 Okay, I'll welcome everybody once again to the worship ministry course today. We have a guest lecture Pastor Jake's will be taking us through the last couple of chapters in the course. So past Jake's over to you Thanks Russian, I feel free to just jump in whenever you want to and share your thoughts Okay, okay. Okay, let's we'll pray and then get started. Okay Father, we just want to thank you for the privilege that you've given us to look up to you Each and every moment every day God and we thank you for the privilege of calling you above father Lord, we thank you for the privilege of being able to come to your presence and to worship you in spirit and in truth Lord father, we thank you that Yeah, God whenever we encounter you our hearts just Respond in worship. We cannot help but be in awe of you Lord what we see in you God who you are and how you deal with each one of us and what you do Oh God in our lives master. We Yes, Lord, we cannot help but just respond in praise and thanksgiving and Just to be in awe of you master Yes, Lord, we We worship you We worship you Yes, Lord our hearts are just drawn to you drawn to your presence We thank you that there is truly no one like you And we thank you that you make yourself available each one of us All of you God you make yourself available for all of us God For all of me God, we thank you. I thank you Lord and Yes, Lord, we we just come at this time into your mighty hands We pray that you would speak to us through your word and I pray that Lord, there'll be a deposit of your word in our hearts even as we go through these sessions We thank you in Jesus name. We pray Amen Okay, so thanks, Roshan Thanks for having me on the today's lessons Okay, so I think as a as a class we've been Through the worship ministry Course and we've come to the you know the last few last couple of chapters in this course and and I think just before this you've been looking at corporate worship Right, and and how it has changed over the years and also the way The use of music the use of technology and everything because it's The the environment has changed over the years Well, but the Lord is the same, right? He is to be worshiped in spirit and truth So that has not changed even though Well, the environment would have changed. Maybe there's a different in the form And so on, right? So today we will look at In continuing with corporate worship and and whatever we've been doing to facilitate corporate worship we look at some of the Dynamics of corporate worship and and this is something that you would have already studied in the First very first semester in praise and worship. So it's it's going to be a reiteration of that refreshing of that But also for us to you know, it helps us in Several ways, especially this particular topic and also the entire course itself Let like for example for some of us who are called maybe to worship ministry, right? It's it's helpful because you know, okay This is what I'm called to do and therefore, you know, here are some practical things here is the You understand, okay, what we need to do And maybe make some changes to what we need to do as worship ministers, you know, it's helpful And also why we do, you know, what we do sometimes we just do it because it's And that's that's how it is. That's how we've always done, right? Culturally, this is how it is in church or this is these are the things that we've been doing, okay You start with worship and then go on to the announcements and then the message and so on. So you have this, you know routine thing happening. So But but we also, you know, take a step back and look at, you know, why do we do this? You know, why do we You know worship and why worship ministry? And you know, what can I do to facilitate? Worship in the congregation and so on. So it helps us in that way also so as worship ministers and And secondly, it also helps us as, you know, maybe we're not called for worship ministry But you know, maybe we are called to plant a church or we are already, you know, overseeing a congregation of fellowship So it helps us in that way to understand worship and to understand the importance and the place of worship in in a corporate body, right? And and not really put it aside as okay, this is some time of singing before the you know before the preacher comes and shares and and so on. So you we get to understand the importance and also get to understand some of the and get to really You know, do what it takes in order to steward and in order to Probably guide those in the worship ministry, right? So as a, you know, spiritual leader as maybe a senior pastor You you get a firm understanding of okay, all this is there in worship ministry. Therefore, you know We need to give that the right place in the congregation and this will be the result or the fruit of having a community that is, you know, that is really hungry for God that is A community that is really thriving and wants to worship, right? So how can I build that? So as a, you know, as a senior pastor, maybe or a, you know, as a church leader You also get to understand that or maybe you're not a senior pastor, but just, you know, you're part of the congregation or maybe you're just a You know, you're called to some other area of worship, but then also you get a firm understanding of it, right? So this course has Hopefully helped, you know, hit all those points, right? So, um, yeah, so let's look today. Let's look at Some aspects of corporate worship. Okay, um, let me just project notes Okay, so we're in chapter seven, right? And chapter seven is how do I develop How do I build up the local community as a worshiping body? And and before we actually look into how can we practically develop, you know, our Church as a