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Praise and Worship · Fostering Faith

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  Welcome to Fostering Faith. We're in season two here at Fostering Faith. We are here just
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  to uplift you and bring you on a faith journey with us. And so welcome in as we go into our
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  next topic, which is worship and praise. And so we've had a pretty extensive week this
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  week and so we just thought it was kind of just praiseworthy for us to talk about what
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  we've been doing kind of all week. And so how has your week been, Gia? Good. What's
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  been good about it? I don't know, it's just been good. And we had basketball tryouts because
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  we talked about basketball tryouts the last time. And we have volleyball tryouts coming
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  up for your travel team. So we have a lot of things that we've been doing and we're
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  going to get busy. We have our first tournament next week and then we have a shootout next
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  week. And then talk about where we get to go to tomorrow. Chicago. Oh, why are we going
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  to Chicago? To get our Italian passports. And so fun fact, for those of you that don't
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  know, me and Gia were able to obtain our dual citizenship. And so we have our Italian citizenship
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  along with our US citizenship. And so it's been a very much big work in progress. Our
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  cousin did a majority of all the work for us. And we are just kind of following in those
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  footsteps for our heritage. And so we get to go to Chicago and get our Italian passports.
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  And so we're going to have a girls weekend, which we've never had really before. And so
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  we're just going to go explore the city and just kind of relax and, and just have some
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  fun. And so I'm pretty excited about it. Are you? Yeah. Okay. And so praise and worship.
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  So this season we are just kind of diving into our faith walk and just kind of experiencing
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  life together here on fostering faith. What's praise and worship to you Gia? I'm like singing
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  and like, I don't want to use worshiping because like it's the definition, but like, just like
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  only focusing on him. I feel like. Yeah. Where, where do you worship at? Church and like camps
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  and like 618 nights. And so 618 is one of a local band here in town where they, we just
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  gather together all the churches locally. And because we are the church, the people,
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  and we just come together and we give praise and we worship him and just having that unity.
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  What do you think youth is thinking about whenever we talk about praise and worship?
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  Just singing to all that stuff like that because we like worshiping. Do you think it's important
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  to see your parents worship? Yeah. Why do you feel like that's important? Because that's
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  like our role model and everything like that. And I'm in, I'm studying Psalms right now
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  and just reading through it and it's so good. I think I may even mentioned that last week
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  about being in Psalms and I'm still in Psalms. It really is just such a good book and there
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  was a part in here where it talked about like sharing your spiritual heritage and family
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  worship and the home must provide vital and living examples of a true Christian children
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  must be taught how to talk to God about everything major decisions in their life and simple findings
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  of a parking place in town. And we people make fun of me because I always pray for a
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  good parking spot in town because my heavenly father, there is nothing too big nor small.
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  And that's found in Matthew 18, 19 through 20. And then faith must be become part of
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  your everyday life. And so we just can't save it for camp. We just can't save it for a 618.
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  We have to not save it for Sunday either. And so faith must become part of our everyday
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  life. Effective ways to do this is by like playing games together, engaging in discussions
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  about God together, the Bible and ways that Christians practice their everyday living,
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  spiritual heritage is build a wall of security and protection around their home. And then
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  what we do, what I do is a responsibility and privilege of me being a wife, a mom, and
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  Mr. Bride of an atmosphere where we are loved by loving one another. And so that's in Proverbs
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  31. And so everybody talks about having a Proverbs 31 woman. And that kind of privilege
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  is just passed on to your children. And so like the moms that are out there, failing
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  devotions are such a real thing that should be done. And so using that Bible app that
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  we talked about in several of our episodes, sharing those plans together, just simple
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  Bible reading, brief prayers and reading scripture and praying for one another is so important.
