1 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,770 Matt Edmundson: Welcome to this week's crowd church service. 2 00:00:11,210 --> 00:00:15,130 We are a digital church on a quest to discover how Jesus helps 3 00:00:15,130 --> 00:00:17,670 us live a more meaningful life. 4 00:00:18,099 --> 00:00:22,470 We are a community, a space to explore the Christian faith and a place 5 00:00:22,470 --> 00:00:24,349 where you can contribute and grow. 6 00:00:25,610 --> 00:00:30,180 I want to invite you to connect with us here at Crowd Church and there are 7 00:00:30,180 --> 00:00:33,370 a few ways that you can do just that. 8 00:00:33,690 --> 00:00:38,809 Firstly, you can engage with Crowd from any device during our live stream 9 00:00:39,269 --> 00:00:43,160 and if you're up for it, why not invite a few friends over and explore? 10 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:45,250 experience the service together. 11 00:00:45,580 --> 00:00:50,360 Church is all about connecting with God and connecting with others. 12 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,830 And one of the easiest ways for you to do that is to also join one of our 13 00:00:55,190 --> 00:01:00,209 mid week groups, where we meet online together to catch up and discover 14 00:01:00,229 --> 00:01:02,669 more about the amazingness of Christ. 15 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,960 You can also subscribe to our podcast called What's The Story. 16 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:11,690 It's the story where we deep dive into stories of faith and 17 00:01:11,690 --> 00:01:14,330 courage from everyday people. 18 00:01:15,850 --> 00:01:19,760 More information about all of these things that I've mentioned can 19 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,910 be found on our website at www. 20 00:01:22,940 --> 00:01:23,320 crowd. 21 00:01:23,580 --> 00:01:28,160 church or you can reach us on social media at Crowd Church. 22 00:01:30,550 --> 00:01:33,920 If you're new to Crowd or new to the Christian faith and would like 23 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,580 to know what your next why not head over to our website, crowd. 24 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,840 church forward slash next, for more details. 25 00:01:45,330 --> 00:01:49,070 And now, the moment you've been waiting for is here. 26 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:52,690 Our online church service starts right now. 27 00:01:52,755 --> 00:01:54,895 Good evening and welcome to Crowd Church. 28 00:01:55,235 --> 00:02:00,125 My name is Matt Edmundson and beside me is the beautiful, the legendary, Glegler. 29 00:02:00,475 --> 00:02:00,575 Claire Glare: Hi! 30 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:05,155 Oh, just one hand possessed. 31 00:02:06,965 --> 00:02:07,745 A random hand. 32 00:02:10,285 --> 00:02:12,165 Matt Edmundson: We're having too much fun here today, ladies and gentlemen. 33 00:02:12,165 --> 00:02:12,565 Let me tell you. 34 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,940 Welcome to Crowd Church. 35 00:02:13,950 --> 00:02:16,290 If this is your first time with us, a very warm welcome to you. 36 00:02:16,290 --> 00:02:16,920 It's great that you're here. 37 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:17,960 Great that you can be with us. 38 00:02:18,460 --> 00:02:21,200 If you are a regular, it will look different again because 39 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,490 we're streaming on Instagram. 40 00:02:22,510 --> 00:02:25,180 So we have to do this two camera shot thing. 41 00:02:25,950 --> 00:02:28,820 Otherwise it doesn't make sense for Instagram and the vertical live streaming. 42 00:02:28,820 --> 00:02:31,060 So that's why we're doing what we're doing. 43 00:02:31,770 --> 00:02:33,120 So very warm welcome to you. 44 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:33,580 Good to see you. 45 00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:34,730 Good to see you, Sarah. 46 00:02:35,060 --> 00:02:35,980 Andy's in the comments. 47 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:37,180 Jenny's in the comments. 48 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:39,080 We've got Peter in the comments as well. 49 00:02:39,490 --> 00:02:42,360 We've got Matt Crew in the comments and we've got me testing 50 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:43,560 every platform in the comments. 51 00:02:45,870 --> 00:02:46,860 Claire Glare: And I'm just clueless. 52 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,850 No, never. 53 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:50,700 I don't even have an Insta account. 54 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,630 Do you not have an Instagram account? 55 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:54,080 I'm 51. 56 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:56,160 I know, it's impossible to believe. 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,600 Matt Edmundson: But I'm the similar sort of age. 58 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:02,660 In fact, I'm the identical age. 59 00:03:03,090 --> 00:03:04,220 And I have an Instagram account. 60 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:04,640 Yeah, but 61 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,150 Claire Glare: you Do stuff like that, don't you, for a living? 62 00:03:09,860 --> 00:03:11,160 I'm just like, I'm just trying it. 63 00:03:11,870 --> 00:03:14,400 I don't, I've even taken Facebook off my phone now, just oh really? 64 00:03:14,830 --> 00:03:15,140 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 65 00:03:15,210 --> 00:03:16,380 Are you just shutting it off for that whole thing? 66 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:17,690 Claire Glare: I just, I haven't got the time. 67 00:03:17,690 --> 00:03:19,240 Matt Edmundson: Fair play. 68 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,850 Claire Glare: It's not that I don't, I'm not interested, it's just, yeah. 69 00:03:23,150 --> 00:03:24,640 Matt Edmundson: Yeah we are an online church. 70 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:25,280 Claire Glare: Yes. 71 00:03:27,190 --> 00:03:29,610 Matt Edmundson: We do the church digitally, it's just that Clare doesn't 72 00:03:29,610 --> 00:03:34,280 do Instagram, Facebook or any of the other platforms because she's not got time. 73 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:34,517 Claire Glare: But 74 00:03:34,517 --> 00:03:34,992 Matt Edmundson: I'm here. 75 00:03:34,992 --> 00:03:36,417 Very grateful you are in fact 76 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:36,655 Claire Glare: here. 77 00:03:36,655 --> 00:03:37,790 I'm honoured to be here. 78 00:03:40,140 --> 00:03:40,950 Matt Edmundson: Oh, brilliant. 79 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:41,420 Love it. 80 00:03:41,470 --> 00:03:41,790 Love it. 81 00:03:41,790 --> 00:03:42,030 Love it. 82 00:03:42,030 --> 00:03:42,270 Love it. 83 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:43,340 Warm welcome to you. 84 00:03:43,660 --> 00:03:44,750 Great if you're joining us. 85 00:03:44,750 --> 00:03:46,100 Great if you're joining us on Instagram. 86 00:03:46,110 --> 00:03:48,380 Let us know how, if it's working okay on 87 00:03:48,380 --> 00:03:49,090 Claire Glare: Instagram. 88 00:03:49,090 --> 00:03:49,930 Nicola's here as well, which is 89 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:50,240 Matt Edmundson: nice. 90 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,710 Nicola's, oh yeah, Nicola's here as well. 91 00:03:51,730 --> 00:03:52,930 Yeah, great to see everybody. 92 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,830 Matt says, please do not sing, Claire. 93 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:57,520 Claire Glare: We've already done some singing, haven't we? 94 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:58,050 Matt Edmundson: We have. 95 00:03:58,050 --> 00:03:58,310 Claire Glare: Yeah. 96 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:01,540 And I went, oh no, we're in karaoke mode already. 97 00:04:01,780 --> 00:04:02,350 Stop. 98 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:03,790 Stop with the karaoke. 99 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:04,370 It was 100 00:04:04,370 --> 00:04:05,520 Matt Edmundson: slightly dis Oh, look. 101 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:05,560 Okay. 102 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:06,110 Have they 103 00:04:06,110 --> 00:04:06,400 Claire Glare: won? 104 00:04:06,620 --> 00:04:06,820 Matt Edmundson: No. 105 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:07,690 I see that. 106 00:04:08,050 --> 00:04:08,920 Sorry, I'm just checking. 107 00:04:09,310 --> 00:04:10,790 I've got the Instagram feed on my phone. 108 00:04:10,890 --> 00:04:11,610 Claire Glare: Oh, okay. 109 00:04:12,170 --> 00:04:13,360 Too many screens for me. 110 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,440 Matt Edmundson: Way too many screens going on here. 111 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,460 Way too many screens. 112 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:17,780 Nicholas says, where's the knitting? 113 00:04:18,470 --> 00:04:18,740 Dun. 114 00:04:18,770 --> 00:04:19,260 Later, 115 00:04:19,370 --> 00:04:20,785 Claire Glare: I'll show you how I'm doing. 116 00:04:20,785 --> 00:04:22,880 Matt Edmundson: Just don't you don't want to disappoint really, do you? 117 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,560 Claire Glare: Matt reminded me actually, today. 118 00:04:25,650 --> 00:04:25,890 I did. 119 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:27,070 He said bring your knitting. 120 00:04:27,070 --> 00:04:27,213 I did. 121 00:04:27,213 --> 00:04:27,356 Bring your 122 00:04:27,356 --> 00:04:27,726 Matt Edmundson: knitting. 123 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:29,656 Gotta bring the knitting, gotta bring the knitting. 124 00:04:29,666 --> 00:04:31,306 So yeah, a warm welcome to you. 125 00:04:31,306 --> 00:04:34,226 This is not a knitting channel by the way, this is actually church online. 126 00:04:34,536 --> 00:04:36,446 So yes, welcome to you. 127 00:04:36,736 --> 00:04:38,386 We are Crowd Church. 128 00:04:38,456 --> 00:04:40,156 A great place to explore the Christian Faith. 129 00:04:40,196 --> 00:04:42,656 So for this first time with us very warm welcome. 130 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:44,586 Alistair is on Instagram. 131 00:04:44,906 --> 00:04:45,926 Oh, yes he is. 132 00:04:46,846 --> 00:04:47,436 Love you guys. 133 00:04:47,466 --> 00:04:48,306 Love you too, Alistair. 134 00:04:48,496 --> 00:04:49,436 Absolute legend. 135 00:04:49,846 --> 00:04:51,166 And so it's great that you could join us. 136 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:53,556 You should, I wish I could show everybody. 137 00:04:54,086 --> 00:04:57,066 One day I'll get a camera hooked up and you'll be able to see all the screens and 138 00:04:57,076 --> 00:04:58,716 monitors that are around us right now. 139 00:04:59,376 --> 00:05:00,866 One of which, I'm not going to lie. 140 00:05:01,316 --> 00:05:03,626 Claire Glare: I was about to, I was about to bring it out. 141 00:05:03,627 --> 00:05:04,796 I was about to say. 142 00:05:04,806 --> 00:05:04,856 It's an 143 00:05:04,856 --> 00:05:06,406 Matt Edmundson: iPad with the Liverpool game on it. 144 00:05:07,736 --> 00:05:08,316 Claire Glare: Horror. 145 00:05:08,636 --> 00:05:09,076 Horror. 146 00:05:09,136 --> 00:05:10,086 I'm horrified. 147 00:05:10,526 --> 00:05:12,036 I'm an Evertonian if I'm out. 148 00:05:12,436 --> 00:05:13,066 You're an Evertonian? 149 00:05:13,066 --> 00:05:13,226 Yeah. 150 00:05:14,011 --> 00:05:14,781 Did you not know that? 151 00:05:15,021 --> 00:05:20,071 If I'm anything, I'm not really anything, but if I'm anything, I'm in the blue. 152 00:05:20,511 --> 00:05:23,251 Because they are the people's team, really, in Liverpool. 153 00:05:23,252 --> 00:05:26,831 I might be excommunicated. 154 00:05:27,351 --> 00:05:28,401 Matt Edmundson: I'm just going to look for that button where I 155 00:05:28,401 --> 00:05:29,521 can switch your microphone off. 156 00:05:30,351 --> 00:05:31,151 So I'm not happy. 157 00:05:31,311 --> 00:05:31,881 I'm not happy. 158 00:05:32,991 --> 00:05:33,681 Did not know that. 159 00:05:34,091 --> 00:05:36,901 Lala's on her, oh shit, Lala's moved to Instagram now. 160 00:05:37,061 --> 00:05:37,991 Ah, very good. 161 00:05:38,491 --> 00:05:40,671 Claire Glare: I wonder whether some people Alistair says 162 00:05:40,671 --> 00:05:40,961 Matt Edmundson: why. 163 00:05:40,981 --> 00:05:43,621 Why on earth would you want to be an Everton supporter 164 00:05:43,621 --> 00:05:44,191 and not a Liverpool supporter? 165 00:05:44,221 --> 00:05:44,931 Claire Glare: Underdog. 166 00:05:45,061 --> 00:05:46,381 Always the underdog. 167 00:05:46,681 --> 00:05:47,441 It's about justice. 168 00:05:47,631 --> 00:05:50,581 It's about equaling the balance. 169 00:05:50,581 --> 00:05:54,771 It's about Fighting Against The Odds, basically. 170 00:05:54,772 --> 00:05:56,812 There, that's the gospel in 171 00:05:56,812 --> 00:05:58,832 Matt Edmundson: a nutshell. 172 00:05:58,862 --> 00:06:00,662 The gospel is Everton Football Club. 173 00:06:01,242 --> 00:06:02,362 Yeah, it's not, ladies and gentlemen. 174 00:06:02,842 --> 00:06:05,072 I just wanted you to know we're not promoting heresy on this channel. 175 00:06:05,072 --> 00:06:08,042 Matt, is the crowd WhatsApp not working at the moment? 176 00:06:08,072 --> 00:06:10,842 I've noticed that some messages are not being picked up, answered. 177 00:06:11,472 --> 00:06:12,502 Although maybe that's just mine. 178 00:06:12,762 --> 00:06:14,822 Actually, that's a very good question, Jen. 179 00:06:14,832 --> 00:06:16,772 The WhatsApp is not working at the moment. 180 00:06:16,782 --> 00:06:18,442 So if you have tried us. 181 00:06:18,457 --> 00:06:22,437 To reach us on WhatsApp, you might well have struggled and I'm trying to get it 182 00:06:22,437 --> 00:06:26,447 sorted out, and it does not seem to be resolving itself for whatever reason, 183 00:06:26,477 --> 00:06:30,347 and I genuinely don't know what the problem is, I don't know why WhatsApp is 184 00:06:30,347 --> 00:06:32,947 not working, so just use email for now. 185 00:06:32,977 --> 00:06:34,317 I need to take the WhatsApp off the website. 