
00:23:21.466 --> 00:23:22.299
OH, MY GOD.
00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.532
'CAUSE THAT'S THE
OTHER PROBLEM I SEE,
00:23:23.632 --> 00:23:25.399
IS PEOPLE BEING
A COMMUNITY,
00:23:25.499 --> 00:23:27.066
BUT NO ONE'S GOING
TO QUESTION YOU.
00:23:27.166 --> 00:23:28.699
YEAH, YEAH.
00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:30.466
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO
PEOPLE WHO GO ABOUT
00:23:30.566 --> 00:23:31.466
THAT THE WRONG WAY,
00:23:31.566 --> 00:23:33.399
WHEN THEY CHALLENGE
AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW,
00:23:33.499 --> 00:23:34.532
THEY'RE DISRESPECTFUL
TO AUTHORITY.
00:23:34.632 --> 00:23:35.300
RIGHT.
00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.533
SO THERE'S A KINGDOM WAY.
00:23:36.633 --> 00:23:40.600
THERE IS A KINGDOM WAY
AND WE'VE GOT TO LEARN IT
00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:42.966
BECAUSE THERE IS AN
URGENCY IN THE HOUR.
00:23:43.066 --> 00:23:44.599
THERE IS. WE'RE LIVING
IN THOSE TIMES.
00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.766
YES.
00:23:45.866 --> 00:23:48.932
AND SO WE HAVE TO GET
ABOUT THE KINGDOM WAY.
00:23:49.032 --> 00:23:54.233
AND OFTEN, I WOULD SAY, AS
I'M GETTING OLDER,
00:23:54.333 --> 00:23:56.266
YOU KNOW, AND I PRAY
INTO CERTAIN THINGS
00:23:56.366 --> 00:23:57.833
AND THE LORD'S LIKE,
00:23:57.933 --> 00:24:00.200
LET'S JUST LOOK
AT YOU AGAIN.
00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:01.233
THAT'S WHAT I -
00:24:01.333 --> 00:24:02.166
LET ME DEAL WITH
00:24:02.266 --> 00:24:04.033
THIS THING IN YOU,
AND I'M LIKE, OH.
00:24:04.133 --> 00:24:05.199
YEAH.
00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.766
WASN'T I PRAYING
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE?
00:24:06.866 --> 00:24:07.766
HE'S LIKE, YES.
00:24:07.866 --> 00:24:09.299
AND NOW LET'S TALK
ABOUT YOUR HEART,
00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:11.700
LIKE, LET'S - WE'VE
GOT TO LOOK
00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:16.366
AT THE, YOU KNOW,
LOGS IN OUR OWN EYES,
00:24:16.466 --> 00:24:20.000
AND JUST LIKE, LORD,
HELP ME LOVE LIKE YOU LOVE.
00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:21.999
HELP ME BRING -
00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.866
BE A BRINGER OF TRUTH,
00:24:23.966 --> 00:24:25.966
BUT TRUTH IN LOVE.
00:24:26.066 --> 00:24:30.133
AND THAT TOGETHER IS A
VERY POWERFUL COMBINATION
00:24:30.233 --> 00:24:31.233
AND IT'S GOTTA BE BOTH.
00:24:31.333 --> 00:24:33.266
IT'S GOTTA BE BOTH, HONEY.
00:24:33.366 --> 00:24:34.600
BECAUSE THE TRUTH
WITH NO LOVE
00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.166
IS JUST PAINFUL.
00:24:36.266 --> 00:24:37.099
YEAH.
00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.932
AND I DON'T THINK
REALLY THERE IS LOVE
00:24:38.032 --> 00:24:39.166
IF THERE'S NOT
TRUTH INVOLVED.
00:24:39.266 --> 00:24:41.299
YOU GOT IT RIGHT, YEAH.
00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:44.466
SO YOU'RE PUTTING OUT A
NEW CD, IT'S RELEASED,
00:24:44.566 --> 00:24:46.466
BUT YOU'RE STILL
RELEASING SOME SONGS.
00:24:46.566 --> 00:24:47.499
I AM.
