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DON MOEN: I’d have to say the guy I relate to the most is David, just because he was so ferocious about worship, he was ferocious about the enemies of God, he was so honest in the songs that he wrote, and being a songwriter I’m always–you know it’s like, you know, “I’ve heard that phrase, I don’t want to keep re-doing the same thing, and go through the form and the ceremony of writing songs”, but you read the psalms of David, and these are songs that he wrote. Read Psalm 109, it talks about why does a wicked man prosper? It goes on to say, “I pray that his wife would be widowed, his children would beg in the streets. I pray that a creditor would come and seize all that he has.” It’s like, I’m trying to imagine myself on a Sunday morning saying, “Let’s all sing that verse together”, and it’s like how is he able to be so honest in his songs and in his worship? But David was a man after God’s own heart. And I think part of that is, God loved his honesty, and that’s what I encourage people to do all the time in our worship, I just dare people to be honest. God is not afraid of our honesty.