Leaders, Singers, Vocal Team, Worship Leading

Sing Like You Mean It / Vocals (Show #63)

August 11, 2016

#TheLionAndTheLamb (Video Below)

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Do you mean it?

When it comes to our Sunday gatherings, are we really living and believing the words we are singing? There’s something awesome about a great melody and a great Scriptural line married with prayer. Instead of allowing our churches to go through the motions, how are we helping them worship in the moment?

Each week people enter our churches to stand, stare and maybe sing. But isn’t there more to the song than just singing? When I was younger, I did not think much about the words of the songs. I loved listening to the groove and still do. However, when God turned my life around, I became more aware of the lyrics. The more in tune I was with the Holy Spirit, the more in tune I was with the message. Each day, my awareness is shaped by the Word of God working in my life. Songs become more than lyrical messages; they were prayer connections to God.  

Did you know?

…That the word “song” is mentioned 207 times, “sing” is referenced 147 times and “prayer” occurs 406 times? This tells us that God is just as serious about our prayers and our songs.

Are we just singing songs or singing prayers? “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” – Psalm 28:7 David in the Psalms was a man of both prayer and music.

When you read about his musicianship and spiritual life, you see them both together as one. How transforming our lives would be if we lived every moment to worship God. Music is a gift and an expression of worship, in which we lift up sung prayers to God.  

The Lion and The Lamb – A look at vocals

Let’s take a look at this week’s theme song “The Lion And The Lamb,” writers: Brenton Brown, Brian Johnson and Leeland Mooring Today’s demo track: “The Lion and The Lamb” via GuideTracks.co Verse 1 He’s coming on the clouds Kings and kingdoms will bow down And every chain will break As broken hearts declare His praise For who can stop the Lord almighty Chorus 1 Our God is the Lion The Lion of Judah He’s roaring with power And fighting our battles And every knee will bow before Him Our God is the Lamb The Lamb that was slain For the sin of the world His blood breaks the chains And every knee will bow before the Lion and the Lamb Oh every knee will bow before the Lion and the Lamb Verse 2 So open up the gates Make way before the King of kings Our God who comes to save Is here to set the captives free For who can stop the Lord almighty Misc 1 (Bridge) Who can stop the Lord almighty Who can stop the Lord (almighty)  

How to be in tune spiritually, to what you sing.

How would our music be changed if every note we played and sung breathed the praise of God? As we read above, this is the way David pursued God; he was not perfect by any means, but was a man after God’s own heart.

Psalm 21.13 says: “Be exalted in your strength, Lord ; we will sing and praise your might.” Isn’t that the kind of music you want to hear each day, each moment? In return, we respond back to God by the same song.

We sing about our melodies of trial, harmonies of joy and play rhythms of faith as all is offered to God in worship. With this in mind, what would your services look like if everyone sung these melodies in holy surrender?

“Our songs of worship our prayers of worship” @BranonDempsey

In today’s featured song…

We sing about our Coming King. The One who laid down His life for us is also the One who’s love is unstoppable. Until the day we meet face to face with our Heavenly Father, may we sing our prayers in every season and in every moment.

Not showmanship, but real worship between us and God. This song is not only a declaration of our faith, but also words of worship as we sing faithfully.

May each fiber within our being, be filled with the Holy Spirit, who teaches us words to pray. May our conversations always be filled with salt and grace that comes from the fruit of the spirit. He is our help, our shield and our song. He is our joy, our comfort and our melody.

Mean what you sing.

We have access to come before Him, because of the sacrificial work, victory and resurrection of Jesus. We give Him thanks because we have been given access to the Father. We extol and lift up His name because of He, the Holy Spirit, lives inside of those who believe.

We sing not mere words, but prayers of gratitude and praise because He is our King as we await for His Return. So come before Him this morning with music and song. Rev. 22.12 @BranonDempsey @worshiptt  

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