So often I can turn up on Sunday, tired from the week, stressed by the journey to church, distracted by the jobs to do in the next week. God is worthy of all our worship and so how do we bring our praises before Him as we gather whilst not be able to sing? Well, although we are unable to sing as we gather, I believe there are many ways that we can worship. We want to follow Government guidance and protect the lives of those in our community and beyond, so do we just give up or all go home and worship in our living rooms alone? This places us in a difficult position with the current COVID-19 guidelines especially as official guidance states ‘activities such as singing, chanting, shouting and/or playing of instruments that are blown into should be specifically avoided by congregations/worshippers’1. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.Īs we gather to worship, singing plays a vital role and is something we value highly at Jubilee. What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 14:26 about coming together as believers and says: There seems to be something in the heart of God that loves music (remember he was the one who inspired the whole book of Psalms which is full of songs). When the Bible talks about worship there are 18 words used for worship and the majority of them relate to an activity of worship and like in Psalm 100 and in many other places it talks about worship involving song. I love to speak of how we are created to be worshippers and that although worship is something we do with all our lives, the role of singing has a vital part to play. When it comes to teaching about what it is to worship, I love teaching from Psalm 100:ġ Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.Ģ Worship the Lord with gladness come before him with joyful songs.
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