What terror must we attach to the One who effortlessly caused the earth to be buried in watery graves in the days of Noah (Genesis 6)? We have thus far identified two key issues which make for the heart of worship. This is not what I mean by attitude. He enacted that terrible episode again, earlier in the New Testament, to a man and his wife who dishonored His presence by telling lies (Acts 5.1-11). All forms of praise and worship are pleasing to God when done with the proper intent and attitude. The God who gave us fearful snapshots of His terrible deeds in the night of blood and death across Egypt is the One we approach (Exodus 12). Actions And Attitudes: 10 Hebrew Words for Praise & Worship The Hebrew words translated as “praise” or “bless” have a deeper meaning than is conveyed in English. During his lifetime he became perhaps the greatest preacher in the English-speaking world, of his […], This article is the contents of an address first given in February 2020 at the Westminster Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Newcastle, UK. Be expectant! The root of the majority of the aberrations, presumptions, innovations and liberties taken in worship can be blamed on the absence of the fear of the Lord. Should we be haughty and presumptive? We are urged to present our bodies a living sacrifice which is our reasonable act of worship, and while doing so, ‘do not be conformed to the standards of this world’ (Romans 12:1-2). Joy is an inevitable motivation as well as a product of true worship: All that we have said this far might make one to think Christian worship, if properly practiced, will be a boring and dreary experience to be endured rather to be enjoyed. Since then I have directed several children’s choirs, accompanied choirs using the piano, singing with a worship team after the concept of choirs and piano accompanying became “out-dated”. Your email address will not be published. That tremendous visage struck fear in his heart and we hear him cry, ‘Woe is me! Amen. The God we have described in modern worship expressions is a plastic sort of God. It was strange that the children of Israel, after they were taken out of Egypt, struggled with appetites and tastes. Notes on worship, music ♫ , God, leadership, church, adventure and life. Friends, that is the same God who struck Herod dead when he caused worms to eat him alive (Acts 12.23). Note use of seraph’s wings: a. Ron Kenoly enjoyed this sort of description until he fell from the limelight (as they all must at some point). When my grandkids look up at me and smile, it lights up my heart. Fear: What Happens When We Quit Trusting the Lord, 10 Best Practices For Worship Sound Techs, The Pros and Cons of Using Backing Tracks In Worship, How to Stay in Love in Your Marriage for a Lifetime, Celebrate Recovery’s Eight Recovery Principles. Thank you.. Of course, feel free to share this with your team.. I submit that unless we are made true worshipers by a radical change of nature, our appetites will pander to things other than those that make for true worship. One professor disparaged the God of the Old Testament as an old grandfather desperately in need of anger management classes. I did not always feel like it. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 13:15). We read in the New Testament that when the church walked in the fear of the Lord, and Ananias and his wife Sapphira presumed before the Lord, leading to their death and burial on same day, that ‘fear came upon all men’ and none dared to join them (Acts 5:11). From the above definitions, you immediately see that attitude is not what, in today’s popular culture and, slang may be called ‘swag’, a rebellious or proud sort of disposition. Psalm 7:17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. Paul Washer tells a story of a pastor who asked him to come to his church and speak on the attributes of God. Blessings to you! He also hosts Reformed content at the following sites: Frankly, I want God on my side! When we realized the depths and the heights of His love and the great gift of His Son, Jesus; how can we be anything but thankful! Don Moen continues to be described as such and attracts thousands in His ‘worship concerts.’ Don Moen (perhaps the greatest in this respect) was in Kenya a few days ago. I want to be one of those ‘true worshippers’ who is ‘fully’ engaged. There may be worship everywhere really, but there are such people as true and false worshipers. worship can be in the healing process, we must first get a better understanding of what worship really is. What a picture of real, unfeigned joyful worship! These are the views which must shape how we really think, our responses, and our expressions in worship. God is the source of all the good things in my life. God commands us love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Did you catch that word, ‘fully’? How casualness looks and sounds incongruous, disorder, assumption and presumptions are rendered dangerous? Those lyrics were born out of a ship collision at sea that took the life of Horatio Spafford’s four daughters. The role of a praise and worship leader is to lead by how he conducts his life and how he treats his family and others. Our music must never be viewed as entertaining God though this has been the unspoken (sometimes even spoken) attitude. Ros, You may enjoy a post I’ve written on similar theme – which has some great comment from CS Lewis as well. Physical manifestations of praise might include singing, dancing, the raising of hands, bowing, the playing of instruments and other forms. It is different with the friends of the world, the systems, styles, expressions and innovations attract them. Know that God is literally present, bow down low before Him in your soul, mind, spirit and body when … Away from Christ we are personae non gratae before God, and our worship ‘an abomination to the Lord’ (Proverbs 15:8).This mindset enforces a humble deportment, and regulates what would be presumptive liberties. Attitude of Happiness in worship. For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips…’ (Isaiah 6:5). Our Attitude When Worshipping Our God 5. