WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:16.920 practical ways. Good morning, good morning, Wow, we talk through 4 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:17.679 good moaning. 5 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:20.719 Good morning. Do you Wow? 6 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:23.079 That's amazing. But we have to hurry today because you 7 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:23.800 got to go work out. 8 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.079 Uh, what you're gonna say that on TV? So don't 9 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:31.160 we have to hurry? Okay, well, at least explain it. 10 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:34.200 Because you're gonna go work out because you're buff. First 11 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.960 of all, you're getting so ripped that that is. 12 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:38.240 Not even close to being true. 13 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.799 I work out with physical therapy for old people. 14 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:45.799 So what is it? What is it? 15 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.039 What is your what is your trainer? What is her 16 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:49.880 specialty old people? 17 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.479 That's what you say, that's not true all you know 18 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:59.719 what though, I didn't have some like a bulging discs 19 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.439 and everything, and come and find out. My trainer is 20 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.480 somebody who was a physical therapist, which is such. 21 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:06.680 A rare commodation, That's what I'm saying. 22 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:09.719 Yeah, So what she does is she's able to actually 23 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:12.319 like help me both in physical therapy and also give 24 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:14.079 me exercises that are the perfect ones. 25 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.120 Yes, So Heritage Church, the church we work at, we 26 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:16.840 also have a gym. 27 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:18.959 A lot of people don't know that, right, but HFE 28 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.400 hundred people are so really engage with the gym. And 29 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.920 we have some really great trainers. And Mandy is your trainer, 30 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:28.799 and she is an expert in old people and stop 31 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:30.200 that in physical therapy. 32 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:31.519 Those two things. 33 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.879 If you need a gentle uh, a gentle trainer. If 34 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:36.840 you want to get fit, you want to go with 35 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:38.799 one of the other guys. But if you want somebody 36 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:41.120 to be gentle with you and tell you you're doing it, stop, 37 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:44.920 Pretty soon you're gonna start talking about prunes. 38 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.439 I'm telling you, Hey, by the way, fiber. 39 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:48.120 Gets so much. 40 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:50.599 And usually whenever you see me just wearing like a 41 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.920 T shirt, it's because I'm recording on a day. 42 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:55.239 But right afterwards I go and have a. 43 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.200 So here we are, we got a hustle, That's what 44 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:57.599 I'm saying. 45 00:01:57.640 --> 00:01:59.079 No got a clock? The clock? 46 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:00.760 Well, I was thinking maybe go warm you up, get 47 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:02.719 you working into a good sweat before you go to 48 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:08.960 the work, you have to stretch. So hey, Chris, Yes, Tomorrow, Yes, 49 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.680 September twenty eighth, Yes, is National Chris. 50 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:13.560 Day, which I did not know. 51 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:15.479 By the way, Hey, I looked it up. By the way, 52 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.840 I looked up National Chris Day. 53 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:17.400 Did you really? 54 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.759 I did it because I was like, come on, are 55 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:22.800 you flipping serious? And it says Mark you canlnder is 56 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.520 because September twenty eighth is National Chris Day, a day 57 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:28.560 dedicated to celebrating all those with the name Chris. It 58 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:29.919 originated in two thousand and eight. 59 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.000 I wonder if there's a national jeff Dy, I'm sure 60 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:32.439 there is. 61 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:33.680 Well I doubt it. 62 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.199 So here's some ways. They even give ways to celebrate 63 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:40.719 National Chris Day. One host to Chris theine party. Oh, 64 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:42.960 it'd be great, right, invite all your friends named Chris 65 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:43.360 to a party. 66 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:46.000 And I say this, I gotta say this. So I'm Chris. 67 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.919 My daughter Sarah married Brandon, but his legal name is 68 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.159 Christopher Brandon Drew. So she married a Chris. And then 69 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:58.800 my daughter is almost engaged. Right, they're talking about engagement. 70 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.639 And his name is also Chris. It's Chris dos it 71 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.039 is his real name. They call him Chris. So I'm Chris, 72 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:06.479 He's Chris, and. 73 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:08.800 Chris is You guys could have a Chris themed party. 74 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:09.960 We could do it by ourselves. 75 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.680 You could send handwritten notes to all the Chris's you know, yes, right, 76 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:15.879 thanking them for being a part of your life, celebrating 77 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:21.759 their name. You could create a Chris themed playlist, Chris Stapleton, 78 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.439 Chris Brown, whatever, uh. You could attend a Chris themed event. 79 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:30.639 Maybe find a Chris named comedian. You could volunteer to 80 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:35.599 charity with Chris in a name. Should I think you should? Yeah? 81 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:36.360 Yeah? 82 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:39.280 And here's why we love National Chris Day. It's a 83 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.759 day to celebrate our friends and family members named Chris. 