Awake My Soul and Sing, Part 1

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

During today’s conversation on Back Porch Theology we’re going to wade into the refreshing, invigorating, cleansing and sometimes even healing waters of worship. According to theological scholars – in the context of our Judeo-Christian belief system - worship is the reverential response of creation to the all-encompassing magnificence of God. In biblical narrative, worship includes activities like bringing an offering or sacrifice to God, bowing down in deference and obeisance, and of course proclaiming His transcendent holiness, omnipotent power, and compassionate faithfulness through song. It’s what Moses models in Exodus 15:11 when he asks in awed wonder: Who is like you, O Lord? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? When it comes to worship leaders, it’s probably not too much of a stretch to call King David the perennial favorite because he wrote almost half of the 150 Psalms, all of which were originally written as songs – s-o-n-g-s. That means Dave’s tunes were all over some kind of ancient Spotify! And when it comes to modern-day worship leaders, our guest on BPT today is a perennial favorite, as well. She’s written and co-written some of the most God-honoring, faith-galvanizing, biblically rooted worship songs of this era that are consistently belted out in communities of faith all over the world including What a Beautiful Name, King of kings, Awake My Soul, Who You Say I Am, and A Thousand Hallelujahs. But what I love and respect most about my dear friend Brooke Ligertwood isn’t her Grammy-award winning musical genius or her gorgeous voice, it’s her humility-soaked heart. All it takes is a few minutes in her company and you can tell this woman spends a lot of time at the feet of Jesus. I think you’ll find yourself leaning more fully into His presence after hanging out with her today, too. So please grab a cup of coffee on this glorious Fall day, and your Bible – unless you’re learning the the ancient art of henna and practicing on a brave friend with indelible ink, of course! – and come prop your feet up on the porch with us. God is Able is available anywhere books are sold.

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0:39.0	During today's conversational back porch theology, we're going to wade into the refreshing, invigorating cleansing and sometimes even healing waters of worship.
0:49.0	According to theological scholars, in the context of our Judeo-Christian belief system, worship is the reverential response of creation to the all-encompassing magnificence of God.
1:03.0	In biblical narrative, worship includes activities like bringing an offering or a sacrifice to God, bowing down in deference and obeisance.
1:13.0	And, of course, proclaiming his holiness, his power and his faithfulness through song.
1:19.0	It's what Moses models in Exodus 1511 when he asks an odd wonder, who is like you, O Lord?
1:27.0	Who is like you, majestic and holiness, awesome and glorious deeds, doing wonders?
1:33.0	When it comes to worship leaders, it's probably not too much of a stretch to call King David the perennial favorite because he wrote almost half of the 151st century.
1:42.0	Of the 150 songs, all of which were originally written as songs, S-O-N-G-S.
1:48.0	That means Dave's tunes were all over some kind of ancient Spotify.
1:54.0	And when it comes to modern day worship leaders, our guest on BPT today is a perennial favorite as well.
2:00.0	She's written and co-written some of the most God-honoring faith galvanizing, biblically rooted worship songs of this era.
2:09.0	That are consistently belted out in communities of faith all over the world, including what a beautiful name, king of kings, awake my soul, who you say I am, and a thousand hallelujahs.
2:23.0	But what I love and respect most about my dear friend, Brooke Ligertwood, isn't her Grammy award-winning musical genius or her gorgeous voice, it's her humility soaked heart.
2:36.0	All it takes is a few minutes in her company and you can tell this woman spends a lot of time at the feet of Jesus.
2:45.0	I think you'll find yourself leaning more fully into his presence after hanging out with her today too.
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