{"id":2441,"date":"2013-08-19T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T23:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2013-07-20T21:23:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T20:23:46","slug":"pleasing-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2013\/08\/19\/pleasing-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleasing Lyrics!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just then when we offer Him sacrifices\u2019 Prov.21:2-3<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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Music is one art form that many of us were surrounded with growing up and it was not necessarily music with Christian lyrics. And so today there is a lot of concern about listening to or dancing to secular music. For me dancing and listening to secular music really is neither here nor there especially if they are just neutral lyrics. \u2018Lean on me\u2019 for example does not have Christian lyrics but I consider it neutral music. I know there are people who will fight you for singing songs like that. I would say don\u2019t bother yourself with those kinds of things. The truth is that there are some secular songs that as a Christian you should not be listening to or dancing to. Songs that the lyrics are centered on seduction, hate, sex, killing, just to mention a few of the vices projected through musical lyrics these days. What do you desire? Remember \u2018people may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart\u2019<\/i>. There are some topics such as this one that you cannot just put a straight jacket on yet you have to be discerning. \u2018You say, \u201cI am allowed to do anything\u201d \u2013 but not everything is good for you. You say, \u201cI am allowed to do anything\u2019 \u2013 but not everything is beneficial\u2019<\/i> 1Cor.10:23<\/a>. There are some secular songs that are not expedient, don\u2019t listen to or dance to them. Again some are neither here nor there, for example you may be dancing to a Lionel Richie song with your wife. I don\u2019t see anything wrong with that. Some people don\u2019t even dance with their wives; God will forgive you. You cannot say you won\u2019t do it because you never saw your father do it. You are meant to be greater than your father so please dance with your wife.<\/p>\n

You have to be even more careful when you attend social functions regardless of whether you love to dance or not. \u2018Don\u2019t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others\u2019<\/i> 1 Cor.10:24<\/a>. People are watching you, believe me! They are! And you are the Bible they read. You may have the perfect excuse for your actions but they do not know what your reasons are, all they see are your actions and that\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n

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Prayer<\/b>: Father, help me live daily aware that You expect me to look out for the good of others and act accordingly, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart. The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just then when we offer Him sacrifices\u2019 Prov.21:2-3   Music is one art form that many of us were surrounded with growing up and it was not necessarily music […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-honouring-god","category-spiritual-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}