Hey guys, welcome. We had a good break. Let me share my screen again, great. Okay, cool. So let's get started. So now we are towards the end of the first chapter basically, of worship ministry in the Bible. Okay, and the last chapter, the last section is all about the David's Tabernacle. So in this whole section, in this whole chapter, what we've really covered is worship ministry in the Bible, how the patriarchs like Abraham worshipped, how the worship ministry was organized in the Old Testament, in the Tabernacle of Moses, and just a little bit about the Tabernacle of David, and how worship ministry was organized in the New Testament, how it was encouraged and followed and practiced in the New Testament. And the last section was all about going through the Tabernacle of Moses in just a little bit more detail for us to understand how worship ministry was organized, that people just couldn't go and do whatever they felt like doing in the name of worshiping God. There was a structure, there was a procedure, there was a method, there was a process set in place, because our God is a God of process. Our God is a God of structure. He's a God of details. And that's something that we learned from the Tabernacle of Moses, and there's so much that we can take away from that. So now we step into another very popular and a well-known name in the world of worship, at least, is David, and his Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of David. So that's what we're going to learn. We are in page 22, so let's get started. So the Tabernacle of David simply talks about the Davidic order of worship, how he organized worship in his Tabernacle. So let's just get a brief background of how David, even before David went and erected his Tabernacle, what exactly happened, what was happening. So we all know this, the Israelites continued in the years that followed Moses' time with the Tabernacle worship, that Moses instituted as instructed by God with the priests preparing and offering sacrifices in the prescribed manner. For a long time, for years, Israelites followed the way Moses had instituted, because that's how God commanded. Now, fast forward, you finish the book of Deuteronomy, you have Joshua and Judges, and then you get the book of 1 Samuel. You have the book of Joshua, you have the book of Judges and 1 Samuel. Now, in 1 Samuel, we read about Eli the priest, we know about it, the priest of the Tabernacle, where he had two sons, they were living an immoral life. They were stealing from people, they were sleeping with the women who came to the temple, they were just living a very, not a right life, and God was very disappointed with them about that. But at the same time, during the time, if you read 1 Samuel chapter 4, Philistines was also attacking the people of Israel. Now, if you read the history, whenever you can, in the book of Exodus and all, every time Israel went for battle, every time they went for war, the priests would carry the Ark of the Covenant in the front of the army and go before the army. And we'll see that in 2 Chronicles chapter 20 as well. Every time they had to fight a battle, the priests would carry the Ark of the Covenant and go in front of them, knowing that it was a symbol where God is going before us. His presence is with us. That is a history. But here, the sons of Eli have been living an immoral life and there doesn't really seem to be a people or a generation of people where they are fearing God. So in a time like this, the Philistines are attacking Israel and Israel also goes to war with the Philistines. So that's the context here and see what it says in 1 Samuel chapter 4 onwards. Before this verse is from verse 3, verse 2, when you read, it says that Israel were losing. They didn't know what to do. So they get this bright idea. They're like, hey, in the past, in the history, you know, every time they went for war when they were losing, Israelites were losing the war, they went and got the Ark of the Covenant. So let's do this, okay? So the people sent to Shiloh that they might bring from there the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of hosts who dwells between the cherubim and the two sons of Eli whose names were Hophni and Phinehas were there with the Ark of the Covenant of God. So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated. See that? What did they miss? What went wrong? The Philistines fought. Israel was defeated. But they took the Ark of the Covenant and went. They thought that they could win the battle without any intimacy with God. They could just use him for their sake. Are you guys with me?  He said, when he was preaching, he said, with intimacy, God will use you. And without intimacy with him, you will be using God. Okay, can I say that again? With intimacy, with intimate relationship with God, he will use you. Without intimacy, you will be using God. And so many times, you know, like in my own life, I don't want to take an example of anybody else. But in my own life, there's been times where I have not had an intimate relationship with God during that week. And I will go ahead. I will have to go and lead worship somewhere. But God will still show up.  Okay, he showed up not because I had an intimate relationship with him in that week, but he showed up because he is good. What was I doing? I was using him. And it's not really nice, is it? But with intimacy, he will use you. God will use you. But so that's what's happening here in First Samuel 4 as a background to understanding the tabernacle of David is. From the time of Moses, you know, we see Eli was the high priest of the tabernacle, whose sons were not living a righteous life. And when they went into battle, they thought they could use God's presence to win the battle without intimate relationship. They lost and see how they lost. Every man fled. There was a very great slaughter, a very great slaughter. And there fell Israel 30,000 foot soldiers. How many 30,000 foot soldiers died? And here's the thing. The Ark of God was captured. And the two sons of Eli, Hophne and Phinehas died. That's one of the very sad chapters in the Bible, in First Samuel chapter 4. I would encourage you to read them when you can. So what happened there is that the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant. Now what they do, it gets interesting, let's see. The Ark of the Covenant was taken by Philistines and kept in their temple, in their temple with idols. The next day, they found an idol fallen and broken. And the Philistines experienced the wrath of God.  His head is broken. The name of their God was Dagon. I'm sure you'll know this. In First Samuel chapter 5, when you read, you'll know that they called their idol their God Dagon.  And they experienced the wrath of God. And Philistines were like, you know what? We don't want to keep this with us. We do not want this with us. We don't want the Ark. We took it ignorantly, but please take it away. So they sent the Ark away. And they tried moving the Ark from city to city for seven months and finally decided to return it to the Israelites because they could not bear the wrath of God anymore. Okay. Now, what happened after that? The Ark was returned to Israel, but they did not know how to handle the Ark in the proper manner. Okay. How to handle the Ark in the proper manner. First Samuel 619, we can read about it. So it was left in the house of a man named Abinadab in a place called Kirjath Jairim. Okay. It's very important for us to know all these guys. Okay. Remember, it was left in the house of a man named Abinadab in a place of Kirjath Jairim. Now, it was in his house. It was in that place for almost how many years? 