Hey all,
Below is an excerpt from my paper on spontaneous worship, hopefully with more to come. So far its comin' out alright, but here are definitely some thoughts I'd like to share with you guys, and just some fun stuff concerning how blessed God is when His people take pleasure in Him.. enjoy!
"An emerging pattern of musical worship is being appropriately termed “spontaneous worship” because of the spontaneous elements that make it what it is. While favored by the more charismatic movements, all denominations in God’s kingdom are susceptible to this manifestation in the musical worship of God. If someone playing the piano as the only instrument involved in their worship, in the most traditional church in America repeats the chorus or refrain of a song in an unexpected manner, they have just participated in spontaneous worship. Usually encouraged by God’s Holy Spirit, this style of worship is becoming more widespread as the practice of musical worship has become more accessible to the lay person. Mostly anyone with the available talent of singing and strumming a guitar simultaneously can perform the act of musical worship, which has led to more common instruments (not ordinarily considered for the standard of “sacred music”) to become involved as well. Guitars, harmonicas, acoustic basses, djembes, bongos, pennywhistles, xylophones and in one rare case a didgeridoo have all been, in my personal experience, vehicles used by God to bless God and lead His people into His presence and a spirit of worship."
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