The Power of Music

Friends this is a best of broadcast focusing on the power of music stage for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown, some you know what is embryonic journey from Jefferson airplane, and it suddenly takes you back if you're my age or older. It takes you back and just that little clip that that music there.

It reminds you of the spirit in the through the looking. There was a searching and there's almost a feeling of how wonderful it was to test music.

No words just music can have an effect on you. This is Michael Brown and I am really really excited. I'm holding in my hand. Brand-new book the power of music God's call to change the world one song at a time.

See who wrote it, but I wrote the book on music yeah I wrote it and I felt really stirred to right.

I felt moved on to write II felt this this this fresh passion to write about this to convey the power music to his generation is that we know about the Abbott this morning, though I wrote this book, the power music for worship leaders for songwriters for singers for musicians for worshipers for lovers of music, yes. So for most all of you out there to take you on a journey through history from music in the rock scene and in the spiritual search that was taking place in some circles to heavy metal uses torture of prisoners to classics like Handel's Messiah and how that was written to classical music and the impact that can have two hip-hop and rap and when that can be used for gospel purposes, and then getting to the Scriptures and looking at what God's word says about music. There is a lot that's in there so I feel the burn to write this as a labor of love to worship leaders to worshipers to churches to ministries to to put something in you that would deep in your understanding of how powerful music is and in many ways it has a tremendous role in our society.

Women realize in many ways it impacts us and we don't even realize it is just so much a part of what effect I start the book the power music, talk about a world without music and you just start to take it out from from a mother sing a lullaby to her little baby put the baby to sleep to sing happy birthday to songs of joy, songs of worship songs of reflection national anthems. The little tunes herein and on and on a minute, it's extraordinary just how much there is in terms of the role of music in our world. The role of music in our society and I have a whole chapter in the power music were I talk about the effect of music on the brain. I would book after book on this.

Did research online and music uniquely affects all different parts of the brain more than just read anything else in terms of having that effect on all different parts of the brain. The question is why. Why is music so moving. Why does it have the effect that it has, how is it that it can create a mood.

How is it that it can influence how you're feeling any given moment when I was researching for the book. I got online and was looking up some of the most moving sad movie tracks and most of them are from movies I hadn't seen with this one particular website has links to all the contracts and one of them.

The moment I started listing the moment the track started by member.

I don't know the movie I don't know the plot. I don't know what's happening.

I don't know how the how the musics being used the moment I heard the music I want to cry immediately if it just had this impact on other music years and get on edge. Why there are scholars who believe that that the human race is a musical species that we were specially created to appreciate music is that music doesn't have the same effect on your pet dog or your pet cat or your pet parakeet all right. It has unique effect on us. Here let me give you another example. But remember the movie chariots of fire, I will play a clip from that, the famous soundtrack of Van Gillis. I have a vignette in the book. Each chapter I talk about a subject that I give and yet I talked with a specific song or the history of us are how was written of the impact it had was fascinating research. I think you find it fascinating to read and by the way, tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday were going to have worship leaders on songwriters on talking about the power music doing really great interviews. All folks who enthusiastically endorsed the new book the power of music when you order from our website.

Esther to Brown the work get a signed copy of the book together with a CD featuring these special interviews through the week, but let's just listen.

Go back to chariots of fire.

Let's listen familiar with it.

I've heard it over again.

I listen to a bunch of times and writing the book the power music but what what is it about music, you can listen to the dialogue. It would have the same effect on you and in fact if you pull musical soundtracks out of movies. The movies would be a whole lot less impacting I'm in your urine is your seat and your your there's this somebody could either go to the house and thereafter they're looking for someone to get a gun. But if you take the music out this somebody with a gun walking from one room looking in the next room. How do you know to be so terrified because the music is telling you to be so terrified. It's the power of it. It sets the mood and throughout the power music. I'm encouraging folks to say hey think of how powerful this is are we using this folly for the Lord, are we using this fully for divine purposes are. Are we really quote you right this is from the power music book and this was from the white panther party right and this is John Sinclair with the group and five the white panther party so this is every rock in the 60s radical revolutionary mindset, one that very much with sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, overthrow the establishment right. This is what he said.

