> It plays a very important part in > the discipline of spiritual growth.
Amen. I realized recently that the worship songs I sing have taught me a sort of spiritual jealousy, where I wanted to mean those songs from my heart when I sang them. This one song had a line "You can offer her anything her affections are all for Him only," that showed me how I should desire my God. Though I wouldn't rate it over preaching and teaching, as quoted in Lance's post, I do love worship! Blessings! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Worship shapes our spirituality > "...our spirituality is usually shaped more by the > experience of communal worship than it is by > preaching and teaching....the way we think about God > and relate to God is influenced enormously by our > experience of God in communal worship..Songs are > especially formative. We are far more likely to find > ourselves humming something we sang in church when > we go home than we are to find ourselves meditating > on a phrase in the sermon..(not one of yours, of > course)..Christian philosopher and scientist Michael > Polanyi spoke of knowledge that we simply absorb by > a kind of 'osmosis' without even realizing that we > have done so. This is what he refers to as 'tacit > knowledge' Most Christians simply imbibe a theology > through the way that they worship. > .theology springs from right worship but theology > also, in turn, guides and ensures right > worship.There is a circular relationship between the > two as healthy worship and theology support each > other....how theology can guide the kind of worship > that in turn shapes people spirituality. > > > How very true, for my wife and I, at least. Our > "church of choice" is Valley Christian Center in > Fresno. It is a 2000 member congregation with, > perhaps, the best comtemporary worship service in > the area. What Polanyi speaks of in the above > quote is, perhaps, the same as that referenced by > Paul in Eph. 5:18-20. There, spirit filling is an > experience received on any occasion the community of > saints gather togather in the sharing of song and > spiritual hymns. It plays a very important part in > the discipline of spiritual growth. Too much > attention to the negatives expressed by some saints > (including ourselves) often counters the joy and > peace derived from these times of worhsip. > > Thanks for the words > > JD > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
