Musical Praise

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
(Psalm 150:3-5)

There was a man in my first church who told me once – “The sermon is your part of the service. The music is mine.”

Music has a way of uniting us in worship like nothing else. When we join together in song, we can make a beautiful melody unto the Lord. Even if it sounds just like noise, through the Holy Spriit, it becomes a "joyful noise" that God takes pleasure in.

Igor Stravinski said, “Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.”