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  Do you feel like kids pray for their parents? Yeah, I feel like we do a lot. What are some
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  things that other things that Christian families can do to spend time together in prayer and
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  reading? What are some just practical tips for people to bring God more into their family
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  time? Just like talk about it, like just bring it up in a conversation. I feel like it would
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  be like one of the best ways. Yeah. And there's just so many times in scripture that praise
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  is mentioned. And so through prayer, the children are in Psalms and 8 2 and then fitting for
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  the upright to praise him. And so just worshiping him and just knowing of that reference and
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  that all of God and just that respect and just spending time in prayer, I think is such
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  an important thing. Do you have some questions? Yeah, I do. So my first question is why is
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  worship important? I think worship is important because that's a specific time with God. I
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  think it's not like what kind of worship that people kind of maybe think about. It's not
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  singing. It's just that reverence and awe of God. It's just that celebratory knowing
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  that he is the Lord of lords, that he is the God, that he reigns on high and just having
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  that more of that relationship with him. And it's more quiet. I feel then what praise would
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  be. My second question is why do we worship God? Why wouldn't we? Because he is the only
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  God. He is the only God that we know. And he's the only one true God. And so other religions,
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  they do believe in other gods and they worship other beings. And they talk about universes
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  and statues and other different kinds of gods. But our God that we worship is the only one
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  true God. And we have a reverence and a fear of him. And we are so lucky to have him in
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  our life. And so it's just why wouldn't we worship the one that gives us life and brings
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  us joy and protects us? And yeah, that's why. Okay, how can we start worshiping him? If
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  people are new to worshiping him, how do you start? Now, do you think that to differentiate
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  between praise and worship, and so to praise him is to, is just to thank him for everything
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  that he's done for us and to, you know, lift our hands and just thank him over and over
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  and over again, just for everything that he's done. And, you know, in Psalm 73, where he
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  was, you know, really grasping and just kind of just being mad at God. And in 72, we have
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  a Psalm of praising God. And those are called a dexology, which is just a declaration of
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  praise to God. And it is an outburst of praise in response to God and how and what he's done.
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  So I mean, just a fun fact, the word dexology comes from the Greek word that we have, and
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  it's called the glory and speech. And so whenever you have a dexology, you have just this outgoing
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  pour of just thanksgiving. And even in the Lord's Prayer has is a traditional, and it
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  talks about how we just praise God for everything that he's done. And just as you remind yourself
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  of like all the storms that he's allowed you to go through and how he's matured you. And
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  you just know that he's there to defend you and you go back on his promises. And it is
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  just this revitalizing of your heart whenever you have doubt in your heart, you're like,
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  Oh my gosh, I remember this time that you did this. And I remember the time that we
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  walked through that together. And I remember the time, you know, that we did this together.
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  And so it's just a way to really just kind of reflect and just just seeing praises to
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  him is what I would this how I feel. Okay, my fourth question is, why does God like us
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  worshiping him? Just, I mean, why do you like to hear good things come to you? I mean, worship
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  is the goal of our missions. You know, missions are not just an ultimate goal of the church,
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  but worship worship is missions exist because worship doesn't. I mean, worship is an ultimate
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  non mission because God is ultimate and not a man. And so over the ages, countless of
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  millions have been redeemed to the face of the throne of God missions and worship, therefore,
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  you know, worship is the fuel and goal of what we're trying to do. And so the goal of
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  the missions is the gladness and the people that have greatness of God. And that's, you
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  know, Psalms 67, the Lord is King, let the earth rejoice, let the farthest coastlands
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  be glad. You know, worship is also a fuel for missions, passion for God in worship proceeds
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  an offer to God in preaching. You can't command what you don't cherish. And so missionaries
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  will never call out and let nations be glad if they cannot say from the heart, I rejoice
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  in the Lord. And so I just think that, you know, our main goal is to is to worship is
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  to worship him. And he deserves, you know, sing praises to the God in his name, sing
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  loud praises to him who ride on the clouds, you know, rejoice in his name, rejoice in
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  his presence. I mean, that just really got to turn your frown, you know, upside down.
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  At what point do you feel like praise is the best? Like when I'm sat and down and like,
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  not like feeling like it. And then, like, then I like hear worship songs and like I
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  jump to them and everything, which makes it like fun. And I think that you bring up a
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  good point. Do you always feel like worshiping God? I mean, sometimes not every single like
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  minute, but like I pray to heaven and everything like that. And I do feel like that's a really
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  good point is that people don't always feel like praising God. They don't always feel
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  like worshiping God, because they're going through times, they're going through battles,
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  they're going through, you know, these situations where they have, you know, difficulties and
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  they're like, you know, you're not listening to me, you're not, you don't hear me. And
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  again, you know, just in Psalms, it really just talks about real world, you know, like,
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  why are all these people getting their way and I'm doing this and you know, it really
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  just goes down to like kind of the bare bones of, oh, and then I remembered, you know, you
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  were there for me whenever I was here, you know, I praise the God of Israel, who along
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  does grateful things and praises glorious name forever and let the whole world be filled
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  with glory. And we you praise and then you're you really just it just turns your mood into
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  something different because you remember all of his promises, you remember all the things
