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NASB | Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre. |
Subject: Praise Dance Wrong Worship? |
Bible Note: Sister Azure- You wrote: "I think the sole purpose of any modes used must be helpful to draw people's focus on God. This is my main concern. If the mode (be it dancing, singing, playing instruments...) easily distract people's attention, it is better not to use it." Thank you for bringing that to the attention of the forum. It's wonderful to hear/see, especially coming from someone who is (or recently was) involved in leading praise and worship in her local church. While I acknowledge that I often fall short of the mark, I also acknowledge that everything we say and do should be in praise and adoration of His holiness. Too often we see the portion of the local services most commonly referred to as the praise and worship turn in to anything but. Or at least many of us have seen this to be true. Some are guilty of coming before the congregation singing, dancing, and other activities which appear to be more of a focus on "look at me" "listen to how beatiful I can sing", or even... "look at what the children were able to learn to perform.." I'm not trying to be overly critical, just pointing to my understanding of how it should be vs. how it often appears to be as I agree with you. So that I don't appear to be simply pointing my finger, let me share. I'm no preacher, but I have been asked to give the message from the pulpit on more than one occasion when the pastor would be out of town, etc. While I prepared the massages with fervent prayer and lengthy committed study... I wonder just how much I detracted from His message out of concern for my own presentation. Thanks again for your comments and God bless, Jeff |