Restoring the Sanctity of Music

What did you learn? What was revealed to you?

1.    ShaTina... you are NOT alone... I Kings 19:18

                                                              i.      New International Version
Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."

                                                            ii.      King James Bible
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

                                                          iii.      Amplified Bible
18 Yet I will leave 7,000 [survivors] in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed down to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

                                                           iv.      The Message
Meanwhile, I’m preserving for myself seven thousand souls: the knees that haven’t bowed to the god Baal, the mouths that haven’t kissed his image.”

b.      Your emotions do NOT dictate where you are in Christ or who you are in the midst of

c.       God has his people there… just cause you don’t know about… don’t be all… “one is the loneliest number” or “all by myself… I don’t want to be…”

2.    Examine Yourself - 2 Corinthians 13:5

                                                              i.      New International Version
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?

                                                            ii.      The Message
Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it.

                                                          iii.      Amplified Bible
5 Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit?

b.      Why aren’t you effective or affective with others?? Is it because you aren’t right? You better check yourself before yourself… and you call yourself worship leaders… SMH

3.    My personal favorite – it just goes with EVERYTHING!!! - Revelation 12:11

                                                              i.      King James Version (KJV)
¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

                                                            ii.      The Message
They defeated him through the blood of the Lamb
    and the bold word of their witness.
They weren’t in love with themselves;
    they were willing to die for Christ.

                                                          iii.      Amplified Bible
 ¹¹ And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death.

b.      This is why you can’t just sing about what sounds God… sing about the blood of the Lamb and the word of YOUR testimony

c.       You MUST tell your story because it’s not YOUR story…it a testament to God and his infinite wisdom and glory!! This is what I know about God.