Here We Are (1/3)

And here we are

Lifting our hands to You
Here we are
Giving You thanks for all You do
As we praise and worship Your Holy Name
You are here dwelling within our praise
 Here We Are (2/3)
For every answered prayer
For always being there
For love that hears us when we call
For arms that lift us when we fall
You have always been right beside us
Leading us all along the way
And we've made it through
Because of You
 Here We Are (3/3)
For days we cannot see
For al that's yet to be
The trials we may have to face
When we'll be leaning on Your grace
It will be Your strength that saves us
Your love that makes us strong
And through it all we'll sing this song
 Catholic Charismatic
Prayer Meeting

Music Ministry Workshop

24th October 2009

   
 Learning from the Liturgy
● Structure of Divine ● (Invitation to Praise)
Office ● Hymn
● Psalmody
● Scripture
● Intercessory
● Closing Prayer

   
 Psalm 95, an invitation to praise
1 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let
us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above
all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of
the mountains are his also.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed
the dry land.
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel
before the LORD, our Maker!
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear
his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the
day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the
proof, though they had seen my work.
10 For forty years I loathed that generation and said,
“They are a people who go astray in their heart, and
they have not known my ways.”
11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter
my rest.”
 Structure of Psalm 95 and PM
● Verse 1 & 2 ● Singing
● Verse 2 ● Thanksgiving
● Verse 2 to 5 ● Praise
● Verse 6 & 7 ● Worship (bow down)
● Verse 7 to 9 ● Listening
● Verse 10 & 11 ● What is our
Response?
   
 Temple in Jerusalem and movement in
Prayer Meeting

Holy of Holies

Court of priests

Court of the Isrealites

    The world / the gentile
 Thanksgiving brings Praise
● Thanksgiving moves our heart to look at God
● We give thanks for what we receive
● We praise for who God is

   
 Praise brings true worship

   
 Worship is an act not an emotion
● To worship is to bow down
● To worship is to give one self to God as Jesus
on the Cross
● To worship is to sacrifice and to surrender
● Our highest act of worship is in the Eucharist
– We give ourselves to God through Jesus's
sacrifice on the cross

   
 Catholic worship comes in the Silence
● (CCC 2628) ... Adoration is homage of the
spirit to the "King of Glory," respectful silence
in the presence of the "ever greater" God.
● Prayer is an act of love, words are not needed.
Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that
is needed is the will to love." -- St. Theresa of
Avila

   
 Conversion is our response
● If today you hear His voice, harden not your
heart

   
 Think About His Love (1/2)
Think about His love
Think about His goodness
Think about His grace
That's brought us through
For as high as the heaven's above
So great is the measure
Of our Father's love
Great is the measure of our Father's love
 Think About His Love (2/2)
How could I forget His love
How could I forget His mercy
He satisfies, He satisfies
He satisfies my desires
 Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
He is worthy to be praised and adored;
So we lift up holy hands in one accord,
singing "Blessed be the name,
blessed be the name,
blessed be the name of the Lord!"
 I Give You My Heart (1/2)
This is my desire to honour You
Lord, with all my heart I worship You
All I have within me I give You praise
All that I adore is in You
 I Give You My Heart (2/2)
Lord, I give You my heart,
I give You my soul
I live for You alone
Every breath that I take,
Every moment I'm awake
Lord, have Your way in me