Rock 'n' roll music is the spearhead of our attack because it is so effective and so much fun.

We have developed organic high energy guerrilla bands who are infiltrating the popular culture and destroying millions of minds in the process with our music and or economic genius. We plunder the unsuspecting Street world for money and the means to carry out our program and revolutionize its children. At the same time talk about telling you what you're going to do and how you do it and then go around doing it. How and then this quote from Kent McCord, founder of evolution records and underground producer of vinyl records, listen to what he said.

Music is product is entertainment as diversion or music as a weapon as protest as outcry is expression music as a Jewish this is Warren entertainment war on the industry, music, music that burns the emotion the birds them on the parenthesis and inspires the war music is more the notes and chords uses the tool in the hands of the artist or the terrorist revolutionary while these are really people not speaking as believers in some cases quite the opposite. Speaking of the power of music in late me give you another example. Another example of the power of music.

Let's play clip number three. What does this take you back to let's us see Jeanette clipped and what happens yet. You remember if you suddenly jaws your back there. The intensity, so suggest just picture this picture that picture jaws the same thing as closure, close your eyes and think, okay, jaws went without that soundtrack will yeah it's frightening this massive shark with massive jaws and all the terror but the music enhances it dramatically.

So throughout the power music. I give examples like this from musical soundtracks from protest songs from theme songs in different generations and we analyze why music is so powerful and so effective in and say hey look, let's use music to impact the world, not just the church but the world maybe God could give us songs that will be song that will change hearts and minds about abortion or that will burden people to leave all and go on the mission field to bring the gospel. Who knows we could do through the power of music and then within the church. We fully utilize all we fully utilizing the power music to bring us into the presence of God. What about deeper theology in our worship music. What about that what what about deeper challenge in our music were not music that moves us ultimate gospel music that moves us to action to touch the dying and hurting world about their own lives were about setting atmosphere in our homes.

We fully utilizing this incredible God given tool again God is created us to be a musical species is something about the musical impact on the brain and by God's grace. I'm praying that this book the power music God's call to change the world one song at a time will be used. To launch a fresh music health is all more effectively touch design will lift asked Dr. Brown.org take it vantage of the special offer with the special activities. This error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown during the beating the Beatles thing she loves you. The Beatles were part of the rock revolution as we talk about my new book, the power music article change the world one song at a time. I remember seeing them on it. Sullivan most of America watch them on itself, and in 1964 and they were clean-cut and seemed innocent. They were quite worldly wise and it'll have their share of living in the world.

When they came over to America, but there was something compelling about the cultural change that came in and listen.

I don't believe we would've had the counterculture revolution of the 1960s with all of its impact lasting impact.

Most of it negatively on our society. I don't believe we would've had the counterculture revolution without full music first, and then rock music. Second, I don't believe it would been carried.

I believe there had to be a song put to music. Words put to music.

Themes put to music and that help carry things, and that's what people listen to follow if the Beatles were just a group of philosophers or lecturers if their athletes that they would not have had the impact they had so in the power music I talk about the folk protest music so you remember Barry McGuire's the Eve of destruction and what I found out in researching for the book where if you hear the song he's unusually raspy voice but it was was a long day in his voice was was was more raspy than normal and what was recorded. The thought that that works really well that works well for this almost well basically did destroy his career song was controversial but but I remember I got a CD old one was this probably around the year 2000, and it was protest songs from the 1960s and got the car when they with Nancy and he said let's listen to these. What does it bring back to you. What do you remember because we are both children of the 60s and living in rebellion when God saved us and and she said I remember how I felt. I was so frustrated because the world was messed up and I couldn't do anything about it. And you know one protest song, I'm not. I'm not marching anymore, and very eloquent words and in country Joe and the fish. The fish like I'm gonna die Ragan it's it's 123 what we fight in foreign and I mean strong words be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box and you get a half-million people singing in Woodstock and these things really had an impact and many of the rock musicians and rock artists understood that it was, not just music. There was a spiritual dimension to isolate rock concerts for different 68 to 71 saved within 71 ratios rock concerts.

