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Thursday, March 4, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Worship Diet - Part 5 - Personal or Corporate Perspective

As the concluding way in which we'll examine our worship diet let's consider one final important topic.  It's what I call the "I" vs. "We" song, that is, whether the song is personal (I) or corporate (we) in its perspective. 

This is another area in which I think perhaps the pendulum has swung a bit too far toward the "I" song, which I think dilutes the sense of corporate gathering in worship.  When we gather for church on Sunday mornings (or whenever) we are more than just a bunch of individuals having a personal quiet time with the Lord.  We come together to celebrate together the greatness of our God.  Therefore it is important that we have at least some songs that are purposefully corporate, using words like "we," "us," and "our" instead of "me," "I," and "my." 

Again, as with song direction, the song category has an influence on my preference for personal or corporate perspective.   Songs of invitation and celebration lend themselves best to the corporate perspective.  Songs of majesty can work either way, and songs of intimacy more naturally tend toward the personal perspective. 

Do you agree that we've gone a little too "I" in our worship of late?  Do you agree that it is important to purposefully include corporate songs in our worship diet?

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On Earth As in Heaven

Worship and Prayer are two sides of the same coin.

"The four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."
(Revelation 5:8 )

The Harp represents the songs of worship that go on in heaven around the throne of God; day and night it never stops.

The Bowls are full of the prayers of the saints, rising as incense before the throne of God.

It is the harp and the bowl together that give us a picture of the ongoing encounter with God that goes on in heaven.


Let it be on earth as it is in heaven.