PRAISE

AND
WORSHIP
Music – vocal
- instrumental
- mechanical
- rhythm
- melody
- harmony
 I. The Power of Music
a) Benefits of music found through human history
1. Musics motivates people to buy
2. Music causes greater productivity of the job.
3. Hospitals use music to create healing and peaceful attitude.
4. Music is use in therapy for mental and nervous disorder.
5. Music is use to help people remember forgotten
association.
6. Music is use to govern the moods of people.
7. Music is use to free people from tension.
II. What does music and singing do in the church?
Affects a war spirit – I Sam. 10:6
affects our bodies – Gen. 32:25, Dan. 3:3
affects our will – Ps. 144:9
A. Brings atmosphere of the joy and gladness
- I Chro. 15:16
B. Cleanses and prefers us to meet with God
- Hos. 6:3, Acts 3:19
C. Brings a flow of God’s Spirit – Gen. 4:21
D. Brings the release of prophetic mantle – II King 3:15
E. Brings a ministry of deliverance - I Sam. 16:23
F. It is a ministry of spiritual warfare – Jos. 6:20
 III. THE GOAL OF THE WORSHIP SERVICE
A. It is a Ministry unto the Lord – Acts 13:2,
Chro. 29:24-30
B. It is to Lead God’s People into His presence
– Ps. 22:3; 100:4, Heb. 10:19, Eph. 2:22
C. It is to cause all to focus on the Goodness and
Greatness of the Lord – Ps. 34:3, Isa. 42:8
D. It is to provide an Atmosphere for the Gifts of the Spirit
to Operate – Luke 5:17, Acts 13:2
E. It is to Offer Spiritual Sacrifices to God – I Pet. 2:9
 E. It is to Offer Spiritual Sacrifices to God – I Pet. 2:9
Sacrifice – Gr. “thusia” – the act of offering something
meaningful and valuable
Sacrifice of Thanksgiving – Ps. 116:17, 107:22,
Jonas 2:9
Sacrifice of Praise – Jer. 17:26, Heb. 13:15, Jer. 33:11
Sacrifice of Joy – Ps. 27:5, 6
Sacrifice of a Broken and Contrite Spirit – Ps. 51:17
Sacrifice of Righteousness – Deut. 33:9, Ps. 51:19
Sacrifice and Service of Faith – Phil. 2:17
 IV. WHAT ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR
BRINGING AND WORSHIP THAT PLEASES THE
LORD?
A. Proper Relationship Between Singers and Musicians –
Ps. 68:25, Ps. 92:1-3, Ps. 87:7, II Chron. 5:12, II Chron.
20:21, II Chron. 20:28
B. The Unity of Singers and Musicians
Contributes to Acceptable Worship
Ps. 133:1-3
Chron. 5:12, 13
C. Keeping the Music Tuned to the Spirit
I THESS 5:23 BASIC PART OF MUSIC HUMAN DRIVE
SPIRIT MELODY SPIRITUAL DRIVE
(TO DOMINATE)
SOUL HARMONY PSYCHOLOGICAL DRIVE
(TO SUPPORT THE
MELODY)
BODY RHYTHM PHYSICAL DRIVE
(TO BE CONCEALED IN
THE HARMONY &
SUBORDINATE TO THE
MELODY)
 D. Any Distraction that take the Focus off the Lord
Changed of Eliminated.
Discuss practices that may take away from emphasis on
the Lord in our present day services. If we think of any, let
us either change it, of take it out of the worship service.
Let’s keep Christ central in the Church.
 A LIFE OF PRAYER
When a Christian shines fellowship with other Christians,
the devils smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the
devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shout for
joy
Prayer is the foundation for worship in the sense that
worship is fundamentally an expression of prayer. Our
expression and theology in the arena of prayer has a direct
effect on our ability to facilitate the sung prayers of the
congregation.
 The Worship leader is a prayer leader.
If worship is our prayers set to music
If worship leading is leading the congregation in sung
prayer
If prayer is the language of worship
Then the life of the worship leader is a life devoted to
prayer