It was more just music. There was a power to it. I understand to looking back later realizing a lot of things were coming together in the lives of the people are many on a spiritual search. Minimum high on drugs were both on spiritual search wall high on drugs and in the power of the music and the image of the rock stars and in their sinful living and that the rebellion of the words and there was a a spiritual component to it and a power to and I know it was a power that got me on a very, very wrong course and in life of rock historian Paul Friedlander notes in every corner and reach it all in my book the power music public awareness of rock 'n' roll grew slowly once rock 'n' roll demurrage is threatened, the prevailing social equilibrium that Columbia University's Dr. EM merely was moved to conclude at the time. If we cannot stem the tide of rock 'n' roll with dissuasive rhythm narcosis in the current vicarious craze. We are preparing our own downfall in the midst of pandemic funeral dances that he also said this other government, religious and educational leaders 60s the others joined in. Reiterated those sentiments: the music immoral and sinful and its participants lazy and shiftless juvenile delinquents. The other music carried the message of rebellion. So, Paul Cantor, Jefferson airplane said this one particular element I enjoyed was the breaking shackles. The intellectual shackles represented by the mentality of the 50s sexual shackles that have been in place forever anything proscribed by the establishment. Everything from Chairman Mao drugs acupuncture Eldridge Eldridge Cleaver was looked into with relish rabbit Jim Morrison of the doors what he said. He described the group as erotic politicians. He said I like ideas about the breaking away or overthrowing of established order. I am interested in anything about revolt disorder, chaos, especially activity that is no meaning. It seems to be to me to be the road toward freedom.

Are you getting this and look there was something that the younger generation was also looking for, which was which was right, meaning there's got to be more to life than the American dream is gonna be more to life than going on Vietnam and dying in a meaningless war and is gonna be more than material possessions. Many of the questions being asked. Many of the protests raised had marriage but they're basically hijacked by the flesh and hijacked by Eastern religion, sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll rebellion and hence led to a lot of negative negative outcomes and results ultimately read another quote to you here cultural historian Roger Kimball says this is the politicization politicization of art and education represents one large part of the counterculture's legacy. The coarsening of feeling and sensibility is another new phenomenon is done more to advance this coarsening then rock music. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of rock music to the agenda of the cultural Revolution, and yet there rock leader said you know it's songs like the young people are going to church. It's almost like a religious service it and will talk a little while about the spiritual search that was going on and some of the famous rock musicians coming to know the Lord because they were looking for something and they look for it in the world of drugs and in the world of immorality in the world of Eastern religion and then find it. Then find it and then they they went back to the one place that I can look with which was the gospel will place a Wunderlich which was the Bible church as a traditional star Jesus was cool Jesus replica but the Bible Christianity tricked out as old-fashioned and he rose well this is the most revolutionary message of all, the message of Jesus the most radical message will relent. Let's let's go back but let's let's go back to the protest against the Vietnam War and the two most famous and most influential songs that many people say we, these were the songs that that ended the war minutes how influential people make them country Joe and the fish mentioned earlier fix like a direct and then John Lennon's give peace a chance, so there half-million people chanting this outside of the White House and asking the Nixon are you listening are you listening give peace a chance, and the verses are almost meaningless, almost gibberish and in the chorus sang old and over and over and over and over and over. Give peace a chance, let's listen in you sentiments. Especially war with like Vietnam which which we ultimately fight to win makes the losses for everyone all the more pronounced in the tragedy of those that served and died in Vietnam and had their lives destroyed in Vietnam makes their suffering their tragedy. Those are your Vietnam war vets. It's all the more painful to think you came home to Americans that are being war heroes, you are looked at scornfully, as if you did something wrong. So the sentiments good sentiments give peace a chance, though often idealistic will be declared war. Let's declare peace often naïvely idealistic but the mixture when you put the whole concoction together brought a lot of destruction brought a lot of chaos. How, through music through music.

Whether it's grunge or heavy metal.

Whether it's hip-hop rap. Whether it's another contemporary expression, whether it's pop music has an impact it has had an impact on every generation there singing spoken of throughout the Bible.