84 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:42.280 That's one. 85 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.520 There's so many other famous and influential people named Chris, 86 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:49.199 Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Martin, Chris Stapleton, That mean, 87 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.080 just you go on and on, lots of famous chris is. 88 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.719 And then Chris is a popular and timeless name, and 89 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.639 we just want to celebrate the fact that it has popularity, 90 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:59.680 enduring popularity and charm is what it says. 91 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.319 So the segment that Desire wrote is Chris because since 92 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.199 tomorrow it is all about you. If you could have 93 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:06.599 the perfect day, what would it look like? 94 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.159 Yes, And so I thought, that's what we want to know. 95 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:10.360 So here's here's what I thought. 96 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:12.080 Than anything, we want to know. 97 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:14.400 So the perfect day would be get up very early 98 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:19.920 from my castle in Orlando that I that I've rented 99 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:25.439 out as an airbnb, and then to go to all 100 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:28.879 four Disney parks with a Disney Park park passer or 101 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:32.240 you know what i mean, sorry hopper pass one day. 102 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.759 Yeah, well you've never done that. Oh yeah, it's great. 103 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:37.040 I've want have been to Disney twice. 104 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:39.079 Okay, and I've only been to the main theme park. 105 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:42.199 Okay, okay, just stop talking. Okay, go ahead, let the 106 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:46.279 big boys talk about this. So so, anyway, so if 107 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.199 you buy a park hopper pass, you can, like you know, 108 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.360 spend a couple hours in one and then take the 109 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:52.800 ferry over, take the bus or whatever, and. 110 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.480 Then at each Disney park. 111 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.519 The major theme park, because there's four of them, I 112 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:01.240 would choose my four celebrities to hang out with my family. 113 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:03.959 So in other words, it's just my favorite celebrity and 114 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:05.720 he would meet me at the theme park and we'd 115 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:10.480 hang out for maybe three hours, four hours, well no, 116 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:14.519 not maybe perhaps why not because it's that But they 117 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:17.600 didn't say Chris Strong day. It just said what is 118 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:21.000 your perfect day? So I wouldn't be limited to the crisis'. 119 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:23.720 I would just say, whoever I want to hang out with. 120 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:26.879 We would just choose one and then they would just 121 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.079 join us and we would just hang out. Okay, And 122 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.800 I don't know who those four celebrities would be id 123 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:32.879 at this, I think. 124 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:34.600 About listeners know who those celebrities. 125 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:36.879 No, they wouldn't know. They do not, And by the way, 126 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.120 you'd be wrong. You'd be wrong. 127 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:43.199 They would not make my top. But but I would 128 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.480 think long and hard, and I would choose four celebrities 129 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:46.839 and they would hang out with my whole fan. 130 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:50.040 That's your day, well, I mean, and eat well and 131 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:50.480 eat well. 132 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:52.319 Right, So in other words, like the Disney the worst 133 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.680 thing about Disney is there they have terrible food, but 134 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:56.920 they do have like one or two restaurants like the 135 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.199 be Our Guest Restaurant that is like fine dining. So 136 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.079 I would say every meal would have to be in 137 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.800 a fine dining type restaurant. 138 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:08.519 That sounds, uh, you should pay something, you should pay something. 139 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:09.439 That's your perfect day. 140 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:10.920 Well, I mean it's one of them. 141 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:14.079 Okay, Well, all right, if. 142 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:18.879 I'm talking about you just a well of incredible information 143 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:22.600 and ideas, Yes, well, I don't know. So we just 144 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.360 keep peeling back the onion. We keep peeling back layers 145 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.360 of the onion, discovering who you really are. 146 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:29.000 Truth be told. I don't think too many of the 147 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:30.199 people would agree with that day. 148 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:31.199 No, I wouldn't. 149 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:36.959 Yes, I know this sounds like hell, like like I've died, 150 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:38.759 I've been sent the purgatory. 151 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:41.480 But the celebrity part you like you, No. 152 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.720 I wouldn't. I don't talk to celebrities when I see them. 153 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:48.560 Oh yeah, well do I. You probably don't get the chances. 154 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:49.759 I just don't do it. 155 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.800 If you had a real down to earth sent. 156 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:53.879 It right next to celebrity one time at a restaurant 157 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.920 he owned, and I didn't say boot, literally right next 158 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:57.120 to my. 159 00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:58.720 Well, if you said boot, you get arrested. 160 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:01.040 B Yeah, yeah, it was crazy. Yeah, I just don't 161 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:01.279 do it. 162 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.839 Hey, I've talked to plenty of celebrities, probably a couple dozen. 163 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:07.839 Oh look at me, I hang out with celebrity. 