1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,320 Having already a nice conversation off screen here with Peter Blundell who is joining us 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,820 because going from one thing to the next today here at Trinity, you come your dance card 3 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:14,960 is full when you come to this church, isn't it? 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:15,960 There's no relaxing. 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:16,960 No. 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:17,960 She didn't say, did you want a break? 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:18,960 Did you want a cup of coffee? 8 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,440 I actually have a cup of coffee for myself here, but I didn't bring one for you. 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:24,440 So anyway. 10 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:25,440 Sort yourself out first. 11 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,440 Go girl. 12 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,440 That's right. 13 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:28,440 I know. 14 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,400 So yeah, we have Peter here and we are going to have a lovely conversation. 15 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,400 He's laughing away. 16 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,720 And we're just going to get to know you a little bit better. 17 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,980 We always say when we have newcomers come, we'd love to get to know you. 18 00:00:39,980 --> 00:00:41,040 Let us know who you are. 19 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,520 And then we have a guest preacher come in and we didn't want to give you the boot out 20 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,520 the door. 21 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,200 Be nice to get to know you a little bit better. 22 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,520 So thank you for taking your time here. 23 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:50,520 Thank you, Elizabeth. 24 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:51,520 That is always good to be here. 25 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:52,520 Yeah. 26 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,920 So you probably noticed that our summer sermon series is called Summer Playlist. 27 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:01,280 As Rob was saying, Rob, our senior minister here, was saying that we're going to sing 28 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,480 our way through the book of Psalms. 29 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,080 It's the Bible song book. 30 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,560 And we talked last week about the importance of singing and the power of singing. 31 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:15,400 And I was wondering when it comes to music, what type of songs do you like to listen to, 32 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,960 maybe sing to outside of the church? 33 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,040 Outside of the church, but only in the shower. 34 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:21,040 Okay. 35 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,160 There are musical people that are on musical people. 36 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,160 I'm a musical. 37 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,160 A musical. 38 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,160 Yeah. 39 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,160 I'm a musical. 40 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:28,160 I like the nightingales that are vultures. 41 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,160 All right. 42 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,120 When I sing, they literally cover their ears with the wings and then they drop out of the 43 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,120 sky. 44 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,120 So you won't want me singing. 45 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,560 Thank you for a great band this morning. 46 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,560 That's right. 47 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:37,560 Absolutely brilliant. 48 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:38,560 Lovely. 49 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:39,560 I like, I'm a Victorian. 50 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,280 I like musicals. 51 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,280 So that's my go-to. 52 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Awesome. 53 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:45,280 Christian songs. 54 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,280 And I do like them. 55 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,280 I like some of the oldies. 56 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,280 I mean, a good hymn gets you going. 57 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,280 Yeah. 58 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,080 I don't know whether this is new or not, but I like the newsboys and that sort of thing. 59 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:56,080 Right. 60 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,080 I like any song with Jesus. 61 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,240 And that sounds terribly simple, but it really is. 62 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,240 All right. 63 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:02,240 But it's honest. 64 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,240 It's true. 65 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:04,240 And we'll take honest. 66 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,560 We prefer honest here. 67 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,160 And simple is always welcome as well. 68 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,160 I need it. 69 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,160 Yes, exactly. 70 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,160 All right. 71 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:15,240 So for those of you out there who have never met Peter, maybe you're even watching online. 72 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,320 Maybe you weren't here last year when he joined us. 73 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,960 And I know you've been here a few years before that as well. 74 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,920 Can you let us know a little bit about yourself? 75 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:23,920 I can. 76 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:24,920 Yes. 77 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:25,920 All right. 78 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:26,920 I think that was your third mistake. 79 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:34,120 I mean, apart from following Jesus, the most important thing you need to know is my wife 80 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,120 who said yes. 81 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,120 And I do. 82 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,120 In fact, she said, I guess. 83 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,040 And then I made her say yes. 84 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,040 She's with me now. 85 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,160 And so my wife is amazing and loves Jesus. 86 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,920 And she's been my partner for all these years. 87 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:46,920 Yes. 88 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:47,920 Can I ask how many years? 