Comments on: Thoughts on Corporate Worship http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/ daniel renstrom Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:31:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: My Favorite Song Right Now « ZackRiesland.com - (Zack’s Blog) http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-44 My Favorite Song Right Now « ZackRiesland.com - (Zack’s Blog) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:54:04 +0000 http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/#comment-44 [...] Brody has apparently got Daniel blogging these days, so go check out his blog. He even chimed in on the worship conversation that I mentioned earlier this [...] [...] Brody has apparently got Daniel blogging these days, so go check out his blog. He even chimed in on the worship conversation that I mentioned earlier this [...]

]]> By: Zack http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Zack Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:48:08 +0000 http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/#comment-43 Hey man, Thanks for joining in the coversation, and for the element of humility you bring! I was just promoting the album on my blog. I hope you get some traffic! Hey man,

Thanks for joining in the coversation, and for the element of humility you bring! I was just promoting the album on my blog. I hope you get some traffic!

]]> By: ktwood http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-42 ktwood Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:57:33 +0000 http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/#comment-42 amen and amen. amen and amen.

]]> By: Adam http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Adam Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:12:25 +0000 http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/#comment-40 This post was right on, thanks for taking the time to articulate all of that. I especially loved the part about the song selection being so key. I love it when the song selection reenforces the teaching and I find that it sits with me throughout the day and during the week to come. This post was right on, thanks for taking the time to articulate all of that. I especially loved the part about the song selection being so key. I love it when the song selection reenforces the teaching and I find that it sits with me throughout the day and during the week to come.

]]> By: Melody Milbrandt http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Melody Milbrandt Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:47:23 +0000 http://danielrenstrom.com/2008/04/15/thoughts-on-corporate-worship/#comment-39 I really appreciated this post. It resonated with intensity from the convictions of your heart, but was delivered with such thoughtfulness and tenderness of spirit. Sharing the truth of God's Word with love softens people's hearts for the Spirit to move more effectively. That was beautifully displayed here. The point regarding "the Gospel being the framework and leading always to thankfulness in our hearts towards God," is so key. Absolutely, I believe that the perfect loving truth of God's Gospel is to be the foundation for all we do whether private or corporate, and that certainly includes our worship. Our responsibility unto Christ and great privilege from Him is to focus our message (whether through word, song, action, or spirit) on the Gospel. After we are obedient to the Lord in this then, the outcome is placed solely in His hands. The focus of each person's feelings, the fruit of their lives, and the condition of their hearts lies between Jesus and every individual. God takes full responsibility for those needs when we obey Him. The hope isn't in our delivery (encouraging them to feel by saying, doing, or singing), so much as it is in sharing the truth of the Gospel as the Spirit leads, asking the Lord to move as He wills, and trusting Him in His faithfulness. Blessings and thanks again for sharing - Melody Milbrandt I really appreciated this post. It resonated with intensity from the convictions of your heart, but was delivered with such thoughtfulness and tenderness of spirit. Sharing the truth of God’s Word with love softens people’s hearts for the Spirit to move more effectively. That was beautifully displayed here.
The point regarding “the Gospel being the framework and leading always to thankfulness in our hearts towards God,” is so key. Absolutely, I believe that the perfect loving truth of God’s Gospel is to be the foundation for all we do whether private or corporate, and that certainly includes our worship. Our responsibility unto Christ and great privilege from Him is to focus our message (whether through word, song, action, or spirit) on the Gospel. After we are obedient to the Lord in this then, the outcome is placed solely in His hands. The focus of each person’s feelings, the fruit of their lives, and the condition of their hearts lies between Jesus and every individual. God takes full responsibility for those needs when we obey Him. The hope isn’t in our delivery (encouraging them to feel by saying, doing, or singing), so much as it is in sharing the truth of the Gospel as the Spirit leads, asking the Lord to move as He wills, and trusting Him in His faithfulness.

Blessings and thanks again for sharing – Melody Milbrandt

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