In January I tasked my junior high choir with writing a paper on worship based upon John 4:24 (God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.). We spent the month talking through various concepts from Scripture in order to gain a New Testament perspective on worship that is distinctly Christian. One of these days I’ll write my own understanding of Christian worship, but for now I thought it’d be fun to share some thoughts from the choir. Enjoy!
“True worshipers must have a relationship with God.” — Caleb
“The ‘Hallelujah’ of the Old Testament is no different than the hymn of the New Testament. The word ‘hymn’ comes from the Greek word ‘hymnos’ as of which means ‘songs of praise.'” — Hannah
“spiritual song = a song made by someone feeling the Lord telling their spirit to make it and it expresses personal faith” — Max
“If we worship for any other reason than to be satisfied in God and glorify Him, we dishonor Him. God wants us to focus on Him and Him alone.” — Abby
“You show that God is more important than you are or that you put Him before yourself.” — Emily
“In another way of looking at it, we are to offer an act of service to the Lord, even in our worship, but also in our everyday life.” — Helena
“Emotion is not the goal of worship.” — Jake
“When we say Spirit and Truth the spirit is the Holy Spirit and truth means Jesus (Spirit = John 4:23-24 and Truth = John 14:6).” — Evan
“Worship is sending glory to God’s name; worship is about the presence of Him in our lives.” — Karys
“When we sing pure, Christian songs we glorify God.” — Jenna
“Christ is our focus of worshiping.” — Jewel
Glorify. Train. Engage. 