Above all, sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself or any other creature. In order to this, attend strictly to the sense of what you sing; and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; [...]
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Just about every Sunday I stand in front of an audience of people, preparing to lead them through music in worship to God. Every time, probably more out of habit now, I ask the same question, “How is everyone this morning?” I occasionally get a genuinely excited “Whoo!”, but most of the time it seems [...]
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I just read this quote from Mark Driscoll’s book, Doctrine, and thought it made a phenomenal point about idolatry in our lives. The chapter this comes from is discussing how we worship, and it crystallizes several things to me. One of the great evils of idolatry is that if we idolize, we must also demonize, [...]
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Sing in time. Whatever time is sung, be sure to keep with it. Do not run before, nor stay behind it; but attend closely to the leading voices, and move therewith as exactly as you can. And take care you sing not too slow. this drawling way naturally steals on all who are lazy; and [...]
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I wish I could take credit for this but I can’t. It flows right into what I’ve been writing about in the Call to Worship series. I will sing if for no other reason than to honor the Scriptural exhortation to sing; singing in worship is a spiritual enterprise, not a musical exercise. I will [...]
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Sing modestly. Do not bawl, so as to be heard above, or distinct from, the rest of the congregation, that you may not destroy the harmony; but strive to unite your voices together, so as to make one clear melodious sound. I mentioned this briefly in the previous post, but it merits more discussion. Do [...]
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Sing lustily, and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sang the songs of Satan. Ouch, right? That stings a little [...]
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Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let not a slight degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up, and you will find a blessing. Do you find that it’s a burden to get to church on Sunday? You [...]
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A few weeks back my parents (who are wonderful) bought me a collection of works by John Wesley. These are not tiny books. Each of them is about 800-1000 pages, and there are eight books. It would take me a while to read them all, unless I go Harry Potter on them and read them [...]
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Is this not one of the best album covers ever? Love the look on his face. You can’t often combine cute and awesome like this. Click on the image make it bigger and see how cute Losiah really is. Oh, and the EP is phenomenal too. Go buy it from iTunes and help Carlos get [...]
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