week in our rooted series. And we’re looking at the final rhythm of rooted, um, we’re gonna be talking about worship and this may be the final rhythm of the series, but it’s arguably the most important rhythm to get worship. And I was thinking about this from the context of my own family and experiences. This thing is kind of doing a little, little dance on me. Um, it’s distracting me a bit, but hold on to it by the grace of the Lord, I’ll hold on to anyway, thinking about this from the context of just short example illustration with my own family. Um, when I travel and I’m away from my wife and kids, one of the things we like to do is to facetime each other, you know, facetime, my wife, facetime, the kids talk to them, ask them how their day is going. Let them tell me what their other sibling did wrong in my absence. All that good stuff, right. Um, but just to kind of let them know that I love them. I’m thinking about them though. We’re, you know, geographically separated from one another and I’m so thankful for the technology to be able to do something like that. But it would be foolish. It would be crazy to think that I am no, I’m now no longer needed in the house and with my family because I can simply just facetime them, I don’t need to live there anymore. I don’t need to, um, wake up, be around them, deal with them in present in person daily because we have this technology now and I think that’s relevant because in recent years, uh, a lot of people have been wondering whether or not the Church is essential and the Church is essential. It is the most essential institution in the sense that it is the only eternal institution. I mean, family is the building block of a society and a church is made up of families and individuals. But when time is over, when christ returns, when he comes back, the one institution that is going to remain is the church, the body of christ the people of God. That doesn’t mean that we neglect our families or that we neglect all the other institutions. It’s simply just illustrates the point that Church is essential. It’s essential. It’s important. And not only is church essential and important, the regular gathering of the Church together is important. That is very important to God. That is something that whether we recognize it or not, it’s something that primarily defines a church. The fact that we assemble and meet together. It’s not the only thing that the Church does, but it primarily defines the Church. The Church is a an assembly of people, a meeting together. And when a church stopped assembling, stops meeting together, it ceases to be a people. Some of you are like, yeah, I don’t know about that one. Just stick with me here. The assembly. The meeting together. Regular gathering of the people of God in the presence of God together is essential. It’s important. It’s a rhythm. We want to be established and it’s a rhythm. We want to walk in for all of our days, including our eternal days. Turn with me to hebrews, Chapter 10 We’re gonna read verses 19 through 25. We’re gonna look at what the passage has to say regarding some of the things I’ve laid out for you in terms of worship Beginning in Verse 19. Since therefore brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain that is through his flesh. And since we have a great priest over the House of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. With our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast. The confession of our hope without wavering for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together …