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ii. He really has grow n a lot since his start in 2001 d. Andy Mineo The Believer i. Best part… “In the summer before entering the 8th grade, Mineo went to a C hristian camp at which his sister w orked as a counselor and was exposed to the Gospel and conv erted. However, after his conv ersion, Mineo went into high school w ith no C hristian support, and he soon drifted aw ay from his faith. While in high school, Mineo acquired recording equipment and started selling studio time out of his home” (Wikipedia.org) ii. He is all about Jesus, thanks to his sister iii. Speaking of his sister, Grace… (pic)

II. Dedicated T o A Big Sister a. A Song Inspired By Grace Message in the Music 3 i. I want to introduce y ou to one of my new favorites, First Baptist Student Ministry - Wednesday, June 28, 2017 not because of the ly rics or the beat, but because of the meaning and purpose behind it. (Lip sy nc intro, no sound) Let’s kick it up a notch tonight, as w e get to “hear” ii. Listen to A ndy talk about his new song “Hear My the heart of one of the new est and coolest C hristian rapper, A ndy Mineo: Heart” for his big sister…

I. Learned From A Big Brother Video = “A ndy Mineo – Story of my sister (hear my heart)” (1:54) a. A ndy Mineo The Dude Part of https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =qF 6v 3pkF s-s i. A ndrew A aron "A ndy " Mineo formerly C -Lite (pic) ii. Born on A pril 17, 1988 (age 29) - Sy racuse, NY iii. She is deaf and he w rote this song for her… iii. A ndy Mineo married C hristina Delgado on A ugust 23, b. A Song Delivered With Grace 2014 i. What is grace? = “elegance, sty le, poise” b. A ndy Mineo The Musician ii. It all comes back to God’s grace = “God’s unmerited i. Some of his hits: “You C an’t Stop Me”, “Nev erland”, fav or”… we didn’t deserv e His love: “Say I Won’t” & “Background” (w ith Lecrae) 1. 1 C orinthians 15:10 = “But whatever I am ii. 4 self-produced albums now , it is all because God poured out his iii. 3 w ith Reach Records (2011-present) special fav or on me… God who was working 1. Heroes for Sale (2013) through me by his grace.” (NLT) 2. Nev erland (2014) iii. By the grace of God y ou can hear tonight! Imagine 3. Uncomfortable (2015) not hav ing any hearing ev er, being born deaf. That’s iv. F eatured on albums w ith Tedashii, Sheena Lee, F at w hy this song was written. C amp, O xburg, and Lecrae iv. “LISTEN” closely to Hear My Heart… v. A lso a v ideographer = “In May 2012, Mineo launched a 4-episode w eb series entitled Saturday Morning Music V ideo = “A ndy Mineo – Hear My Heart” (3:02) C ar-Tunez w hich featured him remixing classic hip- https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =ZD0fhC ZF jjI hop songs” (w kipedia.org) c. Andy Mineo The Little Brother i. You know him best because of Lecrae, w ho he III. A cting Like A Little Child admires and has been mentored by … listen to this: a. Have You Put Away Your Childish Ways?

i. “It’s not that I did something… it’s the fact that I Unfortunately , by the time the predator spits out the frog, the didn’t”… “That was me as a child, I just pray y ou traumatized amphibian dies any w ay . forgiv e me” Without question, the tomato frog’s poison is effectiv e. The only ii. Ev er think about how y ou acted as a kid? Still acting problem is—it’s too late. It’s utterly useless in protecting the tomato frog safe or talking those w ays? because it’s activ ated after an attack and after the damage is done. Believ ers in Jesus often suffer from the tomato frog’s bane. We w ait to 1 Corinthians 13:11 = “When I w as a child, I spoke and thought and pray and employ our spiritual defenses or offenses until after Satan has already reasoned as a child. But w hen I grew up, I put aw ay childish things.” (NLT) attacked and caused damage in our liv es. O nly after making a bad decision, breaking a significant relationship, or committing a sin w ith long-term iii. We all hav e said dumb things… ev en recently , but it’s consequences do w e call on the Lord for help. O f course, God can help us in time to grow up. Stop acting like a kid! times of trouble. Yet w e do ourselv es a fav or to be in constant pray er and b. Have You Tried Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes? dev otion so that the enemy is repelled before the damage is done. i. A sk for a v olunteer to sw itch shoes with me Albertville First Baptist Church - AlbertvilleFBC .or g © 2017 ii. Not literally “w alked in their shoes” Justin Worden - 256.878.2291 office - 256.744.3355 cell 1. See life from their perspectiv e 2. Imagine what it would be like to be them 3. This is called EMPATHY! iii. Jesus modeled it constantly …

