Ideas...

Well, actually only one idea at the moment, and if I think of more, all will be good. If I don't, all will still be good.

While taking the worship leading class at my school in the Philippines (which rocked), we grew instrumentally, vocally, and even in terms of picking songs. We were cruising. We thought.

One week the Old Testament teacher came up to us. "You guys are doing great, but you're missing something. The Word of God. It brings worship to life."

Chastened, and a little annoyed, we decided to take what she said and try it. Lo and behold, when we stuck one Bible verse in there, it felt like God used it to breathe life into worship. Finally, it wasn't us doing an amazing job: it was God. We were merely His tools.

The lesson I learned here, and one I would like to start back up again, is read Scripture during worship. Granted, it's not a magic formula, and we can still ruin it if we do it for our benefit. But I think it's a good idea, and I believe it's even several places in the Bible. If not, I know it was a standard thing for the Israelites to do; to sing songs, and read Scripture, and sing more songs.

So... for those of you who still read this... happy birthday! And I'd like to talk about this Saturday. For those of you who don't... it doesn't really matter... because you don't read this...

But here it is in its most coherent form, as sometimes I have a hard time explaining things verbally, lol.