1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,680 Have you ever been in a place in your life where maybe you were doing something 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:09,560 you really loved or there's something you knew you wanted to do that you'd feel 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:15,060 would be very fulfilling you felt was a call on your life but circumstances 4 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:19,560 maybe fell apart and you couldn't do that anymore maybe you had an injury or 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:24,280 an illness and prevented you from being able to do what you loved or maybe 6 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,800 you're dealing with that right now I know I have had that happen to me and 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,160 it's hard to not think that your best days are behind you and I just want to 8 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:37,980 tell you that's not true there is a powerful story I want to share with you 9 00:00:37,980 --> 00:00:41,440 today and there's so many great applications but I'm just gonna bring 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,080 out a couple of them so you're gonna want to stay around for those because 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:54,080 it's gonna give you some tools of how you can put yourself in position to not 12 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:59,480 necessarily go back to what you loved doing but to really find fulfillment 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:04,240 beyond that in ways that are better than anything you could ask or imagine 14 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:09,960 because that's a kind of God that we worship so welcome to 1224 by worship 15 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:15,600 transforms we want to empower you to live your best life through biblical 16 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,200 inspiration and through connecting to Jesus in at least 12 minutes of 17 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,440 meditative worship all right what's so magic about 12 minutes well research has 18 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:31,000 shown that meditating on a good God that part super important for at least 12 19 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:36,160 minutes when especially connected with music has the ability to create new 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:43,920 neural pathways in your brain that's a new ways of thinking that align with the 21 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,760 one that we're focusing on that we're worshiping and that means transformation 22 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:55,280 not just for your brain but for your actions for your circumstances and for 23 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:00,920 those around you so we're gonna do this little devo first and then we're gonna 24 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:06,040 jump in to that meditative worship part you're not gonna want to miss that 25 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:12,040 because that's where the application really comes in yeah you'll see as we 26 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:18,720 continue so the story is about a man named Dwayne Miller and this is a true 27 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:24,880 story he was a preacher doing what he loved to do he'd always felt called to 28 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,200 preach the word of God and he did that at a church in Texas he was the lead 29 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:35,400 pastor and he would speak several times during the week not just in the main 30 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,160 service but also different Sunday schools where he loved teaching the word of 31 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:50,720 God but he got this flu and it attacked his vocal cords and it basically 32 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:56,680 strangled his voice to where he couldn't talk anymore in fact the laryngitis was 33 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:05,800 so bad he had to yell to get out just a little bit like this like really it was 34 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:14,880 very severe he saw 63 doctors over the next year and during that time they 35 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,080 told him it was hopeless they said this is permanent damage it's it's impacted 36 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,320 its damage not just your nerves but the myelin sheath surrounding those nerves 37 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:32,800 and there's nothing that can be done so he very sadly gave up his post at the 38 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,440 church not because the church was required him to do that but he knew it 39 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,200 would be completely impractical for him to stay so he did something really 40 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,720 important actually he moved away to a church he had been in fellowship with 41 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:50,800 before with his family and they lovingly wrapped their arms around him and he 42 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,160 stayed in community stayed in fellowship with other believers where he could 43 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:01,760 keep his eyes fixed on the Lord but he really missed teaching and during that 44 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:10,440 time he also got very depressed and hopeless because well he felt like his 45 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:21,720 purpose had left him and yeah well one day they reached out to him the Sunday 46 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,360 School Board it was actually quite a large Sunday School group about 200 47 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:30,200 people and a week would meet there and they asked him if he would be the 48 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:35,280 substitute teacher because their regular teacher was going to be gone for a few 49 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:41,040 weeks and he had no desire to do that they were very aware of his infirmity 50 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,200 and the fact that he couldn't talk but they really had felt that call to invite 51 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:54,600 him to do that he tried to refuse but they insisted and he finally said yes 52 00:04:54,600 --> 00:05:00,040 and that's one of the other applications that we want to say look when you have an 53 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:06,320 opportunity to do something it doesn't seem like it makes sense but you can tell 54 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:13,080 it might be the Lord's invitation that just say yes just say yes you never know 55 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:20,600 what that is going to lead to in this case he got up and the prescribed passage 56 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,080 that week that was a different curriculum it wasn't his own curriculum he was just 57 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:31,760 stepping into it and teaching it was based on Psalm 103 and he began to read 58 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,560 it and they actually had it recorded for the rest of the people that weren't 59 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,160 going to be able to meet that week and so I actually listened to the recording 60 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:47,680 of this it's amazing and I just want to read to you just a little bit of what he 61 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:53,360 read and I'm gonna tell you what happened Psalm 103 says this bless the Lord oh 62 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:59,360 my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name forget none of his 63 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:05,360 benefits who partens all your sins and heals all your diseases who redeems 64 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:13,240 your life from the pit and crowns you with loving kindness and compassion as 65 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:21,040 Dwayne began to read that he got to the part where he said who redeems your life 66 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,680 from the pit and he said that at that moment it was like a loosening happened 67 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:32,000 on his throat and he could suddenly like that stranglehold started to leave and 68 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,760 you could hear in the recording that his voice begins to get stronger and 69 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,360 stronger and as he continued reading that passage of Scripture his voice 70 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:47,160 completely came back it hadn't been that way for six years and he began to weep 71 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:52,600 and the people in the Sunday School class begin to cheer they are overwhelmed 72 00:06:52,600 --> 00:07:01,240 with what they have just witnessed so so amazing reading the word of God 73 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:06,520 reading about his loving kindness and his compassion reading about the fact that 74 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:14,320 he heals all of our infirmities that he crowns us with the loving kindness that 75 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:19,960 