worshiping community It's good for us to understand what happens, you know, when we worship together Okay, so there are certain things that happen when we worship together as a as a body That doesn't happen when we worship alone, right? We need to understand the importance of that And and the fact is that since it is God who's designed worship, since it is God who's designed Corporate worship, right? So we we know that there are certain things that he's done it for a reason And there are certain things that he wants done in the body When we worship, okay? So, um, so first of all we see that in congregational worship Okay, we minister to God In the sense we we bless him We praise him We give thanks to him We minister we we bless the Lord we come to give him praise we come to To declare the truth of who he is Okay, we minister to him all right, so, um, we don't come to The congregation does not come to say something or do something in order to Please him so that he gives me something in return Right, uh, or you know, I say nice things about him so that he will Do something good for me. No, that is not the intention. That is not the motive at all right, we come To bless him to give him thanks because he is worthy. He is that Okay, so we are actually declaring truth every time we come And uh and and praise him and worship him and bless him and say, okay, God This is who you are God. This is what you do God. This is what you've done No, God. So when we declare that truth, you know, all lies are dispelled All lies are dispelled all false Um, all false support systems are dispelled right so darkness actually Takes several steps back and it's just driven away because we are declaring truth as a congregation We're declaring God we're declaring who God is we're blessing him we're giving him thanks Right, so so that is what we do we minister to God And the beautiful thing is this when we come together To minister to God and when we offer him Sacrifice of praise when you bring in the sacrifice of praise and as he receives it Like something amazing happens We experience his touch. We experience his presence As a congregation we experience his touch and we experience his presence. Well, um Uh He is of course, uh, we have that you know talking about the presence of God We we know that all of us have the indwelling presence of God Right he the minute we Received him as lord and savior. He came he indwells us. He has sealed us He's given us the holy spirit as a guarantee. We know all that So he indwells us and the lord Jesus also Promised his presence, you know, maybe I'll just put up put down that worse the promised presence that is matthew I'm just I think it's matthew 18 and 19 and 20 Okay, so there's the worse Matthew 18 Uh, the lord Jesus in again is say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask It will be done for them by my father in heaven For where two or three are gathered in my name. I am there in the midst of them Okay, so the lord has he's given a promise. He's given his word saying, you know, uh, are you there? Are you there in my name? I'm going to be there Right, so as a congregation, you know as this minimum two people maximum Uh unlimited so we come And then we are there in his name The lord says, you know, I will be there So we we've experienced His presence So when he is there, you know, our spirits rejoice when he is there there is healing when he's there He ushers in with just by his presence because where his presence is there is power. There is his power So he assures in just by his presence Several things we so that's the that's a beautiful thing. We experience the presence of god, you know, otherwise Um, there's no difference between a gathering of people just singing songs Um, you know, uh on on several things Uh, what is the differentiator the presence of god? The presence of god so as a congregation we experience the presence of god So as maybe uh, you know as a pastor as a church leader as a worship minister You realize the importance of the presence of god We cannot do anything or ministry or minister the word or pray without the presence of god Right and he has promised and praise god for that Okay, he has promised then the other thing is also the manifest presence of god I'm sure we've learned that also Where his presence is so tangible. Okay, let me put another scripture here The presence is so tangible tangible meaning it's so visible. It's apparent It's it's so It's so it's it's put on display But it's put on display. It's clear Is manifest presence and his manifest presence is something that we Experience in our spirit We could be experiencing in our you know in as a physical senses Right what we see it could be something that we see it could be something that we feel Like uh physically maybe uh in our hands in our you know in our bodies The manifest presence of god Okay, uh when we read second chronicles five and uh Inauguration of the temple. I think this also we've gone through many times, but um, you know when we look at it We see that uh, they were all as one They are They were praising they were thanking god They were lifting up their voice with trumpets and symbols and you know instruments of music and praise the lord And they were saying for he is good and his mercy endures forever And this is what happens that the house The house of the lord was filled with a cloud So that the priests could not continue ministering Because of the cloud goes on to explain. What is that cloud right because of the cloud for the glory of the lord? Fill the place. I think uh, I didn't get that last part Um the glory of the lord filled the house of god Okay The glory of the lord filled the house of god the cloud now this also happens in When we when