Worship

   In one of the previous chuches that I used to attend, I was trained to equate praise to a fast song and worship to a slow song. So, I would go through life listening to music and putting it in the category of either fast and praise or slow and worship.
   I loved and still love music so that was absolutely no problem with me. I would play songs on the sound system for church, and would be asked to look for worship songs to do during the offering time. When I was asked that, they should have just said, "AJ, could you find a slow song to play during the offering time?"
   Well, its time to break a mindset. Worship is not only equated to music, but that is where we will start. Here is the thing, worship in the form of music, in terms of worship and praise, cannot be equalled necesarily to fast and slow. Worship is a state of being, a way of life, a mindset, not another anayzation of music. Yes, there are different characteristics in music and there is no problem with describing certain songs and styles, but do not throw or equate the word worship so loosely.
   Worship is how we live. We worship through music, when we go to the grocery, when we read the word of God, when we drive to the store, when we go to school, when we attend the football game. Do not make worship just music, and especially just one style of music. Let worship be your life. Forever!