Matthew 9 :3 6 = “When he saw the crow ds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep w ithout a shepherd.” (NLT)

iv. Should change how y ou act or speak to people! v. Like A ndy says = “even though y ou were born deaf, I pray y ou forgiv e me for the y ears I was blind” v i. Let’s grow up and act like Jesus! c. Have You Been Consistent With Your Words & Actions? i. A ndy says: Words aren’t enough… “let me show y a” (more than words = actions)

1 John 3:18 = “Dear children, let’s not merely say that w e lov e each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” (NLT)

1. Learned sign language to show his sister he lov es her, didn’t just say it. ii. Is there any contradiction betw een y our words and y our actions? iii. A re y ou talking out of “both sides of y our month” (not literally )? 1. Stop! Speak with integrity , not like a child!

(Tomato frog pic) Deep in the C osta Rican jungle liv es the small tomato frog. Red in color like a tomato, he has a unique defense against predators. O nce he’s attacked, he emits a deadly , milky w hite poison all ov er his skin. A s the attacking animal bites into a tomato frog, it tastes the poison and spits the frog out of its mouth.

II. Dedicated To A Big ______

a. A Song ______By Grace

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b. A Song ______With Grace

• 1 C orinthians 15:10

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I. Learned From A Big ______III. A cting Like A Little ______

a. A ndy Mineo The ______a. Have You Put Away Your ______Ways? • Born A pril 17, 1988 (age 29) in Sy racuse, NY • 1 C orinthians 13:11

b. A ndy Mineo The ______b. Have You Tried Walking In ______Shoes? c. A ndy Mineo The ______Brother • Matthew 9:36

c. Have You Been Consistent With Your ______Video = “A ndy Mineo - Lecrae Is My Big Brother, I'v e Learned… (3:02) https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =7cr6o39XgB0 A nd ______?

• 1 John 3:18

d. A ndy Mineo The ______

Learn more about A ndy Mineo at A ndyMineo.com

b. Introducing God First & Foremost i. Making God “the focal point of EV ERYTHING”! 1. Matthew 6:33 = “Seek the Kingdom of God abov e all else, and liv e righteously , and he w ill giv e y ou ev ery thing y ou need.” (NLT) ii. That’s the name of one of her new est hits = “F irst” (seeking God first!) c. Introducing Some Good Music i. I remember dow nloading & listening to her w hole CD in the car last y ear… ev ery song, w ow ! ii. 2 C Ds = “How C an It Be” (2015) & “Behold: A C hristmas C ollection” (2016) iii. Songs = “How C an It Be”, “First”, and “Trust In You” iv. 22 May 2017 – F ranklin, Tenn – C entricity Music’s Lauren Daigle took home two Billboard Music A wards last night. Named Billboard’s Top C hristian A rtist (she w as nominated last y ear in the same category )