In fact, some friends old late last year we were talking about this and talking about this book and that I was writing it and think about when and how to get it out and one of them was talking about the prophets singing their message and how much evidence is there for the prophets singing their message, and I thought of Isaiah 5 some odd read it and knew the passage for decades under the passage. Route 45, 46 years at that point, it dawned on me that it says what it says, the prophets, as I will sing the song is is a is a prophecy that he sings and there be indications of other prophecies being sung.

In fact, Ezekiel was told that the people the Lord told with the people came to listen to him just like you know singer songs are instrumentalist now, does that mean he sang his prophecies not necessarily, but it's interesting that that's the comparison really want to hear word from the Lord. Thus says the Lord, repent here that really nice to know the Psalms were sung. Originally in the New Testament urges us to sing and make melody in our hearts will relive more Scripture look at examples of Christian music and a bit but let's let's come back and use of the break. Let's talk about the spiritual search that was taking place it in the midst of the rock scene in a toilet. Some of this is a journey I went through.

I was on the server for me. Rock music was a spiritual search that was just an expression of the flesh, playing drugs and all that but in the midst of the cosmos is that God was an amazing harvest save values, music, and that the light a fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH paradigm is Dr. Michael Brown and in all the through all we are is dust in the wind, which is passing through and that's that's it manages like a blade of grass here and gone. Who's playing on that cruise one of the instrumentalist or carry live grin. He also wrote, carry on wayward son of the Kansas song and and he's on a spiritual journey.

During this time and he ends up coming to faith carry live grin ends up having a born-again encounter with the Lord now in my book the power music have a whole chapter in the rock revolution because I go through the history of music. I go through how it's been used negatively and positively those who love classical music boy. You'll love it even more after some of things read those you who look at certain musical genres. The role of music in the civil rights movement. You get a lot of info that I didn't even know how much music was used in communist movement in the communist revolution that was new for me to discover that an entity's chapter on St. just think of how we can grab something here and see something here about the power music. How can be used new book just out the power of music so the official release date will it out tomorrow. January 8 order now on our website. When you order your also really get with it exclusively from us.

Interviews that I'll be doing this week with with Paul Wilbur and with Arun Kreider and with Becca Shea and with Claudia Eckler quicker and used to Arun Kreider joined Larry you hear his music every single day, every single day on this broadcast, yet he wrote the song, shake the nations with start a revolution. Yeah that's that's Arun Kreider source you get to meet him. His first time spent on there with me could well be could well be may be made once before, so we have a great week together. You can order the book with the CD on a website asked Dr. Brown dog Ward, but a lot of us know the negative spiritual side of Rocky's or I mean what will have at this and this is all in the book about some of the top 10 devils songs posted on the ultimate classic rock site about sympathy for the devil by the Rolling Stones. Yet these are basically positive about running with the devil Van Halen. These are the first five friend of the devil, Grateful Dead member that one friend of the devil is a friend of mine, devils, dance, macaque, Metallica, devil's child, Judas Priest about this.

The name Judas Priest yeah there there is even the groups like Megadeth and mayhem and deicide means killing God so so there's a lot of dark stuff in rock music and all documentaries have been done about that in the demonic element of it.

That's undeniable and and I talk about it in in the book here. The website metal injection little bit tongue-in-cheek here, from their perspective.

It was and what they say. Since its inception the mental realm and having metal has often been associated with the devil sort of in league with Satan. If you will it make sense loud creepy music scares the blank out of regular folk just like tales of fire and brimstone of free people. Since the Middle Ages. Lucifer was a vanity with Cisco Angel was cast out from Paris for the fiery independent streak of his.

Instead, he ventured south of heaven to start his own band kingdom and show Lars and James. You can make it on his own is basically the arts type for every disenfranchised young metalhead ever called. It's a little bit tongue-in-cheek in and or very much tongue-in-cheek I should say, but it's got some accuracy to it terms with their mocking. There is truth to it. Listen with Jim Morrison of the doors, Jim Morrison, poet, slow singer and livery decadent life that according to everything we know is what ultimately killed him the age of 27 and and he says this our work, our performing.

