Worship Music Today

In my lifetime, I have been blessed to see the church go through some much needed changes in the aspect of music style in worship. The contemporary music change in the Church of Christ today, I believe, has encouraged our younger generation to stay within the fellowship. Music is everything with our young people today. It is the fabric of their society. Just talk to teens today, all aspects of their lives are wrapped up in music. From I-Pods to CD's to you name it, music plays an important part in their lives.

How about worship music? I believe God teaches us to sing and make melody in our hearts as He wants desperately for us to give Him our hearts in the corporate worship setting. I am thankful that we have had some leaders in the church today that have written new worship songs that have focused on God and less on ourselves.

Many of the songs written 50 years ago emphasize us instead of God. Go through the older songbooks and see the changes that have taken place.

One of my hobbies is collecting old hymnbooks. As I go through the pages of many older books, I see songs that were written about us and not about God.

Not all new songs are Biblical either. As worship leaders and as worshippers, we need to examine the words of many of the songs that we sing to our Father.

Worship is the highlight of my week. I can't wait to be with my brothers and sisters and have the opportunity as a family to worship our God. I pray that our worship this Sunday will be an opportunity to praise the Creator of the Universe and give Him all glory that He is due. As Josh leads us in worship, sing with all your heart and think about the great blessings He has given all of us as children of His.

Psalm 100
"Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. For the Lord is good; His loving kindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness to all generations"