{"id":1971,"date":"2021-01-26T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2021-01-26T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:53:59","slug":"what-songs-are-we-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"What Songs are We SINGING?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What Songs are We Singing?! Thank you Glenna Lasater for your wonderful perspective on this subject!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May I just say that I think that the whole debate between old and new gospel music is silly. We are worship leaders. Our job is to lead God\u2019s people into worship\u2014not just the young people\u2014not just the old people\u2014but the entire church. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music is a thing that ticks in emotion with the experiences in your memory. Your experience may have happened decades ago, yet it feels like just yesterday<\/strong> when you hear a certain song. You start to sing those lyrics and it transports you back to that moment<\/em> when you were at the altar of repentance. We want to stir up those memories. We need to remember where God brought us from! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nreason there are fewer songs about the Lord\u2019s return is because there has been less\npreaching about the Lord\u2019s return. The Word of God inspires musicians to write\nsongs. The new songs are written about what they are hearing preached just as\nthe older songs were written about what they were hearing preached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important that our young people hear the powerful songs about Heaven and the rapture, but that does not mean that there is no value in the worship songs written today. It is not a competition\u2014us against them. We are all God\u2019s people! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nthink the ideal worship service would be a blend of both the old and new so\nthat we can reach everybody. So that we can take everybody back to that<\/em>\nmoment in their lives. We must get out of the way so that God can do a mighty\nwork in HIS church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nBible tells us to sing a new song, but it does not tell us to quit singing the\nold, familiar songs. If you put this conversation into God\u2019s timing, these are\nall new songs. What all musicians pray for is harmony. How can we have harmony\nif we are creating discord?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nyou do not like the content of the current music, then pray for preaching that\ntakes us to a new depth in our understanding, a deeper love, and an urgency\nthat brings us to a place of repentance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forget about genres. We do not want to be segmented into being a worship leader for a certain age group. That divides the church. Instead, look at the lyrics without the music? Do the lyrics speak to you, or make you go \u201chmmm?\u201d Then, when you sing those lyrics, sing them as though they mean something to you. This will help create new memories, and new experiences for those that hear you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These songs are creating those memories right as you sing and it is a beautiful thing to be a part of that. Years later, your music will take them back to this very moment immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministering\nin song goes beyond us singing each verse two times and the chorus three times.\nWe have to be in tune with the Spirit of God so that we don\u2019t interrupt the\nflow. We have to make those opportunities for God to move.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading my ramblings. Go be a blessing!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glenna Lasater, West Valley City, Utah<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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