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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WORSHIP WITH MUSIC" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
WORSHIP WITH MUSIC
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO? WHAT TYPE ARE YOU LISTENING TO? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MUSIC YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO? WHAT ARE THE CONTENT OF THE LYRICS?
I AM SURE SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING THAT I AM GETTING "PICKY" ABOUT THINGS THAT DO NOT REALLY MATTER. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT DOES MATTER WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WE LISTEN TO. I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY WOULD NEVER LISTEN TO RAP MUSIC AND THAT IT IS ALL BAD. I CHALLENGE THEM TO LISTEN TO A CHRISTIAN RAPPER WHO IS UPLIFTING JESUS AND GIVING HIM PRAISE AND WORSHIP. HOW CAN THIS BE WRONG. THERE ARE SOME SECULAR SONGS THAT MAKE YOU DEPRESSED AND CRY WHILE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT LIFT YOU UP AND MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. IT IS THE WORDS THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD STICK TO THE ONES WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
LET'S LOOK AT MUSIC IN THE BIBLE. KING DAVID USED MUSIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIPPING GOD. JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE PSALMS. HOWEVER, WHEN KING SAUL WAS TROUBLED BY EVIL SPIRITS, DAVID WOULD PLAY HIS HARP TO SOOTHE HIM. (1ST SAMUEL 16:23)
IT SAYS IN JUDGES 7:16-22 THAT GIDEON USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO SURPRISE HIS ENEMIES AND IN NEHEMIAH 4:20 IT SAYS THE ISRAELITES USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO WARN OF DANGER. I LIKE THE SCRIPTURE EPHESIANS 5:19 WHERE IT SAYS WE ARE TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER WITH MUSIC.
THE BIBLE DEFINITELY ALLOWS US TO LISTEN TO MUSIC BUT WE JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TO LISTEN TO. I FIND GREAT PLEASURE IN LISTENING TO MUSIC THAT WORSHIPS THE LORD WHILE I GET NO PLEASURE AT ALL IN MUSIC THAT HAS A NEGATIVE THEME. YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO. JUST REMEMBER, JESUS CAN ALSO HEAR IT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
I agree brother!
THANKS, BROTHER AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL THE PLEASURE YOU GIVE OUT THROUGH MUSIC. I KNOW THE LORD WOULD APPROVE. GOD BLESS YOU.
DAVID