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come. He is synthetic, he is not the God of Scripture. They say still waters run deep; that worship may not be highly gesticulating, frenzied and light-hearted does not at all take away from its joy. I no longer a part of a worship team, and a choir does not exist in our church. to bow down and give homage to someone or something. Too many times we feel defeated. No one thinks for a moment that this rejoicing is a stoic pretense in laughter and music while in pain. This is the kind of joy scripture refers to as ‘unspeakable and full of glory’ (I Peter 1:8). I would sing on my way to and from work, and even at home while cooking dinner or getting dressed. Required fields are marked *. We saw these people gathered in the concert hall with hands lifted up, eyes tightly shut and obviously carried away in Don Moen’s ecstatic music. Your email address will not be published. Living a daily lifestyle in keeping with God's commandments is also a form of praise and worship. Or have you ever complained about the regular costs of maintaining your vehicle? These perfect angels hide their faces as they worship God, an expression both of the pristine holiness of God and their own unworthiness in the engagement they undertake. The God who rained fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah is One to be greatly feared (Genesis 19). He basically imagined a dichotomy between the God of the Old Testament and that of the New Testament. This blog is part of my vision to train over 100,000 worship leaders around the world. You have in the minds of many professing Christians a mellowed God, whose rough edges have been smoothed by the coming of Christ, and the ushering in of the era of grace. I invite the reader to take note of the content of David’s worship while he sits before the Lord. Sometimes in our need for informality we forget who God is. Now this, dear friends, is the Biblical view of the God we come to worship. We also read: ‘I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart, is will enter His courts with praise…’ (Psalm 100:4). Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come. He deserves enthusiastic worship from his people, and this should be our hearts’ desire for Him. Here are a number of the attitudes of worship that I have discovered in the Bible. The answer can be supplied by considering the following points; i) Christian joy is not levity: Matthew 5:12 has our Lord exhort his people to rejoice and be exceeding glad when they go through trials and persecutions. Praise voices sincere and deep gratitude for who God is and what He has done. It is all very self-centered. There is nothing narrow or limited about the good news of salvation. We address the similarities and differences of Old and New Testament praise and focus on its power in our lives. This is why our views, opinions and the way we think of Him (which would influence our behavior in His worship) must never change. The physical acts often associated with worship—bowing, kneeling, lifting hands—help to create the necessary attitude of humility required for real worship. Praise can be a part of worship, but worship goes beyond praise. God loves it when His children are full of joy. In my busiest seasons, I have led worship up to fourteen times in a single week. When I read through the Psalms, I am sometimes shocked at the honesty of the writers! Fear is a legitimate and necessary response in worship: One of the things we see as descriptive of Christians in scripture is the phrase, ‘those who fear God’, and the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Humility and an awareness of our own unworthiness: This frame of mind is essential to worship. I am anxious to press this point because the word attitude in today’s parlance brings with it new and contemporary nuances. We can complain about trivial things like cleaning the house. A casual perusal of the New Testament would quickly dismiss this suggestion. God wants our worship and our love for Him to be with our whole heart! He wants us to have thankful hearts when we come to worship Him. A praise and worship leader's life, as viewed by the congregation on a daily basis, has as much or more effect on the worship attitude of the congregation as a well-planned flow of music and singing from the worship team. He is pleased when I have the faith to worship Him no matter what my feelings are. The first is authority, and here we saw from the evidence of scripture that God insists on being approached and worshiped when he authorizes it, in the manner he authorizes it and with the elements or things he authorizes. The Lord is saying despite external pressures the Christian may look to his eternal blessedness and have an inner joy. He is more accommodating, more liberal, loves fun and generally easy going. Let this blest assurance control. Should we be afraid of the presence of such a God? But how can we square this obvious truth with the heavily regulated, even restrictive portrait we have this far painted of Biblical worship? Early in my walk with Christ, I would sing songs of praise during my quiet time with the Lord. Regards, Ros. Commitment to learning. Check out my new book.. “Leading Worship ~ Notes from a Grand Adventure’ available in Kindle or Soft Cover Editions. Notice how fear and great joy are felt together. From the Old through to the New Testament you see worship that is very restrained and reverent, quite unlike what is common among the Pentecostal and charismatic scenes. Come before Him, singing with joy. The Bible says that, “the eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.”