Church songs-Should they just be good songs or God’s songs?

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Last weekend I was travelling from Boston to Connecticut with a friend of mine and he played a CD in which a Bishop was singing an Alicia keys song during his sermon. He said that was the song he was inspired to sing and changed the word “baby” to “Jesus”. He said it does not matter what you sing, but whom you are singing it to. The congregation sang with him. 

What songs really qualify for worship, praise and adoration to God?

Songs are vehicles through which we access the heart of God. They connect with our Spirit when offered as a sacrifice of thanksgiving and reverence to God from a true heart.

 It becomes vital to understand that Songs move God, that’s why he is involved with giving out songs (Job35:10, Deut 31:18) It matters what we sing to God as he loves to hear his children praise him. God delights in the worship of his saints.

Good songs do not necessarily mean they are Gods. Songs containing biblical terms as Jesus, Joy, God, Bless, Heaven, hope, peace etc., are easily thought to come from God because to the believer, it sounds Church-like.

There is no instruction as to what styles of song God prefers. It can be the traditional hymn, a contemporary song or a Spontaneous Spiritual song, but it matters where the song comes from.

Singing to God has always and will continue to be a sacred part of our worship because God should be our song (Exd 15:2). He inhabits it.

 God demands that we sing a new song to him (Pslm 96:1, 98:1, 144:9, Rev 5:9) not because he gets tired of listening to old songs, but because he expects us to see different revelations of his glory and majesty whenever we sincerely offer Songs in worship that captures the whole entity of who he is.

Maybe the reason we do not have an experience of the move and manifest presence of God in our lives and ministry is because we have been offering him songs he cannot relate to.

What have been the songs you are singing back to God lately? What inspires and edifies your Spirit?

Effective and blissful worship experience

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The worship experience is one in which so much is expected due to it’s sacredness and meaning. Knowing what to do when it comes to preparing for worship usually prevents lots of undesirable occurrences during worship services: whether it is the worship leader not singing in the correct key to the instrumentalists not playing along with the singers.

It really does not take much to turn off the congregation from worshiping, and when that happens, the whole essence of the worship is lost. A vibrant and heartfelt worship experience is still possible if the right singer and the right songs are deployed.

The right singer- The right singer represents a collection of several characteristics, which include

a-    Maturity- (Both Spiritual and Musical) this will be needful because worship is a spiritual activity that requires a good sense of musical understanding.

b-    Knowledgeable- In the word and mysteries of God.

c-     Good communication- Be able to teach new songs and communicate appropriately with the congregation.

 The right song- There is always everything good and okay in singing the right songs that are relevant and understandable. Knowing where the congregation is and what it requires in terms of song choice makes worship memorable. Spiritual songs being released spontaneously make the worship experience great.

5 reasons why music ministers should not compete among each other.

                                                                                                           

     We are all different.- Rom 12:6 , Knowing the uniqueness we each posses may take a while but when finally realize it, we will see how different we are from each other. We don’t all have the same measure of grace and anointing.

     It is not Wise. 2 Cor 10:12 The Scripture is clear about us comparing ourselves to our selves.  It is basically a misunderstanding of the place of vision and purpose. 

    The congregation does not get blessed. The Duty of the music minister is to usher in the people of God to the throne room, It’s sad to know how it has become more about the personality of the music minister than the souls of men. No one wants you to prove a point of how good you are just bless the hearts of men.

      It  creates room for envy and strife. Competition is always a contest for superiority, which often time reveals the ego and pride most people never thought they had. In an atmosphere of envy and strife, there is little or no work done, because no one is truly happy, people are judging, hate becomes a usually experience. 

  

     Wrong Kingdom principle.  We are to spur each other up unto good works. If this is not done in love, it will create an enmity that would destroy the good work already taking place. In the Kingdom, our Joy does not come from knowing we did better than our fellow ministers but by knowing that we did just what God has instructed us to do.