It is a striving for a metamorphosis of some kind of change right now were more interested in the dark side of life. The evil thing the nighttime throne music were striving, try to break through cleaner, freer realm by music and personalities as seen in the performance are still in a state of chaos and disorder with maybe an element of purity.

Just showing lately when we prepared in concert. It started to merge about Alice Cooper noticed the Godfather shock rock more recent years, a professing Christian.

We are a tribe of disobedient children.

He said rock 'n' roll is just another voice from the tribe screaming out with her fist race at the heavens to some God that may or may not exist.

Rock 'n' roll is healthy.

Every rock lyricist is confessing all the time or brag about their sinful pastor delivering psychosexual babble with the rocker really is doing is giving its IJ a gigantic yell for help interested interesting perspective, I did a search for the most spiritual rock songs and the link after link with 40 spiritual songs for the enlightened rocker top 100 classic rock songs were the religious contest content 77 spiritual rock songs. There is even a site featuring 22 songs that are great despite being pro-Jesus songs like Jesus is just alright, but the Doobie Brothers after forever by Black Sabbath spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum and Jesus by Velma Nygren that looks for some of these topics are theologically bankrupt. But Jesus was cool to them. Jesus was in.

He was someone you could look to the spiritual seeking in the mitzvah. I don't doubt that the that groups like Nirvana and Kurt Cobain and the sellers they were looking for something that that others more contemporary than I'm not familiar with that are looking for something behind all the performance of all the volume and all the rebellion of all the screaming and all that. The headbanging so old little over a year ago I was doing an interview for Eric in Texas. My good friend Erica Texas was wonderful radio show at the architectural and somehow replace all these different music to the intramural beef before segment comes in it and it was the, the famous song, but by Dan Peake and lonely people right then Peake and his band, and I was not really familiar with the song because I was heavily familiar with rock music from the mid 60s up to the early 70s I got say that, cut those ties didn't listen to that music and and and listen to gospel music and things like that so I would hear a song on the radio and or maybe in a public place. I purity so the famous song you hear your familiar with it, but I did know why was Rittenhouse written her background or anything about the group is like that but what I heard it. Lonely people don't give up until you drink from the silver cup and thought what and Eric Maeda, like, whatever that means. Whatever merely Eric being who he is funny and stuff. I thought, what does that mean what's that talking about so include that in the book when Dan Peake mean when he wrote it and lonely people was written as a response to the Beatles, Eleanor Rigby and and talking at all, only people and then Peake felt it was too sad and he wanted to give some hope and and don't give up and to drink from the silver cup and so on and it anyway. She was in the midst of his own spiritual search but then got heavily involved in drugs and was going in the wrong direction and then ends up coming to faith in becoming a born-again believer and then he change the words to the song, so I don't I don't know if you ever heard the new version of emesis. Many, many years ago.

Then Peake died was it met last year within within the last year or so, died this for the youngest in the 60s but listen to the revised version after Dan Peake got born-again development to drink from the silver cup and give your heart to Jesus Christ and vanity of the Lord coming again is as part of the words. There's a reason friend that so many of us got say late 60s early 70s that were living since decadent while crazy lies because there is something more.

We were looking for an ultimate wasn't found in drugs and wasn't found in rebellion.

It wasn't found in a morale.

It was a found Eastern religion.

Fact is, music was used. What tool Chuck Smith was always one of a minority of pastors in America that recognize what was happening in the Jesus people would just read Gregory's great book about Jesus revolution in co-author, I'm so sorry forget the co-authors name woman who wrote the book with with Greg but they talk about those times and how God moved in and so much of it is about the music of the day Chuck Smith, Chapel recognize something was happening, having brought in all these young people. He started coming in getting saved by the by the boatload and enable musicians like wannabes you music for Jesus and start this whole genre of Jesus music and it may not of been as good as the world's musical care who Carrie was anointed it was about the Lord. It was exalting him. And so it was excellent music and and that music then was used to touch many many many many others. Something about the power music here this thing return. Think of of all, if I give you, you're in good hands with Allstate. It is, is there a tour associated with or or State Farm is there no Peyton Manning humming the tumor doing something like that these little Looney Tunes decay can be for four favorite solar something like that that what you think the the little slogans put to music because it just stays with you as stays with you and it just that little thing. It rings true. And it gets in there and and if if I ask you tell me what your favorite poems from elementary school.