164 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.839 No, I just find reason to be near them, and 165 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:16.360 almost everyone was completely, like, completely nice. 166 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:16.680 Yeah. 167 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:18.879 Yeah. The worst one was Kid Rock in terms of, like, 168 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.199 you know, being rude. Sorry about that, Kid Rock. 169 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:21.600 Oops. 170 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:23.680 Oops, I just said that out loud. Yes he did. 171 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:24.079 I didn't. 172 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.120 Now he's gunning for you. He's going to send his 173 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:27.120 posse to come and get you. 174 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:28.000 Uh. 175 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:32.800 And probably one of the nicest ones was she's not 176 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:34.839 quite a celebrity, but I would say Ammy Grant. 177 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:35.920 Okay, sat right. 178 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:37.800 Next to Amy Grant, talked to her like celebrity thirty 179 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:38.800 minutes at Christmas time. 180 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:43.839 Yeah, okay, wow, Chris, Yeah, what a day. There you 181 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:49.639 go there? Well hey, uh talking about celebrities. King David, yep, 182 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.680 there you go. The good about how much he left 183 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:52.199 God where. 184 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.360 To go, buddy clever. 185 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:58.319 So we're David at this point is the king of Judah. 186 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.040 We already established that, and he's trying to figure out 187 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.079 to establish his kingdom. 188 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:04.160 There's some struggles, and we've. 189 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.879 Already established the fact that while he was a great 190 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.600 warrior and a great king and leader, he also was 191 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:10.839 an artist and he had this other side. And there's 192 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.920 something to celebrate about being a renaissance kind of a 193 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.720 person where you have a breadth to you, not just 194 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:22.319 a one trick pony, but have some real skill and depth. 195 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:25.439 And so he's writing out his prayers and putting them 196 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:29.879 to songs. And the theme behind Psalm chapter twenty four 197 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.360 is that everything belongs to God, right, and. 198 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:33.679 So here's what he says. 199 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:36.279 He says, the earth is the Lord's and everything in it, 200 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:39.039 the world and all its people belong to him, For 201 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.919 He laid the Earth's foundation on the seas and built 202 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.600 it on the ocean. Depths who may climb the mountain 203 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.919 of the Lord, who may stand in his holy place. 204 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.519 Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do 205 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.759 not worship idols and never tell lies. They will receive 206 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:56.519 the Lord's blessing and have a right relationship with God, 207 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.600 their savior. Such people may seek you and worship in 208 00:08:59.600 --> 00:08:59.960 your press. 209 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:00.679 And so, God of. 210 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:04.559 Jacob, open the gates, or open up ancient gates. Open 211 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.080 up ancient doors, and let the King of Glory enter, 212 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:10.440 who is the King of Glory, the Lord strong and mighty, 213 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:14.799 the Lord invincible in battle. Open up ancient gates, open 214 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:16.960 up ancient doors, and let the King of Glory enter, 215 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.200 Who is the King of Glory, the Lord of Heaven's armies. 216 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:22.639 He is the King of Glory. 217 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.679 And that reminds me of a worship song that was 218 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:25.519 quite popular. 219 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.480 Yes, King Glory, Yeah. 220 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.559 Yeah, so yeah. 221 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:33.240 So it is a great thing I think to spend 222 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:39.639 time proclaiming God's greatness, declaring God's greatness and that is 223 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.360 exactly what this psalm does. In fact, I don't know 224 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.360 if you read this already, because I was reading ahead 225 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:49.519 on some of these notes. But one of the subtitles says, 226 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.799 everything belongs to God, the glorious eternal King. Let us 227 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:56.480 worship him and welcome his glorious reign. 228 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.279 Right And did you read that already? 229 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.399 I didn't read it out loud, okay, so I read 230 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:03.559 it quietly to myself. 231 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.399 So you know what this reminds me of, which is 232 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.120 very relevant for our lives, and that is, at one 233 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:19.919 time heard a pastor teach on the Lord's Prayer, and 234 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.000 we did a series that was sort of based on that, 235 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:24.440 right where we sort of walked through the Lord's Prayer 236 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.279 ad heritage, remember, and it was yes, you were there, 237 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:30.240 you taught at it actually. 238 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:32.879 But basically. 239 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.639 A lot of people I grew up learning how to 240 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:37.919 recite the Lord's Prayer. 241 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:38.639 You know. 242 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:42.679 The Catholics would say they call it our father right where, 243 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:45.120 you know, and sometimes you would get assigned, you know, 244 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.320 to say a certain number of our fathers, you know, 245 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:51.159 depending on your penance and everything else. You go in 246 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:54.440 and say, you know, anyway, it didn't matter. The point 247 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.679 is is that people have grown up being taught to 248 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:00.519 recite it and then also to use it as a 249 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.159 formulated prayer. And by the way, I think that's a 250 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.720 good thing. I think reciting prayers is a good thing. 