Chapter 1 Flashcards
“As Worship leaders, we have the ______ and _______ task of placing _______ of ________ on people’s lips.” John D. Witvliet
- Important
- terrifying
- words
- worship
- lips
It happens every time we choose a______, a scripture or a worship _________ for our church service.
- song
* chorus
Our holy calling requires that we be good stewards of _______ ________.
God’s Word
The ability to work as good vocalists, musicians, worship leaders, rehearsal directors, worship planners and many other skills ______ required.
Are
“While we are not spiritual engineers, we do–with fear and trembling– take the part of priests, placing ______ of worship on people’s lips that may well resonate deep within their souls and ______ them, by the Spirit’s power, closer to God.”
Words
Draw
A calling from God can sometimes be related to as an ___________.
Anointing
Wherever we are on the spectrum, it is essential to emphasize the importance of being called by God into _______.
Ministry
Neither good design nor well-developed _____ are an acceptable substitute for being chosen and empowered by the Holy Spirit for ministry.
Skills
The Witvilet quote at the beginning of this writing convicted me of the importance for worship leaders to be _______ of the Word.
Students
God does not accept all _______
Worship
Amos 5:21-27 is a scorching rebuke to Israel concerning their worship. God did not accept their worship because they offered acts of worship outside of the __________ relationship because of their idolatry, immorality, and selfishness.
Covenantal
He despise their feasts and told them to take away the ______ of their ______.
Noise
Songs
Worship is about ______ and His desire to enter into a worship relationship with His people.
God
Worship should _______ more on God than on the one worshipping God
Focus
“Shallow music forms _______ people.”
Shallow
Congregational music must be carefully chosen with content that is _________and _________ sound.
Theologically
Biblically
On the other hand, perhaps nothing internalizes _________ and integrates it with faith as well as song does.
Theology
Apostolic songwriters should write songs that are doctrinally distinct and __________ correct.
Theologically
We must assume that not every song written is _______ to be sung.
Worthy
The worship planners responsible for song selection are _____________ to God for the songs they ask the church to sing.
Accountable
Although there is some disagreement about authenticity, Plato has been attributed this quote, “let me write the _______ of a nation, and I care not who writes its laws.”
Songs
“Let me write the hymns and ______ of the church, and I care very little who writes the theology.”
Music
Cherry asserts that “selecting song texts, then, is on of the most significant things that worship architects do because they are shaping their congregations’ __________ (and therefore worldview) by the texts they select.
Theology
Since congregational songs are group responses to God, we should choose music that will not only shape our understanding about the Bible but also motivate us to _________ and to worship God.
Serve
Worship is about God and His desire to enter into a worship relationship with His ________ Second, instruction will be given concerning the role and preparation of the worship leader.
People
Worship leaders must know what they are ________.
Leading
Worship- an acknowledgement of _______________.
Transcendence
When a _________ creature realizes he has been created by the _________, he becomes keenly aware that the allegiance and homage are demanded in response; it is only appropriate.
Finite
Infinite
Similarly, a people who have experienced mercy in the form of forgiveness or ___________ realize that the Giver of mercy deserves their gratitude; it is seemly.
Deliverance
C.S. Lewis likens it to the sense in which a work of art demands or deserves our attention. He alleges that _________ is the correct and expected response, and adds “if we do not admire we shall be stupid, insensible, and great losers; we shall have missed something.
Appreciation
In the Psalms we see…..
A.) processionals
B.) liturgical responses
C.) Songs
D.) and prayers
Some of the responses include…..
A.) clapping of the hands B.) lifting of hands C.) singing D.) dancing E.) and playing musical instruments
It alone will endure, like the love of God which it expresses, into _______, when all other activities of the Church will have passed away.
Heaven
Worship is the supreme and only indispensable _________ of the Christian Church.
Activity
It refers to the feeling or expression of __________ and adoration for a deity: the worship of God.
Reverence
_________, of themselves however, do not bring us to a clear understanding of worship.
Word-studies
The Hebrew word usually translated “worship” in english means literally to, _________.
Bow down
Defining worship can be a _________.
Challenge
Worship is an attitude because it is a whole life __________ of an individual to God
Response
It is also an act which expresses itself ________ and publicly
Privately
Christian worship is not a _________, but a _________ with the Eternal.
Religion
Relationship
As Andrew Hill writes, “worship is a __________ more than a function or ritual…
Relationship
We can sing all the beautiful songs we want and utter prayers of praise, thanks, and petition, but if a love relationship with God is not foundational it is only a boring ______.
Ritual
Many people speak of worship “______” when they define worship.
Style
It is actually possible to participate in these activities of worship and still not truly _______.
Worship
Christian worship has been defined in many ways, but the common thread of these definitions focuses on the __________ relationship between God and his people.
Covenantal
As Karl Barth claimed, “Christian worship is the most ________, and most urgent, the most glorious action that can take place in human life.
Momentous
Often worship is described as a divine-human _______.
Encounter
Gustafson’s definition is based on Paul’s definition of worship in ________.
Romans
I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that he present your bodies a _________ sacrifice holy, acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1
Living
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy ________ and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:30
Heart
The new living translation clarifies that worshipping God whole-heartedly with our spirit, soul, mind and body is… truly the way to _________ him. Romans 12:1 NLT
Worship
The animal ________ of the OT have been replaced with a living sacrifice.
Sacrifices
The NT spiritual sacrifice is to declare the praises of him who called you out of ___________ into his wonderful light. 1 peter 2:9 NIV
Darkness
You _________ in worship
Participate
Worship is a __________.
Lifestyle
If I am offering the members of my body to benefit self, then the object of my worship is I, the _________ if I am offering my body to the Lord in my choices, then He, the _________ is the object of my worship.
Creature
Creator
So much mystery surrounds worship that theologians have pondered it for centuries, yet worship is simple enough for a _______ to participate
Child
An effective philosophy or theology of worship must be built upon a __________.
Foundation
Through the din of the “worship” noise, let us never forget that true worship must have a sure foundation rooted in the _____ ____ _______.
Word of God
