Thinking of home

What has happened to praise? Where is it? Even in back sliden Churches that I used to go to when I was trying to find a place to settle down. Even though I still think that I am a vagabond even to this day and still haven't found me a home Church, just a church that is close to go to a lot. But yet again there is a great dissonant, a harmony that does not go right. All right words are being sung, but there seems to be no true substance to them. The artists songs being sung are supposed great worship song writers, but I sense no real experience to their songs. Just borrowed words, as if all they do is read the Bible over and over again and just slap a bunch of scriptures into a song rather then it be from the depths of their souls and hearts and what God has placed in their hearts. Its funny because most modern day supposed worship albums have no war songs. They have no rouse and no morale booster in them. All they seem to be doing is just singing words and to no victorious God either. They are just singing the words because they are found in the Bible.

The reason for me writing this blog is just because I am homesick I guess. My home is in praise, my home, my sanctuary is in worship and praise that ascends frailty and defeat. That dwells in the throne room with my God, that when we give back to God even if we don't receive from God we somehow become better people and our lives that very second change. Where are the songs, "Be praised, You who lived Your life sinless. Gave Yourself to forgiveness, You will come again." Or "Holy, holy, holy, holy, is the Lord god almighty. Who was and is and is to come." "You have been more faithful, then the morning sun. You have been more faithful, then knowing night will come. You have been more faithful, then the changing of seasons." "Great is the Lord King Jesus. See how His majesty is lifted high. Great is the One who saves us. Who is like our God, Lord I lift You up." "We exalt Your name. High and mighty one of Israel. We exalt Your name. Lead us on to war in the power of Your name. We exalt Your name. The name above all names. Our victorious King. We exalt Your name." Notice the similarity of those songs. Always pointing back to Him. Even Newsboys have great songs of praise, and you'd think that these long years that they would be all tired out: Strong Tower. High and glorious. Strong Tower, mighty in love. Our refuge, our defender. Strong Tower, Lord of all." "I love Your ways. Your clear, Your perfect ways. I love Your ways, so beautiful to me. Lovely always, and faithful to restore. I love Your ways." "Holy, holy is our God almighty. Holy, holy is His name alone. Holy, holy is our God almighty. Holy, holy is His name alone. It is You we adore. It is You, only You." "Let Your glory be known. You have redeemed us, and called Your own. Let Your glory be know. Lt the power of the Cross, be revealed in us, oh Lord. Let You glory be known."But instead of praise to God we get songs that only talk and talk and talk about God but don't reach out and upward to God and don't really take the spotlight off of us. Instead of great power house praise ballad songs that reach into the Heavens, take us out of our prisons and uplift us we get, well I don't know but the sound of worship and Christian music that I hear now is not about a risen Christ and not about victorious saints. IT is about defeated, weak, frail, pathetic, stupid, sinners, who cannot make it through a day without sinning. Great work that has done. Why do you think that the Church has become so worldly and weak. No fathers or warriors have stepped up and have cut off the heads of those demonic principalities. They have intentionally given up and have in turn let their own heads be cut off.

I guess I am just homesick. I have had a taste of real life changing worship and praise gathering with believers that have literally changed my life. WHERE ARE THOSE NOW! What has happened to Christian music and worship music sung in Churches. What has happened and where has praise gone to? We can sing so much about your qualities. Why cant we sing to You. We can talk about You so much, why can we not talk to You? What has happened to everyone? Maybe this is a side effect if the great falling away. That there really weren't as many as we thought there were who were keeping their garments clean and not soiled for You. ME personally I believe that the remnants are scattered across the world just like in the days of Elijah the remnants have been scattered. Maybe they have been scattered because You knew that keeping them together in would corrupt them or cause them to fall. Nothing happens by change in the will of god for if there were such a thing as chance there would be no God and nothing would work.

"Oh God reach out and hear our words.

We sing them now, may our hearts be heard.

Oh draw us into Your sweet embrace.

We lift our lives in worship to You.

We cry out. We cry out in worship to You.

Our lips quiver to speak Your name."