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  that he's brought you out of. And so even though whenever you don't feel like it, I
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  think it's Hebrew 11. One, I think it is about how we don't have faith in midst of
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  that we can see. Excuse me as I look it up. And then it says that, you know, examples
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  of great faith face those the reality that we hope for in the evidence of things that
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  we cannot see through their faith that people in the days earned old earned good, a good
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  reputation by faith. We understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command
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  and that we now see and did not come from anything that can be seen. And so I think
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  that's just another encouraging way for people to just practice reading the word and writing
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  those, you know, things on your heart. I have a couple of Bible verses. Can I read
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  them? Absolutely. I have first Chronicles 16 to 23, sing to the Lord, all the earth
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  proclaim his salvation day after day. And then my next one, I have Daniel 220 and said,
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  praise be to the name of God forever and ever wisdom and power. And then I have Deuteronomy
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  1021. He is the one you praise. He is your great God who performed for you those who
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  great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Then I have Jeremiah 2113 sing to
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  the Lord, give him praise, give praise to the Lord. He rescued the life of the needy
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  from the hands of the wicked. And like I feel like all those are just like there's so many
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  more about praising God. I feel like it's just like a thing like you don't need to do
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  but the thing that you want to do, like praising him. Yeah. And I mean, just as you end like
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  the Psalms, I mean, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 is all about praising God. Let all that praise
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  the Lord. I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to God in my dying
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  breath. And we really have our hope and because we know our future is in God's hands. We know
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  that we trust in God and that he's never failed us. And we might feel anxious. We might feel
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  nervous and it's because we're trying to lean into our own understanding and we just really
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  have to, we give thanks to God. We give thanks to the Lord. We give thanks to him that does
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  mighty miracles. And then you have praise in Psalm 136 and it's just, it just makes
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  you just smile reading all these, you know, things that they've written in Psalms. And
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  so I do think that, you know, just to encourage our listeners that they may not feel like
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  praise and worship, but does he deserve to be praised and worshiped? Do you have to do
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  it at church? No. And I, what's something I think that I've watched you guys mature
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  in is how you lift your hands. And so what could you do to encourage people to raise
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  their hand in praise? If you feel embarrassed lifting your hand, just know if you start
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  doing it, other people will say, oh, she's doing it. So I'm not going to be the only
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  one. Like everyone will just rapidly put their hands up because that happens a lot. And I
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  feel like it's just way more better when you put your hands up. Cause I feel like it just
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  lifts off like a weight off of me whenever I raise my hands. It just feels so good. And
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  I mean, and I mentioned that in scripture too, about just lifting your hands and praise,
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  lifting your hands whenever you're just, you're, you're in his presence and you're worshiping
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  him. And you're just, you're just loving him. And I do think that as kids, as I've watched
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  you guys kind of mature in your faith, how you guys kind of went from, you know, crossing
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  your arms and like, this is dumb. I don't like the singer. I don't like this. And as
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  you get into praise, it's just about, you don't even know who's singing it, but it's
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  just about you talking to God and you just, you know, throwing your hands up. And so I
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  think too, that you see all these fans that like go crazy for like their sports and like
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  their teams and like they paint their face white and they're throwing the flags around.
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  They're so excited. What happens if we got so excited for Jesus and to worship God on
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  Sundays? How do you think churches would be if they were that excited as they were for
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  their sports? Do you think the atmosphere in churches would change? Yeah, I feel like
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  they would change a lot. Why do you think people like they cheer for their sports teams,
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  but they don't cheer for God? Because I feel like they think it's like different because
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  I feel like it is different because like a sports team is like not as religious as worshiping
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  God and everything like that. So do you think they feel embarrassed? I don't know. Maybe.
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  And what does scripture say about those that deny me in public? And so if we deny Jesus
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  in public, he will deny us in private. And so we're all going to have to go because every,
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  we will bow and we will face Jesus and it is going to be a day of that everyone will
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  have to do. And so I think that, you know, we can be so excited for God and for Jesus
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  just as people are just so excited about sports and how they do that. They kind of worship
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  their sport and their person and the people on the field. And so I think that just as
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  a society, what happens if we would worship Jesus and God and be in church and just be
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  so excited to be in his presence, just like we would be so excited to be at Wrigley Field
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  or like the Cardinal Stadium or, you know, Whip Stadium and just to be so excited to
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  be in the presence of God, just like they are their sports teams. I think that that
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  would really change the atmosphere of a lot of churches. And so as we kind of in this
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  podcast on praise and worship, I do think that we really want to encourage listeners
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  thank you so much for listening to our podcast as we continue in the second season. And we're
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  going to have guests later on in this season too. So I want you to stay tuned. Gia has
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  review on YouTube, Spotify, Apple. And so do you want to pray us out to you? Yeah. Dear
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  God, thank you for his faith. Thank you for everything. And I just please help this sick
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  and hurt feel better. And I pray that we will not grow weary in our faith in you. And I
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  pray that we will worship you and praise you. And I pray that we will not be embarrassed
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  to lift up our hands and to praise you. And Jesus, I pray, Amen. Amen. All right, guys,
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  have an amazing week. Stay safe. Bye.