251 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.000 Quoting psalms which were prayers is a good thing. So 252 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:13.840 there's nothing wrong with that. However, on the flip side 253 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.799 of that coin, I do not think that the Lord's 254 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:22.759 Prayer was given to us as something to memorize and 255 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.639 recite always as our main prayer. 256 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.480 Do you believe that as well? 257 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.240 Yes, I don't believe that he gave it to us 258 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:32.279 as our main prayer, but as a model. 259 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.559 So as a model. So what would a model mean. 260 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.159 He would establish these are the typical elements that would 261 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:42.000 be in an effective prayer. 262 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:44.559 Right, And so anyway, all that to say would be. 263 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:49.480 The very first line in that prayer is declaring God's greatness. Right, 264 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.759 So he says, our Father, who are in heaven, hallowed 265 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.480 be thy name, and a more modern version would say 266 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.639 great is your name, and that's what it means. And so, 267 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.519 and here's the part that I'm trying to get at 268 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.600 when thinking about Psalm twenty four, which is all about 269 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.039 declaring God's majesty and his rule. 270 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.600 Is Jesus himself. 271 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:13.320 When he taught us to pray, the very first thing 272 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.480 that he suggested that we do is declaring God's greatness, 273 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.320 our Father, who are in heaven. Great is your name. 274 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.840 And one of the things that I heard was I 275 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:25.559 think perhaps one of the reasons why he did that 276 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.960 is to remind us just who it is we're praying to. 277 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.399 Because most of the time, what do we do. We say, 278 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:33.960 Dear God, Okay, let me get right to my needs, 279 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:37.240 wants and wishes right And what he's saying is like, hey, listen, 280 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.639 I know you have needs and wants and wishes, but 281 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:42.000 before you get to that, spend just a little bit 282 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.399 of time in declaring and recognizing just who it is 283 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.639 you're praying to. Because when you posture your heart and 284 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:51.279 say God, you are God and I am not, then 285 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.360 maybe by the time you get to your needs and 286 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:56.039 wants and wishes, you'll have a lot less anxiety over them. 287 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:59.000 Maybe you'll have a lot more confidence in believing that 288 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:01.879 God can take care of them things. Or we're trusting 289 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:03.480 that God will do what he's going to do and 290 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:05.919 it's going to be best regardless of how he answers, 291 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:08.879 So just spend time. And the answer is, well, how long? 292 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.720 How long should I spend there? Yeah? Because Jesus's prayer 293 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:18.759 to our Father only takes thirty seconds to pray, right, 294 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:21.080 Like you could run through the our Father in thirty 295 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.480 seconds or less, right, So how long should I pray? 296 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.679 Does that mean my prayers should only be thirty seconds? 297 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:30.480 And honestly, my answer has always been as long as 298 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.000 it takes, like, as long as it takes for your 299 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:36.320 heart to get there, you know, Oh Lord, you know 300 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:39.360 how it would be your name, Like, as long as 301 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:42.480 it takes for your heart to wrestle and get there 302 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.480 in your posture to take rest and refuge in the 303 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:49.480 fact that God's in control, that he's great, that you're 304 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:51.279 going to the King of the universe with your needs, 305 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:55.120 wants and wishes, declaring his greatness like Psalm twenty four 306 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:59.159 is doing, declaring his majesty and just announcing that he 307 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:02.320 is God. There's a lot of comfort in that, and 308 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.559 it's also comforting knowing that we should always start our 309 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.679 prayers with things like this. 310 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:15.919 Yeah, I think that's really powerful. The remembering that these 311 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:20.279 were songs sung to the temple. It's interesting there's two 312 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:23.000 pieces to this song. There's the first part just declaring 313 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.759 that God is the ruler over everything, and then there's 314 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:29.559 this interlude, and then there's open up ancient gates, right, 315 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:31.559 and one of the cool things. I don't know if 316 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.720 you saw this, but in the Notes of Life Application 317 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.279 Study Bible, it says this psalm, often set to music, 318 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:39.960 was probably used in corporate worship. It may have been 319 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.159 re enacted many times at the temple. The people outside 320 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.039 would call out to the temple gates to open up 321 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:49.000 and let the King of Glory in from inside, the 322 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:51.159 priests or another group would ask who is the King 323 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.159 of Glory outside? The people would respond in unison, the 324 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:57.559 Lord strong and mighty, the Lord invincible in battle, claiming 325 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:00.000 his great power and strength, and the exchange. 