the church gathers together And worships the lord Right, so it's about the presence of god. So we experience the presence of god and You know one one thing is we as new creations We are designed to to hunger and thirst Uh after the presence of god Right, you realize it, you know People try to fill with all kinds of substitutes Right, they say okay in terms of identity in terms of Whatever the need deepest needs our longings are you have Substitutes mean something else that takes the place of it, you know in terms of whatever wealth or you know We can go after it And and try to substitute the Longing in our hearts, you know, maybe a relationship or something a substance An abuse of the substance some addictions try to replace that longing But that longing we are designed to be filled to experience the presence of god And to hunger after the presence of god So what happens is when the congregation comes and you know worships and they experience the presence of god, you know Over and over and over again, you know, there's something that's taking place We we find ourselves To be who we truly are Right, we come to that place of knowing. Okay, this is who I am You know, this is what life is about. This is what what eternities about everything gets corrected. A lot of things get aligned All right, okay, so experience the presence of god and the presence of god Is the atmosphere for the gifts of the holy spirit to be released Okay, so the gifts of the spirit of god A holy spirit are released like we read about it in 1 Corinthians 12. We read that list You know various gifts like tongues interpretation of tongues discerning of spirit Word of knowledge word of wisdom prophecy Miracles You know working of miracles and gift of faith and so on so This is that the opportunity for I mean it is the atmosphere The environment in which these gifts are released. Okay, so we We can we can actually encourage people take a step of faith now You're filled with the spirit of god Take a step of faith those of you who have not what you begin begin praying in tongues You know take a step of faith and give voice to what you're you know hearing in your spirit give voice to what you're You know receiving from the holy spirit and there are you know God releases maybe visions god quickens the scripture and a whole lot of things happen because You're experiencing the presence of god and the gifts of this holy spirit Are released as well, right? So so all this happens when we minister to god Secondly corporate worship When we come together and worship it also brings a sense of unity within the church. Okay, so Very very important We realize that we are all different people with different likes different dislikes different opinions, you know It just takes two people And you you realize that you are so different like You understand that you are unique. You understand that god has created you, right? so All these differences are there, but the one common factor is that Is the lord jesus? The church comes together to acknowledge that jesus is lord to acknowledge that he is the savior And he is my savior as much as he is your savior, right? So that's the that's the common thing So if the church comes together and when we worship Together and acknowledge and say lord you are my savior the other person is also saying yes lord You are my savior the other person over there the one who so differs with you is saying yes lord You are also my you are my savior then you realize. Hey, we have something in common something that is much bigger than our differences Yes, he likes biryani. I don't like biryani, but you know, but we are agreeing on one thing which is Which is this something which is much much bigger than the temporal things of life that That jesus is lord Right that we have him as our lord and savior that he died on the cross and and it brings a sense of unity now Why is unity important, you know, if you look at some of the scriptures that we put earlier, um, let me just You know, if you just scroll up the chat And if you look at matthew chapter 18, you know verse 19 The lord says again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask It will be done for them by my father in heaven. Okay, so he's talking about unity and the word there, you know Agree is a symphonia which means symphony okay from which we get the word symphony like Um after roshan would have explained a lot more about symphony about the orchestra every everybody playing in time the different sections and You know and so on each one doing their part So he's saying he's talking about a you know, he's saying come to that place of Playing together come to that playing place of worshiping together come to that place of symphony and From that place of agreement, you know, he's saying if you agree um And you ask if two of you agree concerning anything that they ask It'll be done for them by my father in heaven. So you see unity is so important as a church we are We are you know, we are there um Not to just gather together, you know worship and maybe Pray and then go back listen to the word but we are there as You know as gatekeepers to say I'm going to allow this on earth. I'm going to disallow this right I'm there to further the kingdom of god the rule and reign of god i'm there to um cancel out the works of the enemy right, um, so We are there as warriors We are there as watchmen over the city over the You know over over the place that god is given as authority You're saying this is what i'm you know, this is what i'll allow in my family This is what i'm going to disallow in my family in my church family in in my city and i'm there and and it brings that sense of Oneness unity from that place of unity. We are praying those prayers. We are