Some you might remember them but others little hard to remember deficits in the ABCs I do that ABCD what was not just going through the letters but it's to music is put to music. So I want to spend the rest of the show, talking about the power music joined with the gospel can get my book. I think the fun of the fascinating read. I'm telling you I was moved on throughout his work on other projects I and I thought it when they had to come to put this together in a revolution but have a whole chapter on music in the and and how music was used in the counterculture revolution in the for negative purposes and then an exhortation to how we could use it but I felt stirred to write this and then the publisher said we want to get this out now. We really want to get this out so January 8 is the official release date but you can order it today on our website and again when you order you also get the CD of interviews that will be having tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday some top worship leaders and songwriters as we talk with them about using music for the gospel. Examples in Scripture come back and play a couple clips from the lawyer that will and bless you book the power music God's call to change the little one song at a time in the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution.

Here again is Dr. Michael Brown powerful is that bring you to the throne of God are not.

While I've been in services reciting revelations on their carriage will sing it. I been in services where we sung that song and its people fall into the knees throughout the congregation people falling on their faces and worshiping the one who sits on the throne, the one who rains forever and ever and ever.

I could just read the lyrics to you. You know it, and in fact I'm just gonna look them up just going to type in Revelation song lyrics and I read into you, worthy is the Lamb who was slain, holy, holy is he singing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat where it is the Lamb who was slain, holy, holy is he sing a new song to him who sits on heaven's mercy seat, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come with all creation. I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything and I will adore you as nice words.

Beautiful words powerful words words based on scriptural truths, but come on the power of me saying those words. Even if I recited them in a beautiful majestic English accent. How you compare that when you join it with music again is as as we have a whole chapter in the book dealing with how music affects the brain how music affects the human brain, while boy, you get that with gospel lyrics in the presence of the Holy Spirit in radical change, I've seen many a time when the presence of God in the midst of worship is transform the hardest of has brought repentance to rebel has as melted irreconcilable differences between a couple on their way to divorce and nixing their hugging and weeping in each other's arms.

There's something that happens look in the Bible you be couple of examples for several 10 when when Saul is is sent to to meet Samuel the prophet Samuel tells me you're going to meet a band of prophets group of prophets and and notice that they have musical estimates there playing as they go. There's a connection between music and prophecy is a connection between music and that prophetic release that comes in flows that you can prophesy without music, but often it seems you got these examples of music accompanying those who are prophetic in many you say yeah I'm a pastor and and I may come into the service. I have my message but I feel come and tell them we begin to worship and so the my heart is quickened, you had that happen. Maybe you're at home and you are busy running around with with three toddlers and trying to keep the house clean and sitdown play with this one and then and and then this was to be put to bed and this could have a diaper change in the slick, crazy day and behind on everything and you to figure out a put the kids in the car you go to the store and and is as well as days but then you just turn on some worship music in the midst of it.

The next thing your your weeping in the presence of God where that come from, and the Holy Spirit begins to speak to about your kids and how he wants to bless them something about it. Think about it. How about in in second Kings the third chapter.

There's an account there with with Elisha the prophet and and what happens with Elisha, there is another king of Judah.

July King and he Josh fat knees together with the king of Israel, and he wants a real prophet. Let's get real property was word so they get Elisha Elisha despises the king of Israel because of his idolatry with contributors. There's a good guy just makes the mistake of drawing with Israel sometimes which is a big mistake.

