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THE RHYTHM OF LIFE (4 OF 10)

by Robert Dawson

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11
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The Rhythm of Life (4 of 10)
Series: 10 Commandments (Life's Blueprints)
Robert Dawson
Exodus 20.8-11


Many of you know I love music and not just music in general but music that exalts and honors God as well as communicating the great truths of what God has done in our lives. Though I am not exactly musically talented or gifted I occasionally enjoy leading worship. For years in small out of the way churches I did that.

One thing I learned about music and about organizing a worship service is that rhythm and flow are important. Every service and every song that lifts and encourages not only communicates great truth but has a discernible rhythm and flow. That beat/cadence helps create a great dynamic that keeps a song and service vibrant. Without a discernible flow, rhythm, beat, cadence things get out of balance all the parts fail to blend together and a song or service can quickly go sour (same is true in a sermon).

It may surprise you but God has designed our lives to have a discernible rhythm and flow. God's blueprint for our life calls for this rhythm and flow to be in place --- without it the song of our life goes sour.

Today as we continue looking at God's Blueprint for our life through a study of the 10 Commandments we come to what is sometimes a confusing and misunderstood commandment, the 4th Commandment.
- In this commandment we discover the rhythm God has built into our lives that must be followed if our life is to express itself beautifully to His glory.

I want us to go back to the beginning of the chapter and read all the commandments in order to where we are today.
- Exodus 20.1-11-

I remember back when I took piano lessons as a little boy, I wish I had kept up with them, and was learning to play an instrument in the band that often times when teaching us a new song, and especially helping us with a difficult section of the song, the director would count out or clap out the rhythm so that we could learn it and then ask us to ...

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