he redeems our life from the pit look whatever pit you might be in it could be 76 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,120 a pit of despair it could be a pit of hopelessness it could be a pit of 77 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,160 confusion it could be a pit of I don't know the way forward and I don't know 78 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,920 how I'm going to be able to pursue the thing I believe God has put on my life 79 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:41,600 I want to tell you this don't give up keep yourself in the word keep your eyes 80 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:50,560 fixed on him stay in the word so you can be reminded of his faithfulness and then 81 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,840 meditate on it look we're going to go into this time of meditation you don't 82 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:01,440 want to check out now you want to stay here because we are going to sing his 83 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:09,240 word we're going to let it get into our hearts and our minds and our very beings 84 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,240 and you're going to want to come back to this more than once because you want it 85 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:19,360 to get into your your thinking into your soul because then it begins to transform 86 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,440 you and you know what even if you say okay it's just my mind what about my body 87 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:31,360 look if your mind really understands more of who God is your body starts to get 88 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:38,760 in sync with your mind so father we thank you that your word is sure your word is 89 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:46,600 true your word is real just like you healed Dwayne just by simply him 90 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,960 proclaiming the truth of your word and even though his faith was not super 91 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:59,480 strong at that moment it began to grow as he spoke your word out loud it's so 92 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:07,280 important that we hear even our own words speaking who you are so we turn our 93 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:14,560 hearts and our minds to you Jesus and we thank you that we can count on you come 94 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:42,680 Holy Spirit 95 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:53,600 best 96 00:09:53,600 --> 00:10:04,600 Bless me, bless the Lord all my soul 97 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:13,600 Let all that's within me praise Him 98 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:19,600 With my whole heart His holy name 99 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:25,600 May I never forget all your benefits 100 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:32,600 And the good things He has done 101 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:45,600 Bless me, bless the Lord all my soul 102 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:57,600 Bless me, bless the Lord all my soul 103 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:04,600 Let all that's within me praise Him 104 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:10,600 With my whole heart His holy name 105 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:16,600 May I never forget all your benefits 106 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:30,600 And the good things You have done 107 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:36,600 Bless me, bless the Lord all my soul 108 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:48,600 Bless His name, the Lord of Heaven 109 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:58,600 Bless, bless the Lord all my soul 110 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Bless Him, bless the Lord all my soul 111 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,600 He forgives all my sins 112 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:25,600 And He heals all my diseases 113 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:31,600 He redeems me from the pit 114 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:39,600 And crowns me with loving kindness 115 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,600 He fills my life with good things 116 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:55,600 My youth has been renewed like egos 117 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:42,600 He gives righteousness 118 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:51,600 And justice to all who are oppressed 119 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:57,600 His unfailing love to those who fear Him 120 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:04,600 Is as great as the height of the heavens 121 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:23,600 He's removed our sins as far from us as He stands from the West 122 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:32,600 For the love of the Lord it remains 123 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:48,600 Forever and ever His salvation extends 124 00:14:48,600 --> 00:15:03,600 To His children and their children 125 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:35,600 Our days on earth are like grass 126 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:41,600 Like wild flowers we bloom and fade 127 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:48,600 The wind it blows and we are going 128 00:15:48,600 --> 00:16:00,600 As though we had never been here 129 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:09,600 But the love of the Lord it remains 130 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Forever and ever His salvation extends 131 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:46,600 To His children and their children 132 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:55,600 Bless the Lord all my soul 133 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Bless the Lord all my soul 134 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:27,600 And all that is within me bless His name 135 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:38,600 He forgives my sins and heals all my diseases 136 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:43,600 He redeems me from the pit 137 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:51,600 And crowns me with loving kindness 138 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:57,600 He fills my life with good things 139 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:13,600 My youth has been renewed like egos 140 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:23,600 Bless the Lord all my soul 141 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:36,600 Bless the Lord all my soul 142 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:44,600 Bless Him let all that is within me praise Him 143 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:51,600 And with my whole heart His holy name 144 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:57,600 May I never forget all your benefits 145 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:08,600 And the good things He has done 146 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Bless the Lord all my soul 147 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:31,600 My heart cries out to bless the Lord 148 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,600 Bless His holy name 149 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:43,600 Bless His holy name 150 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:53,600 Bless His holy name 151 00:19:53,600 --> 00:20:00,600 So let all that is within me praise Him 152 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:06,600 And with my whole heart His holy name 153 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:13,600 May I never forget all your benefits 154 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:19,600 And the good things You have done 155 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:24,600 He forgives all my sins 156 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:32,600 And He heals all my diseases 157 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:37,600 He redeems me from the pit 158 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:45,600 And crowns me with loving kindness 159 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:51,600 He fills my life with good things 160 00:20:51,600 --> 00:21:02,600 My youth has been renewed like egos 161 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Bless the Lord 162 00:21:51,600 --> 00:22:01,600 Bless the Lord 163 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,600 Father we just bless your name 164 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,600 We thank you that you are here with us 165 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,600 No matter what we're going through 166 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,600 We can count on you to redeem our life 167 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:21,600 We can count on you to save us 168 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,600 We who are called your children 169 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,600 Thank you for your promises 170 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,600 May you go out under the covering of His blessing today 171 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,600 May you be reminded to bless Him throughout your day 172 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,600 Whatever you may face 173 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,600 Keep your faith up know that He is good 174 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:48,600 And He's got you in His hand