89 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:48,920 We'll be 25 this year. 90 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:49,920 Okay, great. 91 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:50,920 Next month. 92 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:51,920 All right. 93 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:52,920 Well done. 94 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:53,920 Hello, daughters. 95 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:54,920 25th, silver. 96 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:59,240 We met actually in Africa. 97 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,720 I was out there as a missionary. 98 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,320 Have you heard of the Alpha course? 99 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,960 Yes, we're actually going to get to that in my next question. 100 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,320 So I was the Alpha chaplain of Sub-Sahara and she was working for World Vision. 101 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,080 I know you've got links with that here. 102 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,820 And so we met in Zambia and she dragged me to this wonderful country. 103 00:03:15,820 --> 00:03:21,120 So we have two daughters who one has just graduated this year out of McMaster and started 104 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,520 her job at the beginning of this month, very grown up. 105 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,520 Wow. 106 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,120 She's a radiographer at McMaster's Children or Hamilton Children. 107 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,120 Love that. 108 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:34,920 And daughter number two is she's at UNLV, University of Las Vegas. 109 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,920 Really? 110 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,920 Yeah, doing professional gambling. 111 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:37,920 No, she's not. 112 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:38,920 She's not. 113 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,920 That was a joke. 114 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:40,920 She's doing engineering. 115 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,920 I wasn't sure how to respond to that. 116 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Okay, yes. 117 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:45,920 Yes, I heard that. 118 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:46,920 She's going to kill me for that. 119 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,920 She's going to kill me for that. 120 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:52,320 She's on a placement with a wonderful Christian theater group at the moment called Sight and 121 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:53,320 Sound. 122 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,120 They have a place in Branson, Missouri where she is and one in Pennsylvania. 123 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,120 Wow. 124 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,120 So, yeah. 125 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,680 And how often do you get to see your daughters? 126 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Not enough. 127 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:02,680 Not enough. 128 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,840 I'm a very bad empty nester, a really bad empty nester. 129 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,480 Yes, well, your love for your family shines through. 130 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:09,760 So thank you. 131 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,080 But you did mention the Alpha course. 132 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,960 And we actually just wrapped up doing an Alpha course here in mid-June. 133 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:15,960 Okay. 134 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,720 It's something that we do try to do at least once a year here at Trinity. 135 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,120 And we see great success. 136 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:25,800 And there's a lot of excitement that comes out of it from our volunteers, the facilitators, 137 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,920 and then of course the participants as well. 138 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,380 So what was your role in Alpha? 139 00:04:30,380 --> 00:04:33,840 Because I think there was some even foundational stuff going on there. 140 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,440 A little bit foundational, but I don't get carried away with this. 141 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,520 You might know Alpha started in 1977 at Howard Trinity Brompton in London. 142 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,760 Charles Mannum, he left in 1981. 143 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:50,040 And John Irvin, who is not very well at the moment, so we're keeping him in our prayers. 144 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,480 He took over the Alpha course. 145 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,480 And my brother, my older brother, became a follower of Jesus, became like me too, and 146 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,640 did the 1982 Alpha course that John was leading. 147 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:01,640 I'd never heard of it. 148 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,960 It was very small. 149 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,040 And he went away for the Holy Spirit talks. 150 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,520 The first time they were done, John had written them, came back a different person. 151 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,240 And I was in the pub with him after the service. 152 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,520 We go to the pub after every service there. 153 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,600 And I kept looking, are you really my brother? 154 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:17,760 Because this is amazing. 155 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,000 I'd never, honestly never seen this transformation. 156 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 And so I said, what's happened? 157 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 And then he confessed he'd been doing this course. 158 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,760 And I went back to the church and I found John Irvin. 159 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,040 It was the beginning of 1982. 160 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,880 And I said, I don't know about Alpha, but I mean, if it changes my brother like that. 161 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,480 And he said, well, you're leading the next course with me. 162 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,840 And so that was where I started. 163 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:46,320 And when John was going to plant a church in 1985, he handed Alpha over to me to run 164 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,600 it in 84, 85 at HDB, which was a huge honor. 165 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,600 I'm very young. 166 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,840 I'm not much older now, but I was very young then. 167 00:05:54,840 --> 00:06:00,320 And took it and expanded the course to 11 weeks and introduced the supper actually by 168 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:01,320 mistake. 169 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,320 It was a complete mistake. 