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Let's pray together.

Father, we just sang our prayer and so all I want to do now is use my own voice to say

Amen, Amen. We meant every word of it.

All the purposes for your glory in Belfast,

in Northern Ireland, and wherever this will reach.

All the purposes for your glory.

So we invite you, Holy Spirit, to come

and to grant us ears to hear and me a faithful voice to speak your word.

And so do those purposes we ask in Jesus name. Amen. So we're going to talk about the

relationship between the glory of God and singing or congregational worship.

So we have lots of words to explain.

Who is God will be the place we start.

What does it mean to glorify him or before that,

what is the glory of God.

What is Christian singing?

What is corporate worship? should we even think of our gatherings on the Lord's day as corporate

worship? Have you ever heard anybody say, as I have have that's not what the New Testament teaches. It's not a

biblical idea. You don't gather to worship. you gather for edification.

Is that right?

We'll see.

So we have our work cut out for us and it's a glorious work because we're not dealing

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