Welcome to Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin.

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Week two of our worship is war series. Interesting timing in the world. You've said it both weeks, but just the fact that you plan over a year in advance our sermon series. And it just seems time and time again, this is the first time it's happened,

where the events around us in the world, the sermon series seems perfectly placed with what's

going on in the world. It's kind of crazy. It's very crazy. Very humbly. But I'm, I don't know

what the right word is so I'm coming out of 10 10 life I had this feeling

we talked about it at a creative offsite I go in the woods with my Bible I'm like all right

Lord's for church I mean what are we going to do for two years you know and and then I'm watching the world burned down back in the day with my Bible. I'm like, all right, Lord's for church. I mean, what are we going to do for two years, you know? And then I'm watching the world burn down back in the day, and I just had this overwhelming sense that it's like people need a shepherd. So I end up in John 10. I do those, however many divos I did online, you know, and then that led to the 10-10 life. You get to the end of it, and you see that like over 2,000 babies are saved, and you see all the things, and you're like, holy crap,

I think the God of the universe talk to be. Yeah. You know? Yeah. I have that feeling these last two weeks. No doubt. And we know it. Like, we know that if we draw near to him, he'll draw near to us. we know that you don't hear the voice of God,

you just read the Bible out loud.

We know that, but I try very hard to be sensitive to what God wants

our church to do. As you guys know, I'm not, I'm not like a super strategic person, you know,

and, but you can't really make up that the events from in the arena to the study in the life of Elijah to worship his war as this thing that is happening and saturated, that our church seems really well prepared by the spirit of God to process and take the right steps in response

to the activities of God and the enemy in our world right now.

For sure.

So this week was it as well.

And tonight we're joined with Pastor Michael Olson, worship leader, pastor, songwriter, dad of three boys, husband to Ashley.

Yeah, you're an infectious worship leader because of your genuine conviction as you sing songs.

And so I'm really excited that you're here to unpack some of this.

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