Sometimes I think.....

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by unitedpraise10

This is a performance....I don't see any worship.

It really doesn't matter if you see any worship or not. How do you "SEE" worship, anyway?

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Wow, you have stumbled onto a GREAT subject, here. I, for one, am HIGHLY concerned who worships God the best. I propose a worship competition in which various demographics will be nominated. They would then each meet in a large church somewhere and each group would get ten minutes to see who can impress God the most.

A panel of judges could decide the winner. The panel could have former renowned worshipers, kinda like the NBA dunk contest where Dr. J and Dominique Wilkins are judges. Maybe I could be one of the judges since I used to be a worshiper. I'm not a worshiper any longer, you know, since I've left pentecostalism and prefer to follow the biblical mandates of worshiping God with my actions and life rather than meaningless noise that only gets the attention of people and not God and has people leaving a church service talking about everything except Jesus....but since you people think this stuff is important, just have a contest and see who wins.

I can see it now. A new series on Fox:

So You Think You Can Worship

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Timmy

I can see it now. A new series on Fox:

So You Think You Can Worship

<sobbing>
You inspire me!

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

<sobbing>
You inspire me!

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Timmy

I can see it now. A new series on Fox:

So You Think You Can Worship

The more I think about this the funnier it gets!

Now stop it!

[Praxeas]

Yeah we can pit the US vs GB...Britain's Got Worshipers vs American Worshipers

[Michael The Disciple]

United Praise,

Im with you on this. The Hillsong type worship is how I perceive it to be around the Throne. After tasting of Charismatic worship early in my walk it made it that much harder for me to fit into the "shouting" Churches.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by unitedpraise10

Fast forward this video to 6:30, and watch it from there. These people seem so free in their worship. I really believe they are connecting with God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ugyV-f3hA

Now watch this. It looks like they don't even want to be there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25B65l90vPs

However it is not really fair to compare these two worship situations in the videos. Hillsong has a tremendous band. They have 20000 worshippers praising the Lord. Talk about intense! They are used to the freedom and joy they are experiencing.

On the other hand the young sisters at the Apostolic Church are trying. There are probably not many people in their Church and who knows their reaction to the song? After all the song they are singing is a HILLSONG. Perhaps the Congregation does not like that kind of music? Note the older man in the background. The Pastor perhaps? You are right HE seems to not be enjoying this.

There is truly a different dynamic between Hillsong (and Charismatic worship in general) and Apostolic worship. I give these sisters a lot of credit. They may be trying to bring in something that is much better and may be facing resistance.

I tried to bring Charismatic worship to an Apostolic Church back in the early 80's. The people rejected it outright.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

United Praise,

Im with you on this. The Hillsong type worship is how I perceive it to be around the Throne. After tasting of Charismatic worship early in my walk it made it that much harder for me to fit into the "shouting" Churches.

I dunno, maybe it'll be more like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NxLh-3DdaE

[houston]

Charismatics aroun da throne... makes me wanto siiiing!! *ahem* I'M A THRÉ GOD -CHARISMATIC- TONGUE TALKIN -BY PERFECT TIMIN- SYLLABLE RHYMIN - EASY BELIEVIN- BAPTIZED IN THE TITLES OR THE NAME... BELIEVE IN THE BLOOD- BELIEVE FOR THE SPIRIT- DON'T NEED OUTER HOLINESS, CUTTIN HAIR IS IS NOT A SHAME- WAS SET FREE WITHOUT AN ALTAR OR REPENTIN ON MA KNEES... PARDON ME, I HAVEN'T CHANGED...