70 years. Okay. 70 years. Um, but while the Ark was not in the temple, okay, another interesting thing that was happening is during this time, the tabernacle worship continued in Israel. Okay. The tabernacle worship continued, but Iqabod. Iqabod is the word that was used there. It simply means that the glory of the Lord had departed. Okay. The glory of the Lord had been departed. That's the meaning of the word Iqabod. Now, for almost 70 years, the people there worshipped, I don't know what, in the tabernacle, but the presence of God was not there. Now, is it something that we should think about guys? Now, we can have all these worship concerts and perform all, do all the ministry work that we want to do. But if the king of the house, if the God of the house is not there, what is the point, right? And that's exactly, you know, seems to be happening here is that the worship went on in Israel, in the tabernacle, you know, all the ritualistic practices without the presence of God. And for almost 70 years, when David was made king, he brought the Ark of the covenant to Jerusalem. He pitched a big tent and placed the Ark and established worship, which included singing and music. Okay, so after 70 long years, David is now in made king. And, you know, he brings back the Ark of the covenant.  So that is the backstory. That is, you know, yeah, it's just a background for us to understand, you know, the Ark of the Covenant and how David brings it into the scene. Okay, now, one of the important things, and I want to do this very quickly. Okay, so I want us to be a little fast. Okay, let's go to, hey, guys, I want to apologize if you can hear someone honking. I'm sorry, it's beyond my control.  If you can't hear it, good, good, good, all good. Okay, so let's, okay, let's just go to Second Samuel chapter six, fast, fast, okay, before we continue in your notes here, let's go to Second Samuel chapter six. There's a very important lesson that we need to learn here. Okay, Second Samuel chapter six. This is a chapter where it talks about, you know, David bringing the Ark back. Okay, I'm going to read it for us. Chapter six verse one, Second Samuel chapter six was one onwards, it says, David again, brought together out the Israel a chosen man, 30,000 in all, he and all his men set out from Bala of Judah to bring up from there the Ark of God. Remember, see the number even 30,000 in all, and it was 30,000 men who had died on the day of the battle when they lost the Ark, when the Ark was taken. Now, again, David seems to know about this somehow, 30,000 people died that day. I'm going to take 30,000 men and go and bring the Ark back. Okay, verse two, he and all his men set out from Bala of Judah to bring back from the Ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on the Ark. Verse three, they set the Ark of God on a new cart. Okay, underline that if you haven't in your Bible, they set the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ohio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart with the Ark of God on it. And Ohio was walking in front of it. David and the whole house of Israel was celebrating with all their might before the Lord with songs, with harps, and lies, tambourines, cystrums, and symbols. Okay, full celebration, full parties going on. Verse six, when they came to the threshing floor of Nakhun, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Ark of God because the oxen stumbled. The Lord's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act. Therefore, God struck him down and he died there beside the Ark of God. Verse eight, then David was angry because the Lord's wrath had broken out against Uzzah. And to this day, the place is called Pyre's Uzzah. Okay, there's a footnote down there with JJJJJ, which means outbreak against Uzzah. Okay, key things. Verse three, they first of all put the Ark of God on an animal cart, buffalo cart, oxen cart. Now, David is king, he's made king. One of the first things that he does is he wants to bring the Ark back and we see that there's a celebration happening, there's everything is going right and whatnot. But there's something that God tells almost 400 years ago. Okay, let's quickly go to Deuteronomy chapter 17. Almost 450 years, God tells something very interesting. Deuteronomy chapter 17. Are you guys with me? Give me a yes if you're with me. Yes. Okay. Okay, awesome. Okay, Deuteronomy chapter 17. I'm going to read from verse 14. Okay, I'm going to read from verse 14. Here we go. When you enter the land, the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it. And you say, let us set a king over us like all the nations around us. Now guys, remember, this is almost 400 years. Okay, now I'm saying 400 years before when? 400 years when you come down to the first Samuel, where people ask, we need a king like other nations and Saul is their first king. Okay, so the timeline between this and that is between Deuteronomy, this chapter and then it's almost 400 years. That's what the historians claim more or less. Okay. And your God is saying when you enter the land, the Lord your God is giving you.   He says in verse 14, let us set a king over us, all the like all the nations around us. Verse 15. Be sure to appoint over you the king, the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your own brothers. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not a brother Israelite. Verse 16. The king moreover must not acquire great number of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them. For the Lord has told you, you are not to go back to that way again. He must not take many wives. Verse 17. Who's the he? The king must not take many wives or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. Verse 18. When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll, a copy of this law. Okay guys, pay attention. It's very important. Verse 18. When he becomes the king, when he takes the throne, he is to write. The king is to write for himself on a scroll, on a paper, a copy of the law. What is the law? The word of God taken from that of the priests who are Levites. Verse 19. It is to be with him and he is to read it all the days of his life. He is to read what? He is to read the word of God all the days of his life that he may learn to revere the Lord, his God, and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the Lord to the right or to the left. Okay, let's stop there. Now, David was very passionate and very enthusiastic about bringing the Ark of the Covenant back when he made King, right? And because he was a worshipper. But if he had done what this verse says, right? In Deuteronomy chapter 17 verse 18 and 19, it says, when a person becomes a king, he is supposed to write the word of God. He's supposed to read it day and night around the priests. He's supposed to make a copy of it. Now, something tells me that David did not do that, which is why he put the Ark of the Covenant on a cart. Had he read the word of God and the law, he would know that the Ark of the Covenant was to be carried by priests only, by levitical priests only, right? So here's the thing, a point that why I wanted to kind of in light share this is it's not enough, you know, us being passionate about worship, you know, and if it almost seems like today's generation, you know, we say, oh, I love worship, I love worship, I love worship, I love worship, I'm passionate about worship and whatnot. It's all fine, it's all good. But you cannot ignore the word of God, isn't it? And had David as King, you know, as enthusiastic as he was, you know, had he read in the law the word, whose life would have been spared, isn't it? He would not necessarily have died. So it's very important that we always learn and read from the word of God. Okay, you guys with me so far? Any thoughts? Any questions? Okay, cool. But one of the most beautiful things about David, right?  