A Time To Sing

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Scripture references · 3 citations

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Repeated openers: “sing to” (3), “there's a” (3), “but there's” (3), “right” (3), “why does” (3)

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1. Conclusion

   It is our desire for you to grow as a result of the resources we provide here.

2. Example

   We pray that this blesses you today as you seek to know him more. (audience applauding) - It is so much fun to rejoice God is doing, doing things that only He could do in lives of people and stories of people that you couldn't imagine how God can enter in someone's life and change them from the inside out.

3. Cause

   When you fall in love with someone, maybe you're an artist and you paint something or you write a song for the person you love because you want to express in music.

4. Contrast ×5

   But there's a time to sing, and I know that makes some of you a little uneasy, because you're like a lion I like to sing.

5. Condition

   Right you start singing or if we went to Beaver Stadium and we were like We are pants all of you men would go crazy singing and You go Joe I get it, you know listen I tailgate a lot and when I get enough liquid courage I say Right I get it.

6. Contrast ×2

   This is normal, but here's the deal or a daughter of King Jesus today, he has done so much more for you than help you win a football game.

7. Cause

   Because he is worthy of our praise.

8. Contrast

   But there's more going on of why.

9. Cause ×3

   You put the letters to music, A, B, C, because it connects in their little minds, and it moves onto their little hands or their little keyboards.

10. Premise

    And so God says, "Come together once a week as a body of believers.

11. Cause

    Because singing unites Christians together.

12. Contrast

    We go, "Yes, I want to praise God." the vertical aspect of it, but did you notice this speaking or you could translate that singing to one another with Psalms, hymns and songs?

13. Condition

    Why, if I'm praising God vertically, why do I sing to one another?

14. Cause ×3

    Because there's something about us hearing everyone else around us that we're speaking to one another, singing to one another, reminding one another that we're not alone, that the struggles you have, you're not alone.

15. Premise

    So God says, I command you to sing praises to me because I'm the only one worthy of praise.

16. Condition

    And if you've experienced that, you get that.

17. Contrast

    But here's also why I command you to sing because you're getting pulled apart and disintegrated all the time.

18. Cause ×2

    So gather together once a week and sing together because it's gonna put you back together.

19. Condition

    I don't have a good voice my dad always said if you can't sing well sing loud and to that, right?

20. Cause

    Because when you understand that there is a time to sing, there's a time to sing in the shower, there's a time to sing on a beautiful day with the windows down cranking sweet Caroline, right?

21. Contrast ×3

    Yes, it's because he is worthy, but it also is about us horizontally, getting the tools we need to make it through and our good designer God knows.

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