Well, another day, another thought. I was talking to someone a couple of weeks ago about the concept of worship and how it applies to us. It's interesting how many Christians seem to think that workship is what we do in the church on Sunday mornings. Well, that's what it is isn't it? Praise and Worship... The praise is the more upbeat songs, and the worship is the slower songs. And a good worship service leaves us feeling uplifted and like God really touched us. I suppose that there is some reality in that, but that's not really an accurate statement.
Matt Redman in one of his songs talks about wanting to return to the "Heart of Worship". In that song he says "I'm sorry Lord for the thing i've made it. It's all about you (not about me)". Matt states that this song came about as a result of a challenge that his head pastor had for him. He had challenged him to go one month leading the worship part of the Sunday service without any singing. It forced Matt to reconsider what worship truly is. The lyrics to the song Heart of Worship was born from that time.
So i guess that that's the challenge. What is worship without singing?
...more on that later
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Oooh, nice little mind bender there, Jay. I always thought of worship as putting oneself at the foot of The Throne. Placing true emphasis on The Creator of All Things and less emphasis on ourselves. Isn't Self-Emphasis what got Lucifer in trouble to begin with? Alison
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