I am in no way suggesting that the 10 songs on this list be banned from our contemporary worship services. thanks be to God that He does take us as He finds us, though He never leaves us there. I’d be a more fervent fan of this song if these lyrics simply read, “ You take me as you find me.” Which is true. I’m also uncomfortable with the line, “So take me as you find me.” It feels too cavalier, too irreverent, as if we’re ordering God around. Lowercase-“s” saviors come pretty cheap, but the only Savior who can truly save came at great cost. Take, for instance, “Everyone needs a savior.” I don’t believe everyone needs a savior I think everyone needs THE Savior. But I can never quite get past a few lyrics that hold me back. I loved it then, and I mostly love it still. I still remember the first time we sang it in worship at my home church. Honestly, I’m cringing even to put this song on this list. (Words and music by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding) Photo courtesy: ©Pexels/SwapnilDeshpandey That’s too many mechanics and too little of the main thing. Vocally, the chorus makes a giant leap up an octave’s worth of notes, which means that at some point, the melody line is going to be in an uncomfortable range for someone. The constantly syncopated rhythms are hard to feel. “How He Loves” fails the singability test for me. Our job as a team is to make the congregation feel secure enough with what we’re all singing together that they can get past the mechanics-how does this song go? what are the lyrics? how fast is it? how do the words fit with the notes?-and get to the main thing: adoring, praising, and shouting the fame of The Great I AM. If a song is not singable for the average person on the average Sunday morning, it doesn’t matter how popular it is on the radio or how powerful it is when performed by professionals.
The worship team I’m blessed to be part of at my church has a few keywords we toss around when we’re choosing songs, and “singability” is one of them. Rather than sing seemingly forever about how we could sing about God’s love forever, I’d rather sing about specific aspects of God’s love. But when a song relies too heavily on repetition, it does so at the expense of truth about the One we are worshiping. They’re going to clutch passion and and praise tightly to themselves. If they’re constantly trying to figure out how a song flows, they’re always going to hold something back-and that something is rightly the property of God. Members of a congregation simply do not worship fully when they don’t know what’s coming next. Used wisely, repetition in worship music is a valuable and crucial asset. It bothers me because of a troubling characteristic of some worship songs: they’re light on truth and heavy on repetition. When I hear this song, I can never stop myself from thinking, “And with this song, we very nearly DO sing about it forever.” But the repetitive chorus doesn’t bother me just because I find it boring. Photo courtesy: ©Thinkstock/northwoodsphoto
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But it might be best left to those venues and kept out of the sanctuary on Sunday morning.įrom my worshiper’s and worship leader’s heart (and with full admission that these are my personal opinions), here are 10 worship songs I’d be fine not to see on the Powerpoint screen again. It may be fine to listen to on the radio or sing in the shower. A song that does not do these things may be a perfectly “likable” song. Worship songs should also draw us closer to God and to the strength, conviction, comfort, and counsel He provides. Worship music at its best should be an accurate reflection of who God is and an accessible tool for His worshipers to use to affirm that truth. I’m going to put on my worship leader hat here and say that worship songs are not about what we like or don’t like. The pastor replied, “Oh, what don’t you think the Lord liked about it?” and vice versa.īut I’m reminded of the story of a pastor whose congregant commented to him after the Sunday service that he hadn’t liked the music that morning. What I “like” or even love may well be a song you’d be fine never to hear (let alone sing) again. Music (and maybe particularly worship music, due to its personal, participatory nature) is a very individualized preference. If you’re reading this piece (and you obviously are), it’s probably for one of two reasons: 1) to see if your favorite worship song is on this list, or 2) to see if your least favorite worship song is on this list.
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