Saturday, February 24, 2007

the lights are down.
the band is playing.
the singers are singing.
sound guy eq-ing.
bass is pumping.
the congregation is singing " i worship you in spirit and in truth"

but somehow, only 5 out of 500 are worshipping.

ugh.

whats going on.

sometimes i wonder whose fault it is when a session of worship "fails"

the band does not matter. in fact, as long as there is no band, worship can still occur as long as the worshipers are in the right frame of mind and of the right spirit. its the worshipper. they are getting distracted by bad singing. they shouldn't be distracted! they should be focused on God. they should be. so what if the guitar is slightly out of tune and if the drummer missed a beat. it should not be affecting the worshipper. because he/she should be worshiping with all their heart. the minor blemishes of the worship band would not be noticed if only the worshipper is truly worshipping.

no. not true.

the band matters! of course it does. the band and singers are the ones who are leading. they are the levites. the lead people into the place of divine exchange. mistakes are forgivable but repeated ones are not! where is the punch of the bass? i dont hear the guitar enough? OH GOODNESS cant they hear that there is some feedback?! dynamics! when are they going to learn???? this part, everyone can be giving more to give the climax of the song, where has it gone? the worshipper is not to blame if they cant seem to engage. the band is not creating the atmosphere for it! of course they wouldn't jump. the band is not tugging them to! hands? you wanna see hands lifted voluntarily? well, get your band dynamics right then you'll see hands!

not true either.

truth lies somewhere in between.

dont mean to be critical and condesending toward anyone.

i wish megalife worship would be powerful. like before. somehow, it was better before.

was the band better?

were people's hearts more ready to worship?

or both?

i dont know.

but i know, megalife, we have to do something. im not sure what it is, but i wanna be a part of a life changing worship ministry or part of ready-to-worship-wholeheartedly congregation.

there's GOTTA be more.

come on, lets all work this out together. congregation and band. together.

you know what for?

so that we can give God the worship he deserves. not some slip shod stoned lets-get-this-over-with singing. but true, heart felt, as well and powerful use of music.

i know there are those that want it. and some of them read my blog. i pray we give only our best. and never give up.

lets do it

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