186 00:06:36,207 --> 00:06:37,567 Claire Glare: That's been going on for a few days, has it? 187 00:06:37,667 --> 00:06:40,057 Matt Edmundson: It's been going on for a week and a half and we've been trying 188 00:06:40,057 --> 00:06:43,227 all kinds of things to try and get it sorted out, yeah, sorry about that. 189 00:06:43,227 --> 00:06:44,267 But yeah, good point, Jen. 190 00:06:44,267 --> 00:06:45,097 Thanks for letting me know. 191 00:06:45,137 --> 00:06:47,157 And just to let you all know, if you do try and reach that through 192 00:06:47,167 --> 00:06:50,547 WhatsApp, you're going to struggle, but you can reach us on WhatsApp 193 00:06:50,667 --> 00:06:53,927 which you'll find on the website, or you can reach us via social media. 194 00:06:53,927 --> 00:06:55,297 So the website is www. 195 00:06:55,327 --> 00:06:55,677 crowd. 196 00:06:55,677 --> 00:06:57,667 church, social media at Crowd Church. 197 00:06:58,067 --> 00:07:02,547 Any of those will work whilst WhatsApp is getting sorted out. 198 00:07:06,187 --> 00:07:06,547 Nothing. 199 00:07:06,547 --> 00:07:06,937 I've not, 200 00:07:06,942 --> 00:07:07,807 Claire Glare: I have nothing to add. 201 00:07:07,912 --> 00:07:08,432 I dunno either. 202 00:07:08,792 --> 00:07:09,272 Matt Edmundson: I dunno. 203 00:07:09,602 --> 00:07:12,472 , look, I'm so from these comments, I know they're funny comments. 204 00:07:12,592 --> 00:07:13,462 It could be worse. 205 00:07:13,462 --> 00:07:14,812 She could be a Palace fan. 206 00:07:16,942 --> 00:07:18,407 . Claire Glare: I know that's Crystal Palace. 207 00:07:18,457 --> 00:07:20,347 That's as good as it gets in football for me. 208 00:07:20,677 --> 00:07:21,347 I've yeah. 209 00:07:21,677 --> 00:07:24,192 Matt Edmundson: Are you, so Sarah, does that mean you're a Palace fan? 210 00:07:24,282 --> 00:07:24,762 I dunno. 211 00:07:24,792 --> 00:07:24,942 Is 212 00:07:24,942 --> 00:07:26,262 Claire Glare: that, is she called Sarah? 213 00:07:26,452 --> 00:07:26,842 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 214 00:07:26,842 --> 00:07:27,002 Yeah. 215 00:07:27,002 --> 00:07:30,412 She's moved from YouTube where she was on, and now she's gone 216 00:07:30,412 --> 00:07:32,412 to Instagram, Lala Hereford. 217 00:07:32,432 --> 00:07:33,282 So that's Nicola. 218 00:07:33,792 --> 00:07:36,882 She says Dave Conn is an Everton fan, which is actually true. 219 00:07:37,062 --> 00:07:41,232 And Dave Conn is doing today's talk. 220 00:07:41,482 --> 00:07:43,002 So yeah, Sarah's a Palace fan. 221 00:07:43,092 --> 00:07:44,002 Her dad's from Croydon. 222 00:07:44,222 --> 00:07:49,582 Claire Glare: But the Church of Jesus is a broad place, and all football fans 223 00:07:49,932 --> 00:07:52,072 are welcome, and non football fans even. 224 00:07:53,067 --> 00:07:53,477 Matt Edmundson: Yes, 225 00:07:54,037 --> 00:07:55,317 Claire Glare: just the disclaimer. 226 00:07:56,237 --> 00:07:56,907 Matt Edmundson: Just the disclaimer. 227 00:07:57,137 --> 00:07:59,547 I'm trying to figure out why that comment still on the screen. 228 00:07:59,547 --> 00:07:59,967 Sorry. 229 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:01,257 Oh, sorry. 230 00:08:01,437 --> 00:08:02,217 There we go. 231 00:08:02,317 --> 00:08:03,087 Claire Glare: No spoilers. 232 00:08:03,187 --> 00:08:04,277 3:1 for Liverpool. 233 00:08:04,537 --> 00:08:06,887 They've just scored another one. 234 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:07,822 Sorry. 235 00:08:07,822 --> 00:08:08,742 Was that really bad? 236 00:08:08,742 --> 00:08:09,522 Is that really? 237 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:12,532 Is that the non done thing in the football world? 238 00:08:12,942 --> 00:08:13,232 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 239 00:08:13,252 --> 00:08:13,472 Sorry. 240 00:08:13,472 --> 00:08:15,735 I've just, oh, but Jürgen Zappi. 241 00:08:15,985 --> 00:08:16,905 Jürgen is happy. 242 00:08:17,005 --> 00:08:17,365 Yes. 243 00:08:17,995 --> 00:08:19,715 Very sorry about revealing the scores. 244 00:08:19,785 --> 00:08:20,775 Clad doesn't do football. 245 00:08:21,895 --> 00:08:23,565 So if you're watching this while the football is going 246 00:08:23,565 --> 00:08:24,725 on, very warm welcome to you. 247 00:08:25,105 --> 00:08:26,655 Coventry scored again. 248 00:08:26,655 --> 00:08:28,775 So okay we're getting all the scores coming in on the comments. 249 00:08:28,785 --> 00:08:31,435 So yeah, we're keep them coming, it's good to keep up with it. 250 00:08:32,125 --> 00:08:33,955 We do Jesus and football, that's what we do. 251 00:08:34,185 --> 00:08:36,455 Claire Glare: And knitting, and karaoke. 252 00:08:37,655 --> 00:08:39,605 I think we've got many, and woodwork. 253 00:08:39,845 --> 00:08:40,935 We've got many strings to our bows. 254 00:08:41,195 --> 00:08:42,745 Matt Edmundson: We have crowd churches, not just Not 255 00:08:42,745 --> 00:08:43,475 Claire Glare: violin in. 256 00:08:44,245 --> 00:08:46,255 Although I did do that when I was in 257 00:08:46,255 --> 00:08:46,805 Matt Edmundson: primary school. 258 00:08:46,805 --> 00:08:48,985 Claire Glare: I got up to grade three on the viola. 259 00:08:49,615 --> 00:08:50,235 Oh, viola? 260 00:08:50,275 --> 00:08:52,425 Yeah, because I think they ran out of violins. 261 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:54,960 So I was a bit, I had the longer one. 262 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,270 Matt Edmundson: Is a viola just like a shorter, smaller violin? 263 00:08:57,290 --> 00:08:57,730 Longer. 264 00:08:57,850 --> 00:08:58,470 Oh, is it longer? 265 00:08:58,630 --> 00:08:59,060 Okay. 266 00:08:59,500 --> 00:08:59,720 Yeah. 267 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:01,320 I knew that was a size differential. 268 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,080 Yeah, very good. 269 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,850 Okay, so coming up today, we are talking about wholeness. 270 00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:11,460 We've been doing a whole series on wholeness and we are in the first part 271 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:14,180 of five sections that we're looking at where wholeness is concerned. 272 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:15,205 Do you remember what the five sections are? 273 00:09:16,695 --> 00:09:17,295 No, you don't do. 274 00:09:20,275 --> 00:09:23,005 Claire Glare: I've got to be one of the worst hosts that you have I'm 275 00:09:23,005 --> 00:09:23,615 Matt Edmundson: so sorry. 276 00:09:23,615 --> 00:09:27,268 No, you're one of my favourites, it's just great. 277 00:09:27,268 --> 00:09:27,674 It's 278 00:09:27,674 --> 00:09:28,486 Claire Glare: not polished. 279 00:09:28,486 --> 00:09:31,327 It will be physical health, mental health. 280 00:09:31,327 --> 00:09:34,585 Those are, yeah, no, I've no idea. 281 00:09:34,645 --> 00:09:36,925 Yeah, spiritual disciplines, was that one of them? 282 00:09:37,765 --> 00:09:41,445 No, you tell us what the actual orderly were, are. 283 00:09:43,675 --> 00:09:47,235 Matt Edmundson: Spiritual health, soul health, body health, 284 00:09:47,435 --> 00:09:49,245 relationship health, economic health. 285 00:09:49,285 --> 00:09:50,865 They're the five areas that we're looking at. 286 00:09:50,875 --> 00:09:51,185 Good. 287 00:09:51,495 --> 00:09:52,585 Where wholeness is concerned. 288 00:09:52,595 --> 00:09:55,115 So yeah, we're going to be looking at those, which is going to be great. 289 00:09:55,115 --> 00:09:56,285 So we're in the first ones. 290 00:09:56,415 --> 00:09:57,435 We're still doing spiritual health. 291 00:09:57,515 --> 00:09:57,765 Yeah. 292 00:09:58,085 --> 00:09:58,635 Which is good. 293 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:03,445 And so last week when I was on my, if you're a regular to crowd, you'll 294 00:10:03,445 --> 00:10:04,825 know that I was on a course last week. 295 00:10:05,250 --> 00:10:09,320 And Dan and Ruth hosted and introduced the Fruits of the Spirit. 296 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,820 Sharon, my beautiful wife, did a talk on love. 297 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,150 Because she is just a lovely person. 298 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:16,570 She is. 299 00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:17,540 Claire Glare: She is. 300 00:10:19,330 --> 00:10:19,470 Matt Edmundson: Brilliant. 301 00:10:19,470 --> 00:10:20,480 Yeah, no doubt. 302 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,920 So anyway, so she did that talk. 303 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,810 So we're looking at the Fruits of the Spirit, which is how would you 304 00:10:25,810 --> 00:10:26,880 explain the Fruits of the Spirit? 305 00:10:30,115 --> 00:10:31,045 Claire Glare: Put me on the spot, Matt. 306 00:10:31,545 --> 00:10:35,435 I think it's the analogy of a tree, isn't it? 307 00:10:35,445 --> 00:10:40,745 So what we are planted in are the, our relationship with Jesus, 308 00:10:40,955 --> 00:10:44,405 relying on the blood of Jesus and all that he's done for us. 309 00:10:46,335 --> 00:10:50,305 And that daily relationship, then what flows out of us. 310 00:10:50,305 --> 00:10:51,525 Is that okay? 311 00:10:51,525 --> 00:10:51,595 Okay. 312 00:10:51,595 --> 00:10:54,005 Matt Edmundson: Is that right? 313 00:10:54,795 --> 00:10:55,165 What do you think? 314 00:10:55,165 --> 00:10:55,625 Is that okay? 315 00:10:57,505 --> 00:10:59,175 Claire Glare: I'm sure somebody else has got a bad time. 316 00:11:00,685 --> 00:11:02,245 Dave will have one for us tonight. 317 00:11:02,255 --> 00:11:02,885 Matt Edmundson: Dave will have one. 318 00:11:02,885 --> 00:11:06,285 So yeah, so the fruits of the spirit like Claire said and actually as 319 00:11:06,285 --> 00:11:09,765 we, for me, as the Holy Spirit lives in you, this is what outworks out. 320 00:11:09,845 --> 00:11:10,205 Yeah. 321 00:11:10,425 --> 00:11:12,425 So the Holy Spirit in you outworks through you. 322 00:11:12,465 --> 00:11:12,715 Yeah. 323 00:11:12,725 --> 00:11:13,265 These things, right? 324 00:11:13,815 --> 00:11:16,185 And so like an apple tree bears apples. 325 00:11:16,215 --> 00:11:16,475 Yeah. 326 00:11:16,775 --> 00:11:17,815 So the fruits of the spirit. 327 00:11:17,815 --> 00:11:17,900 Yeah. 328 00:11:18,270 --> 00:11:19,790 We bear the things of God. 329 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:20,150 And 330 00:11:20,150 --> 00:11:22,330 Claire Glare: it's unforced, isn't it? 331 00:11:22,330 --> 00:11:22,740 Yeah. 332 00:11:22,740 --> 00:11:26,080 So if you're, Oh, this is really funny. 333 00:11:27,450 --> 00:11:28,460 Oh gosh, that sounds a bit scary. 334 00:11:29,310 --> 00:11:29,740 Sorry. 335 00:11:30,070 --> 00:11:32,570 Forced laughter isn't real joy, is it? 336 00:11:32,970 --> 00:11:33,190 Matt Edmundson: No. 337 00:11:33,190 --> 00:11:37,370 Claire Glare: Yeah. 338 00:11:37,370 --> 00:11:39,030 Whereas we're having a really joyful time. 339 00:11:39,220 --> 00:11:39,420 We 340 00:11:39,420 --> 00:11:39,820 Matt Edmundson: are. 341 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:40,520 Unforced. 342 00:11:40,610 --> 00:11:44,390 It's actually when, I don't know if Sadaf did it deliberately 343 00:11:44,390 --> 00:11:45,630 that you and I did the joy one. 344 00:11:45,630 --> 00:11:46,120 I don't 345 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:46,130 Claire Glare: know. 346 00:11:46,570 --> 00:11:50,680 I would, I, like one of my favorite verses in the Bible is the joy of 347 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:51,630 the Lord will be your strength. 348 00:11:51,790 --> 00:11:58,210 And I would definitely say that joy is, and fun, and I don't mean that 349 00:11:58,220 --> 00:12:02,170 in a frivolous way, but actually it's a really important part. 350 00:12:02,420 --> 00:12:06,440 And I think it's kept me mentally really healthy over the years. 351 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,020 And and and that's a gift, isn't it? 352 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:11,140 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, very much it is very much so 353 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,250 Claire Glare: yes, so joy. 354 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:14,140 I did say, excited to be here. 355 00:12:14,390 --> 00:12:15,340 Matt Edmundson: Unspeakable joy. 356 00:12:15,390 --> 00:12:16,190 Yeah, absolutely. 357 00:12:16,190 --> 00:12:18,770 So that's going to be today's topic. 358 00:12:18,810 --> 00:12:20,980 We've got Dave Connolly talking about that. 359 00:12:20,980 --> 00:12:22,700 So what's going to happen is we're going to play that talk. 360 00:12:22,710 --> 00:12:23,840 You can watch that talk. 361 00:12:25,170 --> 00:12:26,580 And I'm just looking at the comments here. 362 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,510 Nicola says, I've got bad ribs. 363 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:29,980 Please stop making me laugh. 364 00:12:30,690 --> 00:12:31,610 Claire Glare: That's a good start. 365 00:12:31,850 --> 00:12:33,270 Yeah, we don't want to hurt you anymore. 366 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,450 But mad woman laughter is also bad. 367 00:12:36,430 --> 00:12:38,000 Matt Crew, you kill me. 368 00:12:39,980 --> 00:12:41,190 Just evil. 369 00:12:41,660 --> 00:12:43,420 Matt Edmundson: I hope he's talking about you and not me. 370 00:12:45,380 --> 00:12:46,240 That's all I'm saying. 371 00:12:49,630 --> 00:12:49,970 You've got 372 00:12:49,970 --> 00:12:50,700 Claire Glare: a muttly laugh, 373 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:50,860 Matt Edmundson: haven't you? 374 00:12:50,910 --> 00:12:52,240 I have got a bit of a muttly laugh. 375 00:12:52,450 --> 00:12:54,060 You're showing your age now, you're 15. 376 00:12:54,060 --> 00:12:54,090 It's 377 00:12:54,380 --> 00:12:57,120 Claire Glare: alright, I'm happy to, I'm ageing gracefully. 378 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:00,600 I think, possibly. 