tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5960536196408465648.post4567270676061902008..comments2020-07-11T08:50:12.294-07:00Comments on Jeff Garza : Worship Minister, 1st Baptist of Worland, Wyoming: Blessed by "Praise In the Park"!Jeff Garzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15598689982726207979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5960536196408465648.post-2852183873063278812010-06-22T14:05:54.782-07:002010-06-22T14:05:54.782-07:00Dear Anonymous,
You did not offend me at all:-) ...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />You did not offend me at all:-) As a matter of fact, I welcome your comment. I must agree that I may not spell out as much as I need to about other forms of worship within my blog. I guess that's just the musician in me. This has now challenged me to add more on giving, the teaching, the truth of God's word....etc....especially about The Holy Spirit and heart of worship! In our congregation I do, quite offen, share these things. The phrase I use almost too much is..."It's not about us! It's about our Lord Jesus Christ in all things."<br /><br />I do totally agree about what you have stated. As far as worship being just music as my definition, maybe it may come across that way in what you have read about events like "Praise in the Park", however....What I failed to write about was the scripture that was read in worship, that led to the inspiration of the music. I failed to mention the prayer in praise to our Lord that was done. I failed to mention the joy in serving and giving towards this outreach event.<br /><br />I am a solid believer that God's Holy Bible is sufficient in teaching us more about Him. There are occasions that there is good Christian literature out there that is good commentary to God's word, to help us study His word....NOT TO REPLACE IT! The one book that I recommend that you read,talks clearly about what you mentioned, all forms of worship. The book is called Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin (Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God.)<br /><br />I agree that the mainstream Christian music world seems to have made "worship" a verb that seems to only pertain to music. Not so. I'm glad that we are on the same page here. <br /><br />Thank you for leading me to be aware that I need a greater emphasis on what worship means in my blog. I praise God that he has allowed me to share the true meaning of worship in other venues. God bless you, and for taking the time to make this known. <br /><br />May God also bless your ministry.<br /><br />Jeff GarzaJeff Garzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15598689982726207979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5960536196408465648.post-69358657405030899302010-06-22T09:18:46.050-07:002010-06-22T09:18:46.050-07:00Praise the Lord how He blessed this special event ...Praise the Lord how He blessed this special event for your church. We were praying that God would provide great weather and many opportunities to share the Good News to others. We enjoy reading your blog and updates. Could I be so bold and challenge you to rethink your definition of "worship" since you frequently use the word. I'm not trying to offend you or discourage you...just asking you to think about it. A biblical definition of worship is not just music....so much more....the preaching is worship, the giving is worship, and of course, the singing of praises to our Lord...these are all acts of worship. Let's not just think of music as the only means of showing worship to the Lord. The true worship leader in the church is not the music director/music minister or the pastor, but the Holy Spirit. Like that praise chorus says, "I'm coming back to the heart of worship and it's ALL about You (God)"....I just think it is a shame that the music industry has retooled the biblical definition of worship to only mean music and have taken away the priority of preaching as central to a church's worship service. Perhaps your agree with me or not? Just seems like so many churches only think of worship in musical terms and forget about the preaching. I love music...I work as a band director and play piano in my church...but the preaching is the highlight of the worship service for me.<br />Blessings and peace be yours as you serve the Lord with your musical talents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com