170 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:03,320 But that's another story. 171 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,320 So you introduced the supper? 172 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,320 By mistake. 173 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:06,320 By mistake. 174 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:07,320 Yeah. 175 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:08,320 And it stuck. 176 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,080 Well, then it faded a bit and then they brought it back much more professionally. 177 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,480 But we did it for a couple of years and that was a lot of fun. 178 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,480 Well, that's fascinating. 179 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:17,480 Yeah. 180 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:18,480 That's really great. 181 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:19,480 So you also mentioned you were in Africa. 182 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,000 So you have some background with missionary work, church planting work. 183 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,480 This is where you met your wife. 184 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:25,560 But what was that all about? 185 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,480 How did you get involved in that type of work? 186 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,120 The church planting is because I went on that first church plant. 187 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,040 So John, who deserves a medal, John Irvin, he's the most amazing man of God, discipled 188 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,040 me for 15 years. 189 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,240 I mean, that's not a medal. 190 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,520 That's a medal with a bar and a knighthood. 191 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,520 And so when he went on that church plant to St. Barnabas, 100 of us went with him. 192 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,600 It's the first church plant the Church of England had done in over 100 years. 193 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,520 And HGB were brilliant in supporting us, obviously. 194 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:53,520 But it was great. 195 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:54,520 It was fantastic. 196 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,000 So we got into church planting. 197 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,280 We planted a couple of churches from St. Barnabas as well. 198 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:01,560 Always been involved with that. 199 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,680 But I was then invited to be by the Bishop of Harare, Zimbabwe. 200 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:10,440 I'd done an alpha conference down there and he invited me to be his alpha chaplain. 201 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,520 And that didn't work out because of some issues. 202 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,600 We won't go into that. 203 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,840 But it turned out the role transformed. 204 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:22,040 And as God does, he takes a bad situation and just does what he does. 205 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,280 And I suddenly became the alpha chaplain to Sub-Sahara. 206 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,960 So instead of being one diocese in Zimbabwe, I became the guy. 207 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,520 And if you look at a map, Sub-Sahara is very small, it's very big. 208 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:33,520 It's big. 209 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,120 And I wasn't paid. 210 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,880 So somehow that's what we did. 211 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,560 And he was amazing. 212 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,480 And I traveled everywhere and got alpha going in lots of different countries. 213 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,280 Not as many as one would have liked. 214 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,840 And there were always wonderful people who did all the legwork and hard work. 215 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:48,840 And I just talked. 216 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Wow. 217 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:50,840 Well, then I met Margaret. 218 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:51,840 Right. 219 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:52,840 So we got married. 220 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:53,840 Look at what can happen. 221 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:54,840 One experience, right? 222 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,360 Just snowballs into something you didn't dream on your own. 223 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,360 A man who's got no idea. 224 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,840 Well, I always joke, if God can talk through a donkey, I'm in. 225 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:02,840 That's right. 226 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,480 The bar isn't that high, is it? 227 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,920 Really can do anything. 228 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,360 Let's talk about something that you mentioned to me in an email. 229 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,240 We had a little back and forth there. 230 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,560 And you mentioned that I think these are your own words. 231 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,640 So I wrote them down that you are full on for the Holy Spirit and that's very passionate 232 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:23,060 about the Gospels. 233 00:08:23,060 --> 00:08:25,480 So what's this all about? 234 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,640 Well, I think it's normal, but I find that people don't feel that same way. 235 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:30,640 The Gospels is just amazing. 236 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,480 I mean, it's not good news for a reason. 237 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:33,800 It's great news. 238 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:34,800 It transforms. 239 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,280 Once you taste it, wow. 240 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,600 But the Gospel, I learned that when I try and explain the Gospel to someone, all I do 241 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:44,600 is beat them up. 242 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,600 I mean, I'm really good at condemning people. 243 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,920 I get an A grade in condemnation because I want to tell them the bad news because then 244 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,280 they're going to say, yeah, I need some help. 245 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,280 I need to save you. 246 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,920 And all they go is, hey, how dare you touch me, you miserable git. 247 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:00,680 And I go like, dang. 248 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:07,080 So I mean, anyone is saying you're going like, why is he so slow? 249 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,080 That's who he uses. 250 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:15,000 OK, so it took me longer than it should have done to realize the Holy Spirit does the miracle 251 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,800 stuff and we're not supposed to. 252 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,600 We're supposed to be full of the Spirit, but he does that stuff. 