379 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:01,500 Matt Edmundson: Possibly. 380 00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:02,220 We don't know. 381 00:13:02,870 --> 00:13:03,520 Claire Glare: We don't know. 382 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:03,710 We 383 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:04,020 Matt Edmundson: don't know. 384 00:13:04,490 --> 00:13:06,200 So yes, we're going to play the talk. 385 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,320 During the talk, write your thoughts, comments, ideas, questions, whatever's 386 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,150 going on, write them in the comments, because after the talk, Claire and I 387 00:13:13,150 --> 00:13:15,500 are going to be back for a bit more banter, a bit more fun, but we'll get 388 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:16,680 into your questions, your thoughts. 389 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:19,520 We're going to talk a lot more about this topic of joy. 390 00:13:20,410 --> 00:13:21,810 But carry on, it's great, says Nicholas. 391 00:13:21,830 --> 00:13:23,600 So yes, we're gonna have a bit of a joy filled time. 392 00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:24,830 Do stick with us. 393 00:13:24,830 --> 00:13:27,045 We're going to be around probably for another 45 minutes. 394 00:13:27,245 --> 00:13:28,645 The service normally lasts about an hour. 395 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:32,775 So it's quarter past six here in the UK, so we'll be here till about seven. 396 00:13:33,225 --> 00:13:35,095 Whatever your platform you're on, stay with us. 397 00:13:35,095 --> 00:13:35,925 Do write in the comments. 398 00:13:35,945 --> 00:13:37,235 It'd be great to see you in there. 399 00:13:37,245 --> 00:13:39,535 I'm looking for the button on my control bar, which I've now found. 400 00:13:39,635 --> 00:13:40,935 That's why he was rambling on. 401 00:13:42,885 --> 00:13:44,785 It's an amazing little button machine he's got. 402 00:13:44,845 --> 00:13:45,225 It is. 403 00:13:45,265 --> 00:13:48,175 But the trouble is, because when I'm looking at the camera like 404 00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:50,335 this I don't need my glasses. 405 00:13:51,190 --> 00:13:53,560 Because I'm looking at the camera and I can see everything clearly on the screen. 406 00:13:53,570 --> 00:13:55,390 When I'm looking down here, I haven't got a clue what it says. 407 00:13:55,410 --> 00:13:57,020 Claire Glare: You're that, you're not. 408 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:59,890 Matt Edmundson: Have you noticed, you can see here, ladies and gentlemen, the 409 00:13:59,890 --> 00:14:02,150 buttons on the pad are quite far apart. 410 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:05,190 So I can't accidentally press the wrong one. 411 00:14:05,810 --> 00:14:06,810 So I know that one's a talk. 412 00:14:07,230 --> 00:14:07,680 Claire Glare: So yeah. 413 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:08,320 Matt Edmundson: Anyway. 414 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:09,530 You found the 415 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:10,140 Claire Glare: right button. 416 00:14:11,580 --> 00:14:12,450 Hit the button. 417 00:14:13,850 --> 00:14:14,590 Matt Edmundson: Exactly what I've done. 418 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,980 So I'm going to hit the right button. 419 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:16,890 We're going to play Dave's talk. 420 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,180 Claire and I will be back very shortly after this talk, but yeah, get in 421 00:14:20,180 --> 00:14:21,080 the comments, we'll see you in there. 422 00:14:23,910 --> 00:14:25,750 Dave Connolly: Today's topic is joy. 423 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:32,680 Christian joy is a deep, steadfast contentment rooted in faith. 424 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:38,930 Philippians 4 verse 4 says this, Rejoice in the Lord always, 425 00:14:39,630 --> 00:14:42,290 I will say it again, Rejoice. 426 00:14:43,780 --> 00:14:47,880 When you think of the word rejoice, what do you typically think of? 427 00:14:49,270 --> 00:14:53,740 We might think rejoicing as being in a state of constant happiness 428 00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:59,650 and celebrating every detail of our lives with unending cheerfulness. 429 00:15:01,060 --> 00:15:05,400 We could be asking, what does it mean to rejoice in the Lord always? 430 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:09,140 So Paul is calling for celebration. 431 00:15:09,810 --> 00:15:14,490 The difference between joy and secular happiness is that the 432 00:15:14,490 --> 00:15:16,610 latter depends on what's happening. 433 00:15:17,630 --> 00:15:20,310 It is circumstantially driven, we could say. 434 00:15:21,950 --> 00:15:25,780 If things are going in an upward direction in life, we 435 00:15:25,780 --> 00:15:28,970 are likely to feel up or happy. 436 00:15:29,770 --> 00:15:34,300 But if things are tough, we may also feel down and sad. 437 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,100 This keeps you on an emotional rollercoaster. 438 00:15:39,380 --> 00:15:46,350 Biblical joy, by contrast, has to do with stability and celebration on the inside. 439 00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:53,350 Regardless of circumstances on the outside, we must choose to rejoice. 440 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:59,330 In order to experience the joy God promises us, we might be 441 00:15:59,330 --> 00:16:01,150 asking, how do you do that? 442 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:07,410 Think of God as you would someone you can see right there in front of you. 443 00:16:08,790 --> 00:16:14,770 You know that close family member, close friend, co worker, or someone from your 444 00:16:14,770 --> 00:16:16,930 church community or your neighbourhood. 445 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:24,500 When we spend time with someone that brings us joy and happiness, we rejoice 446 00:16:24,570 --> 00:16:26,600 or we delight in being with them. 447 00:16:27,505 --> 00:16:28,765 We celebrate her. 448 00:16:30,705 --> 00:16:34,675 God's Word describes joy as full or complete. 449 00:16:35,715 --> 00:16:41,045 Joy satisfies the heart in ways that temporary happiness can never do. 450 00:16:41,715 --> 00:16:44,575 Let's focus in on today's key scripture. 451 00:16:46,165 --> 00:16:48,365 Rejoice in the Lord always. 452 00:16:48,505 --> 00:16:51,175 Again, I will say, rejoice. 453 00:16:51,615 --> 00:16:54,315 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. 454 00:16:55,235 --> 00:16:56,425 The Lord is near. 455 00:16:57,230 --> 00:17:01,680 Do not worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and 456 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:06,830 supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God. 457 00:17:07,810 --> 00:17:12,660 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your 458 00:17:12,660 --> 00:17:15,810 hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 459 00:17:16,630 --> 00:17:20,590 And we read that in Philippians chapter 4, verses 4 to 7. 460 00:17:21,890 --> 00:17:26,250 Look at that opening line, Rejoice in the Lord always. 461 00:17:26,570 --> 00:17:28,930 Again, I will say rejoice. 462 00:17:30,430 --> 00:17:31,810 I just love that line. 463 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,840 I love the emphasis. 464 00:17:35,770 --> 00:17:41,280 These words are worth keeping close to us because they offer an incredible 465 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:48,740 promise, the promise of the peace of God which surpasses all understanding and 466 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:51,570 they offer a way to receive this peace. 467 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,530 Over the years I have sought to encourage myself by posting them around 468 00:17:57,530 --> 00:18:03,455 my home, around my office, I highlight them in my bible, Just because of the 469 00:18:03,455 --> 00:18:07,495 wonderful truth that joy brings strength. 470 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:14,745 I want to take a moment to reflect on these few words and on the peace 471 00:18:14,785 --> 00:18:16,875 which surpasses all understanding. 472 00:18:17,545 --> 00:18:21,335 See, we can link joy and peace together clearly. 473 00:18:22,535 --> 00:18:27,845 Paul begins this passage by calling us to rejoice in the Lord always. 474 00:18:29,085 --> 00:18:31,555 I just want to highlight something here to us. 475 00:18:32,715 --> 00:18:36,405 When Paul writes, again, I will say rejoice. 476 00:18:38,545 --> 00:18:42,185 Paul is writing these words from a prison cell in Rome. 477 00:18:43,365 --> 00:18:47,885 This joy that he is talking about is real to him. 478 00:18:48,325 --> 00:18:51,995 This is what he is experiencing in a time of trouble. 479 00:18:53,135 --> 00:18:58,705 That is so important to remember that he writes these words while being 480 00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:01,475 imprisoned because of his Christian faith. 481 00:19:02,845 --> 00:19:09,015 When Paul tells us that we can rejoice in the Lord always, he really means always. 482 00:19:10,425 --> 00:19:12,455 We might be asking, how? 483 00:19:13,095 --> 00:19:16,965 As we ask that question, let's find out what Paul tells us to do. 484 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:22,015 Again, he says, we do it by rejoicing in the Lord. 485 00:19:23,255 --> 00:19:28,895 We can always rejoice in the Lord, even when we cannot rejoice in other things 486 00:19:28,905 --> 00:19:32,605 happening to us or happening around us. 487 00:19:34,835 --> 00:19:38,445 I'm sure you will agree with me that there are some things happening 488 00:19:38,455 --> 00:19:42,945 in our world at the moment that are so difficult to rejoice in. 489 00:19:44,175 --> 00:19:47,655 Maybe there are some things that are happening in our own lives right now, 490 00:19:48,775 --> 00:19:52,735 That we struggle so much to rejoice in. 491 00:19:53,605 --> 00:19:59,435 But I want to tell you this, we can still rejoice in the Lord, because 492 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:07,415 God is always faithful, full of love and grace and mercy, and always 493 00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:11,265 there for us, always here with us. 494 00:20:11,265 --> 00:20:18,405 And so we can rejoice always, because we can always rejoice in the Lord. 495 00:20:20,225 --> 00:20:23,305 We rejoice no matter what is happening in our lives. 496 00:20:24,635 --> 00:20:30,905 No matter how bad it might seem, we have a God who loves us, a Saviour 497 00:20:30,915 --> 00:20:36,325 who died for us, and a promise from our God to be with us always. 498 00:20:37,815 --> 00:20:43,665 For us to rejoice in the Lord always requires us to fix our hearts and our 499 00:20:43,665 --> 00:20:48,925 minds, our attention on Him, regardless of all those things happening around us. 500 00:20:49,675 --> 00:20:51,145 And that takes a discipline. 501 00:20:52,625 --> 00:20:55,575 This passage is not just about rejoicing. 502 00:20:56,615 --> 00:20:58,045 Paul goes on to say. 503 00:20:58,260 --> 00:21:01,090 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. 504 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:03,360 The Lord is near. 505 00:21:04,020 --> 00:21:09,310 We can rejoice in the Lord and we can be gentle with those around us because we 506 00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:12,780 know and we believe that the Lord is near. 507 00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:19,680 Because we know and believe that the Lord is near, we can share our views, even our 508 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,810 passions, and we work hard for solutions. 509 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,220 But without ever needing to be argumentative or aggressive about it. 510 00:21:30,325 --> 00:21:34,225 And without overly worrying too much about the results of our efforts, 511 00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:41,535 we have this wonderful serenity in the midst of life's storms, because 512 00:21:41,555 --> 00:21:43,875 we know that the Lord is near. 513 00:21:45,005 --> 00:21:50,405 We believe that God still cares about our world, and so we do the best we can, 514 00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:53,445 but leave the rest to our amazing God. 515 00:21:54,785 --> 00:22:01,055 The Lord is near, we know that, so why would we not want to rejoice? 516 00:22:01,930 --> 00:22:05,600 And why shouldn't we have that unflappable serenity? 517 00:22:06,740 --> 00:22:10,720 And yes, we can ask what about those moments that crop up in life 518 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,490 when we find ourselves staying up at night worrying about something. 519 00:22:16,790 --> 00:22:18,470 All of us have done it, I'm sure. 520 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,100 There seems to be no end of things to worry about these days. 521 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:29,940 And I suspect that our news outlets like it that way because it keeps us tuned in. 522 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,480 The question for all of us is, what do we do with these worries? 523 00:22:36,405 --> 00:22:43,725 Paul goes on to say this in the passage, Do not worry about anything, but in 524 00:22:43,835 --> 00:22:47,305 everything, by prayer and supplication. 525 00:22:47,795 --> 00:22:52,445 With thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God. 526 00:22:54,135 --> 00:23:01,575 My friends, have you noticed how worry and anxiety shapes our thinking and our lives? 527 00:23:02,155 --> 00:23:07,895 Let me give you some good news, that when our lives are filled with rejoicing, 528 00:23:09,245 --> 00:23:15,185 that also shapes our thinking and our living, we start to live a life full. 529 00:23:15,580 --> 00:23:19,620 of thankfulness, our emphasis changes. 