But he just doesn't remain angry. The beauty of David is that he repents, he goes back, he comes to the word of God, he learns, okay, you know, I made a mistake, I did not know. The Ark of God was to be carried by the Levi's. Then he comes back with Levi's. And then he brings the Ark of the Covenant. Okay, and that's what we see here. We see how he goes about erecting the tabernacle, how he learned from his mistake. Okay, David's tabernacle is just a beautiful thing about how David, one person, learned from his mistake. It could have been avoided. Yeah, sure, we all make mistakes, but David, you know, learns from his mistake and see how he goes about erecting it. Yeah, it's point one. David set the Ark in a tent, the tabernacle in Jerusalem, he had raised for it. He then blessed the people and celebrated. First Chronicles 16 verse 1 to 3, it says, so they brought the Ark of God and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. He blessed the people in the name of the Lord. Then he distributed to everyone of Israel, both men and women, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, a cake of raisins. So as soon as he brings it back, he sets it up in the tabernacle. He throws a party to the people of Israel. He provides bread and meat and cake of raisins for to everybody. That's one of the first things that he does. And then we go on to see, David appointed Levites to minister to God by remembering, thanking and praising. You know, first Chronicles chapter 16 verse 4 says, he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the Ark of the Lord to commemorate. That means to remember, to thank and to praise the Lord. As soon as he is done throwing a party here, from verse 1 to 3, next thing that he does, he appoints administers. He delegates.  He appoints ministers. To minister to whom? To God. You know, to give him thanks, to give him praise, to give him glory, to exalt his name. Amen. And David wrote a bunch of Psalms to dedicate the Ark being established in Jerusalem. These are all the scriptures for, you know, for you to refer to and read to at a later point. Let's come down. Okay. I'm missing something. Then continues to say that in same first Chronicles chapter 16 verse 37, 38, he says, so he left Asaph and his brothers there to minister before the Ark regularly, as every day's work required. And Obed Edom, with his 68 brethren to be gatekeepers. Okay. David left Levites to minister to the Lord before the Ark as their full-time occupation. This has never been done before. You know, to minister before him as full-time 24 hours, seven days a week, through the week, through the, around the clock. David is administering that in his tabernacle. Okay. Now let's read a couple of scriptures once again. I'm going to ask you to read. Everybody, let's turn to first Chronicles chapter nine, verse 33. Okay. One of us keep first Chronicles chapter nine was 33 ready. The other person 16, 37 and the other person 23, five. Okay. Can someone help me with reading that please? Chapter nine was 33. Those who were musicians, heads of Levites, families, stayed in the room of the temple, we were ex, ex, how do you say that, exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work of, work day and night. Okay. Thank you for that. So exempted means that they were excused from doing other work because, you know, they were, they were, their only task was to minister unto the Lord. Okay. That's what it says 933 says, those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempted from other duties. They were excused from other duties. Their only duty was as musicians to be present in the house, in the tabernacle, in the house of God and minister unto him day and night. That's what it says. Right. They were responsible for that work day and night. That's wonderful, isn't it? So let's read a 1637. King David Booth, I said, and his fellow Levites in permanent charge of the worship was hill at the place where the government box was skipped. They were to perform the duties there day by day. Awesome. Thank you. Okay. Can I request someone to read 23 verse five, please? The letter 4000 will work as getter keeper and 4000 will praise the Lord with the musical instrument I have made. Thank you, Kiran. Kiran, can I ask you to read from verse one to verse five, please, if you don't mind? Yes, sir. When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel. Second, David summoned all the leaders of Israel together with the priests and Levites. All the Levites who were 30 years old or older were counted and the total came to 38,000. Then David said, from all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the temple of the Lord. Another 6000 will serve as official and judges. Another 4000 will work as getter keepers and 4000 will praise the Lord with the musical instrument I have made. Did you all pay attention to those numbers? Did you guys pay attention to those numbers? 38,000, okay, in verse three. 24,000 in verse four, 24,000 are to supervise the work of the temple of the Lord. Yeah, I'm just letting it sink. 24,000 to supervise the work of the temple of the Lord. And 6,000 are to be officials and judges. 4,000 to be gatekeepers. 4,000 gatekeepers, guys. And 4,000 are to praise the Lord with musical instruments. 4,000 are to praise God with musical instruments I have provided for that purpose. You're saying, I have made musical instruments for that very purpose. And then verse six, David divided the Levites into the groups corresponding to the sons of Levi. Levi had three sons. Levi is the third son of Jacob. And so Levi had three sons and that is Gershon, Kohath and Merari. These were the three different clans of the same tribe. We're not going to go into the details of all of that, but I mean that number is just my following. To imagine how many people were involved in the tabernacle of God and David's tabernacle that he erected. So let's go on to see that in point seven here, the work was irregular. It was consistent. It had requirements, the duties with standards, as they were freed from other duties and employed in the work of day and night worship. Day and night worship. In 2 Chronicles 814 it says here, and according to the order of David his father, he appointed Levites for their duties to praise and serve before priests. And we see that in David's tabernacle it was so beautifully organized and the system was followed for ages to come. And then we see that in the book of Acts chapter 15 was 13 and 18, okay, Apostle James, he quotes from the prophecy of Amos, where Amos in chapter 9 was 11 and 12. Chapter 9 was 11 and 12. It says on the last days, this is what it says, right? And after they had become silent, James answered saying, men and brethren, listen to me. Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out them a people for his name. And with this the word of the prophets agree just as it is written. After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins and I will set it up. And so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by my name says the Lord who does all these things known to God from eternity are all his works. Okay, so and now we see that during this day and age at this time that God is rebuilding the tabernacle of David. We see movements around the world where they are setting up house of prayer. You know, one of the example is IHOP which is known as the International House of Prayer. It's one of the movements that has 24 bar seven 365 days, right? Through the year, nonstop praise, worship and prayer day and night without break. That's just one of the movements. That's one of the things that I can remember, okay? That's IHOP. There's so many other, you know, movements that God is raising up in this day and age where it's a sign of him rebuilding the tabernacle of David. A tabernacle of David was so prophetic in nature. Okay, why am I saying this? The tabernacle of David did not have outer courts, inner courts, and the most holy place. It was just the tabernacle in the middle, the Ark of the Covenant in the middle. And everything was open. It was like a prophetic in nature in a sense that every man could come. So again, there's something about David. We talk about David as a warrior. We talk about David as a shepherd. We talk about David as a worshiper. But we don't really, you know, give credit to the prophetic on David. And if you read Psalm 22, you see David was incredibly prophetic. It's about, you know, Psalm 22 is all about Jesus crucifixion and David writes about it. And he must have shared such an intimate relationship with God that he saw that the greatest commandment was the commandment of love. The greatest law was love. And so David in his life, he did not live from present to the future. Okay, David lived from the future in the present. He saw, okay, this is going to be the new covenant. This is the new covenant. This is the love of God. This is the blood of Jesus that makes his presence available for all people. So he seems to have believed that. And this, and so his tabernacle had no outer courts, no inner courts. Nothing. It was just the Ark of the Covenant in the middle. And everybody surrounded in a tent. Isn't that wonderful? Right? Are you guys with me? I all tired. Awesome. Okay, so let's move on to the next section. And we'll see how did, what are some of the lessons that we can learn from David's worship team and how he went about organizing it. Okay. And how we can use it for our worship ministry in ministry in general. Okay. We are in page 25 of the notes. So this section is the lessons from David worshiped in his life. Let's go to first Chronicles 25. First Chronicles chapter 25. Okay, it says David together with commanders of the army set apart. That's the first thing that we need to underline in your Bible and learn. Okay, David, what did he do? He set apart. Okay, set apart simply means holy unto the Lord. The root meaning of the word holy means set apart to be cut off. Okay, to be cut off. When we say, Lord, you are holy. We are telling that God is set apart. There is no one like him, that there is just no one, no comparison, no pointing finger and saying, okay, God is like this angel. God is like that. No. He's just got all by himself. And one of the first thing that David does is he sets apart people. It's like, hey, you are holy unto the Lord. Okay, what you are going to be doing, you don't have to keep doing other stuff. You are exempted. Like the scripture we read, they were exempted from all other duties. They're only duties. They were set apart unto worship and ministry unto the Lord. Okay, and we need to know that as we need to understand the seriousness of being set apart and being holy. Okay, in Deuteronomy 12 9 29 31 it says, God says, don't compromise and follow into the worship practices of the canonites. Don't go and worship their idols. Don't offer sacrifices to their gods.  Okay, don't have this chalta hai attitude. It's okay. It's just this no problem. You know, it's not a sin, et cetera, et cetera. Are you guys with me? Okay, being set apart is very serious. Okay, because God is a very jealous lover. He does not tolerate, you know, having a rival throne in our hearts. In Zachariah, right, Zachariah chapter 14 verse 20 and 21, we see that all those, all the vessels that was used in the tabernacle, right, every cup, every plate, it would have this inscription that says holiness unto the Lord. That's powerful. Every vessel, every utensil that was used in the tabernacle had that inscription, holiness unto the Lord. And there would be this huge cap or turban kind of a thing that a high priest would wear, right, the high priest. And right on top in gold, it would be written, holy unto the Lord. That simply means to say that I am set apart unto the Lord, right? In 2 Peter, Peter says that we are now our royal priesthood. Okay, everybody say priesthood with your mics muted. Okay, that means just as those priests wore the thing that said holy unto the Lord, we are now royal priests that we called to be set apart. Amen. So that's the first thing. Okay. You do not become holy by wearing white shirt, by pant. It's not a cosmetic thing. You don't become holy if your beard is clean. Say you don't just become holy if you don't wear jewelry, etc. Okay, we have made that holiness as a cosmetic thing. Okay, if you do all these things, if you wear this thing, if you sit properly, if you do the right thing, you are holy. Holiness is a fruit of communion with the Lord. Again, it goes back to intimacy. Holiness is a result of your communion with God, your intimate relationship with him. His holiness rubs off on you. What is important for us to know is that our teams, our people, we are called to be set apart. Okay, that's the first lesson. Second thing we see is the David set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jirdithin for ministry of prophesying. Ministry simply means to serve. Okay, love plus service is ministry. We see that in John 13 that when Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, that is ministry. Another title that comes with ministry is minister. I'm a minister of God. We have chief minister, finance minister, defense minister, what not. But we think as soon as this title gets added to our name, a minister, we are entitled for everything. I don't have to serve. Everything has to come to me. Other people should come and serve me, et cetera, et cetera. But ministry simply means, it actually literally in the Hebrew root word means a cup bearer.  Okay, and so in ministry, we are required to have a ministry attitude, a servants attitude. That's the second lesson that we learn. And the third thing what we learn is in verse two, three and six of the same chapter, first chronicles 25. Okay, it says all the sons of Asaph, all the sons of Jirdithin, okay, all the sons of Heman, they were all and verse six, when you come down to verse six, it says all these men were under the supervision of their fathers. Okay, under the supervision of their fathers. And all their fathers were under the supervision of the king. At the end of it, you see, all of them were under the supervision of the king. Now, for you to be under a supervision, that simply means submission. Another is another word for that. You need to submit yourself to the leadership. Submission is another sign of humility. I'm willing to be under your submission. I'm willing to be under the submission of my senior pastor, right? Because the first worship leader, the devil, he had serious issue with submission. And you can read in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 he said like, I will become like the most high. I will ascend my throne above the throne of God. He did not want to be submissive and pride hit him. And what happened, we all know that there was a fall. And in James chapter four verse six says, God resists the proud. Here's the thing guys, in Philippians chapter two, we see how Jesus humbled himself, right? The source, the origin of humility is Jesus. And the origin of pride is devil. Are you guys with me? The origin of humility is Jesus. And the origin of pride is the devil. And James four six says, God resists the proud.  When I go before him in singing, when I go before him in worship, I don't want God to tell Roshan, stay away. I don't want your worship because it is not true.  