Decreting those declarations right and then The lord says again, he's promised just like his promise is present. He says it'll be done by my father in heaven right, so So no wonder, you know the the devil fights against unity brings disunity okay in the in this In the in the verse that we saw again in chronicles second chronicles five There also we see the same thing, you know, we see that and it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one song to be some one sound to be heard You know, so they were as one you know in agreement in one accord Which we also see in the book of acts that they Came together as one so the lord plays is a lot of weight on unity okay That it's not sameness. You know, we're all different And it's a lot who's made us that way. So it's not sameness. It's not uniformity But it's unity right despite my likes and dislikes and all that I I come to a place of agreement right on on those core things And we see that in Psalm 133 also. I just put that verse again Psalm 133 how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity Verse two, it is like precious oil I'm talking about the anointing precious oil flowing down from the head running down the beard and it is like the dew of Herman You know do you bring about so many things so many changes Freshness and and you know recently just looking at in one of the sermons that Second-year students preach talking about the difference between rain and dew very interesting Like dew does certain things that rain cannot And rain does some things that you cannot and it was a very interesting thing to look at So It's like the dew of Herman Right the anointing of God like the dew of Herman and and what triggers that is Or what I where I can have more of it is when I'm there corporately as You know in unity So so that they're the Lord commanded the blessing Okay life evermore. Okay, so it's it's important. So worship brings about a sense of corporate worship brings a sense of unity Okay, so we see The importance of it as a church leader as a worship minister to bring the body together Unitedly and worship. Okay The third thing that we see is that When we sing Together when we worship the Lord together The songs that we sing the declarations that we make the May you know the scriptures that we look at Enable us to First of all to learn certain things spiritual deeper spiritual truths It's another way to teach as a worship minister the Some spiritual truth about we worship Some reality about maybe about the prophetic about spiritual realities And also, you know reinforce the truth, right? So it means to to learn something new To teach something new and also to reinforce reinforce meaning, you know, it's already taught But then you're making it stronger All right, you're reinforcing it It's like, you know something maybe like a concrete thing reinforced with steel making it stronger so that it's established So that it's it doesn't take you know, it doesn't get blown away by the storms of life. It's it's strong It's established Right in the life of the believer, right? So what gets established the truth of God's work? So it's important to You know, check what we are singing, right? Because we are we are singing it over and over again So We better be singing. What is the truth? Right, we better be singing. I mean, it's okay to sing. What is in our, you know, what we are Experiencing emotionally as well, you know, like the psalmist psalmist declares God. I'm I'm sad. I'm you know, I'm distraught I'm in pain and so on but but also come back to the truth and Of of God, you know, like the psalmist again does, you know, why are you cast down? Hope in God, right? so I will yet trust in him So it's important to declare that it's it's important to declare life. It's important to declare Speak the truth, you know, and we've been Learning about declaration, right declaring the word the principles that are there in and declaring the truth of God's word so where you know Where we experience the power Of the truth of God's word in in confession and declaring the mountains speak to the mountain so these songs when even songs that are faithful songs that are that that Bring about healing and hope It's it not only teaches us something. There's it also reinforces truth Okay, let's look at a couple of scriptures, you know, which is there right there in the notes Ephesians 5 and verse 19. I think I just need to read the verse before that Ephesians 5 19 Um 5 18 says do not be drunk with wine in which is dissipation but be filled with the spirit Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs Singing and making melody in your heart to the lord Okay, so we are speaking to one another we declaring psalms and hymns and spiritual songs And making melody in our heart to the lord. I'm sure that you know, there are many times when Song has lifted you up, right? I remember very specifically one time Um, I may have shared uh, this Anyway, pardon me. I'm going to share this again But this was the time when I was living a dual life as a believer, right? I was I was a believer Uh, I was uh, I was working as a salesperson I was living a dual life in the sense. Uh, there were so many issues still left You know with part of me so many addictions that were still part of me and I was living a dual life, right? and and this was a good friday service and it's a church where now we We actually to tell you the truth. I went to this church because it was a shorter service Okay, normally good friday service in this, uh, you know in in where where I was worshipping It was like a long service, you know, seven words of the cross and also I said, okay, let me go to a shorter service So I went to this church. It was a church ag church And my friend