What does it mean for the word of Christ to dwell in us "richly"? To be "rich" in anything -- money, possessions, friendships, happiness -- means to have a lot of it! It's interesting that Paul recommends music as his preferred way of getting Christ's words to stay inside us richly. In his book Desiring the Kingdom, author James K.A. Smith writes, "Music gets 'in' us in ways that other forms of discourse rarely do... Song soaks into the core of our very being... If being a participating member of a society is reflected by one's ability to speak the language, then one could say that song is one of the primary ways that we learn to speak the language of the kingdom."
There is something very important and powerful that happens when God's people gather together to sing their praise in worship of Him corporately. It is core to our identity as Christ followers. Won;t you join us this week in getting Christ's word into us richly? Here are the songs we will sing together in corporate praise and worship this Sunday...
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