326 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.039 Me be repeated. You know, that's what happens. 327 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:05.960 It's repeated twice there and then it says, and the 328 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.519 temple gates would swing open, symbolizing the people's desire to 329 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.399 have God's presence among them. And this would have been 330 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:14.559 a great important lesson for the children who were participating. 331 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.200 Right. 332 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:20.360 So this was a common thing within tradition that the 333 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.519 people would be outside calling and the tradition is that 334 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:26.600 this was probably the first worship song of the week 335 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:29.320 in the temple, by the way, so it's kind of 336 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.480 neat that this would be a thing. They would call out, 337 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:34.000 who's the strong, who's the Lord's strong and mighty? Right, 338 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.720 they go back and forth. So I love that that 339 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:40.480 this is corporate worship, corporate singing. And the Bible talks 340 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.600 a lot about worship. So I spent fifteen years as 341 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:47.159 a worship leader. I have a degree in music, particularly 342 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:50.200 focused on worship. And the Bible says that we're supposed 343 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.039 to worship Him with our songs. We're supposed to sing 344 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.639 new songs to the Lord, supposed to use all the 345 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:58.519 instruments and all the voices, all those things. And God 346 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.600 delights in our individual worship. He delights in our corporate 347 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:04.440 group worship. It's one of the great benefits of the 348 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.360 gathered church. It's one of the things that you can't 349 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.679 do privately, is worship in a large group. Right, So 350 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.639 that's there, But then he says to worship him in 351 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:18.720 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. There are worship songs, 352 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.399 there are praise songs, there are testimony songs, right, and 353 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.759 so this one, the earth is the Lord's and everything that. 354 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.720 This is a worship song. God, You're big, You're God, 355 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.960 and I'm not. That's that's a worship song. 356 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.320 Right. 357 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:34.600 Most of the songs we sing lately on Sunday mornings, 358 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:36.279 it seems like in a lot of churches are more 359 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.600 praise songs. God, You're just really good, right, You're the 360 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.720 way maker. You're the one who who solves my problems. 361 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.039 You're the one who takes care of me when I 362 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:45.799 was afraid, I didn't know where to go, You're the one. 363 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.600 Those are praise songs, right, So those are are those 364 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:55.080 So if you're thinking psalms, psalms are thought of as prayers, 365 00:16:55.679 --> 00:17:00.240 typically worship hymns oftentimes are praise. They're the ones that 366 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:02.840 are saying praise God from whom all blessings flow. Kind 367 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.000 of a song, right, God, you are the one that 368 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.400 provides for me. And then spiritual songs are usually testimony 369 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:11.200 kind of songs. I was lost and you found me. 370 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:13.240 I didn't know what to turn and you and you 371 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:16.039 showed me the way. I was broken and you fixed 372 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:19.319 me right. Amazing grace is kind of a mix of 373 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.039 those two things. 374 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:24.039 So testimony songs have a way of what like telling 375 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:28.319 your story, identifying my story, humanity, right, journey, my. 376 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:30.920 Story was resolved by God. Whereas a worship song is 377 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:34.119 God's God. Wow, we're going to worship you because you're God. 378 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.519 A praise song is God, you do good things and 379 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.039 that you're powerful, you can do anything you make the way. 380 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.400 And then. 381 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.240 Spiritual songs are going to be those things that either 382 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:50.880 are talking about biblical things. You know, Father Abraham had 383 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:52.880 many sons, right, so it's going to be that it's 384 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:55.680 just a biblical idea of biblical literacy kind of songs, 385 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.880 or they're testimony songs saying this is this was my 386 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.519 life and this is what God did my life. 387 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.519 Right, My life is. 388 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:04.119 Only because of Him, and so I think it's important. 389 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:07.799 Then Paul highlights those three You see all of those 390 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:11.160 in the Book of Psalms, along with confession. Right, that's 391 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.559 the other one that's not mentioned that Paul mentions. But 392 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:18.720 David also confesses sin in there. So those would be 393 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.839 maybe the four major areas. And we all tend to go, 394 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:26.119 we tend to gravitate if we're not careful towards look 395 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.160 what God did for me, or I'm trusting God to 396 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.079 do good things for me. But before we ever get 397 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.240 to the praise side, I think we should spend more 398 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.440 time in the worship side. 399 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:37.400 God's God and I'm not. He's just right. 400 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:37.880 Yeah. 401 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:39.799