was you know, he's a pastor's son and he was He's a drummer there at that time. Now. He's a senior pastor there. So anyway, so I went to this church and we were singing Uh, it was a good fridays. Uh, and uh, and we were just worshipping and there was this song Um What song is that? Okay, this is the I'm sure you But anyway, so, um, you know, I've Songed the song so many times. I think hosanna To the lamb that was slain so there was it was a good friday service very appropriate song they were singing it And that um one phrase which cost my attention was jesus died and rose again You know, we've I'm sure you know as a believer you heard it so many times You know, but we are worshipping together Everybody's declaring the truth. Jesus died and rose again I'm looking at that. I'm looking at the power point and that phrase jesus died and rose again. That just hit me Just hit me because I was living Uh, very compromising kind of life monday to friday monday to saturday different really different, you know christian And and you know, I was I was a married person Uh and so on but that that day, you know, it just hit me Uh, I was weighed down by so much guilt. I was weighed down by so much of You know condemnation. I was I was there heavy Um heavy in my heart, but when I saw that phrase jesus died and rose again that That changed something, you know My mind it was like working if he died in rose again Then he did something with that sin. He some did something with my sin Right he he rose again because it was I I knew that enough of a word to know that he rose again because He did something with it. He dealt with it. He destroyed the body of sin Roman sceptre six, right it was done away with And uh and something just lifted off me That spiritual truth that we were declaring as a congregation He just hit me and god did something in me Because I was declaring the truth Because that truth was reinforced Right in the time of corporate worship. So it was not preaching. I I don't even remember the message What was priest that day? But I remember this because it was an encounter with truth So just imagine, you know, there are people coming in the uh to the congregation In the in the congregation in the church who are, you know, weighed down by guilt Weighed down by the lives of the enemy weighed down by addiction And they're just coming for that one One thread of hope You know, they're saying oh, hey man, I can't do anything. I'm here in church. I don't know why I'm here, but I I I don't know, you know, maybe I just go back doing the same old things, but But I'm here anyway At least let me meet my friends or whatever, you know, they're here for whatever reason you're there for whatever reason but When we declare the truth And when they declare the truth And when we see the truth for what it is, they experience the power and power of that truth You know that day that guilt and shame just you know And I was able to move a little closer God is opening my eyes. God is bringing me to that place of, you know, renewing weeding things of my life Right. So, um, the truth that we sing enable enables us to Learn and teach and uh reinforce spiritual truth. Okay. Um, and we and the fourth thing is that, um Uh, corporate worship also prepares our hearts and provides the very atmosphere for preaching of the word Um, you know, uh, Hosea 10 and verse 11 a very indirect reference. You know, this is what it says It says a frame is a train hyfer that allows to thresh grain, but a harness to phoenix I will make a frame pull a plow juda shall plow jacob shall break his claws, you know juda referring to praise um and the praise of our god and Juda shall plow, you know, there is a plowing that happens. There is a tilling of the ground that happens When there's when there's praise when there's worship, right? There is a preparation of the heart That happens a heart that is hardened that that can that is not suited for Uh, agriculture that nothing can be cultivated Uh, it it comes to a place of having loose soil Where the seed can be sown and the and when there's rain on it when the when the land when the field is water You know, it brings forth what the seed is supposed to bring forth Right, but it is sown in that loose soil as a land that is tilled Um, a soil that is the land a ground that is broken Right, um, which was previously maybe hardened unsuitable You know to produce anything, but now it becomes it it becomes softened, right? It's it's ready And that happens during the time of worship When people's hearts are softened You know In church, you know normally people come with You know as a we forget sometimes, you know as As a ministry team or you know people who are Maybe you might be serving in prayer or serving in worship and then we go prepared, right? You know, maybe during the week there's something happening You know the the prepare the songs that you prepare the For the practice and that morning also you're preparing and saying god, you know you speak so you we go prepared Not everybody comes prepared Okay Once I remember just going to church and I see this See this car parked by the side The the the there's a lady who's stopped or you know stepped out of the car There's a little one who's throwing up by the side Okay, and they looked all dressed up and I was pretty sure they were they were going to church Okay, so that is happening and I'm sure they must have been washing up and everything to do for the little one and then You know take them back to church Or you know, maybe there's a fight Okay husband and wife coming in and Disagreement on all through the way trip. Why am I saying this? It's happened to me So, you know, you you go there and you step into church and you're not ready to listen to