Well, how do I recharge my spiritual battery?

Where is my spiritual energy refreshed in order for me to meet yet another week of temptations

and trials?

This was the topic on the table for Pastor John earlier in the year when he was ministering

in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

This is a tremendous clip and I wanted to make sure it was shared with you in the podcast.

There's a story to come shortly and for that, you need to know two other people.

You need to know Chuck Stedham, who is the longtime worship leader who served along Pastor John

and he need to know Tom Stellar, a longtime co-pastor with Pastor John.

There will be a scene in a moment with Chuck on stage leading musical worship and Tom

to Pastor John's side during musical worship.

Here now is Pastor John talking about how we recharge for the Christian life, which is

really a celebration of corporate worship.

Have a listen.

The reasons that corporate worship, singing, praying, responsive readings, confessing

our sins, preaching is so uniquely powerful.

I want to use a superlative here.

That's risky because God shows up superlatively in one-on-one moments and you yourself alone

with Him moments and any one of those can be exquisite power.

But on the whole, I would say, my sweetest communion with God happens with Chuck.

Chuck is a symbol when I say that, but he was the leader in those moments and so what

I mean is corporate worship, singing, why is it?

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