. Something drastic must have changed, shifted or been moved to explain such a difference. Hi Jane, I’m sorry to hear of your frustration… A long time ago I decided to learn all those new choruses and embrace the change. It is so easy to forget how blessed we are! All these have the effect of elevating men in worship, to create categories of worshipers which scripture knows nothing about. ii) A question of a new nature and new tastes: All we have presented with respect to what Christian joy looks like may still not settle well with people who are accustomed to other forms of worship expressions and the kick they derive from them. It must be a priority for those that are seeking healing in their lives, as well. Praise is a relationship. Get your praise ready people, because # WhenStreetWorship2020 is here and this time, , bringing praise right to the street We read from David: ‘I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord’ (Psalm 122:1). God descended upon the mountain of meeting with such fearful signals that the people pleaded with Moses never to have that experience again. We read in this wonderful song and worship book in the Bible, ‘In the presence of the Lord is fullness of joy and in His right hand are pleasures forever more’ (Psalm 16:11).There is not the slightest doubt whatsoever that Christian worship is a joyful and satisfying experience. Our worship must show our adoration and loyalty to God for His grace in providing us with the way to escape the bondage of sin, so we can have the salvation He so much wants to give us. It relies upon fun and feeling, the object of worship is not God but the worshipers. You can really tell when they are going through struggles. Sometimes I just wanted to stay home and relax. We praise for who God is; we thank for what God does C. Worship relates to God’s holiness, praise to His greatness, thanksgiving to His goodness 1. The drunkard does not have any more joy than the tea drinker merely because he is rowdier and more expressive. The man lays on his bed, tears rolling down his cheeks as he contemplates the goodness of God and expresses his inner longings. Because he is a creature of our own making, we devise how we worship him and He will have no choice but to accept that which we bring to Him; He really answers to us, and not us to him. However a more central and far more influential fact to our worship is the nature we carry with us. I want to have a humble attitude. But, when you come before the King of Kings, sometimes you need to remember to come with reverence. It is on this point all else turns in worship. The writer of the book of Hebrews put it this way. God wants us to come into our worship times with joyful songs. God must be the object of worship by. Praise and worship are in fact to be the foundation on which we live our lives. Professing Christians would of course vehemently object to this sort of characterization, but in practice they prove their unwitting agreement with it. I often put this slogan on my weekly worship lists. Indecent dressing, language that borders on profanity or blasphemy, calling God ‘the man upstairs,’ or ‘sir God,‘ is considered ‘cool’ or simply being ‘real’. As a lover of God, I think it’s a crime to just ‘go through the motions’ in our worship. As a musician, I think it’s a crime to do music without passion. It Starts With Me: An Attitude of Praise - Worshipful Living. In today’s language He would be called ‘uptight’, ‘nitpicky’, ‘grumpy’ and a ‘kill joy’ .We have been subliminally persuaded that He has changed in the New Testament. I am suggesting that at the heart of worship sits a proper and acceptable attitude. So I enter what I consider to be a very pivotal point in the whole matter of worship and the attendant attitudes and expressions. This is true not just in church music, but also in what is called secular music scene and the dominant pop culture. The Cambridge English dictionary defines attitude as ‘a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a behavior that is caused by this.’, The Oxford dictionary has more on what attitude means: ‘settled way of thinking or feeling about something.’ This online dictionary goes further to give the word attitude the following synonyms: ‘point of view, view, viewpoint, vantage point, frame of mind, way of thinking, way of looking at things, school of thought, outlook, angle, slant, perspective, reaction, stance, standpoint, position, inclination, orientation, approach.’. The Purpose Of Our Worship Of God. Nadab and Abihu paid with their own lives for presumptive irreverence before God (Leviticus 10:1-4).The people of Israel insisted on appearing before the Lord, and when their petulance was granted, it was an experience they regretted. Human beings have a huge range of attitudes. Of course this amounted to tossing a ball into the air and attempting to hit it with his bat. The assumption is that these ladies and gentlemen are gifted worshipers; they have something valuable to bring to worship. Their humanness shows through. There is nothing sweeter and more fulfilling than to engage in the worship of the Most High God. That’s why maintaining an attitude of gratitude is something we need to do on purpose. Never mind the aesthetics and emotions of it. He wants to remind us of how many victories that He has already accomplished in our lives. He made us, and we are His. I submit that our view, opinion and way of thinking about God has changed. But, it is possible to praise something without worshiping it. I have been so frustrated in the way church music is handled since the ’90’s. Some would say ‘anointed to worship.’ No doubt this category of ‘Christians’ attract big bucks and have well mastered the art of spicing worship with techniques and soothing voices. When you begin to understand the depths of the writers sorrow, the faith behind the lyrics begins to shine like a beacon of hope! Men like T.D Jakes would call God, ‘my buddy, my Homey.’ Another would be heard using the American colloquial, ‘God and I are tight’.These are expressions which would be anathema in both the Old and New Testaments and in a good part of the subsequent history of the church. We used another illustration of hardware and software to press that distinction. Oh sorry…yes will do….its like when you forget the email attachment! ‘As a deer pants for the after brooks so does my soul pant for thee, Oh Lord’ (Psalm 42:1). I wonder, would Paul, Peter, John and the rest recognize worship in say the Hillsong set up? .”