This is because you as you can. Josh, if at all, of the Lord is bringing menstrual bring bring you solace bringing menstrual and when the man begins to play. The Holy Spirit comes on a life in the process is not interested. I remember decades ago decades ago and seven countless times, but I was I was become on a finished class and I really had a burden to you to pray for people that needed feeling and things like that but I did not feel a sufficient connection with the Lord at that moment that a sufficient faith in Grace's spirit, my life, I just want to wait before him and II asked II really one of the piano player. I just one of the piano player and one at one of my friends so I got my guitar and he got up and started playing worship and it was fine just like just wasn't connecting and it was just me wasn't connecting and Nancy knew what was going on she was there in the meeting and in the dorms. Minimum drums were right out behind the main sanctuary there so she did. She is apparently she just went out when the dorms got this gal to student school and she came out as… J and she just began to play, nixing the Holy Spirit to spell our midst.

I could say how many times just exalting the Lord ever being a messenger service. One time, and in the messianic congregation will sing Hebrew songs and and and songs talk about Yeshua the Messiah and things like that. Songs with Israel being restored and and just in the midst of the particular service, the worship leader just felt led to sing an old hymn Crown him with many crowns in the service adjustment kind of adult service. That's all I can say who it was kind of adult service during and worship up to the point that people. The target was a really engaging the people started standing. They were sitting down in here messenger's variation, the worship leader begins to lead us and crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon the throne, which most was new but harsh. Suddenly everybody stood to their fears. This majestic that it's crowded with many crowns, all with glorious, glorious something about music drawing with lyrics and the power of the spirit, incredible impact in the book the power music.

I go through a lot of verses about music. I give a lot of examples of how we can use. I give suggestions for individual worshipers just love to worship the Lord suggestions for parents and how we can incorporate the sounds of of gospel music and worship at our home and influence the atmosphere and and and then for pastors how music can be used for both the worship and outreach and then for songwriters and for worship leaders, and few musicians and singers. I give ideas and thoughts and plant seeds of same. Who knows how God the working Jew through this, in and through you.

Otherwise you change your home use can be a revolutionary tool that maybe one last example of the power music on the read on the recent lyrics. This is Keith Greene's classic song asleep in the light right up all all read it was some emotion as opposed to dryly GC do you see all the people sinking down. Don't you care. Don't you care. I go with them drown.

How can you be so numb not to care if they come you close your eyes and pretend jobs done. All bless me Lord blessed me, Lord, you know it's all every fear. No one aches no one hurts nobody mentions one tear, but he cries he weeps. He believes that he cares for your needs and you just lay back and keep soaking it in all. Can't you see it. Such sin as he brings people to your door and you turn them away as you smile and say God bless you. Be at peace will having just weeps because Jesus came to Georgia with mother streets and in the chorus you sleep in the life.

How can you be so numb not to care if they come to receive such sin. The church just can't fight the world asleep in the dark that the church just can't fight this is asleep in the light. How can you be so dead when you been so well fed. Jesus rose from the grave and you you can even get out of bed. The strong words that was a real prophetic message to the church were most prophetic songs I know and modern times, but it's a whole lot different when you hear it put to music listen to Keith Graham is being being human. Concerns can be Jesus as a you and friends. There is power through his power to that music. There is power to music. I I know there's so much being written. It's a wonderful effect is a struggle I have is a preacher summary different churches and a lot of them. They were thrown music subtle know so many of the songs or the summoning new songs coming out because so many fine worship leaders of songwriters and musicians and singers are producing music that's wonderful but I wonder how many prophetic messages that we have like asleep in the light. I wonder how much music do we have that we can use trip to reach the world and I believe hip-hop rap can be used powerfully is witnessing to us as a gospel preaching true was a teaching tool to get words in people's heads and I I find sometimes more content in and in a gospel lyric to pop song.

Then in a lot of other music you get so many words and ever ever heard some strong call to holiness through things like that so I want to inspire you refresh through this book. I wrote it again as a labor of love, review, worship leader, every songwriter rescind her for musician crew music lover review worship lover.

I wrote the book for you and I trust you hear the passion in my voice about this. I believe you feel the passion in the book of even feel the passion in the words. I believe you to be impacted by, and if you have no musical inflation. All you just love to listen, worship music or Christian music. I think your experience can be massively deepened your awareness massively heightened and for all of you who are using music all of you who are gifted musically. This is the book for you, and I believe if you have worship schools and teach on the senior churches. This is the book to use on praying serve the coffee with special interviews having the next few days aspect crowns only today,