Is the Lord actually listening or just cataloging your complaints? Steven Sharp Nelson joins Hank and John to examine the Psalms as the ancient “people’s hymnbook,” showing how prayers of praise and lament can heal burnout, quiet the inner critic, and turn everyday creativity into worship.

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TIMECODE:

0:00 - Part 1 - Brother Steven Sharp Nelson
0:33 Welcome
3:39 Victor Borga story
6:30 Today’s roadmap
8:06 John’s “translation” of Steven’s bio
11:33 Steven’s parents and his musical childhood
12:45 Come, Follow Me Manual
13:39 Why love the Psalms: The People’s Hymnbook
16:34 Psalms, joy, and Team Jesus
19:25 “Rehash browns”
22:41 Wrestling with the Adversary
25:29 Jesus’s final words were Psalms
28:32 Becoming psalmists
33:46 Creativity forces its way into its secrets
36:29 Divine nature is creative nature
39:28 Why Steven smiles while he plays
42:09 Play to the one
45:12 Is that me or the Adversary?
48:10 The Piano Guys’ Origin and burnout
51:54 The Broadway musical revelation
55:02 Look for the “packets”
58:40 “Be still and know”
1:01:46 Brother Dallas Jenkins and The Chosen
1:05:04 The 911 protection psalm
1:07:25 the temple as a place of connection
1:09:57 Korean mission story: “trees, not sisters”
1:12:52 End of Part 1 - Brother Steven Sharp Nelson

Thanks to the followHIM team:
Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design

"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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0:00 - Part 1 - Brother Steven Sharp Nelson
0:33 Welcome
3:39 Victor Borga story
6:30 Today’s roadmap
8:06 John’s “translation” of Steven’s bio
11:33 Steven’s parents and his musical childhood
12:45 Come, Follow Me Manual
13:39 Why love the Psalms: The People’s Hymnbook
16:34 Psalms, joy, and Team Jesus
19:25 “Rehash browns”
22:41 Wrestling with the Adversary
25:29 Jesus’s final words were Psalms
28:32 Becoming psalmists
33:46 Creativity forces its way into its secrets
36:29 Divine nature is creative nature
39:28 Why Steven smiles while he plays
42:09 Play to the one
45:12 Is that me or the Adversary?
48:10 The Piano Guys’ Origin and burnout
51:54 The Broadway musical revelation
55:02 Look for the “packets”
58:40 “Be still and know”
1:01:46 Brother Dallas Jenkins and The Chosen
1:05:04 The 911 protection psalm
1:07:25 the temple as a place of connection
1:09:57 Korean mission story: “trees, not sisters”
1:12:52 End of Part 1 - Brother Steven Sharp Nelson

Psalms 1–46 Part 1 • Steven Sharp Nelson...