Who wants that? Right? So, third lesson, third point there for all of us to learn is that we have to learn to be submissive, you know, humble to humble ourselves. Like Jesus says, not my will but let your will be done. That's a sign of humility. Right? Stay with me. And just the last two points here in verse six, seven and eight. It says every name that is mentioned, right? Every name that is mentioned in the chapter, it says all of them were trained and skilled. They were the best in what they did. They were amazing at what they did. They were very skillful at what they did.  They were trained.  That's another lesson. And finally, we see that in verse eight, can we look at verse eight in 1st Chronicles 25, it says young and old alike, teacher as well as students, cast lots for their duties. One of the important things that we learned, and the last thing that we need to learn and pause here is that in David's worship team, one of the last lessons is that there was space for young people, there was a space for old elderly generation as well. Right? You cannot, you cannot have a team that says I will have only the youth in my team and not, and you also cannot say I will only have the older folks and not the youth because the youth are rebellious. They don't know what they know. In David's worship team, we see that they were young and old, teacher and student. Right? There was unity in his worship team. So first thing, they were set apart under ministry that they need to learn to serve. They were under supervision. They were submissive. They were trained and skilled, and they were all teachable. Amen? We're just one minute over time and I hope you'll get something out of it and we'll resume some of the sessions next week. Okay guys, because you have to go into the other class, I'm going to stop the session now, stop the recording.


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Welcome to Happiness Isn't Brain Surgery with Doc Snipes. This podcast was created to provide you the information and tools Doc Snipes gives her clients so that you too can start living happier. Our website, docsknipes.com, has even more resources, videos, and handouts, and even interactive sessions with Doc Snipes to help you apply what you learn. Go to docsknipes.com to learn more. I'd like to welcome everybody to Happiness Isn't Brain Surgery with Doc Snipes, practical tools to improve your mood and quality of life. Today, we're going to be talking about something called cognitive distortions. And that's basically the way you think and looking at how the way you think may keep you stuck in being unhappy. So we'll start by defining these thinking errors called cognitive distortions and explore some different types of thinking errors and what you might be able to do to start changing your thinking pattern so you can live a little bit happier. Thinking errors or in recovery circles, we call it stinking thinking, plays a large part in keeping people miserable. When you wake up in the morning, for example, think about it. If you look outside and it's raining today, it was gloomy and rainy and foggy and nasty outside.  It's going to be gloomy. I'm going to be tired all day. I can focus on all that negative stuff. That's true. Or I can choose to look at it and go, well, you know, at least it's not pouring down rain and the grass is going to get watered and, you know, I have to work today. So, you know, if it's going to rain, better to be on one of those days where I'm going to have to be inside all day. So you can look at it in two different ways. Now, if you look at it the first way, it's probably going to get you in kind of a grumpy mood. If you look at it the second way, it may not make you thrilled, but you can find the upside to it and you can find a way to look at it in a way that's not going to keep you miserable. Addiction, depression, anxiety, anger, guilt often stem from or are made worse by some of these thinking errors. So when you start feeling stuck, when you start feeling unhappy, you want to look at how you're thinking and ask yourself, you know, am I looking at all aspects of the situation or am I just focusing on the negative part? Addressing these thought patterns will help not help you not make a mountain out of a molehill. A lot of times something happens and we look at it and it's just a catastrophe.   So this is one thing you want to look at is, are you handling stress and distress and unpleasantness as it comes up or are you stuffing it down, trying to ignore it and getting progressively unhappy each time? The other thing that you want to look at is whatever the situation is, are you looking at it catastrophically or are you looking at it in reality? If your roommate forgets to put the toilet seat down, you know, that's probably not a catastrophe. So if you turn it into one and make it just kind of destroy your day, then, you know, look at, was it worth the effort? Was it worth all that emotional turmoil because you sat down without looking and got your butt wet? We're going to assume that the roommate flushed the toilet. But that's beside the point. Ultimately, you want to look at things and determine is this really worth getting this upset about? Focus on the parts you can change.  That's just the way it is. You know, some people are going to be motivated to do it. Some people, no matter how many sticky notes and things you put up, they're just not going to do it. I've got two kids, both teenagers, one's a girl, one's a boy. They have this problem regularly with not putting the toilet seat down, not flushing the toilet, leaving whiskers all over the sink. Obviously, that's the boy, not the girl. But we want to focus on the things we can change. You know, with certain situations, when you're dealing with other people, what parts of it can you change? You may be able to talk to them about it. And maybe that'll work. But you can also change how you react to it and either accept it as it is or change the situation. You know, maybe that's not going to be a good roommate combination for you. Hopefully something like the toilet seat isn't one of those things that is a mountain to you and it's going to mean you've got to move out. But that's a decision you've got to make on your own. And you also want to identify and eliminate thought patterns that are keeping you stuck. If you view everything people do that gets under your skin a little bit as a personal slight, as a personal affront, as something they're doing because they don't respect you, then you're probably going to feel pretty bad most of the time. So, you know, again, looking at my kid's situation. If every time my son left whiskers on the counter, my daughter took it as he has no respect for me, she'd be pretty miserable all the time. If she can look at it in terms of he's a teenage boy and he's forgetful half the time he doesn't remember to put on deodorant, then, you know, that's going to be something different because that obviously has nothing to do with her. So, looking at what parts you can change, identifying how big of a deal it is in the big scheme of things and identifying alternate solutions for my daughter, we've got other bathrooms. So, if she wants to use one of the other bathrooms to get ready, so she doesn't have to deal with it, that's her prerogative. She chooses not to. So, those are just some things that you can consider as we go through this presentation. Cognitive distortions take a thought and kind of manipulate it to fulfill your expectations of a situation. We base a lot of our thoughts and interpretations of events on schema, which are kind of shortcut memories based on similar situations. So, for example, you may have a schema about going into a job interview because you've been to job interviews before. So, when you walk into this job interview, you expect certain things to happen. You expect to act a certain way. And if you walk into this job interview and instead of being one-on-one, it's a panel interview and an experiential sort of thing, it's probably going to throw you for a loop. So, what we're doing when we're using schemas is we're trying to anticipate what's going to happen so we can best prepare. Sometimes those memories aren't accurate. And sometimes our thoughts conform to our current headspace. So, if you're in a bad mood, it's more likely you're going to look at the negative, look at the insulting, look at the personal stuff of a situation, the personal interpretations, instead of looking at the other alternatives. And there's always other alternatives. In dialectics, we call this walking the middle path. When you have a negative thought, try to find a more positive thought. Like I said, with the rain today, for example, there is no way I'm going to be just overjoyed with it because we've had so much rain lately.  