. Subtly, the misguided idea of grace and love in the New Testament has inferred a change of God, or at least a change in His modus operandi. We too often measure the success of worship by how it felt to us, its appeal to the congregation and how well the diverse gifts and departments of the worship team collaborated to present flawless choir. I’m sure we’ve all had our day ruined by an unexpected repair. all creation. Firstly: our views, opinions and way of thinking about God. We can praise a beautiful painting, getting a good grade on a test, winning an Olympic medal, or being the top donor. In the second place we examined the all important question of content. He is a creature of our own conception. Elly Achok serves alongside other elders at Gospel Missions Agency church, Kenya. With so much pessimism in our world, we must be careful to maintain a daily attitude of praise (not because things are good, but because our God is good). With that regulation comes sanctions, and with sanctions punitive penalties. 10 Ways To Improve Your Worship Team ~ Part 1 of 4, “Leading Worship ~ Notes from a Grand Adventure, What I’ve Discovered About Worshipping God ~ Part 1 | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, 10 Ways To Improve Your Worship Team ~ Part 1 | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, 10 Ways To Improve Your Worship Team-Part 4 of 4 | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, The Five Most Important Facts About Worship | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, 8 Tips On Taking Your School Worship Time To The Next Level | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, 8 Tips On Taking Your Sunday Morning Worship To The Next Level | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, 8 Tips On Taking Your Sunday Morning Worship To The Next Level | Following God: The Grand Adventure, The Five Most Important Facts About Worship, The 10 Commandments of Great Worship Team Members, Attitude Is Everything! Praise and worship clearly go beyond something we do in church or at a concert. Because praise naturally overflows into worship, we often see them paired. It is the sort of experience of joy and gratitude which cannot be hindered by the fetters of prison, as was the experience of Paul and Silas (Acts 16:25). I love it when they don’t take those things for granted. “How can I do this better?” When I’m actively looking for opportunities to … Pingback: 10 Ways To Improve Your Worship Team ~ Part 1 | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, Pingback: 10 Ways To Improve Your Worship Team-Part 4 of 4 | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, Great post – might reblog at some point! We were created to worship the Creator. This is to ensure all involved are having the same conversation and not talking at cross-purposes. http://sevennotesofgrace.com/2013/09/05/oh-for-a-humble-attitude-to-church-especially-the-music/, Pingback: The Five Most Important Facts About Worship | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, Pingback: 8 Tips On Taking Your School Worship Time To The Next Level | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, Pingback: 8 Tips On Taking Your Sunday Morning Worship To The Next Level | Following God: Notes ♫ From A Grand Adventure, Pingback: 8 Tips On Taking Your Sunday Morning Worship To The Next Level | Following God: The Grand Adventure. He who kills and gives life is the God before whom we appear in worship (1 Samuel 2.6). This false mindset represents a rebellion against those attributes of God which do not settle well with our fallen human nature. ‘One thing have I desired and that will I look for, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord forever’ (Psalm 27:4). Worship gets to the heart of who we are. “God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.”. We come to God as puny, sinful, unworthy little worms, who are before God accounted as nothing (Daniel 4:34-35), but who have been highly favored with an appearance before an Almighty God. I want my worship to be pleasing to God. In the first part of our discussion on Worship we were concerned to make the distinction between what would generally be called the body of worship and the heart of worship. I. As a worship leader, praise and worship is part of my daily lifestyle. It is my considered view that what is ruling contemporary worship in Pentecostal and charismatic churches is really the spirit of the age. Sample the same worshiping King in Psalm 63:1-11. . It is impossible to answer this question in a million pages of writing beyond the statement, ‘He is the Almighty God.’ Think of the One who by a mere word of His mouth spoke the great and expansive galaxies in place (Genesis 1)! God is not surprised at the difficulties that we go through. People from all walks of life thronged that concert, both believers and unbelievers and our political class, notorious for lewd, immoral, and sometimes even illegal behavior, were there. “It is impossible to please God without faith. A clear understanding of what we mean by … ‘Sing with an attitude like a child of the king, let no one hinder your freedom in the Lord,’ is not an uncommon exhortation in these circles. When you have an attitude of praise, you won't be able to outrun the goodness of God because what you send up, comes back down. Returning to Isaiah’s experience, we read that when the prophet saw God’s fearful holiness for what it really was, his reaction was not trite celebration in music. Youtube | Facebook, In the first part of our discussion on Worship we were concerned to make the distinction between what would generally be called the body of worship and the heart of worship. God deserves so much more. 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