Daigle also won Top C hristian A lbum for the second y ear in a row w ith How C an It Be. Daigle w as also Message in the Music 2 nominated for Top C hristian Song (“Trust In You”). First Baptist Student Ministry - Wednesday, June 14, 2017 The Billboard Music A w ards w ere held liv e in Las V egas from the T-Mobile A rena and aired on A BC . Tonight w e continue our new Message in the Music series w ith one of my (Laurendaigle.com) fav orite new and upcoming female singers, someone w ho has an aw esome v oice and an aw esome heart for God. Meet Lauren Daigle: II. Who Is T hat Prodigal? a. We A ll Have Been The Prodigal I. Who Is This Young Lady? i. You know the story … the prodigal son… running a. Introducing Lauren A shley Daigle aw ay from the father (from God) i. Lauren A shley Daigle (pic on screen) ii. Luke 15:20 = “So he returned home to his father. ii. Born in Louisiana in 1991 (age 25) A nd while he was still a long w ay off, his father saw iii. Worship leader at Northpoint C hurch in A tlanta him coming. F illed with lov e and compassion, he ran iv. “Because she contracted a contagious disease w hile to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.” (NLT) in high school, she completed tw o y ears of iii. This song w as written for y ou: homeschooling / distance education. Lauren attended Louisiana State Univ ersity , w hile still Video = “C ome A liv e (Dry Bones) | Story Behind The Song | focusing on music” (Wikipedia.org). Lauren Daigle & Michael F arren” (3:31) v. “She tried out for A merican Idol in 2010 and 2012 https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =Ih3ui9Q kedQ after her father encouraged her to compete in the singing competition. She was cut just before the final b. We A ll Have Felt Like A Pile Dry Bones 24 contestants in 2010, did not make Holly w ood in i. Let God breathe new life into y ou tonight… 2011, made it through the Holly w ood round in 2012, ii. Imagine this scene: but w as cut in the first Las V egas round in 2012” (Wikipedia.org). Ezekiel 37:4-10, 14 = “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say , v i. Meet this gal and hear her heart… ‘Dry bones, listen to the w ord of the Lord! 5 This is w hat the Sov ereign Lord say s: Look! I am going to put breath into y ou and make y ou liv e again! 6 I Video = “Introducing Lauren Daigle” (2:51) w ill put flesh and muscles on y ou and cov er y ou with skin. I w ill put breath into https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =_UDktDkd5M8 y ou, and y ou will come to life. Then y ou w ill know that I am the Lord.’” 7 So I

spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there w as a rattling noise all across the v alley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselv es as complete skeletons. 8 Then as I w atched, muscles and flesh formed ov er the bones. Then skin formed to cov er their bodies, but they still had no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say , ‘This is w hat the Sov ereign Lord say s: C ome, O breath, from the four w inds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may liv e again.’” 10 So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army … I w ill put my Spirit in y ou, and y ou w ill liv e again and return home to y our ow n land. Then y ou w ill know that I, the Lord, hav e spoken, and I hav e done w hat I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’” (NLT)

III. Who Needs T his Breath of God? a. Your Need For His Breath i. Ev er had the wind knocked out of y ou? Scary ! (F all) ii. That’s life when God isn’t inv olv ed… we need Him! b. Your Need To Speak Life i. If y ou know Jesus as y our Lord & Sav ior, your life has meaning and purpose… don’t y ou think others need purpose too? ii. May be you are like me sometimes, or this:

(Startfish pic) There was once a little boy who was walking along the beach and all of a sudden he came upon thousands of starfish that had washed up on the beach. The tide was going out, and for some strange reason, the starfish ended up stuck on the beach. They were all doomed because they couldn’t survive being out of the water in the hot sun until the next high tide. The little boy realized this and frantically started picking up starfish and throwing them, one at a time, back into the water. A man who was walking along the beach saw the boy doing this and he yelled at the boy, “Son, what in the world are you doing? Don’t you know that there are thousands of starfish on this beach? And don’t you know that this beach goes on for miles and miles? There is no way in the world you can save all those starfish!” The little boy thought about that for a moment, then turned to the man, picked up a starfish and said, “Yeah, I know. But I can save this one.” And he heaved it as far as he could into the ocean. (Save the Starfish, Hot Illustrations 1.0)

iii. Don’t be ov erw helmed with the task of speaking life into others’ liv es… God will do that, just speak! iv. Think of a situation right now in y our life or in the life of someone y ou know where things just seem dry . v. Let God breathe new life… be renew ed!