530 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,500 Other translations say do not be anxious about anything. 531 00:23:25,130 --> 00:23:31,720 Anxiety or worry is something we all face at different times in our lives. 532 00:23:33,550 --> 00:23:38,100 In fact, anxiety is one of the most common reasons why people go 533 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:40,220 to see their doctor in our nation. 534 00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:46,280 We live in a very anxious, worried world, and it affects 535 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,020 us all directly or indirectly. 536 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:53,650 Let's look at the role of prayer in our everyday anxiety and worries. 537 00:23:54,270 --> 00:23:59,540 Paul tells us not to worry about anything, and that is a 538 00:23:59,570 --> 00:24:01,720 consistent theme in scripture. 539 00:24:02,690 --> 00:24:07,010 But I have to admit, this idea used to cause me problems. 540 00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:11,085 Worrying about worrying is what I used to do. 541 00:24:12,545 --> 00:24:20,435 And then I noticed that in scripture, whenever worry is mentioned, it is very 542 00:24:20,435 --> 00:24:24,285 closely followed by the word prayer. 543 00:24:25,485 --> 00:24:30,835 What we are really being taught in the bible is to turn our worries into prayers. 544 00:24:32,105 --> 00:24:37,875 Most of us can not help but worry at times, and being told not to worry, 545 00:24:38,430 --> 00:24:43,610 Doesn't seem to really help that, but turning our worries into prayers is 546 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:51,820 something that we can all, I can now see the positive side to those times when I 547 00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:58,610 might feel anxious or worried, because they serve as a reminder to me to pray. 548 00:24:59,420 --> 00:25:04,730 When I find myself worrying about something, it's just a little alarm 549 00:25:04,740 --> 00:25:11,230 going off in me to say, time to focus, time to pray, time to rejoice even. 550 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:17,395 Do not worry about anything Paul says in 6. 551 00:25:18,815 --> 00:25:23,235 Let me just say a few final things on turning our worries into prayer. 552 00:25:24,805 --> 00:25:28,735 Firstly, we are told that we should let our requests be known 553 00:25:28,765 --> 00:25:31,825 to God by prayer and supplication. 554 00:25:33,185 --> 00:25:37,635 Supplication is a request arising from a specific need. 555 00:25:39,085 --> 00:25:44,095 And this is so important because what Paul is telling us is that 556 00:25:44,145 --> 00:25:47,185 there is no need too small for God. 557 00:25:47,705 --> 00:25:52,765 There is no concern too unimportant to bring to God. 558 00:25:54,415 --> 00:26:03,025 We can bring every specific worry, every specific care or concern to God in prayer. 559 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:09,790 In everything, by prayer and supplication, means everything. 560 00:26:11,490 --> 00:26:14,730 It's a little bit like that word, always. 561 00:26:15,155 --> 00:26:17,105 That we talked about before. 562 00:26:18,355 --> 00:26:24,165 And the second thing that Paul tells us to do is to do it with Thanksgiving. 563 00:26:25,505 --> 00:26:32,675 And this is very important because a thankful horse is seldom an anxious horse. 564 00:26:33,415 --> 00:26:38,445 When we take time to give thanks in all circumstances, we discover 565 00:26:38,445 --> 00:26:42,885 that there is much to be thankful for in all those situations. 566 00:26:43,695 --> 00:26:44,835 And our worry. 567 00:26:45,260 --> 00:26:51,740 and anxiety seems to go down in proportion to how thankful we are. 568 00:26:52,770 --> 00:26:54,690 Do not worry about anything. 569 00:26:55,070 --> 00:26:57,840 I heard it said once that another interpretation of 570 00:26:57,870 --> 00:27:02,845 this Do not be unduly worried. 571 00:27:04,105 --> 00:27:08,255 Do not be overcome with worry about anything. 572 00:27:10,105 --> 00:27:13,515 Paul tells us, but in everything, pray. 573 00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:18,935 With thanksgiving, let our requests be known to God. 574 00:27:19,595 --> 00:27:26,515 Verse 7 says, And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard 575 00:27:26,515 --> 00:27:30,405 your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus. 576 00:27:31,885 --> 00:27:36,295 Let's bring today's talk to a close by briefly mentioning the 577 00:27:36,295 --> 00:27:38,575 piece that Paul writes about. 578 00:27:40,295 --> 00:27:46,485 It is a piece which surpasses all understanding, meaning we cannot explain 579 00:27:46,495 --> 00:27:54,295 it, we cannot discover it, we cannot create it, we cannot bottle it, we cannot 580 00:27:54,325 --> 00:28:01,015 buy it or sell it, we cannot earn it or give it away, we can only receive 581 00:28:01,185 --> 00:28:04,495 it, we can only receive it from God. 582 00:28:05,985 --> 00:28:10,725 Jesus says it like this in John's Gospel, Peace I leave with you. 583 00:28:11,345 --> 00:28:16,265 My peace I give you, I do not give you as the world gives. 584 00:28:18,315 --> 00:28:24,165 This is a peace that the world cannot give and that it cannot take away. 585 00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:30,485 And it's this same peace that Paul tells us in verse 7 will guard your 586 00:28:30,485 --> 00:28:34,325 heart and our minds in Christ Jesus. 587 00:28:35,125 --> 00:28:39,825 Remember, Paul is writing this letter from a prison cell. 588 00:28:40,975 --> 00:28:46,885 He may be using this word as an illustration, as the soldiers who guard 589 00:28:46,895 --> 00:28:50,685 him, the soldiers who are on guard duty. 590 00:28:52,425 --> 00:28:58,415 Maybe he's even looking at his God as he writes these words and he realises 591 00:28:58,625 --> 00:29:04,845 that he has a peace from God that is truly guarding him and protecting him. 592 00:29:05,555 --> 00:29:09,085 It's guarding and protecting his heart and his mind. 593 00:29:10,865 --> 00:29:17,865 My friends, there is no problem in this world that can penetrate God's peace. 594 00:29:19,065 --> 00:29:26,445 No soldier, no punishment, no prison cell, no sorrow, no anxiety. 595 00:29:26,780 --> 00:29:35,870 No worry, no loss, no grief, no sadness, no pandemic that can penetrate the 596 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:39,280 peace that surpasses all understanding. 597 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:45,000 The peace that comes from knowing and believing that the Lord 598 00:29:45,010 --> 00:29:47,600 Jesus is always near to us. 599 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:56,520 The Lord promises to be with each of us always and God never breaks his promise. 600 00:29:58,055 --> 00:30:04,735 And God helps us to turn our worries into prayers, and helps us to be 601 00:30:04,735 --> 00:30:10,465 gentle with everyone, knowing and believing that the Lord is always near. 602 00:30:11,555 --> 00:30:15,975 How can we do anything else but rejoice in the Lord always? 603 00:30:17,605 --> 00:30:21,115 So again, my friends, I say rejoice. 604 00:30:21,905 --> 00:30:24,015 Rejoice in the Lord. 605 00:30:24,655 --> 00:30:25,275 Always. 606 00:30:26,745 --> 00:30:27,155 Amen. 607 00:30:30,135 --> 00:30:30,505 Matt Edmundson: Amen. 608 00:30:31,315 --> 00:30:31,815 Claire Glare: Amen. 609 00:30:33,175 --> 00:30:33,525 Matt Edmundson: Amen. 610 00:30:33,545 --> 00:30:33,775 Just 611 00:30:33,885 --> 00:30:35,255 Claire Glare: needed to change the way we said that. 612 00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:38,295 Matt Edmundson: What you didn't see, ladies and gentlemen, was while Dave was 613 00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:40,035 talking about Joy, Claire was knitting. 614 00:30:40,575 --> 00:30:41,895 Claire Glare: Do we need a knitting update? 615 00:30:41,895 --> 00:30:43,395 Yeah, what's the 616 00:30:43,395 --> 00:30:43,755 Matt Edmundson: update? 617 00:30:43,755 --> 00:30:46,144 Claire Glare: There we go. 618 00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:47,736 Oh, wow. 619 00:30:47,736 --> 00:30:48,532 Matt Edmundson: There 620 00:30:48,532 --> 00:30:50,125 Claire Glare: we go. 621 00:30:52,465 --> 00:30:54,035 Matt Edmundson: I was gonna say, have you actually done any 622 00:30:54,035 --> 00:30:55,190 since the last time you were 623 00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:55,455 Claire Glare: on? 624 00:30:55,455 --> 00:30:55,985 Probably not. 625 00:30:55,985 --> 00:30:58,275 I've got a blue one to do after the me green one's done. 626 00:30:58,315 --> 00:30:58,465 Do you 627 00:30:58,465 --> 00:31:00,475 Matt Edmundson: just reserve your knitting for when you're on crowd? 628 00:31:00,945 --> 00:31:03,475 Claire Glare: That and long journeys, if I'm not driving. 629 00:31:03,615 --> 00:31:03,955 Matt Edmundson: Okay. 630 00:31:04,315 --> 00:31:05,425 Claire Glare: You're not I'm driving, obviously. 631 00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:07,535 That would be not a good helpful. 632 00:31:09,445 --> 00:31:10,025 Oh, sorry, officer. 633 00:31:13,810 --> 00:31:15,290 Matt Edmundson: Hey, three points on your license. 634 00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:16,830 Got to go do driver's awareness course. 635 00:31:16,830 --> 00:31:17,050 Why? 636 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:18,930 Because I was knitting whilst I was driving. 637 00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:19,160 Yeah, 638 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,020 Claire Glare: no, dangerous. 639 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:20,520 Don't do it. 640 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,640 Not one for peace. 641 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,410 Matt Edmundson: No, but Nicholas says your cardigan is a cardigan. 642 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:27,500 Whatever. 643 00:31:27,610 --> 00:31:29,240 Your scarf is looking awesome. 644 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:29,650 Claire Glare: Thank you. 645 00:31:30,130 --> 00:31:31,650 That's very kind of you, my lovely. 646 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:31,950 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 647 00:31:31,950 --> 00:31:32,630 Claire Glare: You can come again. 648 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,115 Matt Edmundson: And if you don't, what's that? 649 00:31:36,115 --> 00:31:37,920 If you don't like the scarf, you can't come again. 650 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:38,570 Claire Glare: No, you can. 651 00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:40,280 It's a digital church. 652 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,390 How am I going to stop people? 653 00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:42,370 Matt Edmundson: It's 654 00:31:42,420 --> 00:31:43,170 Claire Glare: Not the point, is it? 655 00:31:43,390 --> 00:31:44,230 Everybody's welcome. 656 00:31:44,350 --> 00:31:45,210 Matt Edmundson: Everyone's welcome. 657 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,130 Whether you like Claire's knitting or whether you don't like Claire's knitting, 658 00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:49,770 you're welcome here at Crowd Church. 659 00:31:49,780 --> 00:31:50,340 Yes, you are. 660 00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:51,175 Brilliant. 661 00:31:51,675 --> 00:31:52,045 Very well. 662 00:31:52,045 --> 00:31:53,015 Welcome back to you. 663 00:31:53,215 --> 00:31:54,515 What did you think of Dave's talk? 664 00:31:54,765 --> 00:31:56,755 Write your thoughts, questions and ideas in the comments. 665 00:31:56,755 --> 00:31:57,945 Be good to get into that. 666 00:31:58,355 --> 00:31:59,155 Nicholas says thanks. 667 00:31:59,155 --> 00:32:00,235 Thanks for letting her into church. 668 00:32:02,045 --> 00:32:03,405 She's very gracious, is that Claire? 669 00:32:05,325 --> 00:32:07,715 Write your thoughts, questions, comments, all that sort of stuff in the comments. 670 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,820 Now, before the talk started, Clare, you said one of your favourite 671 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:14,250 verses is the Lord is my strength. 672 00:32:14,470 --> 00:32:14,810 Yes, 673 00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:17,050 Claire Glare: the joy of the Lord is my strength. 674 00:32:17,050 --> 00:32:19,460 So it's in the book of Nehemiah, for those of you that don't know. 675 00:32:20,330 --> 00:32:20,550 Why 676 00:32:20,550 --> 00:32:21,380 Matt Edmundson: should you do that, by the way? 677 00:32:21,420 --> 00:32:23,260 I'm just going to nip over there and turn a light on. 678 00:32:23,310 --> 00:32:24,610 So you keep going. 679 00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:25,510 Claire Glare: Okay, alright. 680 00:32:25,650 --> 00:32:28,058 Gosh, I feel like I've got the mic. 681 00:32:28,058 --> 00:32:30,185 Oh no, don't drop the mic. 682 00:32:30,955 --> 00:32:34,215 And, I don't really know, I'll be back quick. 683 00:32:34,265 --> 00:32:36,390 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, it's only a 684 00:32:36,390 --> 00:32:37,031 Claire Glare: bit. 685 00:32:37,031 --> 00:32:38,315 It's a 686 00:32:38,315 --> 00:32:39,015 Matt Edmundson: small room. 687 00:32:39,945 --> 00:32:41,545 It's just behind me now, you 688 00:32:41,545 --> 00:32:43,045 Claire Glare: can sit beside 689 00:32:43,045 --> 00:32:43,545 Matt Edmundson: me. 690 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:44,385 Where was you expecting 691 00:32:44,385 --> 00:32:44,615 Claire Glare: me to be? 692 00:32:44,615 --> 00:32:46,780 I don't know, I don't know. 693 00:32:46,780 --> 00:32:51,270 I thought you might have had to change a lightbulb or do some weird thing. 694 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:52,900 I don't know, brain clearly off it. 695 00:32:53,410 --> 00:32:54,860 Okay, so back to the Bible. 696 00:32:55,230 --> 00:32:57,010 Let's focus on the Bible, quick. 697 00:32:57,010 --> 00:33:04,190 I don't know really, but I think I'm not sure why it's become a 698 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:06,680 kind of a bit of a life verse. 