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All
Saints Communion Band The All Saints Communion Band leads us in weekly worship
and helps us to celebrate God’s goodness as other times as well. The band has
a variety of instruments including guitars, bongos, keyboards, harmonicas,
and dulcimers.
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Singing is praying twice. . . Jesus modeled praise by teaching His
disciples to start and end "The Lord's Prayer" by praising God. It
is the groundwork to win the spiritual battle. Adoration and worship is the GATEWAY to enter into
the courts of the Lord, as the psalmist encourages us to enter His gates with
thanksgiving and devotion. Praise is an act of body worship which expresses a
variety of emotions with your body such as clapping, standing up, walking,
marching, kneeling, lifting up hands, falling
prostrate, sitting down, remaining silent, dancing, singing and playing an
instrument skillfully. Psalm 136 opens with "Give thanks to the Lord for
He is good", and each time the people responded as the psalmist declares
the attributes of God, "His love endures forever", God shows up. If you don't believe, search the scriptures yourself
to see if this is true. Paul and Silas were imprisoned for casting out a
spirit from a slave girl who predicted the future. She earned a great deal of
money for her owners by fortune-telling. When the owners of the slave girl
realized that their hope for making money was gone, they seized Paul and
Silas and placed charges against them for advocating customs unlawful for
Romans to accept or practice. They were thrown into prison and at about To know the rest of this exciting story read Acts
16:16-40. The phrase "The Lord is good and His mercy is
everlasting" is powerful. Try that in your Quiet Time. What we
are saying is that God is the source of all goodness. He is full of loving
kindness and truth. We are in essence proclaiming who He is and His glory
will come. Praise and worship causes our faith to rise,
dispelling fear and doubt. It takes away our burden and distractions. It
causes our focus to shift from SELF to GOD. Our circumstances may or may not
change immediately BUT we change and come away refreshed in body, soul and
spirit. Praise also invites the Glory of God and drives out
the demonic forces. Praise infuses us with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Christian music and lyrics aid us in our worship. The
music doesn't change us but it changes the environment to help us
concentrate. Sing meditatively the lyrics, know and believe what you are singing. . . God takes delight in us and
responds to our appreciation and adoration of Him. God commanded us to PRAISE Used by permission from www.musiclyric4christian.com |
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