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II. Who Is That ______?

a. ______A ll Have Been The ______

• Luke 15:20

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b. We Have All Felt Like A Pile of ______

Ezekiel 37:4-10, 14 = “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, Message in the Music 2 listen to the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to First Baptist Student Ministry - Wednesday, June 14, 2017 put breath into you and make you live again! 6 I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” 7 So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came I. Who Is This ______? together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. 8 Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, a. Introducing Lauren ______Daigle O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.’” 10 So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. • Born in Louisiana in 1991 (age 25) They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army… I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the • Worship leader at Northpoint C hurch in A tlanta Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’” (NLT)

Video = “Introducing Lauren Daigle” (2:51) III. Who Needs This ______Of God? https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =_UDktDkd5M8

a. ______Need For His Breath b. Introducing ______First & Foremost

• Matthew 6:33 b. Your Need To Speak ______

Music Video = “C ome A liv e (Dry Bones) [Liv e] - O fficial Ly ric V ideo” (4:53) c. Introducing Some Good ______https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =V uC LqoxigNA • “How Can It Be” & “Behold: A C hristmas C ollection” Learn more about Lauren Daigle at LaurenDaigle.com

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ii. Hebrew 13:5 = “F or God has said, ‘I w ill nev er fail y ou. I w ill nev er abandon y ou.’” (NLT) iii. They are all about going out to change liv es for God’s sake, w ith God alw ay s by their side! c. Meet The Music i. Hits like “Is It Ev er”, “Let Them See You”, “Do Not Be A fraid”, “What Kind O f Lov e” ii. 2 studio albums (outside of independent releases): 2. A ll O v er the World (March 26, 2013) 3. A s Long as We C an Breathe (A pril 8, 2016) iii. I first met them liv e at the Student Pastor Retreat in Birmingham, A L last A ugust… ministered to me and Summer in a special (intimate) w ay !

II. Getting T o Know Our Struggle a. T he T oughest Thing Message in the Music 1 i. I cannot imagine a life w here y ou are trav eling First Baptist Student Ministry - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 constantly to make music. Hear their take…

Share “Count Them All” live acoustically. Video = “JJ Weeks Band Interv iew - Part 2” (2:58) https://w w w .y outube.com/w atch?v =2Xdzdis4zKM Welcome back to another summer of getting to know some aw esome songs from some aw esome musicians. More importantly , getting to know the ii. Ev en if just one person is touched, “it is w orth it” (he messages of God’s truth and lov e through these songs. We begin with a mellow said)! Now that is sacrificing for Jesus! but pow erful song y ou just heard called “C ount Them A ll” by JJ Weeks Band. b. What’s T oughest For You? i. What’s the hardest thing God is wanting y ou to do I. Getting T o Know The JJ Weeks Band right now ? May be not trav el around singing songs for a. Meet The Men him, but w hat is He calling y ou to do? i. (pic) Lead v ocalist and acoustic guitarist, Jason C lint 1. Giv e up a habit, end a relationship, change "JJ" Weeks, drummer, Jon Poole, bass guitarist, y our attitude, change y our language, seek Dav id Hart, and guitarist, C ody Preston someone’s forgiv eness, reach out to ii. JJ Weeks attended school in pursuit of a degree in someone in need? y outh ministry , where he ultimately felt called to step 2. It will be a sacrifice, but it is w orth it! out in faith and continue a career in music full-time. 3. (sneeze!) In 2001 he took that step and started touring the southeast. In 2003 he pulled a band together for a III. Getting T o Know His Blessing special w orship night at his local church and nev er a. “Bless You” looked back. i. A phrase we say rooted in superstition really iii. “It’s been a crazy road of really great times and (plagues of the first century , thought to be started by really hard times but God has alw ay s been faithful” sneezing, people wishing “good health” on others) Weeks say s. “I pray that we will alw ay s be a v essel ii. “God bless y ou” or “Salud” (Spanish for “health”) or that God can count on to deliv er w hatev er message “Gesundheit” (German for “health”) or “Sláinte” (Irish He w ants to deliv er.” (JJ Weeks) Gaelic for “good health”) or “Jeebo” (Bengali for b. Meet The Mission “stay aliv e”). (gotquestions.org) i. Why are these guy s doing w hat they are doing?