00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.833
IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
00:24:48.933 --> 00:24:49.466
I WANT TO HEAR
THE STORY BEHIND
00:24:49.566 --> 00:24:51.099
WHAT INSPIRED THAT CD.
00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:52.266
YEAH.
00:24:52.366 --> 00:24:55.433
WELL,SHOUT TO THE LORD
WAS TURNING 30 YEARS OLD.
00:24:55.533 --> 00:24:56.599
CAN YOU EVEN -
00:24:56.699 --> 00:25:01.000
THE BEST - I'M SORRY,
BUT I'M A '90S BABY,
00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:04.833
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS
EVER, STILL.
00:25:04.933 --> 00:25:08.000
I JUST THINK ANY CHRISTIAN,
WE CAN BAT THAT OUT.
00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:09.766
I LOVESHOUT TO THE LORD.
00:25:09.866 --> 00:25:11.633
OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT
WAS REALLY INTERESTING
00:25:11.733 --> 00:25:15.033
BECAUSE MY SON-IN-LAW,
00:25:15.133 --> 00:25:16.966
HE'S MARRIED TO MY
OLDEST DAUGHTER, AMY,
00:25:17.066 --> 00:25:19.299
HIS NAME'S ANDREW.
WE CALL HIMHOODIE.
00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:21.132
AND HE'S LIKE, WE
NEED TO DO SOMETHING
00:25:21.232 --> 00:25:24.133
TO CELEBRATE THESE
30 YEARS.
00:25:24.233 --> 00:25:26.233
AND THEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT IT,
00:25:26.333 --> 00:25:28.866
AND HOW THIS
WORD,TESTAMENT,
00:25:28.966 --> 00:25:32.033
YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE
THAN JUST A WORD.
00:25:32.133 --> 00:25:34.399
IT'S GOT A LEGAL
RAMIFICATION TO IT.
00:25:34.499 --> 00:25:38.100
IT'S LIKE THESE WORDS,
THIS THING THAT IT IS DONE.
00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.033
IT IS FINISHED.
00:25:40.133 --> 00:25:42.300
THIS IS THE FINAL
WILL AND TESTAMENT.
00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:45.766
IT'S LIKE IT'S
SET IN STONE.
00:25:45.866 --> 00:25:48.100
AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:50.066
OVER MY LIFE.
00:25:50.166 --> 00:25:51.266
THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
00:25:51.366 --> 00:25:55.132
I'M LIKE, HIS PROMISES HAVE
BEEN SO RIDICULOUSLY,
00:25:55.232 --> 00:25:57.366
JUST SET IN STONE.
00:25:57.466 --> 00:26:00.666
AND I WANTED THIS
PROJECT TO BE
00:26:00.766 --> 00:26:05.232
LIKE A TESTAMENT TO THE
FAITHFULNESS OF GOD
00:26:05.332 --> 00:26:07.366
OVER MY LIFETIME.
00:26:07.466 --> 00:26:10.033
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
HARD TO PICK 30 SONGS
00:26:10.133 --> 00:26:11.800
AND EVEN AT LIKE
20 SONGS,
00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.833
WHEN I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THEM,
00:26:12.933 --> 00:26:15.732
I'M LIKE, 30 IS A LOT.
00:26:15.832 --> 00:26:17.600
BUT WE'VE DONE IT
00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.200
AND I'M REALLY -
00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:20.100
I'M REALLY GLAD.
00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:22.199
IT'S LIKE A LEGACY
PROJECT FOR ME.
00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.066
I LOVE THAT.
00:26:23.166 --> 00:26:24.433
YEAH.
00:26:24.533 --> 00:26:26.533
AND I - IT'S JUST
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
00:26:26.633 --> 00:26:28.632
FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS
OVER MY LIFETIME.
00:26:28.732 --> 00:26:32.966
I'M JUST - I AM
JUST SO VERY THANKFUL.
00:26:33.066 --> 00:26:35.966
WHAT WAS IT LIKE REVISITING
SOME OF THOSE SONGS?
00:26:36.066 --> 00:26:38.166
YEAH, IT WAS REALLY,
REALLY SPECIAL
00:26:38.266 --> 00:26:39.366
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM,
00:26:39.466 --> 00:26:40.932
WELL, ALL OF THEM,
HAVE A MOMENT.
