Praise and Worship Songs
Archive for June, 2010
Origins of Nigerian Praise and Worship Songs
Jun 12th
For ages‚ people have especially celebrated praise and worship songs owing to the immense faith, belief and intensity that Nigerian singers instill in their praise and worship music. In earlier days, before the arrival of Christian missionaries, Nigerians used to sing different songs in the praise of their Almighty. These songs echoed in the valley whenever there was a brief shower after months of drought or after reaping a good harvest.
There were many special occasions when these praise songs were sung. Some such occasions include the birth of a child in the family to celebrate new life‚ victory of some warrior to celebrate his or her valor and many other songs especially composed to ask the god for his blessings. In fact, there were praise songs for the leader of nation as well.
After the advent of Christian missionaries into the country‚ these praise songs were slowly transformed into worship songs with established guidelines and rules. The praise songs were no longer just songs sung to praise the God but an integral part of Nigerian worship rituals on a day to day basis. Although not very different, these nigerian praise songs were now considered as worship songs.
Furthermore, over time‚ praise songs have been modified and classified into several categories. While the modern worship songs are liked by a lot of people throughout the world‚ there are also many traditional songs which still use the old customary instruments like drums and horns.
In today’s world, nigerian praise and worship songs can be classified into many groups. Some of these include.
- family songs:
These are the most commonly used praise songs in many Christian homes. These are ritual songs which are sung to thank god for His kindness and his blessings. - marriage songs:
These are the common songs played or sung during a marriage ceremony. These songs are used to praise and worship the Lord for bringing two souls together. - songs for thanksgiving:
This is the most well known form of this revered genre. These songs are sung when people reap very good harvest.
Praising and worshipping god is one trait that is common across all religions. This includes even pagan beliefs of some tribals. However, it is also an established fact that if someone mentions the words ‘praise and worship’ these days it is almost certain that he or she is talking of Christianity.
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Kids Praise And Worship
Jun 4th
Praise and Worship music is a good way of turning kids towards the religion and helping them understand what it is about. This music is also called Christian kids music. It is a commonly known fact that there are verses in the bible which speak of children praying to god. This is the sole motive behind the praise and worship genre being promoted to children. These songs are ideal for facilitating a child’s interest in religion and helping him or her understand the reasons and concepts pertaining to worshipping God and taking the right path in life.
The dominating characteristic of these songs is that they are sung by the children for the children. Children have often be found to be extremely pure in their feelings and innocent towards life while gives a special intensity to their beliefs and faith towards God.
Kids worship songs can do wonders for a person feeling jaded or fatigued from life. In fact, one of the reasons why these are popular is the fact that a child’s voice has this peace in it which gets transferred to the listener. Furthermore, it has even been documented by many priests and churches that praise and worship songs done by children have performed miracles in this world. The following are some points to consider when it comes to kids worship music performed by children.
- It has been noticed that children are more disciplined towards a particular way of life. Once they start following a particular lifestyle they are very devoted towards it.
- The praise and worship of the God is the most remarkable way to remember Him for giving us this life and helping us through the difficult paths of life. Christian kids’ music has very huge audience throughout the globe. It can help to bring in more kids to worship the Almighty and hence spreading the righteous path more.
- The children are pure and innocent so they can invoke more trust amongst the masses. Resultantly, kid’s worship songs increases the faith of the people towards God. In addition to this, people love their soulful voice and it helps them attain the meditation style trance.
- Although children are not missionaries, they can definitely preach the religion of faith amongst the people of the world as well as any priest or missionary.
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