699 00:33:06,750 --> 00:33:12,930 But I just think it has and I would, and something that I just said to Matt 700 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,610 earlier while Dave was talking, he was talking about Paul being in prison. 701 00:33:17,630 --> 00:33:17,920 Yeah. 702 00:33:18,020 --> 00:33:22,970 And I just wonder also whether Paul, while he was writing the book of Philippians 703 00:33:22,990 --> 00:33:26,410 to the Philippian church, actually, he was also preaching to himself. 704 00:33:26,430 --> 00:33:26,780 Yeah. 705 00:33:26,990 --> 00:33:30,720 And so I think that when we have those verses, we can almost like 706 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:32,720 just remember them, say okay. 707 00:33:33,170 --> 00:33:38,400 The joy of the Lord is my strength that is, and I wonder whether Paul was also 708 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:43,330 doing that, rejoicing the Lord always telling himself, speaking to his, I'd 709 00:33:43,330 --> 00:33:48,160 say, speaking to my soul, reminding myself, and I loved what Dave said 710 00:33:48,170 --> 00:33:50,660 about it's joy in the Lord, isn't it? 711 00:33:50,670 --> 00:33:52,410 It's not in our own abilities. 712 00:33:52,410 --> 00:33:54,660 It's not in our circumstances. 713 00:33:54,660 --> 00:34:01,080 It's not in, the world situation, it's not in what we can achieve, it is joy in 714 00:34:01,090 --> 00:34:03,810 who God is, what he's done in our lives. 715 00:34:03,810 --> 00:34:05,370 And that's a work in progress. 716 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:07,730 And will continue to be. 717 00:34:07,730 --> 00:34:08,130 Yeah. 718 00:34:08,130 --> 00:34:10,470 And and it's in his character. 719 00:34:11,220 --> 00:34:15,990 I loved what Dave said at the start of the talk as well that, it's about celebrating 720 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,100 who God is when we like to be with people, we have fun with them, don't we? 721 00:34:20,150 --> 00:34:22,910 We enjoy their time and enjoy their presence. 722 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,890 And the more we get to know them, the more we have fun with them. 723 00:34:27,180 --> 00:34:28,050 It's good, isn't it? 724 00:34:28,460 --> 00:34:29,380 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, no, totally. 725 00:34:29,380 --> 00:34:29,500 Totally. 726 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:30,610 So it's an interesting one. 727 00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:30,710 Yeah. 728 00:34:30,770 --> 00:34:32,970 There's lots going on here talking about joy. 729 00:34:32,980 --> 00:34:36,180 In the comments, Matt says he loves that verse in Nehemiah as well. 730 00:34:36,555 --> 00:34:40,465 Peter, I like the comment from the talk, I'll put it on the screen, 731 00:34:40,835 --> 00:34:44,255 I like the comment in the talk by Dave, use worry as an alarm to 732 00:34:44,285 --> 00:34:45,685 pray, that's one I remember in use. 733 00:34:45,745 --> 00:34:49,565 Claire Glare: Yeah, and it isn't it, I think, when we, because, I, 734 00:34:49,945 --> 00:34:54,450 I would say that I, Thankfully, don't struggle very often with sleep 735 00:34:54,450 --> 00:34:56,250 and don't wake up in the morning. 736 00:34:56,650 --> 00:34:57,750 Matt Edmundson: You don't wake up in the morning? 737 00:34:58,460 --> 00:34:59,850 Claire Glare: That no, I do wake up in the morning. 738 00:34:59,910 --> 00:35:02,620 Don't wake up in the middle of the night worrying about things, but. 739 00:35:03,305 --> 00:35:07,975 Don't know about you, but probably parenting creates more worry than I've 740 00:35:07,975 --> 00:35:15,045 ever experienced, just like Lord, and so I have experienced some, occasional 741 00:35:15,045 --> 00:35:19,735 sleepless nights or, anxious moments and it is that alarm call to worry, isn't it? 742 00:35:19,795 --> 00:35:20,905 Not to worry, to pray. 743 00:35:20,945 --> 00:35:21,215 Yeah. 744 00:35:21,335 --> 00:35:21,545 Cause. 745 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,260 What can we achieve by worrying? 746 00:35:23,450 --> 00:35:25,880 We just can't, nothing changes by that. 747 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:30,880 But actually I had an interesting situation this last week. 748 00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:34,130 I was in a, I was swimming lessons. 749 00:35:34,380 --> 00:35:36,300 I'm at that phasing children's lives. 750 00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:37,200 Matt Edmundson: Oh, not for yourself. 751 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:38,590 Claire Glare: Not for myself. 752 00:35:38,590 --> 00:35:39,410 I can't actually swim. 753 00:35:39,810 --> 00:35:42,340 Although I could do with updating my technique and all of that. 754 00:35:42,380 --> 00:35:43,460 But anyway, that's by the by. 755 00:35:43,950 --> 00:35:48,240 And And I was listening to a lady and obviously she'd had a very busy day. 756 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:52,700 She was next sat next to me, but she was talking to somebody on her phone. 757 00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:56,110 And I could hear all that she was saying and I found myself like. 758 00:35:57,030 --> 00:36:00,150 And that's really unusual for me. 759 00:36:00,180 --> 00:36:05,410 And I was like, Oh, but I didn't like that about myself, but then I was 760 00:36:05,410 --> 00:36:07,550 like, I can just pray about a situation. 761 00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:09,090 Let's just flip it around. 762 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,870 And then I felt so much happier, a, that I was doing something 763 00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:17,920 constructive for this poor woman who clearly had a really tricky day and B. 764 00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:21,270 My response was giving that to God. 765 00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:21,540 Yeah. 766 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,525 And my reaction wasn't judgment, it had been Yeah. 767 00:36:26,425 --> 00:36:26,645 , it 768 00:36:26,645 --> 00:36:27,245 Matt Edmundson: started out that way. 769 00:36:27,465 --> 00:36:28,205 It out, you moved. 770 00:36:28,205 --> 00:36:28,405 Yeah. 771 00:36:28,410 --> 00:36:28,440 Way. 772 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:28,980 But 773 00:36:28,980 --> 00:36:33,550 Claire Glare: God enabled me through prayer, 'cause you feel 774 00:36:33,555 --> 00:36:35,050 better about yourself, don't you? 775 00:36:35,050 --> 00:36:37,630 When you're praying and you bringing things to God. 776 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:37,930 Yeah. 777 00:36:37,930 --> 00:36:39,280 Because he's all powerful. 778 00:36:39,340 --> 00:36:39,550 Yeah. 779 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,895 And he can sort it , he can sort it. 780 00:36:43,850 --> 00:36:47,550 Matt Edmundson: There's the the message translation by Claire, God can sort weird. 781 00:36:47,570 --> 00:36:47,660 It's 782 00:36:47,660 --> 00:36:49,550 Claire Glare: the Cockney, it's the Cockney version, isn't it? 783 00:36:49,690 --> 00:36:50,790 Cockney rhyming slang. 784 00:36:51,190 --> 00:36:52,360 Sort it out, God. 785 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:53,655 Matt Edmundson: Sort it out. 786 00:36:53,655 --> 00:36:54,683 No, I totally agree. 787 00:36:54,843 --> 00:36:57,123 There's so much from Dave's talk, right? 788 00:36:57,123 --> 00:36:57,373 Yeah. 789 00:36:57,713 --> 00:37:02,863 There's so much in that talk about joy, about prayer, about worry, about, and how 790 00:37:02,893 --> 00:37:04,483 all of these things are interconnected. 791 00:37:04,773 --> 00:37:07,263 We talk about them like today we're talking about joy, we're talking about 792 00:37:07,263 --> 00:37:09,983 peace, we're talking about kindness and goodness and self control and 793 00:37:09,983 --> 00:37:14,148 all those, up in coming weeks and we separate them out but actually all these 794 00:37:14,148 --> 00:37:17,748 things are like hyper connected aren't they and yeah and Dave was right, in 795 00:37:17,748 --> 00:37:23,348 terms of joy and peace and all this stuff being linked and anxiety, being a 796 00:37:23,348 --> 00:37:25,567 call to prayer and an alarm to prayer. 797 00:37:25,567 --> 00:37:26,973 I am with you, Peter. 798 00:37:26,973 --> 00:37:28,941 I think that's a really great idea. 799 00:37:28,941 --> 00:37:31,971 But actually, if that's in me, I need to pray. 800 00:37:32,011 --> 00:37:35,586 I love the start of this where we talk this word rejoice. 801 00:37:35,766 --> 00:37:37,486 I'm a big fan of the word. 802 00:37:37,486 --> 00:37:39,206 We don't use it a lot in modern English. 803 00:37:39,416 --> 00:37:40,796 Claire Glare: It's a bit old school, isn't it? 804 00:37:42,306 --> 00:37:42,881 Sorry, I don't know. 805 00:37:42,881 --> 00:37:44,063 I don't know why I've gone all cockney. 806 00:37:44,063 --> 00:37:44,686 I don't know why 807 00:37:44,686 --> 00:37:45,336 Matt Edmundson: you've gone all cockney. 808 00:37:46,606 --> 00:37:48,296 It's old school like you and me, Claire, maybe. 809 00:37:52,571 --> 00:37:53,611 We're a little bit old school. 810 00:37:54,381 --> 00:37:59,931 So yeah, but it's a fascinating word, this word rejoice, to rejoice, to 811 00:37:59,931 --> 00:38:02,371 re put the joy back in, to re do it. 812 00:38:02,961 --> 00:38:07,381 And the way you do that is through celebration, is through worship. 813 00:38:08,021 --> 00:38:11,321 Not of, anything other than God. 814 00:38:11,401 --> 00:38:11,731 Yeah. 815 00:38:11,831 --> 00:38:14,151 And it's interesting, isn't it how the Christian faith talks 816 00:38:14,151 --> 00:38:15,931 a lot about joy and suffering? 817 00:38:16,191 --> 00:38:19,541 Not because the suffering is enjoyable. 818 00:38:20,161 --> 00:38:26,261 But because in that suffering, there is a God who is a joy giving God. 819 00:38:26,261 --> 00:38:29,901 And that's another thing to think about here, isn't it actually joy comes 820 00:38:29,901 --> 00:38:35,061 from the Lord, the joy of the Lord is my strength, it comes from God. 821 00:38:38,256 --> 00:38:41,506 If that's where we get our joy from, if that's the source of our joy 822 00:38:42,106 --> 00:38:48,006 , then actually we can rejoice, we can bring that joy back 823 00:38:48,566 --> 00:38:49,576 into ourselves a little bit. 824 00:38:49,686 --> 00:38:50,046 Claire Glare: Yeah. 825 00:38:50,536 --> 00:38:53,876 And there's that other verse, isn't there, that came to mind, consider it 826 00:38:53,876 --> 00:38:59,956 pure joy whenever you face trials and tribulations and suffering and it, and you 827 00:38:59,956 --> 00:39:06,566 read it and you think, that's so bonkers, it really is just so counterintuitive. 828 00:39:06,676 --> 00:39:06,826 Yeah. 829 00:39:06,826 --> 00:39:07,206 Yeah. 830 00:39:07,206 --> 00:39:11,396 But it's, and it's also a bit like when, faith without faith, 831 00:39:11,396 --> 00:39:12,696 it's impossible to please God. 832 00:39:12,796 --> 00:39:16,696 For me, it's I don't know, you've got to. 833 00:39:17,086 --> 00:39:19,136 You've got to walk alongside them, haven't you? 834 00:39:19,136 --> 00:39:21,196 You've got to carry the two things together. 835 00:39:21,636 --> 00:39:25,246 And that brings pleasure to God, doesn't it? 836 00:39:25,776 --> 00:39:26,666 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, it does. 837 00:39:26,716 --> 00:39:27,276 It does. 838 00:39:27,276 --> 00:39:30,006 Consider it all joy when you fall into all these tests and trials. 839 00:39:30,266 --> 00:39:32,866 You've got to count or count it as joy, some translation says. 840 00:39:32,896 --> 00:39:34,006 You've got to do that. 841 00:39:34,526 --> 00:39:35,486 That's rejoicing. 842 00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:35,856 Claire Glare: Yeah. 843 00:39:35,856 --> 00:39:37,556 Matt Edmundson: And that comes back to that word that Dave 844 00:39:37,556 --> 00:39:39,746 used, which I loved, celebration. 845 00:39:40,986 --> 00:39:43,426 And we can do, and here's the thing, we've talked about how 846 00:39:43,436 --> 00:39:45,076 joy is a fruit of the Spirit. 847 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:45,606 It is. 848 00:39:46,031 --> 00:39:48,961 Part of joy is part of the characteristic of God. 849 00:39:48,991 --> 00:39:49,331 Claire Glare: Yeah. 850 00:39:49,651 --> 00:39:50,401 Matt Edmundson: Do you know what I mean? 851 00:39:50,401 --> 00:39:51,471 And I just love that. 852 00:39:51,471 --> 00:39:52,751 It's not something we talk about enough. 853 00:39:52,851 --> 00:39:56,031 I don't think about God, God is all powerful and he's loving and he's kind 854 00:39:56,031 --> 00:40:01,291 and he's all these amazing things, but he is fundamentally joyful. 855 00:40:01,341 --> 00:40:01,651 Yeah. 856 00:40:01,781 --> 00:40:02,241 Do you know what I mean? 857 00:40:02,261 --> 00:40:02,521 Yeah. 858 00:40:02,761 --> 00:40:03,181 And I. 859 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:07,771 Claire Glare: He made like really crazy animals, that's the thing that gets me 860 00:40:07,841 --> 00:40:12,251 wasps aside, but there are some really bonkers animals out there, aren't there? 861 00:40:12,251 --> 00:40:18,301 And I love those nature programs where you see, because we can now, see those, 862 00:40:18,876 --> 00:40:22,746 what they call the birds that dance and they do a little dance and they 863 00:40:22,766 --> 00:40:27,486 in Africa somewhere I think and they you know, they skirt, they sweep all 864 00:40:27,486 --> 00:40:30,176 around, they make it all pretty and then they dance and then they're like 865 00:40:30,216 --> 00:40:32,716 Hi It's a mating dance, isn't it? 866 00:40:32,966 --> 00:40:33,466 I wouldn't know. 867 00:40:34,296 --> 00:40:35,106 Have you not seen them? 868 00:40:35,116 --> 00:40:37,816 Yeah, no But they're like peacock and peacocks. 869 00:40:37,826 --> 00:40:38,346 Peacocks Yeah 870 00:40:38,346 --> 00:40:39,091 Matt Edmundson: They're 871 00:40:39,091 --> 00:40:39,836 Claire Glare: amazing 872 00:40:39,836 --> 00:40:41,476 Matt Edmundson: Yeah Pick it, 873 00:40:41,696 --> 00:40:43,336 Claire Glare: tell us your favourite crazy animal. 