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What Is A Church Musician By mark321 What is a church musician? After being in this position for several years I have come to my own conclusions as to what this title means and is all about. First let me say that I think a lot of church musicians make the mistake of using this as a means satisfy their own needs. A need to be up front, to perform, to show off their musical talent etc. But being a Christian is all about sacrificing self. This does not have to be a negative thing and in fact can be quite rewarding.
Let's look at some scripture about this. In the Bible we are commanded to "Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise." Psalm 33:3 KJV. In first Samuel we see what a musician can do for a man tormented. "Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well." 1 Samuel 16:16, KJV. You see as a musician, a church musician, a Christian musician, your job is to minister. And in order to be able to minister effectively your heart needs to be in the right place. Not on "Man wait until people hear these far out chords I've been jamming on!" but more like, "Praise the Lord. He is worthy. Lord I worship You." I don't know about you but I would rather hear, "Thank you sister, that song really ministered to my hurting heart this morning (evening, afternoon)." Than about how cool I sounded up there on the piano with that new chord progression. I'm not saying I don't use chord progressions but I'm saying keep
Try playing as unto the Lord sometime. Not for the Lord like you have yet another adoring audience but as a means of worship. In the same way you lift your hands and offer praise, lift your fingers and offer the praise across the piano, guitar strings, or whatever musical instrument you play.
Okay so a church musician, in my words, is a servant of the Lord who offers praise through the musical instrument sometimes in accompaniment to the people. You (we) are actually not indispensable and the people can still praise and worship the Lord without you. Sometimes, or many times if you are seeking guidance to your playing, the Lord can and will use you to minister unto some of His flock. Praise the Lord!
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diction @ 01/07/2009 07:15 PM : Re: Listening to Dr Dre [quote whitebicycle]What I really want is the "Instrumentals Only" version of 2001, cuz the beats are pretty awesome but a lot of the lyrics are really terrible.
In particular, this verse by Kurupt stood out to me as below par:
Six-deuce in a plush, six-deuce impala
Pimpin hoes from texas to guatemala
Bitch niggaz paid for hoes, just to lay wit hoes
Relax one night, and paid to stay wit hoes
Captain save'em all day (bitch) well save this dick
[b]Bitch nigga, you more of a bitch than a bitch[/b]
You ain't into hittin pussy, or hittin the switch
You into hittin bitches off of the grip, you punk bitch
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Below par? Fawk that shit's great. I guess I just love Kurupttommo @ 01/07/2009 07:07 PM : Re: The Newbie Thread [quote TheIdioteque][quote Prayermad][quote TheIdioteque][quote e_e][quote Butterflyman]I miss [~Choutas] on the message boards since he was banned. (This is sarcastic).
No, I really do miss him, I think, maybe. No I don't. I'll have to think about it. Oh, screw it. I don't really know.
Why bother explaining myself. I need 9 lemons.[/quote]
Insulting me (weakly, I might add) in the chatroom for no reason other to be banned and forever be an attention whore. I don't miss him one bit. I don't think I have read a single worthwhile post by him in the last months.[/quote]
Yeah, I really don't see why he's so popular 'round here.
Anyways, good idea for a thread, hopefully more people can discuss on the forums without the HAIs and the Prayermads on their backs...
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greetings,
HAI[/quote]
mr. idiot i dont appreciate being mentioned alongside HAI[/quote]
You're not nearly as bad as HAI, but I'd put you near the top on the list of most likely to discourage newcomers. No offense.[/quote]
I reckon you should make that list. It'd get at least a dozen favourites. People love that sort of shit.Genesis_Jaime @ 01/07/2009 07:06 PM : [quote albionfagan]Namey brings the samey old to the ring
Reels off six lines, but he cannot sing
The lights fade upon his dismal rhymes
Again defeated he leaves with only crimes
Back to the dark, without a spark, that's namey
Oh what a shamey![/quote]
Your firstname evokes England but your last is straight Semite,
old pickpocketing Dickens man, plot thickens, is the scene right?
You seem tight, but you're losing syllables like your cashflow,
s'why you gotta stash of little kids to get your ass mo',
I ain't calling you a pederast, I'd better ask about the rules first,
Cuz you can only get so low before you catch a fuckin' tool burst.
albionfagan @ 01/07/2009 07:05 PM : Blind willie mctell sometimes does.
When I'm in one of those DESPAIRING WITH HUMANITY moods
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