253 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,560 So John 16, 8, the Holy Spirit convicts, which means bring to someone in victory the unbeliever. 254 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:29,400 It's the only verse I know of which directly deals with the unbeliever when it comes to 255 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:30,400 salvation. 256 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,960 I know in regards to sin, the position of wrong relationship with God, righteousness, 257 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,240 the position of right relationship with the Father and judgment. 258 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,600 Whichever position you are in, you're going to be judged in. 259 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,600 I don't want you in sin. 260 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,640 I want to depopulate, help populate heaven. 261 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,600 But he does that work. 262 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:47,760 I don't have to beat you up. 263 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:48,760 He does it. 264 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,760 So then I went like, well, what's my job? 265 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,380 What's our job if he does that? 266 00:09:53,380 --> 00:09:54,380 And then he said, well, it's simple. 267 00:09:54,380 --> 00:09:55,380 I'm the first witness. 268 00:09:55,380 --> 00:09:57,040 You're the second witness. 269 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,960 The last words of Jesus Acts chapter one, verse eight, you'll be my witnesses. 270 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:04,920 I'm going to give you the power of the Spirit, not to lord it over, but to be really powerful 271 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:05,920 witnesses. 272 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,000 And people are going to look at you because the only Jesus they're ever going to see is 273 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:14,040 you and they're going to say either, well, if that's what Jesus is, I want nothing to 274 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,040 do with him. 275 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,200 Or if that's what Jesus is, I want some of that. 276 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,200 I want that. 277 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,340 I mean, I know they've got a mess, but oh my goodness. 278 00:10:23,340 --> 00:10:28,920 And as Jesus said in John, the last supper, the new commandment, it supersedes the whole 279 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:29,920 one. 280 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,320 You know, if you love yourself, well, you know, if I don't happen to love myself very 281 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,080 much, I have to love you very much. 282 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,920 The bar is low, isn't it? 283 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,600 But love one another in the same way that I've loved you. 284 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,280 Well that's, he's going to, he's just washed their feet. 285 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:42,520 He's going to die for them. 286 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,280 I mean, that's the bar up here. 287 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,360 And then he said, but if you do that, everyone's going to go like, oh my goodness, they're 288 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:48,360 disciples of Jesus. 289 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,160 There's only people who are disciples of Jesus do that. 290 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,400 The church, the church has got a weakness in the world's eyes. 291 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,040 We've got lots of weaknesses, but one of them is we let anyone in. 292 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,480 And we do look at, did you see the congregation this morning? 293 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,160 We let anyone in, including me. 294 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,160 I mean, they look at that and they go like, we wouldn't do that. 295 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,160 We've got a club. 296 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,160 We want a membership fee. 297 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,160 We want to have that. 298 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,160 We let anyone in. 299 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,320 Well, that's odd. 300 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:18,600 But then when they become family, the crazy bit the world doesn't understand is we love 301 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,600 each other. 302 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,080 And they go like, no, you don't get to choose your family. 303 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:28,560 We don't, we have problems with family and these guys love each other and they sacrifice 304 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,040 and they care and they're there. 305 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,240 And that's only the work of the spirit. 306 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,800 You can't do that in your own strength. 307 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:34,800 I'm a selfish kid. 308 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:35,800 I want to do my own thing. 309 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,080 So it's all that you see. 310 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,160 You can't do anything of eternal value unless you do it in the power of the spirit. 311 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:48,320 And so it's all Holy Spirit, the fruit of the spirit, the maturity to hit the microphone, 312 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,320 to tell people the gospel and then to live it out as Jesus followers. 313 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,600 And so people say that's Jesus. 314 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,600 Fill me in. 315 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Thank you. 316 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,880 I love the passion coming through. 317 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,000 We just finished our sermon series on the fruit of the spirit. 318 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,080 We are all full of the spirit and fruit, actually, if you had been here, we had done some fun 319 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,240 fruit things, but I just thank you for your passion and thank you for the joy that actually 320 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,240 just comes through you. 321 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,240 We see it. 322 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,240 It's natural. 323 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,600 And we can just tell that the spirit is living through you. 324 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,640 Like I said, we were also going through the Psalms this summer. 325 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,720 Now is there a specific Psalm that you tend to go to or one that has spoken to you maybe 326 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,480 in the past or you gave me a warning of this one because I just said someone asked me this 327 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,480 question. 