Do I know of any good Praise music? I do, but first let me define what I think Praise music is. I guess I’m a little picky, but I think Praise music should be just that, PRAISE! When you “praise” your dog for doing something good, you say “yes, you’re a good boy, aren’t you. Yeah, good puppy” you don’t say “I’m a great master, yes I am, yes I am!” When you see teenage girls "worship" Vin Diesel, do they say “I’m so sexy, I’m so good, I have such good taste” No, they “worship” him, and say thing like “He is so sexy. Oh, he is cute.” I guess I’m being to critical, but many Praise and worship song are songs talking about us, or Satan. This is Gods time, not ours, and not Satan’s. I guess it is the heart that counts, but life and death is in the power of the tongue! Ok, sorry for the rant, it is just that some of the these songs are so self-centered. Maybe you will recall this little ditty from a few years back:
Hey look at me, living life for You
When it's good, when it's hard
You know me, You know my heart
Yea, Yea, Yea, I give up
Anything at all, when You call
All I know it's worth it all
No names, but you know how they are. Come on, he is said to be one of the foremost praise and worship artists! Over 20 first person nouns in this song, not including the repeated lines. Now, these are some great lyrics “Look at me, I’m so great, I choose God, I’m so good how I stick with God throw it all. God is SO lucky to have me.” It makes me sick to know this song was played on Christian Radio for such a long time, and no one stood up and said, “Woe, time out, that song is find of selfish, don’t you think?”
Ok, I’d better get off this soap box before I fall off
I’ll check out that band of you’re ASAP. What kind of Rock are they? lol, so many Genre's now a days!
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