- I am the vine; you are the branches.
- If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;
- apart from me you can do nothing.
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Teaching and Learning Music
1 Chronicles 25:6 All these men were under the supervision of their father for the music of the temple of the Lord… 7 Along with their relatives – all of them trained and skilled in music for the Lord — they numbered 288. 8 Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.
Learn to become a skilled musician for our Lord.
Playing Music
Psalm 150:3 Praise God with trumpets and all kinds of harps. 4 Praise him with tambourines and dancing, with stringed instruments and woodwinds.
5 Praise God with cymbals, with clashing cymbals.
Praise God with the Practicing and Playing of your Musical Instrument
Singing
Psalm 147:1 Shout praises to the Lord! Our God is kind, and it is right and good to sing praises to him.
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord
Shout and Sing Praises to the Lord with your God-given Voice
Dancing
2 Samuel 6:14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, … 16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.
No one should stop you from Dancing and Leaping before the Lord
Listening to Music
Amos 5:23 Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
If you live only by God’s Righteousness and Justice, enjoy listening to Him
Writing Music
1 John 2:12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
Whatever you write, let it be pleasing and glorifying to God
Composing
Psalm 144:9 I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, 10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David.
Everyone has a new song in them to sing to God, and music they can make on their instrument for God. He made you!! He loves you!! Do it for Him!!
Recording Music
1 Chronicles 15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
God loves a Bunch of Godly Musicians making joyful music for Him
Streaming Video and Audio
Psalms 98:7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; 9 let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.
When the sea, and the world and all who live in it resounds, and the rivers clap, and the mountains sing, God is Streaming His Video and Audio for us to enjoy!!!
MUSIC IS FROM GOD AND HE MADE IT FOR EVERYONE
MUSIC HEALS
1 Samuel 16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
1 Samuel 16:15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.”
1 Samuel 16:23 Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.
Music Heals
As you can see in 1 Samuel 16:14-16, 23, the sound of music can bring healing to a sick person. God gave us music to know Him, enjoy Him, and love Him. Whether you write, sing, or play music, do it for a Father who loved you so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to save you.
Writing Music
Writing music involves understanding music symbols and how it can be used in manipulating the elements of music for God’s glory through Jesus
Singing Music
Singing music involves understanding the human body and how it can be used to produce vocal sounds for God’s glory through Jesus.
Playing Music
Playing music involves understanding materials in the world and how it can be used to produce instrumental sounds for God’s glory through Jesus.
MUSIC CONNECTS
2 Chronicles 5:12 All the Levites who were musicians…stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres.
They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. 13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord.
Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:
“He is good; his love endures forever.”
Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud, 14 and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.
Music Connects
As you can see in 2 Chronicles 5:12-14, there should be no limit to the amount of players or singers performing for God’s glory. The sounds reached up to the heaven that the Lord Himself could not resist filling the temple with His glory in such a way that the priests could not do their duty. If you plan to compose, record, or teach music, you will have a choice of affecting individuals to immense crowds to the glory of God through Jesus.
Composing Music
Composing music involves receiving instructions from God through Jesus or receiving instructions from the devil on what to do with the musical elements to form a composition using writing or notation programs. This includes compositions with text. The goal is to give God the glory and no one else.
Recording Music
Recording music involves receiving instructions from God through Jesus or receiving instructions from the devil on what to do with the musical elements to form a composition using sequencing and other recording devices to the glory of God and no one else.
Teaching Music
Teaching music involves imparting knowledge, understanding with wisdom of music that God has given to you through Jesus in order to meet and exceed the needs of others wishing to enjoy their musical goals. Give God thanks for allowing you to learn music so that you may teach others.