874 00:40:43,616 --> 00:40:45,086 Matt Edmundson: Favourite crazy animal in the comments. 875 00:40:45,416 --> 00:40:49,066 Because, you're right, it's there's a few things that are slightly irreverent 876 00:40:49,076 --> 00:40:52,486 sometimes, but on Twitter there's this feed that I come across every now and 877 00:40:52,486 --> 00:40:55,758 again, not on Twitter, on Instagram, where It's not Twitter anymore, is it? 878 00:40:55,758 --> 00:40:57,361 No, it's X as well, get it, you're right. 879 00:40:57,751 --> 00:40:58,641 Showing my age now. 880 00:40:59,281 --> 00:41:04,621 But it's where, one person playing God and he's talking to somebody else 881 00:41:04,621 --> 00:41:08,121 like an angel, like talking about how he wants to make the animals. 882 00:41:08,191 --> 00:41:08,751 Claire Glare: Okay. 883 00:41:08,821 --> 00:41:09,061 Yeah. 884 00:41:09,141 --> 00:41:09,731 Take this, 885 00:41:09,731 --> 00:41:10,461 Matt Edmundson: make it look cute. 886 00:41:10,501 --> 00:41:10,801 Yeah. 887 00:41:10,931 --> 00:41:13,971 And then put a big needle on its backside and we'll call that a bee, 888 00:41:14,021 --> 00:41:17,531 and it's just really funny and it's slightly irreverent, like I say, 889 00:41:17,571 --> 00:41:21,161 but it comes back to this point that like you say, God is a joyful God. 890 00:41:21,181 --> 00:41:22,171 Just look at creation. 891 00:41:22,171 --> 00:41:22,861 Claire Glare: Yeah. 892 00:41:22,861 --> 00:41:25,401 Matt Edmundson: And I think this characteristic of God, the 893 00:41:25,401 --> 00:41:26,111 Claire Glare: rainbow, lovely. 894 00:41:26,111 --> 00:41:27,101 What is that? 895 00:41:27,351 --> 00:41:28,201 That's amazing, isn't it? 896 00:41:28,621 --> 00:41:29,491 Matt Edmundson: That's just pure joy. 897 00:41:29,541 --> 00:41:29,701 Pure 898 00:41:29,961 --> 00:41:30,061 Claire Glare: joy. 899 00:41:30,641 --> 00:41:31,671 Matt Edmundson: Joy in the sky. 900 00:41:33,376 --> 00:41:35,806 Claire Glare: Crazy rain all of that. 901 00:41:35,906 --> 00:41:36,176 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 902 00:41:36,396 --> 00:41:37,046 Joyful God. 903 00:41:37,136 --> 00:41:37,376 Yeah. 904 00:41:37,376 --> 00:41:37,976 Joyful God. 905 00:41:38,546 --> 00:41:39,426 Andy says here. 906 00:41:39,476 --> 00:41:40,416 Oh, hi Miriam. 907 00:41:40,416 --> 00:41:40,646 Yeah. 908 00:41:40,646 --> 00:41:41,376 Miriam's in the comments. 909 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:41,726 Oh, 910 00:41:41,736 --> 00:41:42,396 Claire Glare: hi Miriam. 911 00:41:42,446 --> 00:41:42,806 Matt Edmundson: Miriam. 912 00:41:42,806 --> 00:41:43,596 What a legend. 913 00:41:43,656 --> 00:41:44,936 And he says joyful. 914 00:41:45,016 --> 00:41:46,756 Miriam is joyful. 915 00:41:46,906 --> 00:41:48,396 Her smile lights up the room. 916 00:41:49,026 --> 00:41:49,966 She's such a legend. 917 00:41:50,086 --> 00:41:50,286 Yeah. 918 00:41:50,476 --> 00:41:53,596 Andy says joy can be found in the worst times. 919 00:41:53,606 --> 00:41:54,006 Claire Glare: Yeah. 920 00:41:54,706 --> 00:41:55,436 Matt Edmundson: Agree or disagree? 921 00:41:56,036 --> 00:41:56,266 Claire Glare: Yeah. 922 00:41:56,826 --> 00:41:57,006 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 923 00:41:57,046 --> 00:41:57,366 Yeah. 924 00:41:57,546 --> 00:41:59,986 Claire Glare: Because it isn't, it's not happiness is it? 925 00:42:00,556 --> 00:42:00,986 No. 926 00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:01,906 It's not. 927 00:42:01,906 --> 00:42:04,536 Because it is joy in the Lord. 928 00:42:04,626 --> 00:42:04,666 Yeah. 929 00:42:04,666 --> 00:42:10,566 It's us, not in a kind of striving way, but in a digging deep way. 930 00:42:10,616 --> 00:42:11,056 Yeah. 931 00:42:12,026 --> 00:42:13,236 This is awful. 932 00:42:13,466 --> 00:42:15,136 The situation that I'm in is terrible. 933 00:42:16,281 --> 00:42:21,521 But I know that you are faithful, that you, I have been in similar, 934 00:42:21,621 --> 00:42:23,121 maybe not as worse as this. 935 00:42:23,381 --> 00:42:26,651 Maybe this really is the worst of times that I've experienced in my life so far. 936 00:42:27,031 --> 00:42:29,681 But I know that you have got other people through that. 937 00:42:29,771 --> 00:42:32,921 If that, that we can hold onto other people's testimonies, can't we? 938 00:42:33,051 --> 00:42:33,981 Yeah, we can. 939 00:42:33,991 --> 00:42:36,421 Can read the Bible and think, Oh gosh, yeah. 940 00:42:36,736 --> 00:42:41,316 God, you got them out of that terrible predicament, walking through the Red Sea. 941 00:42:41,376 --> 00:42:41,646 Yeah. 942 00:42:41,706 --> 00:42:43,806 Walls up there of water, yeah. 943 00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:45,141 All amazing and all amazing. 944 00:42:45,721 --> 00:42:50,056 And yet, you, yeah we joy comes through that, doesn't it? 945 00:42:50,396 --> 00:42:51,376 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, totally. 946 00:42:51,556 --> 00:42:51,976 Totally. 947 00:42:52,126 --> 00:42:53,566 And I, yeah, I love it. 948 00:42:53,626 --> 00:42:54,746 Joy comes in the hard times. 949 00:42:54,746 --> 00:42:56,056 I totally agree, Andy. 950 00:42:56,056 --> 00:42:59,396 And you can find joy in the tough times because like you say, we find it in God. 951 00:42:59,466 --> 00:42:59,786 Claire Glare: Yeah. 952 00:43:00,056 --> 00:43:01,356 Matt Edmundson: And God is a joyful character. 953 00:43:01,486 --> 00:43:01,556 Yeah. 954 00:43:01,806 --> 00:43:06,616 And I think it's important to acknowledge here, actually, that joy is not some 955 00:43:06,616 --> 00:43:10,486 delusional state of emotion that we are trying to get ourselves into. 956 00:43:10,546 --> 00:43:14,186 Now, I've come across Christians that maybe subconsciously think that. 957 00:43:14,456 --> 00:43:19,456 Yeah, that because it emotionally there, it's hard that they feel 958 00:43:19,486 --> 00:43:24,796 condemned because they don't feel joyful, there's a sort of this fake 959 00:43:24,806 --> 00:43:28,166 joy going around where they're masking everything that's going on, assuming like 960 00:43:28,166 --> 00:43:29,596 they're not willing to face up to life. 961 00:43:29,596 --> 00:43:31,036 And I don't think not authentic. 962 00:43:31,726 --> 00:43:33,426 Yeah, I don't think that's joy. 963 00:43:34,056 --> 00:43:38,806 I just don't think God is needs us to be deluded. 964 00:43:39,186 --> 00:43:42,666 And I think you can experience joy and celebration. 965 00:43:43,676 --> 00:43:47,456 In spite of feeling awful at the same time. 966 00:43:47,686 --> 00:43:47,906 Yeah. 967 00:43:48,336 --> 00:43:49,316 Does it does that make sense? 968 00:43:49,326 --> 00:43:49,596 Yeah. 969 00:43:49,726 --> 00:43:50,896 I don't know if you would concur. 970 00:43:51,096 --> 00:43:52,186 Claire Glare: Yeah, I concur. 971 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:52,836 Matt Edmundson: I concur. 972 00:43:54,896 --> 00:43:56,746 I concur, ladies and gentlemen. 973 00:43:56,746 --> 00:43:57,576 That's awesome. 974 00:43:58,476 --> 00:43:59,306 Let's have a look here. 975 00:43:59,306 --> 00:44:00,496 What else going on in the comments? 976 00:44:00,496 --> 00:44:01,206 Great talk. 977 00:44:01,616 --> 00:44:02,356 Nicola says this. 978 00:44:02,416 --> 00:44:06,656 I'm finding it tough to find joy in many things at the mo. 979 00:44:07,186 --> 00:44:09,966 But I pray I trust God and I find joy in my day. 980 00:44:09,976 --> 00:44:10,966 Even if it's just. 981 00:44:11,561 --> 00:44:12,381 Lick off the dog. 982 00:44:16,221 --> 00:44:16,861 It works. 983 00:44:16,921 --> 00:44:17,471 Pets 984 00:44:17,761 --> 00:44:18,941 Claire Glare: bring us joy, don't they? 985 00:44:18,971 --> 00:44:20,481 They bring us real comfort. 986 00:44:20,721 --> 00:44:24,601 And, I often remember hearing something, who did you last 987 00:44:24,601 --> 00:44:25,871 say, tell that you love them? 988 00:44:25,911 --> 00:44:27,981 And I was like, Ooh, it was my cat a moment ago. 989 00:44:27,981 --> 00:44:30,571 I said, I love you, Lola. 990 00:44:30,571 --> 00:44:31,786 Because we do. 991 00:44:31,786 --> 00:44:32,681 Does the cat speak back? 992 00:44:33,341 --> 00:44:34,601 She often does go, meow. 993 00:44:35,301 --> 00:44:35,601 Matt Edmundson: Okay. 994 00:44:35,721 --> 00:44:35,921 Claire Glare: Yeah. 995 00:44:36,441 --> 00:44:38,401 And which I take to be, I love you too, Mama. 996 00:44:41,631 --> 00:44:42,181 Matt Edmundson: Absolutely. 997 00:44:42,531 --> 00:44:42,601 But 998 00:44:42,601 --> 00:44:43,781 Claire Glare: yeah, lick off the dog. 999 00:44:43,921 --> 00:44:44,311 Yeah. 1000 00:44:44,501 --> 00:44:45,621 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, absolutely. 1001 00:44:45,641 --> 00:44:46,781 Those pets are amazing. 1002 00:44:46,801 --> 00:44:48,441 But what I think, what I love about you don't have 1003 00:44:48,681 --> 00:44:49,161 Claire Glare: a pet, though, do you? 1004 00:44:49,481 --> 00:44:50,271 Matt Edmundson: Not at the moment, no. 1005 00:44:50,501 --> 00:44:51,341 Claire Glare: Have you had pets? 1006 00:44:51,351 --> 00:44:51,821 We've had pets. 1007 00:44:51,821 --> 00:44:52,681 You've had chickens, haven't you? 1008 00:44:52,681 --> 00:44:54,146 But that's not, they're not pets. 1009 00:44:54,146 --> 00:44:56,411 Matt Edmundson: We've had hamsters, gerbils, guinea 1010 00:44:56,411 --> 00:44:57,511 pigs, actually, is what we had. 1011 00:44:57,511 --> 00:44:58,291 We've had cats. 1012 00:44:58,796 --> 00:44:59,836 Claire Glare: Oh, yeah, you have had cats, haven't you? 1013 00:44:59,846 --> 00:45:00,126 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 1014 00:45:00,226 --> 00:45:01,656 I grew up with a dog, all those kind of things. 1015 00:45:01,666 --> 00:45:04,416 Yeah, I definitely had pets, but the thing I love about what Nicola 1016 00:45:04,456 --> 00:45:06,266 said is she's finding it tough. 1017 00:45:06,316 --> 00:45:06,546 Yeah. 1018 00:45:06,596 --> 00:45:07,826 Because, I know some of the stuff, right? 1019 00:45:07,836 --> 00:45:08,806 So she's finding it tough. 1020 00:45:09,096 --> 00:45:12,136 Life's not easy, but she can still find joy. 1021 00:45:12,166 --> 00:45:12,436 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1022 00:45:13,066 --> 00:45:13,646 Matt Edmundson: Do you know what I mean? 1023 00:45:13,696 --> 00:45:19,786 And actually appreciating those moments that are joyful moments. 1024 00:45:19,796 --> 00:45:20,076 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1025 00:45:20,746 --> 00:45:21,796 Matt Edmundson: Is super important. 1026 00:45:21,806 --> 00:45:22,076 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1027 00:45:22,816 --> 00:45:25,786 And Dave was talking about thankfulness as well. 1028 00:45:25,786 --> 00:45:27,936 And I think they're interlinked really, isn't it? 1029 00:45:28,256 --> 00:45:33,626 When we can be thankful for the sunshine today, be thankful for 1030 00:45:34,336 --> 00:45:36,746 breathing, but really basic. 1031 00:45:36,996 --> 00:45:38,146 I am really thankful. 1032 00:45:38,156 --> 00:45:40,396 I'm thankful that I've got, I've had some breakfast. 1033 00:45:40,396 --> 00:45:43,366 I'm thankful that I've got clothes to put on or, there's physical 1034 00:45:43,366 --> 00:45:45,876 material things, whatever. 1035 00:45:46,306 --> 00:45:47,866 I'm thankful that I have friends. 1036 00:45:47,866 --> 00:45:52,806 I'm thankful that I've got community, that enables us to cope with the 1037 00:45:52,806 --> 00:45:53,981 really tough stuff, doesn't it? 1038 00:45:53,981 --> 00:45:54,046 Yeah, 1039 00:45:54,046 --> 00:45:54,836 Matt Edmundson: it does, totally. 1040 00:45:54,946 --> 00:45:55,696 No, absolutely. 1041 00:45:56,186 --> 00:45:58,556 Being thankful, deliberately intentional thankful. 1042 00:45:58,766 --> 00:46:01,236 This is why, it's bizarre, I always say it's bizarre, isn't it? 1043 00:46:01,596 --> 00:46:04,526 Gratitude journaling is one of the things that has a profound 1044 00:46:04,526 --> 00:46:05,906 impact on our mental health, right? 1045 00:46:05,906 --> 00:46:07,696 In our state of our mental well being. 1046 00:46:07,976 --> 00:46:10,606 No kidding, because the Bible tells us to rejoice always. 1047 00:46:10,966 --> 00:46:14,696 I say again, rejoice, and so I love it when the world catches up with it. 1048 00:46:15,676 --> 00:46:15,776 I 1049 00:46:15,776 --> 00:46:16,756 Claire Glare: love what Jenny's written. 1050 00:46:17,901 --> 00:46:19,221 Matt Edmundson: Oh yeah, I said that to the broadcast then. 1051 00:46:19,221 --> 00:46:21,321 So I love something they said in our church this morning. 1052 00:46:21,351 --> 00:46:28,881 Even when we think we've hit rock bottom, Jesus is the rock that we hit. 1053 00:46:28,971 --> 00:46:29,511 That's great. 1054 00:46:29,721 --> 00:46:30,441 That's great, isn't it? 1055 00:46:30,446 --> 00:46:30,736 Yeah. 1056 00:46:30,741 --> 00:46:30,921 Yeah. 1057 00:46:30,926 --> 00:46:31,461 I love that. 1058 00:46:31,521 --> 00:46:32,871 Yeah, absolutely. 1059 00:46:32,931 --> 00:46:33,171 Yeah. 1060 00:46:33,231 --> 00:46:35,571 You might have to explain that though, for people that might not know. 1061 00:46:36,181 --> 00:46:39,931 That means and I'm gonna put the camera on you so you have to explain it. 1062 00:46:41,341 --> 00:46:41,581 I'll just 1063 00:46:41,581 --> 00:46:42,211 Claire Glare: go quiet. 1064 00:46:42,751 --> 00:46:43,021 I. 1065 00:46:44,426 --> 00:46:45,106 Is that possible? 1066 00:46:45,766 --> 00:46:50,196 I think, oh Jesus is the rock that we hit. 1067 00:46:50,396 --> 00:46:53,566 I don't know if I really liked it. 1068 00:46:53,566 --> 00:46:55,736 He's the dependable thing, isn't he? 1069 00:46:55,736 --> 00:47:01,781 He is, he's the foundation on which we build our lives and so 1070 00:47:01,831 --> 00:47:03,321 I think that's what that means. 1071 00:47:03,421 --> 00:47:03,571 Yeah, 1072 00:47:03,831 --> 00:47:04,241 Matt Edmundson: totally. 1073 00:47:04,681 --> 00:47:05,776 Yeah, we often say Have 1074 00:47:05,776 --> 00:47:07,291 Claire Glare: I done that right, Jenny? 1075 00:47:07,291 --> 00:47:07,896 I'm not 1076 00:47:07,896 --> 00:47:08,199 Matt Edmundson: sure. 1077 00:47:08,199 --> 00:47:09,411 Jenny can explain it. 1078 00:47:09,411 --> 00:47:10,823 Jenny, explain that in the comments. 