The need for members of the Choir to sing the right songs before sermons has been emphasised in a recent article by Prophet Fisayo Joel.
In the article, Fisayo made it known that songs sang before sermons are meant to prepare the mind of the congregation and to also lift their soul and connect to God.
He was also of the opinion that there are numerous songs that can be sang during this period, stating that:
"There are tens of hymns that were inspirationally given to this course, also there are hundreds of songs that can fulfill this purpose.
"Songs rendered before sermon should be able to guide and to prepare our mind before the message, spiritual songs rendered at this time should be able to lift souls and connect them to God."
In the article which was titled, Songs and Sermon, Fisayo warned that songs sang before sermons are never motivated by other genres of music and does not necessarily need to be turned to revival songs.
"In other words, these songs are not songs that are motivated by feelings of Hip Hop, Juju and Fuji artistes, but songs that are inspired by the Holy Spirit to touch souls and prepare them for ahead of the message to be heard.
"Also, in a situation where the choristers turn the short music to revival before the sermon, all in the name of searching for Holy Spirit that is not lost, so that the whole church will scattered with different types of spirit.
"Let us understand that there is time for everything, we don't need to sing for hours before the spirit moves, just as three Hyms is enough to bring the presence of the LORD if a Prophet/Prophetess is going to be put before the LORD for enquiries."
The Prophet warned that the article wasn't meant to condemn the Choristers of the Church.
"This is not to condemn the effort of the Choristers but to correct certain things that are done with this ambient time.
"Indeed, as brother Paul wrote to the Romans (Romans 10-2), I can testify that some of the choristers who are guilty of these things have zeal for the work of God, but they need to work with this zeal in line with the knowledge of God" he said.
7 Comments
great post
ReplyDeleteArticle On point. I have always frowned at so many choristers that sing inappropriate songs before sermon. I hope this article gets to them.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good observation and will employ the choristers to take note of this
ReplyDeleteWhen I never knew d meaning of song before sermon...once our C/M handled d mic over to me to sing next thing to do is to go to alujo. But now that I've grounded in meaning of song before sermon, I do correct ma self.
ReplyDeleteDt is wat we do in my parish, u cant just pick d microphone to sing any how song, but can u just mention d 10 hymns for more understanding.
ReplyDeleteGood one.It really and surely Highlights a key missteps in CCC, these Days.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone has a list of songs which are appropriate for before sermon could they please contact me or reply here. This will be much appreciated
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