In Pursuit of True Happiness
Well, yesterday was Jesus Day at Brooklyn Tech High School and of course Jezreel was up in there. Myself, my bunny monster, Kennard, Sam and Mikey came through to usher in the presence of God. Well the BT band did praise and worship and it was kind of weird. Im not sure if Im not used to that type of "worship" or if it was just all wrong. Being a praise and worship leader, you can conclude that I am critical when it comes to this subject. Well, the songs were great, I mean their from God, so what else would they be. But the whole approach was kinda off. My brother Sam put the band together and he is someone I look up to as in the way he presents himself. He allows God to use him in soo many ways, its crazy. I just admire his desire for God. Well anyways he came up with the band idea and he is a true worker for God, so I knew that his intentions were great. I just felt that the players, along with the singers, did not fully understand the true meaning of worship. I didnt understand how many people can "worship" God with their mouths closed. The Word says "I will bless the Lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth." When I first saw this type of worship, I just thought in my mind that I am too used to Pentecostals and the dancing and jumping and shouting, that as I look around the world, things are different. But this time, my whole mindset changed bc at the end of praise and worship I felt the same after as I felt before I came. The atmosphere was dead and it seemed that the pnw singers just sang the songs and the "audience" reacted as though they were at a concert and not in the midst of the presence of God. I stress this because I feel true worship is what will take the church to another level. The main reason why people become so depressed is because worship has become more of something we have to do, rather than a lifestyle that we desire. So, how do we get to the place that God wants us to be? Consistency, Strong desire and Endurance in worship will take us there.
1. Consistency takes place when we make worship our lifestyles. Not only when we simply say "Lord we worship you, You are worthy...etc" but our lives honoring God, serves also as worship. Everything we say, do and want to do serves as worshipping God as well. (Romans 12:1)
2. Strong desire takes place when we say we seriously want God to reign in our lives. When someone cleans their room just because they have to, it becomes so routine like. But when we start to clean our room simply because its dirty, we desire cleanliness. This is the same way that worship works, we have to want it. (Psalm 40:8)
3.Endurance is one of the most important factors. When we experience our hardship, we tend to sulk in our misery. But true worship comes in when we worship through our mess. When we decide to share Gods glory, we share his suffering also. So instead of becoming consumed with your problems, we need to learn to worship God through our pain. (John 4:23)
Anyways I feel like Im about to preach a sermon.lol=]. So thats just how I felt yesterday. Im done. Toodles!
Well, yesterday was Jesus Day at Brooklyn Tech High School and of course Jezreel was up in there. Myself, my bunny monster, Kennard, Sam and Mikey came through to usher in the presence of God. Well the BT band did praise and worship and it was kind of weird. Im not sure if Im not used to that type of "worship" or if it was just all wrong. Being a praise and worship leader, you can conclude that I am critical when it comes to this subject. Well, the songs were great, I mean their from God, so what else would they be. But the whole approach was kinda off. My brother Sam put the band together and he is someone I look up to as in the way he presents himself. He allows God to use him in soo many ways, its crazy. I just admire his desire for God. Well anyways he came up with the band idea and he is a true worker for God, so I knew that his intentions were great. I just felt that the players, along with the singers, did not fully understand the true meaning of worship. I didnt understand how many people can "worship" God with their mouths closed. The Word says "I will bless the Lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth." When I first saw this type of worship, I just thought in my mind that I am too used to Pentecostals and the dancing and jumping and shouting, that as I look around the world, things are different. But this time, my whole mindset changed bc at the end of praise and worship I felt the same after as I felt before I came. The atmosphere was dead and it seemed that the pnw singers just sang the songs and the "audience" reacted as though they were at a concert and not in the midst of the presence of God. I stress this because I feel true worship is what will take the church to another level. The main reason why people become so depressed is because worship has become more of something we have to do, rather than a lifestyle that we desire. So, how do we get to the place that God wants us to be? Consistency, Strong desire and Endurance in worship will take us there.
1. Consistency takes place when we make worship our lifestyles. Not only when we simply say "Lord we worship you, You are worthy...etc" but our lives honoring God, serves also as worship. Everything we say, do and want to do serves as worshipping God as well. (Romans 12:1)
2. Strong desire takes place when we say we seriously want God to reign in our lives. When someone cleans their room just because they have to, it becomes so routine like. But when we start to clean our room simply because its dirty, we desire cleanliness. This is the same way that worship works, we have to want it. (Psalm 40:8)
3.Endurance is one of the most important factors. When we experience our hardship, we tend to sulk in our misery. But true worship comes in when we worship through our mess. When we decide to share Gods glory, we share his suffering also. So instead of becoming consumed with your problems, we need to learn to worship God through our pain. (John 4:23)
Anyways I feel like Im about to preach a sermon.lol=]. So thats just how I felt yesterday. Im done. Toodles!
2 comments:
Whoa did you come up with those 3 things yourself? Veryyy nice and so tru. Although I do feel bad that is my worship team used as the example but you were right. I don't think I stressed the importance of worship enough, and it was mainly about trying to get the songs right than leading people into worship. Hopefully I can do better next time.
So true B. My school also had a Jesus day a couple of days ago and it felt empty. Big signs and banners were pasted on the school walls saying "Jesus Day is Today! Food and Drinks after school!"
My friends and I are so used to praising our Lord everyday and it just seemed as though they made Jesus Day just for the heck of it. Food and drinks do not show our love for God unless it is communion and still we must be able to praise the Lord at all times. Everyday is Jesus Day and the sooner the world understands that, the sooner we will be able to declare our spot in heaven.
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