"Whatever Happened to WORSHIP"
I find that in the church culture of today its increasingly difficult to experience true worship. Is there a church anymore who understands worship? Is there a worship leader who understands the objective of worship? It seems to me that church worship today has degenerated into a man-centered dynamic. Biblical worship is a God-centered dynamic. Worship leaders today are preocuppied with what pleases man, and it never even dawns on them of what pleases God in worship. The trend is to keep up with the latest contemporary songs that are coming out. I'm not against using contemporary songs, but where is the discernment in picking which songs are anointed for use in worship. Where is the discernment to know which songs contemporary or old that has the ability to minister to the Lord. We have become very adept at pleasing man in worship but know almost nothing about pleasing the Lord in worship. If we sing a song and there is no anointing on it, if it doesn't cause the people to enter into worship, then chunck that song. Don't keep using it because the worship leader likes that new song, or the worship leader thinks the people likes that song. Do you see the man-centered dynamic here. Thats why we have so many songs in our worship list that do not evoke or provoke worship. God deliver us from man-centered worship.
The Father seeks worshippers who worship Him in spirit and in truth. Authentic, biblical worship has the ability to transport us from earth to glory, from the flesh to the spirit. If your church worship doesn't transition you into the spiritual realm, then you don't have biblical worship. If your worship service doesn't move you into the spirit, then you will remain earthbound in a man-centered worship dynamic. On the other hand, if your worship service can move you into the spirit, then it has released you into the liberty of seeing and experiencing the spirit world. In that spirit world is where we behold our God. We are brought face to face with Him with whom we have to do. Worshipping in spirit and truth means to the ability to get into the spirit realm and to behold the reality of God in His element. When we are brought into that realm and reality face to face with God then there will be no problem worshipping. Hands will lift, and voices will ring out as we become one with our God. This is what I find that churches have lost sight of, or have never learned in the first place. The longer I live, the longer I'm a Christian, I find the more I want to worship God. To me there is nothing more sublime than to be brought to the place where I behold the Mighty, Majectic One and cry, Holy, Holy, Holy!
I find that in the church culture of today its increasingly difficult to experience true worship. Is there a church anymore who understands worship? Is there a worship leader who understands the objective of worship? It seems to me that church worship today has degenerated into a man-centered dynamic. Biblical worship is a God-centered dynamic. Worship leaders today are preocuppied with what pleases man, and it never even dawns on them of what pleases God in worship. The trend is to keep up with the latest contemporary songs that are coming out. I'm not against using contemporary songs, but where is the discernment in picking which songs are anointed for use in worship. Where is the discernment to know which songs contemporary or old that has the ability to minister to the Lord. We have become very adept at pleasing man in worship but know almost nothing about pleasing the Lord in worship. If we sing a song and there is no anointing on it, if it doesn't cause the people to enter into worship, then chunck that song. Don't keep using it because the worship leader likes that new song, or the worship leader thinks the people likes that song. Do you see the man-centered dynamic here. Thats why we have so many songs in our worship list that do not evoke or provoke worship. God deliver us from man-centered worship.
The Father seeks worshippers who worship Him in spirit and in truth. Authentic, biblical worship has the ability to transport us from earth to glory, from the flesh to the spirit. If your church worship doesn't transition you into the spiritual realm, then you don't have biblical worship. If your worship service doesn't move you into the spirit, then you will remain earthbound in a man-centered worship dynamic. On the other hand, if your worship service can move you into the spirit, then it has released you into the liberty of seeing and experiencing the spirit world. In that spirit world is where we behold our God. We are brought face to face with Him with whom we have to do. Worshipping in spirit and truth means to the ability to get into the spirit realm and to behold the reality of God in His element. When we are brought into that realm and reality face to face with God then there will be no problem worshipping. Hands will lift, and voices will ring out as we become one with our God. This is what I find that churches have lost sight of, or have never learned in the first place. The longer I live, the longer I'm a Christian, I find the more I want to worship God. To me there is nothing more sublime than to be brought to the place where I behold the Mighty, Majectic One and cry, Holy, Holy, Holy!
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