00:26:41.032 --> 00:26:41.733
YEAH.
00:26:41.833 --> 00:26:42.966
A SCRIPTURE.
00:26:43.066 --> 00:26:45.099
AND MUSIC WILL TAKE YOU BACK
TO A TIME INSTANTANEOUSLY.
00:26:45.199 --> 00:26:46.833
IT DOES. IT DOES.
00:26:46.933 --> 00:26:49.933
SO IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN -
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH
00:26:50.033 --> 00:26:51.533
JOY ATTACHED.
00:26:51.633 --> 00:26:53.166
AND,SHOUT TO THE LORD,
00:26:53.266 --> 00:26:55.399
MY DAUGHTER, ZOE,
IS LEADING WITH ME.
00:26:55.499 --> 00:26:57.633
WE HAVE THE AUSTRALIAN
CHRISTIAN ORCHESTRA.
00:26:57.733 --> 00:26:58.599
I LOVE THAT.
00:26:58.699 --> 00:27:00.566
ANDTESTAMENT WAS
WRITTEN BY MYSELF,
00:27:00.666 --> 00:27:03.833
WITH AMY AND ANDREW,
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER.
00:27:03.933 --> 00:27:07.432
LIKE, MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS
SINGING IN THE CHOIR.
00:27:07.532 --> 00:27:10.932
IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION
00:27:11.032 --> 00:27:13.699
OF JUST THE
FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.966
YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M FAITHLESS,
HE'S STILL FAITHFUL.
00:27:17.066 --> 00:27:19.866
WHEN I, YOU KNOW, I WENT
THROUGH THAT TERRIBLE
00:27:19.966 --> 00:27:23.133
TIME OF CANCER AND THERE'S
A SONG IN THERE
00:27:23.233 --> 00:27:25.099
THAT I DO WITH MARTIN SMITH,
00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:26.866
THAT WHEN I WAS
REALLY SICK, YOU KNOW,
00:27:26.966 --> 00:27:29.300
AND HE FLEW OVER
JUST TO BE WITH MY FAMILY,
00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:31.332
BE WITH MY HUSBAND.
00:27:31.432 --> 00:27:33.233
YOU KNOW, I ALMOST DIED TWICE,
NOT FROM THE CANCER
00:27:33.333 --> 00:27:35.133
BUT FROM THE TREATMENT.
00:27:35.233 --> 00:27:38.299
AND HE'S LIKE, DARS,
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY?
00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:40.566
BECAUSE WE WERE
FACING LIFE AND DEATH,
00:27:40.666 --> 00:27:42.466
AND WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO SAY?
00:27:42.566 --> 00:27:45.400
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT
OTHER WRITERS DO, RIGHT,
00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:48.100
THEY HELP YOU
PULL A SONG OUT.
00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:50.066
AND I'M LIKE, I JUST WANT
TO SAY GOD IS GREAT.
00:27:50.166 --> 00:27:52.299
SO WE WROTE A SONG,
YOU ARE GREAT.
00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:55.566
AND HE SINGS IT WITH ME
ON THIS PROJECT.
00:27:55.666 --> 00:27:58.700
SO THERE'S BEAUTIFUL
MOMENTS WITH MICHAEL W.
00:27:58.800 --> 00:28:00.033
AND MITCH WONG,
00:28:00.133 --> 00:28:03.299
WHO IS JUST THE MOST
AMAZING SONGWRITER.
00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:05.899
I MEAN, SO JUST THESE
LITTLE GLIMPSES
00:28:05.999 --> 00:28:09.899
OF THE GLORY OF GOD,
HIS FAITHFULNESS.
00:28:09.999 --> 00:28:12.500
AND IT'S JUST MY JOY TO
BRING IT TO THE TABLE
00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:14.033
AND I PRAY IT
BLESSES PEOPLE.
00:28:14.133 --> 00:28:18.000
AND I PRAY THAT IT REMINDS
EVERYONE WHO LISTENS TO IT
00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:20.500
OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
TO YOU.
00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:22.932
THAT'S MY DEEPEST PRAYER.