So, you want to try to walk the middle path. You want to try to get out of your headspace and go, you know what, I'm in a bad mood, so I'm only going to see the negative. When you have a negative thought, find a positive one. And even if it's an unrelated thought, find a positive because you want to balance out the negative and the positive. Irrational thoughts kind of go along with cognitive distortions. All irrational thoughts or what I call unhelpful thoughts involve some level of cognitive distortion. It involves some level of inaccuracy, if you will. They're usually extreme. It involves saying something must happen all the time or never happens any of the time. There are very few things that you can say with 100% certainty, always or never happen.  We know that all people die. But other than that, what things can you say with 100% certainty, always happen? Irrational thoughts are often unrealistic. Using those extreme terms or using faulty information, we might glean that something is dangerous when it's really not dangerous. So it creates a sense of fear within ourself. And if irrational or unhelpful thoughts create feelings of failure, inadequacy or disempowerment. Now, if something always happens and it's a negative something, yeah, you're going to feel disempowered.  So sticking with the one thing we know always happens, we are a little bit disempowered there. However, you can choose to live fully during the time you have on this earth. So what causes these thinking errors? One of them is information processing shortcuts, those schemas I talked about. Sometimes they're outdated. If for example, you grew up in a household where there was a lot of chaos and drama and negativity and violence, then when you see somebody speaking with big gestures like I often do and being loud like I often am, you might interpret that as negativity when in actuality it's just more dramatic than anything. I grew up in a family that was loud. That's just the way we were. So somebody who comes from a different background might interpret that as a scary situation when none needs to exist, but they don't know that. So you wanna look at the present situation and go, you know, this seems unpleasant, this seems scary, this seems whatever. Is it in this, what are the facts in this current situation that this is accurate, that my interpretations are accurate of this event? Mental noise, we all are guilty and Americans tend to be more guilty than others from what I've read in the literature of wanting to formulate our response to something before we've actually heard what the other person is saying. We're also guilty of not being mindful. We've got our mind going in six different directions and we're not paying attention to one thing. And if you're not paying attention, then you're going to miss some of the other stuff that's going on. For example, when you're driving home from work, you're probably thinking about your day, thinking about what you're gonna have for dinner, thinking about what you gotta do once you get home, all those honeydews on the list. You know, there's a lot of mental noise going on in there. So you may not notice on your drive home, the bunny rabbits on the side of the road or the deer that we're getting ready to cross the street or the hawk on the power line or the sunset. So having mental noise keeps us from being fully aware of certain situations. So you may get home and go, yeah, it was, you know, a normal drive, whatever, nothing unique happened. When in actuality, there were a lot of things that happened, you just didn't notice them. So you couldn't say, wow, on my way home, I saw a whole family of deer grazing and three bunny rabbits hopped across the street and that hawk that's always on the power line was still on the power line today.  So you can be more aware of the whole situation, not just the bits and pieces you catch kind of out of the corner of your eye. The brain's limited information processing capacity. Now this can be partly because of age. Children, especially young children don't think in terms of possibilities. They're not able to think in terms of possibilities. They have what's called concrete reasoning. So they see things as all or nothing, black or white, good or bad. And that's not saying that they can't eventually develop that, but up until a certain age, around elementary school, children tend to think very dichotomously. One or the other, there's no middle ground. You can't be aggressive and mean to me and beat me and love me at the same time.  So this is why a lot of young children have a hard time, sort of rectifying things in their head when they come from families where there's domestic violence, when they come from families where they've been abused, or when they come from families where there's addiction or depression. They see a parent who's clinically depressed and in their mind, it's like, well, what did I do? Because children are also very egocentric. Everything's about them. So if mom's unhappy, it must be something I did. I made her unhappy. The child can't see all the other possibilities of things that might be going on. And as parents, we can help the children, we can tell the children, there are other things going on. We can tell the children a lot of stuff, give them the knowledge, but for them to be able to actually internalize it and go, okay, it's not about me. That's her stuff, let it be. You're not gonna see a five-year-old or a six-year-old probably capable of doing that. So when the person gets older, they need to look back and maybe reevaluate some of the ways they interpreted things that happened in their life, if they have a sense of abandonment, if they feel unlovable, and explore where that came from. Maybe their parent was not able to be there for them emotionally, because their parent was just emotionally distraught, wrought with addiction, whatever the case may be. So they interpreted it as something faulty with them. So then as adults, they haven't checked that interpretation and they still interpret things that way. As adults, we can look back and go, you know what, maybe it wasn't all about me. Maybe there was other stuff going on with mom or dad. And maybe when I look at this current situation where somebody is struggling, maybe it's not about a rejection of me, maybe it's about their stuff. So as adults, we become more able to take other people's perspectives and look at possibilities. Another situation that creates problems in interpreting events and memories and everything else is crisis. When you are in crisis, you are not going to see the big picture. You are not necessarily going to get all the details and you are probably going to interpret things from a fight or flight perspective. You're not going to be looking for the good in what's going on when you're in crisis.  