Worship
by Lyndall Jones - Worship Pastor
This past Sunday, I started our service off by reading Psalm 150. It states:
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
A lot of us want to believe that there is a "right way" or "better way" to do music worship. Our music, our volume, our lighting, our instrumentation, our vocals, etc. is the "right way to do worship". It's personal preference, rather than actual truth. Note in Psalm 150 just how many things they were told to use to praise the Lord. It's a whole lot more than just our voices. Yet, there is beauty and rightness in just singing acapella at times in our worship, right? Of course! But let's remind ourselves that God loves it ALL if we worship with this directive in mind that also comes from Scripture:
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)
We aren't here to put on a production and call it worship. We aren't here to follow someone's rules of how to do music and services and then call it worship. We aren't even here to put our two cents in and exclaim what the "best way" is and call it worship. If we want to be obedient to Scripture in our worship, then we need to figure out if we are bringing things before the Lord in spirit and in truth. Are you and I giving all of ourselves each week in honoring God? Are we following what His Word says? If we can say yes to both of those questions, then whatever the songs are, however loud or quiet we do them, and whatever lighting or other production goes into it should reflect this and, we pray, honors the Lord and brings people to a recognition of the Gospel. I pray that is your goal as it is mine. We can do this together! And we will use the voices, people, and instruments we have to honor Him in the process. God, may You use CHBC each week in our corporate worship to reflect open and humble people who want to worship You in spirit and in truth!
See you Sunday!
(If you need more)
Pray for our choirs and activities as we start back in rehearsals and meetings to learn music and prepare to lead others in our worship services. These are critical both to our groups and to our church as a whole. Our kids choir meets Sundays at 5pm in our kids wing, our youth choir starts back on Sundays at 4:15 in the youth room, and Adult Choir has begun again on Wednesdays at 6:30 in the music suite.
Soli Deo Gloria,
Lyndall Jones
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
A lot of us want to believe that there is a "right way" or "better way" to do music worship. Our music, our volume, our lighting, our instrumentation, our vocals, etc. is the "right way to do worship". It's personal preference, rather than actual truth. Note in Psalm 150 just how many things they were told to use to praise the Lord. It's a whole lot more than just our voices. Yet, there is beauty and rightness in just singing acapella at times in our worship, right? Of course! But let's remind ourselves that God loves it ALL if we worship with this directive in mind that also comes from Scripture:
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)
We aren't here to put on a production and call it worship. We aren't here to follow someone's rules of how to do music and services and then call it worship. We aren't even here to put our two cents in and exclaim what the "best way" is and call it worship. If we want to be obedient to Scripture in our worship, then we need to figure out if we are bringing things before the Lord in spirit and in truth. Are you and I giving all of ourselves each week in honoring God? Are we following what His Word says? If we can say yes to both of those questions, then whatever the songs are, however loud or quiet we do them, and whatever lighting or other production goes into it should reflect this and, we pray, honors the Lord and brings people to a recognition of the Gospel. I pray that is your goal as it is mine. We can do this together! And we will use the voices, people, and instruments we have to honor Him in the process. God, may You use CHBC each week in our corporate worship to reflect open and humble people who want to worship You in spirit and in truth!
See you Sunday!
(If you need more)
Pray for our choirs and activities as we start back in rehearsals and meetings to learn music and prepare to lead others in our worship services. These are critical both to our groups and to our church as a whole. Our kids choir meets Sundays at 5pm in our kids wing, our youth choir starts back on Sundays at 4:15 in the youth room, and Adult Choir has begun again on Wednesdays at 6:30 in the music suite.
Soli Deo Gloria,
Lyndall Jones
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