Worship Matters Part 7: Chapter 11 Skillfully Combining God's Word

This chapter seems to focus on how we can apply God's word not only in our worship but also through our daily lives. The book says that we can sing, read, show, and pray God's word. See may seem similar but they are quite different. Songs teach us who God is, what he’s like, and how to relate to him. Too often we can be tempted to choose songs because of the music rather than the theological content. We need to realize that when words are combined with music we can be deceived. Reading a Scripture passage can help people understand why we’re singing the next song. The same can be seen through showing and praying God's word.

I can see this around me and in myself. I see myself forgetting sometimes that we have to integrate all parts of God including his word when I worship and in how I act. Seeing this chapter helped me change my view of how I worship again. Slowly throughout this book I have been learning more and more about the way to truly worship. I hope that I will be able to continue learning from this book.



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  1. UnknownNovember 30, 2017 at 10:51 AM

    I liked your post! It's great that you're noticing the discrepancy between how you should integrate God's Word in worship and how you actually do. We all have so much to learn from this book.

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  2. UnknownNovember 30, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    Yes, it’s awesome to see that you start to have combine God’s words to your life. It is very important to notice whether we are on track to dig in God’s guidance. Great Job, Ethan, keep it up!

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  3. UnknownNovember 30, 2017 at 11:47 AM

    I agree that it's easy to forget to integrate all parts of God. It's a hard feat, to be able to do it all the time. As a worship band, I believe we can all help each other through it though!

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  4. Eva B.November 30, 2017 at 11:57 AM

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  5. Eva B.November 30, 2017 at 11:58 AM

    Ethan, the way you reflected on the chapter was really neat. It can get really easy to forget about God when we focus on just the music, and it's important to come back to God when we remember again. I'm glad to hear that the book is changing the way you worship, it's been doing the same for me and I can't wait to read more.

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