http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2010/02/hymns-vs-contemporary-worship/ What's on our minds: random thoughts, business morals, and more... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2010/02/hymns-vs-contemporary-worship/#comment-14 thenness Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:38:11 +0000 http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/?p=192#comment-14 If the music is there to help us focus on God it shouldn't matter if it is this style or that style or the other style. It is still up to me to make the choice to worship. The music should never be about the performance, or the sound quality, or the volume, or the style, or anything other than praise, and worship, and adoration, and testimony of God. But even if it fails this criteria, it is our responsibility to make the conscious effort to worship, and praise, and adore, and testify from within ourselves. If we let the style of music prevent us from entering in to worship, that's our own fault. If we let circumstances or external forces dictate whether we focus on God then there's something wrong with our relationship with Him. Paul and Silas didn't let prison doors, chains, and the complaints of other prisoners keep them from singing praises to God. Why should we let music stand in our way? If the music is there to help us focus on God it shouldn’t matter if it is this style or that style or the other style. It is still up to me to make the choice to worship. The music should never be about the performance, or the sound quality, or the volume, or the style, or anything other than praise, and worship, and adoration, and testimony of God. But even if it fails this criteria, it is our responsibility to make the conscious effort to worship, and praise, and adore, and testify from within ourselves.
If we let the style of music prevent us from entering in to worship, that’s our own fault. If we let circumstances or external forces dictate whether we focus on God then there’s something wrong with our relationship with Him. Paul and Silas didn’t let prison doors, chains, and the complaints of other prisoners keep them from singing praises to God. Why should we let music stand in our way?

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