00:28:23.032 --> 00:28:25.832
BECAUSE I THINK ONCE YOU
REMEMBER THE STORIES,
00:28:25.932 --> 00:28:27.033
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE STONES.
00:28:27.133 --> 00:28:27.833
YEAH.
00:28:27.933 --> 00:28:29.399
ONCE YOU REMEMBER
THE STORIES,
00:28:29.499 --> 00:28:31.933
IT GIVES YOU SOME
TENACITY IN YOUR SPIRIT.
00:28:32.033 --> 00:28:33.999
IT'S LIKE, OH,
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:37.566
HE'S DONE IT BEFORE,
HE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
00:28:37.666 --> 00:28:39.066
LET'S GO.
00:28:39.166 --> 00:28:40.766
SO, YEAH, THAT'S
TESTAMENT.
00:28:40.866 --> 00:28:42.433
YEAH, BECAUSE YOUR LIFE IS
A LIVING TESTIMONY
00:28:42.533 --> 00:28:43.266
OF HIS FAITHFULNESS.
00:28:43.366 --> 00:28:44.232
IT REALLY IS.
00:28:44.332 --> 00:28:46.366
AND THEY OVERCAME
BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
00:28:46.466 --> 00:28:48.199
AND THE WORD OF
OUR TESTIMONY.
00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:51.766
SO FOR ME, THESE SONGS
ARE EXACTLY THAT.
00:28:51.866 --> 00:28:53.500
SOME PEOPLE WILL DESIGN
00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:55.532
A BEAUTIFUL
PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE.
00:28:55.632 --> 00:28:58.233
SOME PEOPLE WILL PAINT
A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING.
00:28:58.333 --> 00:29:00.199
YOU KNOW, I'LL WRITE
A LITTLE SONG.
00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:03.066
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
LEGACY PROJECT.
00:29:03.166 --> 00:29:04.033
YEAH.
00:29:04.133 --> 00:29:05.299
OKAY. SO FOR PEOPLE -
00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.000
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:07.166
I'M VERY SAD.
00:29:07.266 --> 00:29:08.899
I LOVE TALKING TO YOU.
00:29:08.999 --> 00:29:10.399
WE COULD TALK FOR HOURS,
00:29:10.499 --> 00:29:11.333
SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
00:29:11.433 --> 00:29:13.599
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON
INSIDE AND OUT.
00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.666
THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
00:29:14.766 --> 00:29:15.666
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
00:29:15.766 --> 00:29:16.733
I'M REALLY BLESSED.
00:29:16.833 --> 00:29:19.466
OH, I FEEL LIKE I'M
THE ONE THAT'S BLESSED.
00:29:19.566 --> 00:29:22.032
FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO LISTEN TOTESTAMENT
00:29:22.132 --> 00:29:22.799
YEAH.
00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.832
HOW CAN THEY FIND IT?
00:29:23.932 --> 00:29:27.133
JUST ON ALL THE NORMAL
STREAMING THINGS,
00:29:27.233 --> 00:29:28.000
YOU KNOW, JUST GO FOR IT.
00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:29.366
YOU'LL FIND IT.
00:29:29.466 --> 00:29:31.333
IT'S NOT A SHORT -
00:29:31.433 --> 00:29:32.633
LISTEN, IT'S LIKE THREE,
00:29:32.733 --> 00:29:35.300
OVER THREE HOURS OF WORSHIP.
SO, YOU KNOW.
00:29:35.366 --> 00:29:37.866
YEAH, I MEAN, 30 YEARS
THAT YOU -
00:29:37.966 --> 00:29:39.033
I THINK YOU
DID IT PERFECTLY.
00:29:39.133 --> 00:29:40.466
AWW, THANK YOU, DARLING.
00:29:40.566 --> 00:29:41.732
BUT THANK YOU -
00:29:41.832 --> 00:29:42.666
THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
00:29:42.766 --> 00:29:43.966
THANK YOU FOR
BEING A BLESSING
00:29:44.066 --> 00:29:45.333
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST
00:29:45.433 --> 00:29:46.799
AND WE JUST LOVE
AND APPRECIATE YOU.
00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.532
THANK YOU.