[Worship] Re: Worship & Whistles

[Dean Thomas <deanthom@mindspring.com>]

Nancy Dellinger & Renee Thomas (great last name Renee!!) wrote:

> Are we guilty of putting worship in a dignified box, tied up with a
> pretty bow, just something we use to decorate our services...?  When
> David danced mightily before the Lord, would we have joined him in the
> dance or perhaps we'd look out the window with his wife, and think, "How
> distasteful."
> (I know some of you are thinking...OK where's that delete button...Sister
> Wacko's found e-mail!)

> I understand the theology behind reverence and respect for God's house.
> (when I was growing up, if I had slipped a whistle in church and had the
> courage to blow it...I shudder to think what my mother would have done to
> me!)
>
> I think the best place to research this topic is in Scripture, on our
> knees.  The words "Balance"  "Wisdom"  "Obedience" must come into play
> here.   We should have a heart like the Apostle Paul suggested, "If it
> offends my brother...I won't eat it, I won't do it...it doesn't bother
> me...but I will not be a stumbling block to others in the body of
> Christ."
>
> Worship must be God-centered...This is THE ALMIGHTY GOD we worship and I
> don't want to approach Him casually...but just when you think you've got
> Him figured out...He'll do a NEW thing!!  (Don't rush out and buy a
> whistle...don't close your mind to it either.)
>
> Nancy D
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Dean Thomas
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