328 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,400 I feel not Psalm 91. 329 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,400 Yeah, not some. 330 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:35,400 No, I like the Psalm. 331 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,840 It was my old school Psalm, but it annoyed me at school. 332 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:38,840 Oh, right. 333 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:39,840 You meant for the reason. 334 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:40,840 And I wasn't a believer at school. 335 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:41,840 So I just realized this is nonsense. 336 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:42,840 Yeah. 337 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,320 That's why I had to tackle it, you know, and deal with it. 338 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,320 But I think that's sometimes how God, right? 339 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:46,320 That's how he gets to us. 340 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,320 It's like it's living and active and it gets in here. 341 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:56,680 Psalm 84 is probably my go to Psalm. 342 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:59,520 And for that reason, I probably never preached it because I don't want to ruin it by going 343 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:00,700 too deep into it. 344 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:01,700 But it is. 345 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:02,700 It's just that Psalm. 346 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:05,700 I mean, better is one day in your courts. 347 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:09,240 Those who go through the valley of backing, it's the valley of weeping. 348 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,240 It's a desert. 349 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,800 But if you walk it, he makes it a place of springs. 350 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,960 He makes, you know, you go, oh my goodness, you are with me. 351 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,120 It's just a place of great comfort. 352 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,120 It's a song of a sense. 353 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,040 So they are going to Jerusalem to worship. 354 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:28,960 So it's often I use it to prepare my heart for going to worship, but also in difficult 355 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:29,960 times. 356 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,020 And then it finishes the second last verse. 357 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:35,320 No good thing does he withhold from those who walk his blameless up. 358 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,360 Actually, it's righteous, which is a position. 359 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,720 It's not that I have to be that good. 360 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,720 Just no Jesus. 361 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:40,720 Yeah. 362 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,720 But no good thing does he withhold. 363 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,720 What a wonderful promise. 364 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,120 It also implies that he's going to keep back the bad stuff. 365 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,120 Yeah. 366 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,120 So lots of good reasons. 367 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,320 But that's yeah, that's probably my favorite. 368 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,320 Thank you. 369 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:54,320 I love that. 370 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,360 Maybe we'll even link it below when we put it on YouTube. 371 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:57,360 Have a read of it. 372 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,360 It's fantastic. 373 00:13:58,360 --> 00:13:59,360 Well, thank you. 374 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,800 So what I mean, other than I know the highlight of your summer has probably been coming to 375 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,240 Trinity, but it's downhill from here. 376 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,240 It's downhill from here. 377 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:11,400 But what else do you have planned with the family perhaps or maybe any other adventures 378 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,400 this summer for you? 379 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,200 I'm not much in lots of respects. 380 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,360 I'm going to be helping out lots of other churches in the summer. 381 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:25,760 I find that some pastors, particularly pastors of when they're the sole pastors in a church, 382 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,360 it's half of them to get a vacation. 383 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,480 And so often get a phone call saying, you know, can you cover? 384 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,600 And I think that's a lovely gift I can give to a pastor to say, if you can trust me with 385 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,120 your pulpit, I'll preach the word. 386 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:40,760 You have a good vacation. 387 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,440 But what I try and say to them is I'd rather you didn't just have one week off and I come 388 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,880 in and do that week. 389 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:50,240 If I can, can I come the week before so you're not working before you go on vacation and 390 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,000 then, you know, stop. 391 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,600 And if I came the week after, then you don't have to write a sermon on vacation and not 392 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:56,600 trying to find a job. 393 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 But it's more it helps. 394 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,600 And I hope that's what you're doing with Rob. 395 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,000 I'm sure he's got lots of people here. 396 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Love your pastor. 397 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Take care of them. 398 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Take care of them. 399 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,640 They really do love Jesus and they're trying their best. 400 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:09,640 Well thank you. 401 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,680 You will certainly be welcome back anytime because it's always a pleasure to have you 402 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:13,680 here. 403 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,400 And you also probably want to go grab a cup of coffee before we get to service number 404 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:19,400 two. 405 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,240 So I'm just going to say maybe decaf for you over there. 406 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,240 All right. 407 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,240 So I'm just going to thank you once again. 408 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,240 Thank you. 409 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:45,240 And we will see everyone in just a little while.