You know, it's a good thing, but it's a big change and change causes crisis. So being aware that any big change in your life is probably going to alter the way you think about things and maybe prevent you from seeing the whole picture. So if you start feeling negative, you start getting stuck, take a step back and maybe get some input from other people. Emotional causes of thinking errors. This means you base your judgment, your logic on how you feel. I feel scared, therefore this must be scary. A lot of people make this thinking error, if you will, about airplanes. I'm afraid to fly, therefore it must mean that flying is scary and dangerous. You know, when you look at the facts, you find out that, you know, flying is actually safer than driving, but when you just look at the news and what we call the availability heuristic, they don't tell you about the 20,000 flights a day that are successful. They tell you about the one flight every year or so that crashes, but that's the one you remember because they keep telling you about it. So it seems more dangerous. It seems more likely than it really is. So the emotional causes, you know, you want to step back and say, what are the facts for and against the way I'm feeling? And what I'm thinking about this situation. Am I basing everything on emotional reasoning or are there actually facts to support my position? Moral causes of thinking errors, it was the right thing to do. We can convince ourself most of the time that anything we do is the right thing to do. But you want to step back and look at it and ask in the big picture in my life, was it the right thing to do? Is it the right thing to do for me and my family or me and my significant others at this point in time? You know, every right is partially right. There's no 100% right all the time. So you need to look at it and figure out, you know, in some cases, this may be the right thing to do, but you know, an example is when you're driving down the street and you see someone who's homeless, giving them money is that the right thing to do. People can argue both sides of that. Giving them a toiletry bag, which is something that I suggest to people who do want to help others who are homeless, who are struggling, you know, give them a bag that has basic items like deodorant and toothpaste, toothbrush, combs, anything like that that they might need in order to feel a little bit better that they can't afford. And you know, that's one thing that you can do or give them gift certificates to certain places. There are restaurants that will let you pay it forward and you can buy a meal for someone who is in need. And then when someone who is in need comes in, they'll apply the money to that. But there are a lot of different ways of looking at, okay, what is it that you want to do? You want to help this person? Well, is that the right thing to do? Certainly, sure, let's go with that. Now, what is the right way to go about it in the way that would be most helpful? Social causes of thinking errors, everybody's doing it. But we know from basic drug and alcohol abuse research that a lot of teenagers, for example, think that all of their friends or the majority of their friends are using drugs, are drinking alcohol, are partying all night long. When in reality, it's probably a significant minority, but it's not all of them. So encourage people, again, to go back to the facts instead of, you know, it just seems like, well, it seems like it, what is the evidence that supports that? When we have thinking errors, it causes us to get in this fight or flee situation. It causes us to feel threatened, angry, anxious, unhappy, whatever word you wanna use for it, which is what keeps us distressed. It keeps that HPA access going, which reduces the access to serotonin, one of our happy anti-anxiety chemicals. It impairs our sleep, which also reduces our ability to feel happy. So we don't want to feel that ways unless we need to. I mean, fight or flee has a purpose and there's a time and a place for it, but most of us who experience depression, anxiety, unhappy moods more often than not are triggering that fight or flee response when it doesn't need to be triggered. It's based on faulty information or faulty thinking patterns, which causes depression, anxiety, withdrawing from things that you might enjoy because you're exhausted. If you're always on high alert, it's exhausting. Addictions to numb the pain or just help you silence the noise for a little while. Sleep problems and changes, like I said, that just is a natural artifact of being on alert.  That's fact of life. Eating changes. Your eating hormones are linked to getting good quality of sleep and circadian rhythms. So if you're not getting good quality sleep when you're messing up your circadian rhythms, you're probably not gonna know when you're hungry because your eating hormones are out of whack, plus a lot of us eat in response to stress as a self soothing sort of thing because high fat, high sugar, high carbohydrate foods tend to cause a release of feel good chemicals. When you're in this fight or flee state, you're also gonna have more stress related illnesses, headaches, stomach upset, neck pain, you name it, you know how you feel when you get stressed. You know the physical complications. And socially, if you're not getting enough sleep, if you are anxious, depressed or angry, if you're not feeling well physically, you're probably not a gem to be around. You're irritable and impatient. You just don't have the energy left to take that extra moment to go, you know what, let me think about this. You may withdraw from others, which creates more of a problem because social supports, healthy social supports, are our greatest buffer against stress. So you can see how all of these things feed in on each other to keep you unhappy and depressed. So you need to figure out where are you going to pull that thread to unravel the web of unhappiness. Cognitions, the way you think is one place to do it. We develop thinking errors for many reasons. The key to keeping them in check is to remain mindful of your thoughts and challenge baseless and extreme thinking patterns. So if you're having a thought that's something scary or if you're having a thought that, you know, your significant other is cheating on you. Okay, that's a thought. Now, what is the evidence for it? You can have a feeling, but that feeling may be based on stuff from your past that you're just expecting to happen again. So take that thought, take that feeling and find the evidence. Ask yourself, what is the concrete evidence? What is the reliable source that I can use to find information to either validate or invalidate how my feeling of stress right now? By addressing thinking errors, you can reduce stress, which improves your physical health, concentration, sleep, energy levels and your mood in general. So why not? It can't hurt to try. If you like this podcast, you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app, join our Facebook group at docsnipes.com slash Facebook, subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com slash all CEU's education or join our community and access additional resources at docsnipes.com. Thanks for tuning into happiness isn't brain surgery with Doc Snipes. Our mission is to make practical tools for living the happiest life, affordable and accessible to everyone. We record the podcast during a Facebook live broadcast each week. Join us free at docsnipes.com slash Facebook or subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast player. 