Worship in the Melting Pot

Jesus told us to love God with ALL our hearts, minds, souls.... and that very much includes emotions. Emotions are NOT bad things! They just should not be leaders. But they are not bad companions along the way.

And music is truly a universal language. There are many styles, and different people prefer different styles. There was a time when the waltz was considered lewd...

I love the old hymns. But sometimes I have a very difficult time with some that I have not known before which have complicated melody lines. I don't think I am the only one -- everyone seems to tone down a bit and struggle with some of them! And our church is mostly older folk.

But then "Open My Eyes" or one of the choruses which are based on Scripture ("As A Deer," and such) will end up with voices raised in song with sureness and joy.

They each seem to have their place.

There are some 'old' hymns which simply do not seem to be theologically accurate from what I can see. The same with some of the modern choruses.

The only thing I really have a problem with, even when the theology is right, is when the music is used for entertainment rather than worship.

But when the music and words help me focus on the Lord with my emotions as well as my intellect, I don't find that to be bad at all. Singing with joy is a good thing! Music is a gift from Him.

 

Annsni, I am far closer to your view than to Aaron's. But....what I have noticed is that you SEEM to equate music and worship.
There are many other acts of worship such as prayer, giving, and reading Scripture.
I think that it is problematic to divide a church service into two sections only - "worship" and the sermon - and have the "worship" just mean singing. Too often the "worship" leader is essentially the song leader. And there is so much more involved in worship.

 

Here is the lyrics to a song I wrote this past week.
It is based on Psalm 67.
It has a slow contemporary tune.
Very worshipful.

Lord, unto us be merciful,
And to us also bless;
And graciously shine upon us
the brightness of your face:

(Chorus) O let the people praise you, Lord;
let all the people praise.
O let the nations now be glad,
and sing for joy always:


For justly you shall judge mankind
and nations that rule on earth.
Let all the people praise you, Lord;
Receive our praise for all that your worth.


May your ways be known on Earth,
and your saving health upon the human race
God, our God, will bless us all.
Then shall the Earth give increase;

(Chorus)

May the ends of the earth give him honor.
and God our God will bless us all.

(Chorus)

 

That's beautiful, Tim. Thank you for sharing it.

 

Well said. I agree.

 

So when do we get to hear it, Tim?

 

I may tape it this weekend...
Sadly, I don't know how to write music, but I can play the guitar. (self taught)
And even with that, there are a couple chords in the song that I don't know the name of.
I found them accidently, and they sound good.

If I tape it, I will send you a copy if you would like.
I still don't know how to convert cassette tape to MP3... If I did, I would post to esnips.

Man I sound like an idiot!

 

You sound like a worshipper to me. Thanks for sharing.

 

Au Contraire...

A quick Tiny Tim Music Lesson:

Tiny Tim: the non-idiot





Tiny Tim: the idiot




Class dismissed.
:applause:

 

I can't take much credit..
David wrote it first.
I just rearranged some verses and made some of it rhyme.
I even looked at some other Bible versions of the Psalm for ideas.
I think I used every verse in Psalm 67 in one way or another.
So the real writer is David.
I just adapted it for today.

I have had this tune in my head for over 19 yrs. but never had the words to go with it.

If I can figure out how to make it an MP3 I will post the song on esnips.
Gimme a couple weeks to figure out how.

Thank you all for your kind words.

Rbell that is hilarious!!!!

 

To record mp3 from a cassette tape check this link.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6450_7-5020866-1.html

 

Thanks, I will check that out.
Will audacity do the same thing as Music Jukebox?

 

It should (although I can't prove it ). Check this link. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=records-tapes

 

Thanks, I downloaded Audacity about a few months ago, but have never used it. It may be time to learn how.

 

Who's been hostile?

 

He's talking about himself...his was the first hostile remark in this thread.
To start a topic to deliberately cause dissention among the brethren is wrong, to say the least... there used to be a word that describes that type person, but .....

Aaron, if you really wanted to discuss this book, why not put the topic in the book forum of the board? But instead you put it here to cause dissention, and accuse those of us that refuse to listen to your "wisdom" of not knowing what worship is.

You praise God the way you want, and I will praise Him how I want.
As long as it is in Spirit and Truth, He accepts it.