anyone Sometimes you know the worship is this, you know lift come on. Let's lift the hands and you're like No, bro. Not today today. It's not happening You know, so people come with different frames of You know different mindsets, uh, they've gone through different experiences high low whatever and they are there and This time of worship Really, you know, that's why that invitation, you know, we just inviting people into God's presence They're slowly, you know making their step They're taking their step and they're saying, okay, god, you know, I see this I see this I hear this And each song is opening a window out and we are just you know Calling them say, hey, can you just look out his window? Can you just look at this view there? Can you see that mountain? Can you see that sunrise and look out this window? Can you see the trees? You know, we just every song is like opening a window and giving a perspective about God And and then they're like, wow, I never saw this, you know, I know all my struggles I never saw this aspect about God and and their heart is you know going. Yeah, I agree I know God is beautiful I know Yeah, even when I was doing this and this is what happened And the heart is soft and and they come to a place of saying, oh god, okay, god, you speak I'm here to receive God. I I want to you know, I want to take a hold of you Right because you've taken a hold of me and I want to receive the truth And and then faith rises up So it provides the atmosphere for the ministry of the word Okay, so the minister comes to share the word people's hearts are ready to receive and that happens, you know when we have a good time of Worshipping God and spirit and a truth right, so So it's a preparation time Provides the atmosphere it is also a you know, I must say that it is also a preparatory time for the minister who's preaching right Not only for those who are going to hear but also for the one who is Going to preach the word You know, the minister also goes through a lot of challenges right a lot of struggles Physically emotionally a lot of things on their mind The you know the devil is also bringing in a lot of things attacking You know bringing in a lot of thoughts Saying hey, you know, you did this and you're standing here and you're going to take the mic You're going to the podium you hypocrite Right and they are also being prepared They are also being built up in faith If you see the importance of corporate worship the importance of you know, us as ministers of God In worship ministers, you know facilitating that So it works in all ways In all these ways And even the minister is prepared. God is speaking. God is releasing a you know a property Maybe he's been asking lord. What should I start off with? Or you know, god, how should I finish and god, you know, god speaks and he receives that You know, so many times it has happened right now. This struggling and saying god I don't know how to finish the thing You know, I don't know maybe this particular thing god God is giving revelation. God is giving understanding During that time Right. So corporate worship prepares our hearts and provides the atmosphere for preaching the word Okay, corporate worship also Facilitates or helps us to express the feelings of our heart in uninhibited worship Uninhibited meaning, you know without holding back without restraining It helps us to express our heart. So express our heart. Sorry So we're all together and we are we are able to open our hearts open our mouths and declare to god, you know, whether it's an expression of You know militant exuberant praise, you know, we're able to just declare and speak it out and declare it with everyone Whether it's you know repentance and you know, you you want to just cry out It it helps us to do that coming to a place of doing that and maybe, you know All this, you know, whether it's praise or whether it's repentance or whether it's you know adoration for god We might do it alone but we sometimes we don't right and And when we are there, it's like everybody's sharpening each other It's like the coal is, you know, you're putting the coal that is almost out of fire You're putting it closer to the fire and that's also, you know catching fire and burning, right? And you see sometimes you see somebody worshiping and And you know, your heart is so your heart is so broken because you know that person you know, you know, what they have gone through And here they are, you know, just giving their all to god and and just worshiping god And many times, you know as a person who's leading from stage Uh, I just see that and it just I just choke up. You know, I'm not able to sing. I'm glad there are others to, you know, sing and um, you know, we we're able to You know go through that song sometimes, you know, you see that person you see that, you know That elderly person, you know, you know their life and you know what whatever challenges they're facing and here They are just worshiping god here. They are this loving god, right? And and it does something to you. You are, you know stirred up again You are stirred up to adore god. You see that and the lord draws you closer You know, and so what whatever expression of worship it is, you know, it could be adoration and in worship and it could be It could be praise and declaration of who he is It could be thanksgiving, right? Um, and it could be Deep conviction and repentance So it helps us To express the feelings of our heart. Now the question is, you know, why is it important to express the feeling of our heart? Many times things are locked up Right, we don't know that it's even there Now there are hurts that are locked up and like in typically in our culture, you know, like come on be a man Be a man, you know, hold