The sermon, titled 'Choir Performance' delivered by Matt & Elise Sikes, centers around a choir performance that encapsulates themes of faith, prayer, and divine protection. The transcription begins with a prayer for healing and guidance from the Lord and transitions into a metaphor about building a house on different foundations—rock versus sand—symbolizing the strength and stability of faith. The performance includes singing in Latin to emphasize the importance of singing truthfully to God. A significant part of the performance is the Aaronic Blessing from Numbers 6:24-26, set to music by John Rutter, which is described as challenging yet beautifully executed by the 11-15 year old choir. The performance concludes with themes of righteousness, the love of God, and the importance of maintaining faith and trust in God, even amidst adversity. The audience is encouraged to reflect on the beauty of God's dwelling place and the strength found in a life centered around Christ.

Heal the pale of the Lord. Heal the pale of the Lord. Hear our prayer, the Lord, and find your way to us, and then pass the days. Hear our prayer, the Lord, hear our prayer, the Lord, Heal our pain, O Lord, Heal our pain, O Lord, And guide your ear to us, and grant us our peace. The Lord built his house, he built it on the sea.

And then he went and sat, And then he went and sat and then he went and sat While four came up with a laser in the laser in the house They built a house The house began to shake The house began to fall They made versus one another For what it was built it on the sand. Oh, what a building it was, he built it on the rock. And then he back to the sand, and then he back to the sand. And the house is filled with all of the water. And then he went and sang, and then he went and sang.

A storm came up and the winds were in the way, and he threw out the house. And the winds blew, and the rains came, and the deer on the house. The house was in a shade, The house did not fall, and Christ was strong and true, for he was sitting on the rock. Thank you. You want to do this Latin phrase that means sing truthfully to God.

We sing this in Latin because it helps us learn properly to sing to God. Hallelujah. You give us a tale, you give us a tale. Hallelujah. You give us a tale, you give us a tale.

Hallelujah, hallelujah. You be blotet e'er, blotet e'er, blotet e'er, Alleluia, alleluia. You be blotet e'er, You be blotet e'er, Alleluia. Thee we praise, O God, for Thine is the kingdom come. Thee we praise, O God, for Thine is the kingdom come.

Up on a bird, who lies in bed, Hear us say, Hallowed be Thy name, God, Father, who art in heaven, hear us say, God, open we our name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Give us our presents as we doctors forget. Keep us from evil, Father, we pray, O give us our heads as the authors forget.

Keep us, Mommy, O Father, we pray, for Thine is the kingdom power and glory for ever and always. Oh, how lovely, Oh, how lovely is your dwelling place, O God. Oh, how lovely is, oh, how lovely is your dwelling place, O God. O how lovely is your heavenly place of love! My soul and praise for the close of the law.

My soul and praise for the home of the living God. Oh, how lovely, O how lovely is your dwelling place so far! O my soul, rise for the cause of the child. My soul, raise for the cause of the heavy heart. Thanks for the voice of the living God.

Blessed are those who call on your house And we will praise you Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh, how I miss your dwelling place so long. Oh, how lovely is your dwelling place, oh Lord. Oh, how lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord.

For our strength and our forces better, our danger forces better. In mountains, in mountains, down the swell. ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] Wasn't that excellent? Those of you who are not so musically inclined may not recognize how difficult some of those long lines are, especially for some of those younger kids. So they've worked really hard and now we have our 11-15 year old choir coming and they're going to be presenting a setting of the Aaronic Blessing from Numbers, Chapter 6, verses 24 through 26.

The Lord bless you and keep you by John Rutter. This is quite a challenging piece. We really pressed the students hard this year around to work on a difficult piece of music. And I'm happy to say they rose to the challenge. This is not something you often see a children's choir singing, but they're gonna do a wonderful job.

It is a great setting of this. We worked a lot on the amen section at the end. So you'll notice how all the parts weave in together. This is three parts throughout, three different parts working and weaving in and out of one another, creating these beautiful harmonies and melody and counter melody lines. So here now, the 11 to 15-year-old choir as they sing, The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face to shine upon you, to shine upon you, and be gracious, and be gracious unto you. To you. The Lord lift up the light of His fountains upon you. The Lord lift up the light of His mountain heavens upon you, And give you peace and give you Peace and give you peace. Amen.

Amen. Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, Amen. Please. ["How Happy is the One"] How happy is the one who stands apart from sin, who sees our pain to run from ways of vivid men, who keeps his heart from scoffers cry, and makes the law of God his side. He loves the word of God with heart and mind and will.

His leaves are green and broad, His fruits and drink their fill. He prospers in His words and ways, And reaps the harvest all his days. The fountains quickly fade, Like dust upon the wind. Their wickedness repay, Their hopes seek at an end. Their wickedness repay their hosting at an end.

The righteous ones to God our God, he loves and calls them all his own. O give us all, send prayer upon the Savior, Where Christ is dead, and counselor, and guide. Where every child is taught his love and paper, and gives his heart To Christ the crucified. How sweet to know, and know His mercies they bind, His faithful Lord is walking by His side. O give us hope, with God we fall as mothers, Who always place their hope and trust in Him.

Whose intercession, Sam, our Father, and Mother, whose love and courage troubled them until. Our home where ease lies, joy is serving others, And the sun shines, Though days be dark and red. O give us hope, Where Christ is born and master, That my bold red, the precious instance, song. Where prayer comes first, in peace or in disaster, And praises natural speech to every tongue, Their mountains blue before a faithless passage, And Christ our dish, and his parole young. Oh Lord our God, our God our life forever, Make us to be their problem, solve and care.

Where the Lord God, and where the medium's ever, and care. We'll love one another, and we'll need it ever. If thou art always Lord and Master there, Be thou the center of our lives in heaven. Be thou our guest, our hearts and homes we share. Thank you.

Applause. Thank you. Thank you.