1079 00:47:10,823 --> 00:47:13,671 But I totally agree, Jesus is our rock. 1080 00:47:13,681 --> 00:47:17,121 He is the rock on which we build our salvation, isn't he? 1081 00:47:17,681 --> 00:47:19,471 There's lots of phraseology like that. 1082 00:47:19,471 --> 00:47:21,691 Lots of analogies about Jesus, one of which he's a rock. 1083 00:47:21,691 --> 00:47:22,661 He is dependable. 1084 00:47:22,711 --> 00:47:23,121 Yeah. 1085 00:47:23,231 --> 00:47:24,201 He's immovable. 1086 00:47:24,261 --> 00:47:27,061 Claire Glare: And I think it's it's the parable of the man 1087 00:47:27,061 --> 00:47:30,391 building his house on the rock and building his house on the sand. 1088 00:47:30,391 --> 00:47:30,541 Isn't it? 1089 00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:33,201 And actually with floods, we can really see that, can't we? 1090 00:47:33,251 --> 00:47:36,331 The house property and that is. 1091 00:47:37,481 --> 00:47:40,721 It's really firm and you've got those pile they call pilings 1092 00:47:40,721 --> 00:47:42,021 that go down really deep. 1093 00:47:42,391 --> 00:47:43,171 I'm sorry. 1094 00:47:43,171 --> 00:47:44,001 I'm going like that. 1095 00:47:44,011 --> 00:47:47,581 I don't know you, guys, is there any construction engineers out there? 1096 00:47:47,581 --> 00:47:49,841 I think I quite like a construction site actually. 1097 00:47:50,101 --> 00:47:50,351 Yeah. 1098 00:47:50,381 --> 00:47:50,711 That's right. 1099 00:47:50,911 --> 00:47:51,891 That's what I thought it meant. 1100 00:47:52,861 --> 00:48:00,091 Jenny has given us the nod, but whereas if it's just on a little shaley bit 1101 00:48:00,091 --> 00:48:01,991 of land, by on the beach or whatever. 1102 00:48:02,041 --> 00:48:04,501 They go, don't they, and that's devastating. 1103 00:48:04,591 --> 00:48:05,511 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, no, it is. 1104 00:48:05,781 --> 00:48:06,531 And there is that. 1105 00:48:07,171 --> 00:48:11,181 So just to complete that story, Jesus used he, when he was talking to people, 1106 00:48:11,181 --> 00:48:15,661 he often used parables or stories or analogies, we might say, and he did liken 1107 00:48:15,881 --> 00:48:20,011 the foolish man to the foolish man is a man that builds his house on the sand. 1108 00:48:20,011 --> 00:48:20,556 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1109 00:48:20,866 --> 00:48:23,596 Matt Edmundson: And a wise man is the man that build his house upon 1110 00:48:24,076 --> 00:48:27,086 Claire Glare: song about that, but I'm going to restrain myself for Matt Crew. 1111 00:48:28,866 --> 00:48:29,746 Yeah, go on, carry on. 1112 00:48:29,766 --> 00:48:30,386 You're on a roll. 1113 00:48:30,426 --> 00:48:33,666 Matt Edmundson: Wise man build, no is that the song? 1114 00:48:34,266 --> 00:48:34,846 Claire Glare: There's a few. 1115 00:48:35,716 --> 00:48:36,466 There's a few out there. 1116 00:48:36,916 --> 00:48:38,896 Mine's more kind of American version. 1117 00:48:39,046 --> 00:48:39,726 Should we just do it? 1118 00:48:39,816 --> 00:48:40,056 Yeah. 1119 00:48:40,386 --> 00:48:43,406 Don't build your house upon the sandy land. 1120 00:48:43,991 --> 00:48:49,561 Don't build it too close to the shore, cos it might look kinda nice, but you'll 1121 00:48:49,561 --> 00:48:53,451 have to build it twice, cos you'll have to build the house once more. 1122 00:48:54,341 --> 00:48:56,791 Anyway, sorry, I've gone red now. 1123 00:48:57,771 --> 00:49:00,668 Matt Edmundson: I wish I had a button where I could play a round of applause. 1124 00:49:00,668 --> 00:49:03,448 There you go, pat yourself on the back. 1125 00:49:03,448 --> 00:49:05,186 Well done, I love that. 1126 00:49:05,186 --> 00:49:05,356 How 1127 00:49:05,356 --> 00:49:07,433 Claire Glare: did we get to the, how did we get here? 1128 00:49:07,433 --> 00:49:07,886 We were 1129 00:49:07,886 --> 00:49:08,586 Matt Edmundson: talking about rocks. 1130 00:49:08,906 --> 00:49:09,176 Yes. 1131 00:49:09,196 --> 00:49:09,756 So yeah. 1132 00:49:09,926 --> 00:49:10,636 That's what Jenny said. 1133 00:49:10,836 --> 00:49:10,866 But 1134 00:49:10,906 --> 00:49:12,926 Claire Glare: I was thinking about The Rock. 1135 00:49:13,796 --> 00:49:17,036 Because Matt's put about, Matt Crew's put about Jesus is my rock and salvation. 1136 00:49:17,046 --> 00:49:22,516 And I was also thinking about the rock in the Garden of Gethsemane with the tomb. 1137 00:49:22,816 --> 00:49:24,436 That's where my brain just went then. 1138 00:49:24,976 --> 00:49:29,266 And so obviously the rock rolled away and freedom came 1139 00:49:29,266 --> 00:49:31,676 and life came and all of that. 1140 00:49:31,736 --> 00:49:35,906 And I was like, Oh yeah, because that's the rock on which we depend. 1141 00:49:35,916 --> 00:49:39,226 If that rock hadn't rolled away, Jesus would have been dead 1142 00:49:39,226 --> 00:49:40,636 still and we wouldn't be here. 1143 00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:45,906 Because the reason we're here now is because 1144 00:49:45,956 --> 00:49:47,486 Matt Edmundson: yeah, no, very true. 1145 00:49:47,556 --> 00:49:48,636 So yeah, it's all going on. 1146 00:49:48,646 --> 00:49:49,606 Man, it's so deep. 1147 00:49:49,926 --> 00:49:50,846 We're getting deep today. 1148 00:49:51,496 --> 00:49:52,286 So very deep. 1149 00:49:52,686 --> 00:49:54,226 So just going through my notes here. 1150 00:49:54,656 --> 00:49:58,246 Dave talked about when Paul wrote the letter to the Philippian 1151 00:49:58,246 --> 00:49:59,796 church, rejoicing the Lord always. 1152 00:49:59,796 --> 00:50:00,656 I say again, rejoice. 1153 00:50:00,656 --> 00:50:00,886 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1154 00:50:01,026 --> 00:50:02,136 Matt Edmundson: He was in prison in Rome. 1155 00:50:02,186 --> 00:50:02,456 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1156 00:50:02,606 --> 00:50:04,516 Matt Edmundson: Now, next week, you are going to Italy. 1157 00:50:05,251 --> 00:50:05,901 Claire Glare: Bologna. 1158 00:50:06,031 --> 00:50:06,631 Matt Edmundson: Bologna. 1159 00:50:06,631 --> 00:50:09,481 A few years ago, I was in Italy. 1160 00:50:09,501 --> 00:50:09,771 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1161 00:50:09,841 --> 00:50:10,551 Matt Edmundson: And I went to Rome. 1162 00:50:10,641 --> 00:50:10,961 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1163 00:50:11,031 --> 00:50:12,011 Matt Edmundson: With Sharon and the kids. 1164 00:50:12,011 --> 00:50:13,271 Claire Glare: Yeah, it's amazing. 1165 00:50:13,381 --> 00:50:13,901 Love Rome. 1166 00:50:14,151 --> 00:50:14,451 Yeah. 1167 00:50:14,531 --> 00:50:15,031 Matt Edmundson: Love Rome. 1168 00:50:15,081 --> 00:50:15,501 Go to Rome. 1169 00:50:15,501 --> 00:50:16,551 If you've never been to Rome, go to Rome. 1170 00:50:16,811 --> 00:50:17,321 It's an amazing place. 1171 00:50:17,441 --> 00:50:19,081 Claire Glare: Florence, Venice, they're all good. 1172 00:50:19,121 --> 00:50:19,511 They're amazing. 1173 00:50:19,731 --> 00:50:20,751 But Rome is amazing. 1174 00:50:20,761 --> 00:50:24,691 Matt Edmundson: Did you go to Paul's prison when you were in Rome? 1175 00:50:24,691 --> 00:50:27,651 Claire Glare: I don't know why, but I'm not sure that we did. 1176 00:50:28,321 --> 00:50:29,541 Foolish mistake. 1177 00:50:29,741 --> 00:50:30,401 Matt Edmundson: Foolish mistake. 1178 00:50:30,411 --> 00:50:30,971 We went. 1179 00:50:31,031 --> 00:50:31,241 Claire Glare: Did you? 1180 00:50:31,591 --> 00:50:32,731 Matt Edmundson: Yeah I've stood in. 1181 00:50:32,741 --> 00:50:33,551 Was he in house 1182 00:50:33,551 --> 00:50:34,041 Claire Glare: arrest? 1183 00:50:34,721 --> 00:50:35,991 He was under house arrest, was he? 1184 00:50:36,191 --> 00:50:36,521 Yeah. 1185 00:50:36,561 --> 00:50:38,001 Matt Edmundson: Yeah they It might have been. 1186 00:50:38,081 --> 00:50:39,241 Claire Glare: They don't know really what it 1187 00:50:39,241 --> 00:50:40,341 Matt Edmundson: was, do they? 1188 00:50:40,341 --> 00:50:40,491 Sorry. 1189 00:50:40,631 --> 00:50:41,951 It's a very good chance. 1190 00:50:42,031 --> 00:50:42,251 Yeah. 1191 00:50:42,301 --> 00:50:43,761 He wasn't there when I went in to confirm. 1192 00:50:46,041 --> 00:50:47,781 It didn't say Paul was here on the wall. 1193 00:50:51,421 --> 00:50:52,821 Claire Glare: Can't read the old Latin, can you? 1194 00:50:52,891 --> 00:50:53,541 Matt Edmundson: No, you can't. 1195 00:50:53,551 --> 00:50:56,071 But even if Paul wasn't in there, you got an idea of the 1196 00:50:56,071 --> 00:50:57,481 kind of prison Paul would be in. 1197 00:50:57,741 --> 00:50:58,761 Oh my Lord. 1198 00:50:59,031 --> 00:51:00,181 I couldn't stand up straight in it. 1199 00:51:00,491 --> 00:51:00,738 Claire Glare: Was it 1200 00:51:00,738 --> 00:51:00,816 Matt Edmundson: little? 1201 00:51:00,816 --> 00:51:01,351 It was tiny. 1202 00:51:01,451 --> 00:51:04,381 Yeah, tiny, teeny tiny, hole in the rock type thing. 1203 00:51:04,381 --> 00:51:04,961 It was unbelievable. 1204 00:51:06,111 --> 00:51:08,881 So yeah, imagine, and I stood there in that place and thought, Oh my God. 1205 00:51:09,301 --> 00:51:14,151 Imagine being in a place like this for years, and you're writing to 1206 00:51:14,151 --> 00:51:19,971 a church saying rejoice in the Lord always, I say again, rejoice. 1207 00:51:19,971 --> 00:51:22,471 Now like you said, is he preaching more to himself than anybody? 1208 00:51:23,191 --> 00:51:28,591 But to be able to write that in that place, I just think is extraordinary. 1209 00:51:28,591 --> 00:51:33,896 And I think it, I find it deeply challenging because it's easy to 1210 00:51:33,896 --> 00:51:35,826 go off on an emotional tangent. 1211 00:51:35,826 --> 00:51:40,066 It's easy to be knocked sideways and, it's, dare I say, sometimes it's easy to 1212 00:51:40,066 --> 00:51:42,326 become a victim of my own circumstance. 1213 00:51:43,366 --> 00:51:46,496 And if any man could have done that, Paul could have done that, but he didn't. 1214 00:51:46,626 --> 00:51:47,906 And he was in that jail. 1215 00:51:48,216 --> 00:51:53,896 And he found the ability to rejoice in the Lord. 1216 00:51:53,896 --> 00:51:55,146 And I just think that's amazing. 1217 00:51:55,646 --> 00:51:56,786 Proper, proper amazing. 1218 00:51:56,796 --> 00:51:57,116 Yeah. 1219 00:51:57,596 --> 00:51:57,956 Claire Glare: Yeah. 1220 00:51:57,956 --> 00:52:04,036 And I do actually think that in the darkest times, that is, if we are 1221 00:52:04,036 --> 00:52:09,946 able to turn our gaze to Jesus, that is when we can really experience 1222 00:52:09,946 --> 00:52:15,006 that huge comfort and, peace that surpasses all human understanding. 1223 00:52:15,246 --> 00:52:15,426 Yeah. 1224 00:52:15,536 --> 00:52:16,466 And it is about. 1225 00:52:16,986 --> 00:52:19,696 It really is about turning our mind around, isn't it? 1226 00:52:19,696 --> 00:52:25,416 And just say, and challenge it and say, rejoice rejoice, telling ourselves. 1227 00:52:25,686 --> 00:52:26,526 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, absolutely. 1228 00:52:26,526 --> 00:52:29,236 And getting into that is such a powerful thing. 1229 00:52:29,236 --> 00:52:30,436 I'm going to have to end the Conversation Street. 1230 00:52:30,436 --> 00:52:31,916 I'm aware after, geez, we've just gone on. 1231 00:52:33,336 --> 00:52:33,686 Sorry. 1232 00:52:34,256 --> 00:52:35,336 But it's all good stuff. 1233 00:52:35,336 --> 00:52:35,976 I shouldn't apologize. 1234 00:52:35,976 --> 00:52:36,616 It's all good stuff. 1235 00:52:36,616 --> 00:52:39,776 I think this topic of joy is such a powerful thing. 1236 00:52:39,816 --> 00:52:43,856 And that's my experience, in my Christian walk is actually despite the pain, despite 1237 00:52:43,856 --> 00:52:49,116 the emotions, despite everything else, you can rejoice and to be a whole person. 1238 00:52:49,156 --> 00:52:49,296 Claire Glare: A 1239 00:52:49,306 --> 00:52:51,356 Matt Edmundson: whole person is a joyful person. 1240 00:52:51,406 --> 00:52:53,686 Not necessarily a happy person all the time, but a person 1241 00:52:53,686 --> 00:52:54,866 that can find a joyful end. 1242 00:52:55,046 --> 00:52:58,786 Joy deep within their soul, despite everything else that's going on. 1243 00:52:58,786 --> 00:53:02,046 If you can do that, wholeness is just incredible. 1244 00:53:02,066 --> 00:53:04,086 Yeah, that Matt's put promote the Zoom. 1245 00:53:04,196 --> 00:53:05,476 I will promote the Zoom. 1246 00:53:05,796 --> 00:53:06,826 What's happening next week? 1247 00:53:06,826 --> 00:53:07,256 Thanks, Matt. 1248 00:53:07,596 --> 00:53:10,456 Next week we are carrying on our conversation about 1249 00:53:10,456 --> 00:53:11,336 the fruits of the spirit. 1250 00:53:11,336 --> 00:53:12,556 I have no idea who's speaking. 1251 00:53:13,026 --> 00:53:13,566 Claire Glare: Me neither. 1252 00:53:14,206 --> 00:53:14,296 Matt Edmundson: Do you not know? 1253 00:53:14,296 --> 00:53:14,536 No. 1254 00:53:14,536 --> 00:53:14,811 I dunno. 1255 00:53:14,811 --> 00:53:16,006 I don't really check this out. 1256 00:53:16,006 --> 00:53:16,851 I can't pull it on the hat. 1257 00:53:16,851 --> 00:53:20,161 Hang on, let me I, I'll just pull it up on my phone here. 1258 00:53:21,351 --> 00:53:22,821 Drive, Google Drive. 1259 00:53:22,831 --> 00:53:23,271 There we go. 1260 00:53:23,281 --> 00:53:23,911 It's amazing, isn't it? 1261 00:53:23,911 --> 00:53:24,981 I'm just going to put my glasses on. 1262 00:53:25,201 --> 00:53:25,621 Claire Glare: It's all right. 1263 00:53:25,631 --> 00:53:26,161 It's allowed. 1264 00:53:26,271 --> 00:53:26,661 Matt Edmundson: Sorry. 1265 00:53:27,511 --> 00:53:29,981 Claire Glare: Glasses are the way forward. 1266 00:53:31,771 --> 00:53:33,301 I've been wearing glasses since I was seven. 1267 00:53:33,351 --> 00:53:33,971 Matt Edmundson: Schedule. 1268 00:53:33,981 --> 00:53:34,771 That's not a new thing. 1269 00:53:34,791 --> 00:53:35,221 Here we go. 1270 00:53:35,291 --> 00:53:35,961 Crowd Schedule. 1271 00:53:35,971 --> 00:53:36,991 So let's look at what's coming. 1272 00:53:36,991 --> 00:53:38,671 I'm sorry, I should have been way more prepared. 1273 00:53:38,971 --> 00:53:45,166 So next we are talking about peace, And we have Pete Farrington speaking. 1274 00:53:45,266 --> 00:53:45,976 Oh, good. 1275 00:53:46,026 --> 00:53:49,656 And we have Dan Orange and Anna Kettle. 1276 00:53:49,676 --> 00:53:51,376 They are hosting. 