While I'm not a fan of laps around the church, I've run up a basketball court because of God blessing someone else. I wasn't "out of my mind" and I knew what I was doing. Just couldn't really think of any other way to express how happy I was for that person at the time......other than run up the court real quick. And I shouted "thank you Lord. Lord, you're awesome!" And that was it. It was a bunch of dudes from church and the court we play at is in the middle of nowhere so its always just us Sundays after church. I was already in my ballin' clothes and I was already
at the basketball court so I didn't go there
FOR that reason. LOL But it was either take off running or.....punch him in his chest or jump up and down with - hmmm....
I guess I could have just jumped up and down. But at any rate, that's all that was. It was no big emotional high, I wouldn't say. We had just been praying for him in a certain situation for almost a year and the Lord answered more than we thought He would. I mean, I agree with Jewel. It sounds a little corny in a way and I know mad pentecostal preachers say it to make a point and get a rise out of folk, but when March MADNESS comes around, dudes are SCREAMING at a dag on television screen. Don't let the gray haired, glasses wearing, tight pants wearing, "slow-to-get-up-the-court" refs make a bad call. A large roar will errupt from the room. So yeah, I know how it sounds.....however, when people talk about God's mercy.....THAT gets my heart, yo. When I think about God's mercy and how it was bestowed on a pitiful sinner like me.....and when cats rhyme about how merciful God was/is.....when He looked down on ME and had pity - even when I was WILLINGLY doing and loving things He hates, He still had mercy and saved me. This can bring me to tears or cause me to scream in thanks and humble happiness.
I believe (like Expo) there is a decency and order to worship. Or praise, for that matter. (
A question of ignorance: How do yall feel about David's dancing, and it being undiginified and all? I don't feel like this is a green light for us to run laps around the SANCTUARY and fall out and whatnot....but what say ye?) I just think that people are not worshipping OR praising the God of the bible. They're worshipping or praising a God that they or their leaders have made up, sadly. One who is (and its been like a dumb amount of years already)
about to bless you. And
about to give you your breakthrough. And about to release blah, blah, blah....And if you're going through hard times you gotta "praise your way out of it." Scripture shows us that worship starts with God. Him being gracious enough to even give us a mind to do ANYTHING God-ward. The question is (and I'm so stealing this) when we're all done with worship service, with whatever we've done in that time, how do we know that
God has been pleased by what we've done with that time? How do we
know that we're leaving and God was glorified? Our answers are found in scripture.....not in our hoarse voices or sweaty blouses and shirts and sweat stained suits (man you gotta sweat hard to sweat through a suit). I've seen people leave church looking like they been in a fight - and they lost, big time - and they swear up and down
they had an awesome time in the Lord. Yeah, but was GOD glorified? I don't wanna relate it to - - -, by its like, people go to church and do their dancing and shouting and its like, "well, I got mine." "Excuse my being colorful..." How do we know if what we've done has been pleasing TO THE LORD, not ourselves? If our emotions are
rooted in biblical truth, I don't see any problem with dancing a little or throwing your hands up in praise to God. However, most - actually, all of my dancing happens when NO ONE is around. Hehehe. And I ain't talking about pentecostal huck-a-buck shouting. I won't describe it. Its between me and God. But I feel DMW. I love to scream at the top of my lungs (when the music's loud in a service) so no one can hear me. God forbid they do the thing when they cut the music....LOL
Overall, if you can find a song that is biblical (which most songs aren't these days) then hey.....but if not, I wouldn't recommend a bunch of showy outward expressions on a song that just sounds good but is mad unbiblical. To be honest, sometimes hymns get me hyped but because its not that kind of music, I try to calm myself down.
For the most part, out of me, you'll probably get a bunch of tears or just fist pumping and smiling. That's about it. Here are just a few songs that have overwhelmed me emotionally over the years:
In Christ Alone - Newboys (I think) Almost lost it when they did this at Epiphany. It was the first time I'd ever heard it.
Liberation - Timothy Brindle (the line that ALWAYS gets me is "and I'm praising Jesus. Cause He redeemed and freed me when I was enslaved in Egypt." WOW That is mercy, man.
The World Needs Jesus - Everyday Process (cried a little bit the first time I heard it)
Apostasy - Christcentric (cried a little bit the first time I heard this too)
What Do You See? - Cross Movement (definitely shed some tears thinking about the beating and death of my savior)
Off Da Hook - Cross Movement (Yeah.....I think this was the first holy hip hop song that I heard and I balled my eyes out. "I bled, all because I love you. They killed me instead, all because I love you." AAAHHHHH!!!)
Give Us The Truth - FLAME (Umm....yeah, anybody who's grown up in traditional church and has been brought from that to reformed theology (I hope I'm not offending anyone) can relate to this song. This joint was so liberating and refreshing.)
The Excellency of Christ - Timothy Brindle (Son.....if you don't feel SOMETHING listening to this song.....)
And Yes, of course, sound, biblical preaching gets me excited as well. But most of is is convicting and therefore, some extreme showings of emotions are out of place. The time calls for brokenness, tears and humility. As we pitifully are driven back to the cross in thanks and reverance.
I could go on for a minute, but I'll digress right about now.
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