that, you know Put it there. It's okay that pain just just can't be a man and just go forward with it So there are a lot of things that are there Okay, there are a lot of maybe regrets hurts disappointments things that are there and Not even just not just hurts and pains, but other things, you know, maybe that's excitement and all that is there But in corporate worship we are able to Express freely and it's important that we are able to express freely freely What is in our heart? Whether it's to him, you know, whether it's to that mountain Whether it's to that wall which is there, you know, you need to maybe shout out Shout out and say mountain you will come down. Shout out and say wall you will come down You are able to do that You know, you may not shout. You may you may not shout as an individual But here we are with the fellow army and then you shout out Right and you declare so you're able to express freely the What's in our heart? Okay, so Yeah, so I guess we'll kind of stop here. Maybe Take a few minutes The Russian you want to share something or any questions we can spend this time Before moving further So the next part is, you know, how do we do that? You know, we know that we want to do this, but you know, how do we actually Do that as a congregation? Yeah Yeah, thank you pastor. No, I don't have anything. I was just reminded of this one was Hebrews 1025 it says don't neglect of coming together Um And I think in coming together Lee, you know as a congregation As a community it also to speak something about god as a trinity is the function together, you know As one but three different heads, you know god head and I think This this something powerful that happens is something That god tries to show off when we come together, you know Uh As a as a congregation So, yeah, thank you once again for reiterating that It's just it's just beautiful Yeah um, so um, so any one of you, uh, maybe you want to share your thoughts or experiences um You know what you experience in corporate worship. I think that'll be Dave you want to say something Kiran conan siddh prince It's is a deep repentance and conviction Okay, they'll go ahead. Sorry. You just want me to do my good. Yeah yeah, it's uh um the corporate worship is like To a different level I think Yeah, because we all can come together be one in spirit And and and worship god Well, a person worship Is also worship But when we come together that you can feel a different kind of The the work of the spirit Is at in a different level. That's what I think Yeah Yeah So true. Yeah, it's very important personal worship is of course invaluable foundational importance and important and And as worship ministers, it's always from that overflow of that personal worship that we minister, you know corporately But like you said, you know corporately for a church Corporate worship takes us further deeper into the things of god like like nothing else can You know, I remember, you know here at abc Like we had two Seasons of 40 days of worship and prayer, you know, it was called 40 days of worship So the church would just um, you know, a few people would come because of the, you know, daily thing Um, business of life and all that those days. We didn't have live streaming. So we couldn't do that also But anyway, uh, people would gather. Um, so we did that in I think twice a I'm sorry We did that twice, right? Um, and then we realized that that actually triggered something. Now that was a turning point for the for the church 40 days Just gathering worship Followed by prayer and that's it nothing else to us Just worship for the prayer go back maybe pray for people's needs, etc. And the lord did something Uh in the lives of the congregation the lord killed something In the level of the church and the lord brought to life, you know something So there was a deeper hunger level deeper understanding of the presence of god and you know and an openness Towards the towards the supernatural work of god, you know, saying that I I want an encounter with god I don't want to just, you know To just the theory, but I just want the experience. So so um, no amount of theory could have done that, right? So it was just the encounter with him And yeah, it was it was good and from that, of course, we have this five-day prayer Just waiting on god and praying together and so on. Yeah, so invaluable What what this can do? So, you know, maybe you Yeah, maybe you know you at some point in life you you get to plant a church or you're already serving in a church And you know, it'll be it'll be great to bring in that Right that aspect to the ministry team or to the church Or, you know, it'll take The team or the church deeper Further than god, there's nothing else can You can't explain it. You can't teach it and i'm sure roshan also shared many times about the You know the times of worship and And in your mark for life, you know, you you remember that, you know Remember what god did and and it's so deeply ingrained Uh in your in your spirit that you know that it is god and several things happen, you know for me it is you know a lot of A lot of cleansing a lot of reset, you know reboot Uh, sometimes, you know, the laptop you just have to shut down. Yeah Nothing is happening. You know all scans writer scan this this So that's recently it happened, you know, uh, nothing the cursor is not moving at all. It's just screen is frozen Sometimes it's it's just you just need a reset. You just need a reboot and that's what corporate worship does Set things in in order again Okay Take a break or yes, master. So yeah, I'll stop the recording now for this session and we'll take a quick 10 minutes break And we'll be back for the second session Okay, all right. See you guys 10 minutes