1277 00:53:51,476 --> 00:53:51,826 Fab. 1278 00:53:52,196 --> 00:53:52,676 That'll be good. 1279 00:53:52,676 --> 00:53:54,006 Talking about peace, which would be great. 1280 00:53:54,086 --> 00:53:56,506 So yeah, really good. 1281 00:53:56,506 --> 00:53:57,756 So make sure you join us for that. 1282 00:53:57,756 --> 00:54:00,156 If you haven't done so already, make sure you'd like and subscribe to the channel. 1283 00:54:00,156 --> 00:54:04,226 I was gonna say podcast, the live stream, the pod, whatever the thing. 1284 00:54:06,976 --> 00:54:07,496 Oh, wow. 1285 00:54:08,026 --> 00:54:09,946 We spend all this money on this tech. 1286 00:54:09,946 --> 00:54:15,266 Claire Glare: Claire just What is it? 1287 00:54:15,366 --> 00:54:15,976 Tumbleweed. 1288 00:54:15,976 --> 00:54:22,686 Matt Edmundson: We thought long and hard about the branding. 1289 00:54:23,176 --> 00:54:28,126 We did all the research and it's called The thing. 1290 00:54:30,406 --> 00:54:30,836 Love that. 1291 00:54:31,476 --> 00:54:32,586 Absolutely love that. 1292 00:54:32,596 --> 00:54:34,536 So yes, the next week we're talking about peace carrying on. 1293 00:54:35,326 --> 00:54:37,826 We also have a midweek community group. 1294 00:54:37,826 --> 00:54:40,906 If you'd like to come join us on Zoom, come say how's it to the troops. 1295 00:54:41,366 --> 00:54:43,316 It'll be great to see you in there. 1296 00:54:43,316 --> 00:54:46,486 That's Wednesday night, 8, no 7. 1297 00:54:46,486 --> 00:54:46,616 30pm. 1298 00:54:47,566 --> 00:54:50,436 Now, actually, that's reminded me, I do have to give a brief notice. 1299 00:54:50,436 --> 00:54:53,576 If you're watching this and you're joining us on the Alpha course, 1300 00:54:53,636 --> 00:54:55,866 because every Wednesday, we also do an Alpha, we're doing Alpha at 8:30, 1301 00:54:55,896 --> 00:54:56,736 which has been going really well. 1302 00:54:56,786 --> 00:54:57,286 Amazing. 1303 00:54:57,596 --> 00:54:58,346 Yeah, I love Alpha. 1304 00:54:58,346 --> 00:55:01,926 Alpha is a thing where you can come join us and we explore the Christian faith. 1305 00:55:01,926 --> 00:55:04,576 It's great if you're searching, if you have lots of questions about 1306 00:55:04,576 --> 00:55:06,756 Christianity, or if you're a new Christian trying to figure things out. 1307 00:55:06,796 --> 00:55:07,066 Yeah. 1308 00:55:07,276 --> 00:55:08,116 Alpha is brilliant. 1309 00:55:08,386 --> 00:55:09,516 Yeah, absolutely brilliant. 1310 00:55:09,516 --> 00:55:12,676 And so we've got some great guys on Alpha. 1311 00:55:12,676 --> 00:55:15,876 I would say actually great ladies on Alpha because the men have all disappeared. 1312 00:55:16,901 --> 00:55:17,601 But let's not go there. 1313 00:55:17,601 --> 00:55:20,461 Man, come on, wake up. 1314 00:55:21,051 --> 00:55:23,611 So yeah, if you want to come join us on Alpha, you're more than welcome. 1315 00:55:23,631 --> 00:55:26,031 That said, there is no Alpha this week. 1316 00:55:26,581 --> 00:55:29,231 Alpha will be cancelled this week or postponed. 1317 00:55:29,271 --> 00:55:29,581 Yeah. 1318 00:55:30,051 --> 00:55:31,501 Because I've been a week off. 1319 00:55:31,641 --> 00:55:32,191 I wish. 1320 00:55:32,671 --> 00:55:33,541 Clash of Diaries. 1321 00:55:33,701 --> 00:55:34,281 Claire Glare: Oh, 1322 00:55:34,921 --> 00:55:39,941 Matt Edmundson: Yeah Sharon and I are doing a marriage course and 1323 00:55:40,181 --> 00:55:42,011 we're speaking on communication. 1324 00:55:42,031 --> 00:55:44,261 So we're doing the communication thing on the marriage course. 1325 00:55:44,261 --> 00:55:45,131 Claire Glare: Sorry, irony. 1326 00:55:46,821 --> 00:55:47,641 Communication. 1327 00:55:47,841 --> 00:55:48,121 Sorry. 1328 00:55:48,871 --> 00:55:49,421 Clash. 1329 00:55:49,981 --> 00:55:51,151 I can talk 1330 00:55:55,211 --> 00:55:55,611 of it. 1331 00:55:56,261 --> 00:55:57,221 Matt Edmundson: It's just brilliant, isn't it? 1332 00:55:57,561 --> 00:56:00,641 So yes, so just to let you know that Alpha will not be happening this week. 1333 00:56:00,671 --> 00:56:03,401 But if you want to join the community group, you're more than welcome. 1334 00:56:03,871 --> 00:56:07,131 Just get in touch with us via the website, which is, let me put 1335 00:56:07,131 --> 00:56:10,071 it on screen, Crowd Church, www. 1336 00:56:10,071 --> 00:56:10,251 crowd. 1337 00:56:10,421 --> 00:56:13,571 church, or you can reach us on social media at Crowd Church, 1338 00:56:13,861 --> 00:56:16,151 and we'll send you the Zoom details, and you can come join in. 1339 00:56:16,441 --> 00:56:18,271 Is that the Phil Watson Marriage Course? 1340 00:56:18,271 --> 00:56:18,761 Yes, it is. 1341 00:56:19,161 --> 00:56:21,391 So if you're in Liverpool, you want to do the marriage course, come join us. 1342 00:56:21,511 --> 00:56:22,921 It's an amazing thing to do. 1343 00:56:23,451 --> 00:56:25,211 And it's hosted by Phil Watson, who's been on Crowd. 1344 00:56:25,671 --> 00:56:26,521 Him and Helena. 1345 00:56:27,651 --> 00:56:30,711 Claire Glare: They're bonkers, lovely, joyful people, aren't they? 1346 00:56:30,711 --> 00:56:31,581 Oh, they're great. 1347 00:56:32,001 --> 00:56:33,651 Matt Edmundson: On another level of amazingness. 1348 00:56:33,691 --> 00:56:34,321 They really are. 1349 00:56:34,481 --> 00:56:36,731 And yeah, if you're in Liverpool and you want to come join 1350 00:56:36,731 --> 00:56:37,551 us on that, do check us out. 1351 00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:40,131 Jamie says, powerful stuff tonight. 1352 00:56:40,131 --> 00:56:40,921 Thanks, Jamie. 1353 00:56:40,941 --> 00:56:41,811 Thankful for tonight. 1354 00:56:41,811 --> 00:56:42,511 Thank you, Matt and Claire. 1355 00:56:42,641 --> 00:56:43,481 It's great to have you, man. 1356 00:56:43,481 --> 00:56:44,301 Great that you could join us. 1357 00:56:44,311 --> 00:56:45,161 Appreciate you being here. 1358 00:56:46,021 --> 00:56:47,761 Matt says tonight has been joyful. 1359 00:56:49,331 --> 00:56:54,701 I just want to sing that joyful Lord, we adore thee, God of glory. 1360 00:56:55,301 --> 00:56:56,581 I'm gonna stop now because people are leaving. 1361 00:56:56,591 --> 00:56:57,651 Claire Glare: I don't know that one. 1362 00:56:58,211 --> 00:57:00,271 Matt Edmundson: You must have watched the movie Sister Act. 1363 00:57:00,891 --> 00:57:02,321 Claire Glare: Yeah, don't remember that 2. 1364 00:57:02,401 --> 00:57:05,761 No, I re watched Sister Act, the other one recently. 1365 00:57:05,761 --> 00:57:06,771 I watched Sister Act 1366 00:57:06,771 --> 00:57:06,951 Matt Edmundson: 2. 1367 00:57:07,001 --> 00:57:08,811 It's a song from Sister Act 2 ah. 1368 00:57:08,871 --> 00:57:10,781 I say it's an old fashioned song, which they really do. 1369 00:57:10,781 --> 00:57:11,221 Yeah, but they're 1370 00:57:11,231 --> 00:57:12,681 Claire Glare: great songs in Sister Act. 1371 00:57:12,961 --> 00:57:13,351 Matt Edmundson: Amazing. 1372 00:57:13,431 --> 00:57:13,701 Amazing. 1373 00:57:13,831 --> 00:57:14,751 Yeah, check it out Sister Act 2. 1374 00:57:15,271 --> 00:57:17,311 Peter says, yes, very thought provoking evening. 1375 00:57:17,311 --> 00:57:17,701 Thank you. 1376 00:57:17,751 --> 00:57:18,031 Thanks, Peter. 1377 00:57:19,241 --> 00:57:20,971 Claire Glare: Try fostering Matt Crew's house. 1378 00:57:22,991 --> 00:57:28,751 That's a thing to bring joy to our lives as mother of adopted children. 1379 00:57:28,751 --> 00:57:29,121 Matt Edmundson: No, we 1380 00:57:29,121 --> 00:57:29,442 Claire Glare: love 1381 00:57:29,442 --> 00:57:29,763 Matt Edmundson: it. 1382 00:57:29,763 --> 00:57:30,727 You love it. 1383 00:57:30,727 --> 00:57:31,690 You love it. 1384 00:57:31,690 --> 00:57:34,031 You must be an adoption champion 1385 00:57:34,721 --> 00:57:34,921 Claire Glare: then. 1386 00:57:35,381 --> 00:57:36,861 You really put me on the spot there. 1387 00:57:37,051 --> 00:57:37,561 No, I am. 1388 00:57:41,446 --> 00:57:44,046 Read the subtext. 1389 00:57:44,046 --> 00:57:44,436 No, I am. 1390 00:57:44,456 --> 00:57:44,726 Yeah. 1391 00:57:44,806 --> 00:57:45,756 My children are great. 1392 00:57:45,836 --> 00:57:46,316 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 1393 00:57:46,666 --> 00:57:47,606 It's just a whole different world. 1394 00:57:47,776 --> 00:57:47,836 It's 1395 00:57:47,836 --> 00:57:48,636 Claire Glare: just a different podcast. 1396 00:57:49,326 --> 00:57:49,496 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 1397 00:57:49,946 --> 00:57:51,356 No, no one told you about this. 1398 00:57:51,746 --> 00:57:54,206 Claire Glare: I genuinely think, sorry, we digress. 1399 00:57:54,746 --> 00:57:56,896 That if you knew. 1400 00:57:57,856 --> 00:58:01,916 What you'd be what the challenges you do as a parent, nobody would do it. 1401 00:58:02,196 --> 00:58:04,966 And I think that for adoption and fostering as much as anything. 1402 00:58:05,176 --> 00:58:05,756 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, absolutely. 1403 00:58:05,756 --> 00:58:06,706 I think because you just 1404 00:58:06,706 --> 00:58:08,266 Claire Glare: wouldn't because it's so flipping hard. 1405 00:58:09,026 --> 00:58:10,686 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, natural parenting is hard enough. 1406 00:58:10,686 --> 00:58:14,066 But fostering and adoption throws a whole bunch of other issues 1407 00:58:14,066 --> 00:58:15,126 into the works, doesn't it really? 1408 00:58:15,546 --> 00:58:16,556 But yeah, you're amazing. 1409 00:58:16,566 --> 00:58:17,616 Phil and Helena. 1410 00:58:17,676 --> 00:58:18,086 Yeah. 1411 00:58:18,671 --> 00:58:20,861 Phil is a big fostering champion, isn't he? 1412 00:58:20,931 --> 00:58:23,581 Put a shout out to Phil, go find Phil Watson, if you want to know more about 1413 00:58:23,581 --> 00:58:25,951 fostering kids, just go find him on Instagram, tell him we said how's it. 1414 00:58:26,711 --> 00:58:29,301 Because he's a big champion of fostering, isn't he, and adoption. 1415 00:58:29,621 --> 00:58:29,841 We 1416 00:58:29,841 --> 00:58:33,681 Claire Glare: need people who are joy, whose joy comes from the Lord. 1417 00:58:34,136 --> 00:58:34,856 To foster. 1418 00:58:34,956 --> 00:58:35,686 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, we do. 1419 00:58:35,806 --> 00:58:36,636 Yeah, absolutely. 1420 00:58:36,636 --> 00:58:39,376 So if you feel God's calling you to do that, do check it out. 1421 00:58:39,946 --> 00:58:42,066 Go check out Phil Watson or get in touch with us as a crowd. 1422 00:58:42,066 --> 00:58:43,366 We'll put you in touch with them. 1423 00:58:43,436 --> 00:58:44,396 Nicola says, stop it. 1424 00:58:44,716 --> 00:58:46,446 I don't know what she's talking about. 1425 00:58:46,456 --> 00:58:48,286 I've been talking about adopting kids. 1426 00:58:48,336 --> 00:58:50,006 Just stop it. 1427 00:58:50,006 --> 00:58:51,346 Claire Glare: I think we've run over time. 1428 00:58:52,936 --> 00:58:54,176 Matt Edmundson: Stop singing is probably what she said. 1429 00:58:54,176 --> 00:58:55,026 Claire Glare: Yeah, probably. 1430 00:58:55,026 --> 00:58:57,106 Matt Edmundson: I 1431 00:58:57,106 --> 00:58:57,506 Claire Glare: was enjoying it. 1432 00:58:57,946 --> 00:58:58,146 Matt Edmundson: Yeah. 1433 00:58:58,391 --> 00:59:02,811 Oh, it's good to be funny. 1434 00:59:03,351 --> 00:59:04,171 It's good to think we're funny. 1435 00:59:04,171 --> 00:59:05,931 We're 1436 00:59:05,931 --> 00:59:07,691 Claire Glare: scousers. 1437 00:59:07,691 --> 00:59:08,771 We're adopted scousers. 1438 00:59:08,831 --> 00:59:10,091 We are naturally funny. 1439 00:59:10,471 --> 00:59:11,291 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, absolutely. 1440 00:59:12,601 --> 00:59:15,641 I got a birthday card last week because it was my birthday last week. 1441 00:59:15,641 --> 00:59:15,911 Happy birthday. 1442 00:59:16,161 --> 00:59:16,661 Yeah, thank you. 1443 00:59:16,781 --> 00:59:17,721 Claire Glare: I think I said hi. 1444 00:59:17,961 --> 00:59:18,291 You did. 1445 00:59:18,411 --> 00:59:18,751 You did. 1446 00:59:18,781 --> 00:59:19,091 Matt Edmundson: Bless you. 1447 00:59:19,091 --> 00:59:19,471 You did. 1448 00:59:19,531 --> 00:59:22,751 And I had this birthday card and it's, it made some comment 1449 00:59:22,781 --> 00:59:24,631 about what was it she said? 1450 00:59:24,631 --> 00:59:29,001 Something along the lines of I hope it's as good and as funny as you think you are. 1451 00:59:30,471 --> 00:59:30,751 Rude. 1452 00:59:30,751 --> 00:59:32,691 Rude. 1453 00:59:32,691 --> 00:59:33,181 Rude. 1454 00:59:33,631 --> 00:59:33,981 Rude. 1455 00:59:34,661 --> 00:59:35,361 Anyway, thank you. 1456 00:59:35,361 --> 00:59:35,731 People are 1457 00:59:35,731 --> 00:59:38,151 Claire Glare: even ringing you up, Matt, to tell us that we've run out. 1458 00:59:38,731 --> 00:59:38,871 Matt Edmundson: We are. 1459 00:59:38,871 --> 00:59:40,381 They're calling me on my phone. 1460 00:59:40,401 --> 00:59:40,841 Get off. 1461 00:59:41,241 --> 00:59:41,828 So much. 1462 00:59:41,828 --> 00:59:44,466 Nicola says today has brought me joy and pain. 1463 00:59:44,466 --> 00:59:45,932 Brought me joy and pain. 1464 00:59:45,932 --> 00:59:46,225 Brilliant. 1465 00:59:46,225 --> 00:59:46,518 Glad 1466 00:59:46,518 --> 00:59:47,398 Claire Glare: you enjoyed it. 1467 00:59:47,398 --> 00:59:48,288 We hope to please. 1468 00:59:51,223 --> 00:59:52,353 Oh no, he's persistent, isn't he? 1469 00:59:52,353 --> 00:59:52,873 He is 1470 00:59:52,873 --> 00:59:53,393 Matt Edmundson: very persistent. 1471 00:59:53,393 --> 00:59:55,403 He's going, he's a guy I need to drop his shopping off. 1472 00:59:55,403 --> 00:59:56,173 I'll do that on the way home. 1473 00:59:56,623 --> 00:59:58,313 But listen, thank you so much for joining us. 1474 00:59:58,313 --> 01:00:00,413 Have a fantastic week wherever you are in the world. 1475 01:00:00,493 --> 01:00:01,223 That's it from me. 1476 01:00:01,223 --> 01:00:01,973 That's it from Claire. 1477 01:00:02,373 --> 01:00:03,703 And I'm looking for the, there's a button there. 1478 01:00:03,703 --> 01:00:04,933 I can't see it, but I think it's that one. 1479 01:00:05,193 --> 01:00:06,703 But it's been brilliant to be with you. 1480 01:00:06,763 --> 01:00:07,383 Have you enjoyed it? 1481 01:00:07,503 --> 01:00:08,103 Claire Glare: I've loved it. 1482 01:00:08,183 --> 01:00:08,893 Matt Edmundson: Yeah, it's been great. 1483 01:00:09,073 --> 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