May His favor be upon you And a thousand generations And your family and your children And their children, and their children May His presence go before you And behind you, and beside you All around you, and within you He is with you, He is with you In the morning, in the evening In your coming, and your going In your weeping, and rejoicing The exact complaint that Don has presented against The Blessing (and you accepted) can be made against this Psalm. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. Im not sure how I found my self on this page, I simply looking for more info about the song.) This song belongs to Elevation Worship. Again, thanks for posting the passages these songs are from! The epistle of 1 Peter is addressed to "pilgrims" ( 1 Peter 1:1 )Christians who had been called out of the world to be set apart as God's special . And their children, and their children. Elevation Worships The Blessing was recently requested several times in the same week, in part because it addresses the current COVID-19 crisis. And, it is only by His grace we are able to to live for the Lord in this dark world. Virtually all artists copyright their music, including Christian artists who borrow from the Bible for their music. What do we use listening & informal participation within Christian songs/performances for?, as PART of worship right. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Although the song is scriptural, it relies heavily on repetition that in my context elicits a cultural animistic mystical response. This brings it home even more powerfully and personally for me. Listen: Prayers Points To Conceive This Year. Numbers 6:24-26 - NLT The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. I just feel wary of painting God as this benefactor when people could be setting their faces again God with their unrepentant sin. Contextually, it ends the Chorus, stating that Elevation Worship receives and agrees with the blessing. Today, they are raising a family with Christ at its center, not something that would ever have been likely given their own upbringing. When they get there, God is going to drive away (through the Israelites) the nations that live there. Many psalms include blessings, statements about enemies, requests for destruction of said enemies, as well as the oft extrapolated adoration and supplication. We don't have to worry. He is absolutely against our sins based on all the scriptures that you referenced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ZjB0UOzOg&list=WL&index=9&t=0s. Psalm 31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. The last part was very hard. 1) It assumes that the unbeliever WILL automatically misunderstand that the song meant for believers and, therefore, WILL NOT repent of their sins. It will ruin you & transform you at the same time, as the faithfulness of God dawns on our unbelieving dark corners. Jim Bomar: I agree with Stephan Briton, I have teach children & youth for 40 year and have always believed that the message God spoke to Jerusalem in Isaiah 28 means there is some lessons about him that can only be learned through the patient prodding of repetition. In a time of self-loathing, He used a line in one of those cheesy movies to tell me that I dont understand how much He loves me. Worship must be vital and real in the heart, and worship must rest on a true perception of God. Psalm 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. As are just about any Christian song. It certainly wouldnt hurt to sing blessings mid-service! Everything has to be explained, emotions are suspect, bad theology isBad. But honestly, I know few who have good theology. Psalms Quotes. Well said ..repetition has a place in laying emphasis on truth and yes drowning out other negative information overloads. With such vague universal lyrics, have a Hindu or Muslim sing it & it equally can be about their false gods which also can be referred to as lords or gods & even satan can be the lord of someone & indeed directly or indirectly actually is with many of these false movements.0/10. However, unbelievers will probably get the wrong idea, thinking God approves of their sinful lifestyle. Talk about sentimentality. Regardless of the time of day, location, or emotional state, God is for us (Psalm 56:9, Psalm 118:6-7, Psalm 121:8, Ezekiel 36:9, and Romans 8:31). "Jesus Loves Me" by Willam B. Bradbury Jesus loves me! LOOK, FOR ARGUMENTS SAKE, LET US TOTALLY ACCEPT THERE IS NOTHING REALY WRONG WITH THE WORDS OR EVEN REPITITION OF THIS SONG BUT .. As to your observation Unbelievers wont miss the message the first time, much less the second or third. The favor of God can be described as "tangible evidence that a person has the approval of the Lord.". I love the repetition! TastyWallet made me smile! Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full (or half-full) of artificial admirers . It was so powerful to be able to stand inside with other believers and sing, "May His favor be upon you, And a thousand generations, And your family and your children, Their children, and their children, May His presence go before you, And behind you, and beside you, All around you, and within you, He is with you, He is with you, In the . I do not find this to be the truth. Worship songs have God as the intended target; this song is clearly a blessing upon the congregation, which is fine, but its not directed at God. I pray for my generation and those generations to come to be safe, happy and healthy; to accept Christ as their Savior and for the salvation of their spouses-to-be whomever they shall be. And their children, and their children, May His presence go before you For past couple of days i couldnt get out of this song. Should not the entire worship service be a time of bringing blessing to all the people. When this blessing is offered in Numbers, its after a bunch of laws have been brought forth, and even after the Nazarite vow! Written by Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes 2) I also disagree with the statement that God is against THEM (emphasis mine.) There-in lies the biggest danger, which explains why it take countless of years for those able to eventually see some truth, to rid themselves of such a place, leaving far more behind oblivious to their lost nature ! FACT, many if not most of these songs are PRODUCED NOT INSPIRED [ another huge matter in itself ] and are done so as to SELL them and use them to draw in unsuspecting gullible and primarily youth to establishments fronting as a Christian ministry, but spreading a different or more earthly palatable gospel version of it. However, I do agree with your first point. saith the LORD of hosts. Intense feelings about the words are great, but theres a danger of overdoing it. 1) you are saying that repetition should not be included in the evaluation (since its subjective), to be as objective as possible By webster definition, thats called mantra, and Jesus specifically warned against that. Praise ( songs about or to God most of the time the word you is withheld in these songs) 2. Because we belong to Him. (Thus the copyright for the original piece of music.) And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water . Why do we support these business organizations (to not be too harsh)??? Jon, I would submit that you are taking a bit too far. Unfortunately, there is a staff member who likes to play it for his devotions with the patients. May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. Not all of us are called, or privileged, to have children, but consider that your powerful witness and testimony may carry out Gods favor and blessing upon generations and generations. Measure each with such surety / purity & chuck the unnecessary thousands of other songs on your phone or hard drive. This. Something Beautiful Today's Scripture: And there is none that calleth upon thy name,that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:for thou hast hid thy face And be gracious to you. The live video thats out there was performed just days after they wrote the song. My heart was overwhelmed by the words reminding me of how the Lord loves us as his children. This is my reaction too it brings me to tears. Day and night, they never stop singing holy,holy,holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was ,who is, and who is to come- Rev. For example, God remembered Noah, then made the water recede. Especially since there is no stated noun that precedes make. When this Psalm is read in its context (and exclusively in its context) one could legitimately say, 1) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life unaccompanied by anything else suggests that God is pleased with unrepentant sinners as they are, who neither know, love, nor follow him (I substituted the Words from verse 6 in the place of He is for you in the original quote). This gives us an enormous responsibility, that we can choose to remain His advasary or choose Him. God blessed numerous people who were not believers. * Songs that are almost like God talking to us or how he feels about us are either in the 3rd or 4th category those ones are tricky. - Romans 13:13: "debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy." - Ezekiel 36:6: "in my jealous wrath because you have" - Joshua 24:19: "He is a holy God; he is a jealous God." - Exodus 20:5: " for I, the Lord you God, am a Jealous God." Hold up. 2) there is no hint in this PSALM that people need to turn to this God and change their ways (I substituted the word PSALM for SONG in the original quote. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.". So Im all for praying this over the UK as the lip suggests and the rest of the world too! a high score does not necessarily endorse the theology of said artist. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Elevation Worships blessing inspired by Exodus 20:6, Deuteronomy 7:9, and Psalm 103:17-18. His Blessings are not a blanket promise, but a promise of Blessings towards His children.In essence some of these places / singers became so good in deceiving, that they can be Theologically very sound. 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