iii. How ever, the saying “God bless you” was used both by Hebrew s (Numbers 6:24) and the early C hristians as a benediction. b. A re You Blessed? i. F irst reaction = “no way ” or “my life sucks cuz…” c. We Must Not Forget (Ever)! i. This passage which brought about the popular song “10,000 Reasons” includes this important statement:

Psalm 103:2 = “I w ill praise the Lord. I w on’t forget any thing he does for me.” (NIRV )

ii. JJ Weeks shared once about w aking up on the bus and feeling dow n; “God, where are y ou?”, then he recounted his blessing up to that point: comfy bed, bus to trav el around in, good health, coffee, pow er for coffee maker, friends and family , etc… iii. Look around, don’t miss y our blessings. From my perspectiv e, let me remind y ou of some spiritual blessings (from F.E. Marsh)…

• An acceptance that can never be questioned. (Ephesians 1:6). • An inheritance that can never be lost (I Peter 1:3-5). • A deliverance that can never be excelled (2 Corinthians 1:10). • A grace that can never be limited (2 Corinthians 12:9). • A hope that can never be disappointed. (Hebrews 6:18, 19). • A bounty that can never be withdrawn. (I Colossians 3:21-23). • A joy that need never be diminished (John 15:11). • A nearness to God that can never be reversed (Ephesians 2:13). • A peace that can never be disturbed (John 14:27). • A righteousness that can never be tarnished (2 Cor. 5:21). • A salvation that can never be canceled (Hebrews 5:9).

O ne morning R.C . C hapman, a dev out C hristian, w as asked how he w as feeling. "I'm burdened this morning!" w as his reply . But his happy countenance contradicted his w ords. So the questioner exclaimed in surprise, "A re y ou really burdened, Mr. Chapman?" "Yes, but it's a w onderful burden--it's an ov erabundance of blessings for which I cannot find enough time or w ords to express my gratitude!" Seeing the puzzled look on the face of his friend, C hapman added w ith a smile, "I am referring to Psalm 68:19, w hich fully describes my condition. In that v erse the F ather in heav en reminds us that He 'daily loads us with benefits.'" (Source unknown, sermonillustrations.com)

“Praise the Lord; praise God our sav ior! F or each day he carries us in his arms.” (Psalm 68:19, NLT)

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c. Meet The ______

II. Getting To Know Our ______

a. T he ______Thing

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b. What’s Toughest For ______?

• Sacrifice = w orth it! Message in the Music 1 First Baptist Student Ministry - Wednesday, May 31, 2017

III. Getting T o Know His ______

I. Getting T o Know The ______Band a. “______”

a. Meet The ______• Numbers 6:24 • Jason C lint “JJ” Weeks, Jon Poole, Dav id Hart, b. A re You ______? and C ody Preston

• Macon, GA = 2003 c. We Must Not ______(Ever)! • “It’s been a crazy road of really great times and really hard times but God has alw ay s been faithful” Weeks say s. “I pray that we will alw ays be a v essel Psalm 103:2 = “I w ill praise the Lord. that God can count on to deliv er whatever message I w on’t forget any thing he does for me.” (NIRV ) He wants to deliv er.” (JJ Weeks)

b. Meet The ______• Psalm 68:19

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• Hebrew s 13:5 Learn more about The JJ Weeks Band at JJWeeksBand.com