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I'm here with Mr. Jason Lockham-Fora of CVS Sports. So I kind of disguise some questions to help us betters out from your point of view as an NFL analyst. We're gonna start with the Chiefs, 11 and a half. What do you think about that? Look, I think they had the best off season of any team in the NFL. They got the best player in the game, someone who might go down eventually. It's the best player in the history of the game, secured for 12 seasons. If you're making me touch the Chiefs, I would go over. All right, next win total that we're talking about is the Patriots, nine and a half. What do we think about that, more or less, or about right? I think Bill Belichick's worth five to six wins, just at a minimum. His operation is going to be worth five to six wins. So to me, Cam was worth another four or five wins on top of what their stitum win total would have been. So I think this is who they are. I think they're a playoff team. I think they'll be competitive. And you know, Foxborough in a normal year with fans, I might think maybe even a half win or win more. I don't know how that's gonna play out. I think they're a nine or 10 win team. Last one I got for you is the Browns at eight and a half. I certainly think they have the talent to win more games than they lose, which would win this bet. And if I had to take this bet, I would go over. Offensive rookie of the year. Burroughs got a great cast around him in Cincinnati. So I just think Joe Burroughs gonna look the part. He's gonna by the end of the season be a quality NFL starting quarterback. I know there's not a lot of probably a lot of value in it. He's probably the favorite to win this thing. But I think sometimes chalk is chalk. Who do you think could be the MVP this year? I mean, look, if he stays healthy, Patrick Mahomes the last time he played a full season through 50 touchdown pass. Is he gonna throw 50 again? I don't know, but if he plays 16 games, he's gonna throw 40, maybe 45. I think he's gonna win a lot of hardware throughout his career. And there's probably a little more value in Russell Wilson. So he would be sort of my one beat. If you could choose one head coach to beat your college roommate, who would you choose? Being a wingman for Shaw McVeigh or Cliff Kingsbury probably would entail a lot of fun parties. I'll say Shaw McVeigh. Probably your best bet of the whole car. Thanks, Megan. Thank you so much, Jason. So I have decided to take a six point teaser, teasing the points down from both the Chiefs and the Patriots. In my mind, there is no way that the Chiefs lose this game. I think that Andy Reed runs his new toy, Ragged in Hilaire. I think Kelsey is going to be a reception monster. Obviously, all orchestrated by the amazing Patrick Mahomes. We have a similar situation in Foxborough. Bill Belichick is ready to prove to everyone that he can win games without Tom Brady. And I think Cam Newton is on board. I think him and Bill are out here to prove to the world that this Patriots team is capable without Tom Brady. I think that they kind of just roll over this Dolphins team and get the win. All right, y'all, that's all I have for this week. Another huge thank you to CBS Football Analyst, Mr. Jason Locomfora. Thank you so much for coming on. My official NFL countdown is over. We have a game tonight, ladies and gentlemen. Let's make some money.


Hey guys, how you doing? This is Rich from Rich TV Live, and we have some breaking news today. Namaste announces binding agreement to acquire an additional 34% equity in Pineapple Express. Delivery for 49% total ownership. Unbelievable. Namaste does it again. Namaste is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a share purchase agreement, otherwise known as the agreement, to acquire common shares in Pineapple Express Delivery, Inc., otherwise known as Pineapple Express, and an affiliated entity representing an additional 34% equity in exchange for such number of common shares, of Namaste having an aggregate value of approximately 3.06 million. Otherwise known as the transaction, upon completion of the transaction, Namaste will own 49% of the outstanding common shares of Pineapple Express. Namaste Technologies. Namaste's agreement with Pineapple Express supports the company's strategy to invest in innovative companies which bring value to the company and to the broader market. Namaste believes the same-day delivery for medical and recreational cannabis through Pineapple Express platform will provide patients and consumers with added value and the company looks forward to the expansion of the platform across Canada. As reported in the company's June 13, 2018 news release, Namaste entered into a subscription agreement to acquire 15% of the issued and outstanding shares of Pineapple Express, the subscription agreement. Under the terms of the subscription agreement, Namaste has the right to acquire an additional 10% of the common shares of Pineapple Express for a period of 14 months, otherwise known as the option. Pineapple Express offers a same-day delivery service platform for medical and recreational cannabis to licensed producers across Canada. This is a huge deal. I absolutely love this deal. What are the highlights of the transaction? Namaste will issue shares in accordance with the agreement based on the closing price on the TSX Venture Exchange on Friday, December 14, 2018. Pineapple Express management team retained financial and operational control of the business. Namaste's CEO, Sean Dullinger, will be appointed to the Pineapple Express Board of Directors, so Sean will be joining the board of Pineapple Express. The transaction is subject to the receipt of certain stock exchange approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions customary in transaction of this nature. Pineapple Express is a same-day delivery platform for medical cannabis and has launched services in Manitoba and Ontario, which plans to expand into other provinces. Namaste's wholly-owned subsidiary, Canmar Inc, has also recently launched same-day delivery services to its patients through Pineapple Express. The company has been pleased with the initial rollout of Pineapple Express delivery service and its management team, who will continue to operate as an independent entity from Namaste and in offering its services to licensed producers across Canada. Namaste remains focused on developing and acquiring leading technology platforms that bring value to the cannabis industry. This agreement represents a significant milestone for the company in diversifying its investments in innovative companies while at the same time having the ability to offer valuable services for its medical patients. Namaste's goal is to evolve the current landscape for online retail cannabis products by improving the user experience. The company will continue to seek opportunities to develop and invest in innovative technology platforms in expanding its offering in Canada and international. What does the commentary of the management say? Randy Rolf, president and CEO of Pineapple Express comments. We are extremely excited to be deepening the relationship between Pineapple Express and Namaste. Our management team and I look forward to having Namaste support our vision for the future development of the company. We are confident that our same-day delivery platform will offer value for both medical patients and recreational consumers across Canada. What does Sean Dullinger, president and CEO of Namaste have to say? We are pleased to announce adding to our position in Pineapple Express an innovative company with strong management team focused on providing exceptional service. We are now offering same-day delivery service in Toronto through Pineapple Express and we are looking forward to their expansion throughout Canada. I love this deal. What do you guys think about this deal? Please comment down below, smash the like button. If I win and you win, we all win. This is huge news. 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